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ednbarby:
This is a must-see for everyone.  I mean *everyone*.  This man has some serious cajones.  And I seriously fear for his life.  I guess the Bush Administration can't just kill him - that would be too obvious even for them.  Still, I worry for him.  And love him dearly.

"Bush Owes Troops an Apology, Not Kerry" by Keith Olbermann.  Don't miss this.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15519404/

Brokeback_Dev:

--- Quote from: ednbarby on November 04, 2006, 08:56:53 am ---This is a must-see for everyone.  I mean *everyone*.  This man has some serious cajones.  And I seriously fear for his life.  I guess the Bush Administration can't just kill him - that would be too obvious even for them.  Still, I worry for him.  And love him dearly.

"Bush Owes Troops an Apology, Not Kerry" by Keith Olbermann.  Don't miss this.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15519404/




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Brooksville is the county seat where I reside in Florida.  Brooksville is named after Senator Preston Brooks,  the one they are talking about with the cane in this story.   My husband is a history buff and told me the story some time ago.  I haven't heard about it since until now..  Brooksville is a very old southern town.   To this day, there stands a statue of a confederate soldier in front of the courthouse and there is a huge Civil War mural painted on the side of one of the buildings.  Plus, there is a Civil War re-enactment every year of a battle that happened here.  The North wins the battle... *Cheers from the crowd!!!!* 

delalluvia:
Great article.  Thanks for posting.  He is SOOOOOOOOO right.

But unfortunately for us, Kerry did say something stupid.

He opened his mouth and said something that could easily easily easily be turned around and used to the advantage of his opposing party.

This is politics.  It is a contact sport, it is muckraking at its worst.  Dubya and company have been spinning things from day one.  This is their modus operandi. For Kerry to forget this is headshaking.

I used to have a Washington Post article - I think I have it on my computer at work - that was printed during the election year that quoted Kerry, then gave Bush's spin on what he said.

It was never the same.

Kerry never protested this then, which infuriated me and he never protested this newest spin either, simply because he realized much too late that he hurt a lot of people who are sadly either truly not intelligent enough to follow Kerry's line of thought or are very ready to be offended.

Kerry needs to be very direct when he speaks - 'or like our President, end up in Iraq' and forget about subtleties.  The American newspapers are designed to be read by a person with a 6th grade education.  Many people watch television because reading and have to read between the lines is either too difficult or something they were never taught.

Subtleties are lost on most of America.

ednbarby:
I'm starting to see it as a blessing in disguise, honestly.  I don't believe it hurt the Democratic Party enough to make a real dent in the election Tuesday.  In fact it did a good thing - it showed the Democratic Party that Kerry is *not* the answer, nor is Gore, and that to allow *either* of them to run again in 2008 and lose *again* would be a mistake of Biblical proportions.

Barb <--- thinks the answer is Obama Barack and wishes everyone else did, too

delalluvia:
I haven't read that either Kerry or Gore are even being considered.  The gods forbid.  What a disaster all the way around that would be for so many reasons.

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