I was completely unaware that Kerry was throwing his anti-war hissy fits and meeting secrelt with the North Vietnamese while serving as a LIEUTENANT IN THE RESERVES.
That liberal media.
by John Cole| 3 Comments
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I was completely unaware that Kerry was throwing his anti-war hissy fits and meeting secrelt with the North Vietnamese while serving as a LIEUTENANT IN THE RESERVES.
That liberal media.
by John Cole| 3 Comments
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For some reason, when I read this, I started laughing uncontrollably:
“Democrats have all but ceded the Amish vote to Republicans.”
Way to work on the minority folks, guys. Anyone have any polling data on the the Shakers?
And just so you don’t think all Democrats are humorless, this was the next line in the story:
“If I know Republicans and their grass-roots operations, they’ll spend most of their time trying to phone bank the Amish,” said Kerry spokesman Mark Nevins.” ***
Hehe.
*** Atrios and Pandagon readers:
“An estimated 180,000 Amish live in 28 states and Ontario. They are a reserved, Christian subculture in rural areas who descend from Swiss Germans and settled in Lancaster County in the early 1700s as part of William Penn’s “holy experiment” in religious tolerance. The Amish do not drive cars, watch TV or use telephones in their homes, and are instantly recognizable by their horse-driven buggies and plain garb, bonnets and straw hats.”
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Frank J. has some interesting information up about Democrats, much of which I did not know. For example:
* Democrats chose the donkey as their symbol because the Democrat base smells as bad as one and has the same verbal skills. In the donkey’s defense, it’s smart enough to understand a butterfly ballot.
* If your skin pigmentation is dark enough, you may be legally required to vote for Democrats.
* Though there are more registered Democrats, they don’t vote as much as Republicans percentage-wise because of their tendency to be distracted by shiny things.
* Some Democrats may have served in Vietnam. You can find out which ones by seeing who tells you that fact over and over and over.
* And over and over and over.
* In a fight between Democrats and Aquaman, Aquaman would be slurred by an NAACP ad that links him to lynching.
Interesting.
by John Cole| 4 Comments
This post is in: Democratic Stupidity
Kos provides the answers we have all wanted to know for ages:
I decided to start up my own election-themed site, Daily Kos. The site actually lived on fishyshark.com for a month as I tried to come up with a “serious” name for my new endeavour. Even though I eventually settled on “Daily Kos”, I considered it a failure at the time — I thought I should’ve come up with a more creative name. I selected orange as the site color so that it would stand out from the bloggy masses (branding 101).
In short time I caught Jerome’s attention, and we made a habit of linking back to each other on a constant basis. A few months later, Jerome (who invented the “open thread”) got sick of the flame wars on his message boards and followed Taegan’s lead by shutting his comments down. So everyone headed on over to Daily Kos.
And I was ready. I had learned my lessons from Political Wire and MyDD’s community failures, and immediately shut the door on the Republican commentors who had destroyed the previous sites’ communities. I zealously worked to create a “safe zone” for liberal political junkies, despite howls of “censorship” from both liberals and conservataives, and the community grew. October 2002, MyDD was the highest-trafficked liberal blog, but Jerome shut down soon thereafter as he focused his attentions on Howard Dean. So Daily Kos became the only liberal election analysis game in town.
That is the answer, if, of course, the question is “How do you shamelessly self-promote while creating a tin-foil hat groupthink cesspool for bitter and deluded fringe lefties?”
I shouldn’t be mocking them- I am perfectly content to let the Daily Kos serve as the standard bearer and public face for modern liberalism.
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This post is in: Democratic Stupidity
Yesterday I wondered how the Democrats would handle the Swift Boat commercial, and stated:
It will be interesting to see the Democrat response to this- I am almost willing to bet it will be nothing more than character assassination of the 16 men who dared to speak out.
The Political Animal aims to please:
I hope nobody minds if I ignore the whole Swift Boat veterans thing. These people are certifiable lunatics, and I just can’t stand the thought of wasting neurons over them. I’m sure you can find plenty of coverage elsewhere from hardier souls if you’re really in the mood to torture yourself.
Here are some more lunatics.
Hey- I oppose Kerry, and I am a veteran. By Drum’s criteria, I am a raving lunatic!
More lunatics here!
For those of you keeping score at home:
Joe Wilson- credible.
Kerry’s Band of Brothers- not credible.
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How damaging is the Swift Boat commercial? I think you can get an idea by the lame defenses being offered. This one is just a gem:
The Kerry campaign has denounced the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, saying none of the men in the ad served on the boat that Kerry commanded. The leader of the group, retired Adm. Roy Hoffmann, said none of the 13 veterans in the commercial served on Kerry’s boat but rather were in other swiftboats within 50 yards of Kerry’s.
Jim Rassmann, an Army veteran who was saved by Kerry, said there were only six crewmates who served with Kerry on his boat. Five support his candidacy and one is deceased.
So, when I run for President, and some people in my platoon denounce my candidacy, all I have to say is:
“Hey- they were never on the same 4 man tank as me. Often when we moved in formation, the other tanks were 100 to 200 yards away.”
Snicker.
But don’t worry- Media Matters is on the story. David Brock and Duncan Black probably can sniff out who the liars are!!!
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Everyone go say congrats to BlackFive. You will see why when you get there.