It's like showing up at a Bush rally but not being allowed in. It's just the phone version of it.
The new ads are deadly. They're meant to be. They're targeting any Republican who dares to walk about from the president's disaster in Iraq. The list is long. I guess Bush figures if he's going down he wants company. However, using soldiers to keep the surge may be the worst thing a commander in chief can do, but it doesn't stop there.
Ari Fleischer is the front man for "Freedom's Watch," just another swiftboating type group meant to do the president's bidding. Many of you know me through my anti swiftboating work in 2006, so when I talk about these types of organizations you can bet I know what I'm talking about.
Check out the number at the end of the ad: 1-877-222-8001. Go on, call it.
As I told my radio listeners earlier today, once you get through something amazing happens. The operator asks you a question. Yes, you're expected to take part in a survey before she puts you through to Congress. But there's a catch. The question asked goes something like this: Do you believe the Iraq war is important to the war on terror? They may have changed the question by now, because we're on to them, but that's what I was asked. If you say no, the operator immediately thanks you but doesn't connect you to Congress. Instead, she asks if you have anything else to say and then basically gets rid of you. They're only allowing people who agree with them through.
Slick.
Dishonest.
Busted.
I hope this backfires on Bush. It's long past time to take a stand and stop the escalation in Iraq.
But you have to say one thing for the Republicans. If you want to know how they win battles and beat Democrats this is a good lesson. When Congress runs astray from White House policy, the president's minions target them. This is a lesson for Reid, but also Pelosi, as Democrats get weak and the Blue Dog Democrats ponder aligning against the country's own interest and our soldiers on Iraq. That's why the Bush dog campaign is so important over at Open Left. It intends to hold wandering Democrats accountable for siding with Bush on Iraq (and FISA).
But when it comes to these new Iraq ads, Democrats in Congress take a lesson, but you better do it quickly. You're already one step behind.
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You are a "Treasure" indeed! Agape.
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He says "Those Congressmen who are calling for SURRENDER"
Surrender? I didn't realize we were at war.
Who's the enemy? The Sunnis or the Shiites? Or is it all the Iraqis.
Or just those who don't like us occupying their country?
Wait, I thought it was Saddam Hussein, and possibly his Baath party. Maybe a few cousins, Chemical Ali...
But wiat, they're all gone.
So why would us leaving them to fight their civil war be surrendering?
"Surrender's" just another hot word, like "Soft On Terror"
And the other part I love ..."If we left, things would get REALLY bad."
How? Except, that is, for American casualties dropping to zero.
The Iranians taking over the Iraqi oilfields? Big deal, they sell oil on the same open market as everyone else.
Our REAL enemies are ourselves, our energy addiction, our imperialism, and Ameria's failure to stand up to a pseudo-dictator like Bush.
Wake up, America.
The audience for BOTH the commercial and the speech I believe is Anti War activists. I think they want so many of us, SO FROTHING with rage, they'll be able to find footage of our outrage to use in later commercials at the September votes on Iraq.
I'll do my best to temper my anger until the votes, then I'm giving in to my rage FULL TILT, and it won't matter a damn if a cowardly surge-cheerleader is Rep. or Dem.
Ask them where is Bin Laden? I rest my case.
As much as I hate to agree with Hillary, we do have a 'Vast Right Wing Conspiracy" and either you are with then or against them. No room for dissent because they call that as treason.
Call 1-877-222-8001 and when they ask you if you support the Iraq War, say yes. Then when they put you through to Congress, show your true antiwar colors.
It's been loads of fun. I think everyone should flood the lines and act really nice about it but "can't you just connect me so I can tell my congressman myself?"
Bush and the neoCONS have destroyed the freedom that America held as its chief value.