Hey, did you hear Hannity? Apparently, John Kerry is the number one most liberal Senator, and Edwards is the 4th most liberal.
Hey, did you see the latest Bush campaign e-mail from Bush's bro, Jeb? Apparently, John Kerry is the number one most liberal Senator, and Edwards is the 4th. Hey did you see the...
Oh never mind. Let me just save you hours and hours of watching in-depth analysis and brilliant thinking by Fox News commentators and guests -- Kerry is the number one most liberal Senator, and Edwards is the 4th. They are out of the mainstream. And they're getting a makeover. How do you know? The GOP talking points say so. And therefore, every conservative with a pulse says so. And so, you don't need to watch them.
It's kind of like in Office Space. Hey, did you get the memo on the TPS (talking point spinorama) cover-our-butt sheets? Yeah, Bush, we got the memo. I don't need all your conservative lackeys coming along and repeating it over, and over, and over.
But what does all that liberal makeover blah blah MEAN? And what does that mean compared to Bush? It is the Republican way of creating fear and bad feelings around words that really don't mean anything without some kind of context.
And I don't hear anyone giving context. Liberal? Okay, so, what? Are they going to socialize medicine, legalize pot, and introduce a strict, truly progressive tax scheme that completely evens the playing field for all Americans?
No. They are going to do many of the same things the Republicans would do -- if they weren't being led by an extremist idiot who couldn't run a company, let alone a country that is.
Only the Dems will actually try to do so responsibly (both fiscally, and with our troops lives), and try to look out for the little guy as well as the fat cats who pay their campaign bills. It is a sad day when you can say with absolute certainty that the "number one liberal" Dem candidate is going to be a thousand times more fiscally conservative than the Republican President.
And frankly, I don't see what the big concern about a makeover is. Kerry's hair is just way too big, and someone really needs to trim back those eyebrows that overshadow half his face.
Oh, wait, okay, I just checked George's campaign site. Apparently, this huge naughty makeover is things like (gasp) Kerry's team working with other speechmakers and Dems to tailor their speeches to appeal to voters and create a unified message.
Uh ... did I miss something? Isn't that what politicians DO? Pander to voters? Is this news? And I hardly think that the GOP has room to talk, what with their talking points being faithfully and mindlessly repeated everywhere, and their banning fellow Republicans from speaking who don't sign agreements to stay on message and not speak ill of other Republicans.
In the end, the Republicans can't go head to head with Kerry on the issues, or on comparing Kerry's past 20-year record to Bush or even Cheney's past 20 years. Where was Bush when Kerry was in Vietnam? Where was Bush while Kerry was trying to do his best in the Senate? What was Cheney doing while Kerry was making all these decisions the Reps criticize?
Put these men side by side, year by year, and it ain't pretty for the Republicans. Not pretty at all. But if the Reps can just keep talking, filling our heads with noise, maybe we won't have time to think of that.
Sure, Kerry has made a few mistakes, probably made the typical political compromises from time to time, and has grown or changed with the times. Newsflash: he's neither Jesus nor Nostradamus. Show me a politician who is truly perfect.
But Bush is by far worse in the promises he has made and broken, and just in the way he has spent his life and fumbled the power and influence he has been handed over the years. He's a self-proclaimed "war president" who dodged one war, and then started another on false pretenses.
To paraphrase the immortal words of Clubber Lang (Mr. T) in Rocky III, "You a paper tiger, Bush!"
And you're going down in Round 2, baby. Oh yeah!
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