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GOP won by planting seeds of deception
Chicago Sun-Times Inc ^ | December 14, 2000 | Roger Ebert

Posted on 11/28/2004 7:03:33 PM PST by SunkenCiv

What the Republicans did, cleverly, was to establish effective "memes" in the minds of the public and the pundits... Bush became the "winner" of a dead heat, in the midst of an incomplete recount, when a premature victory was declared on her own unnecessary deadline by his Florida campaign co-chairwoman, who also held the crucial post of secretary of state... [I]t was clearly a shameless ploy to slam the door before the election escaped. A meme was born. The other effective GOP meme was the mantra, "we counted, and counted again, and then a third time." These words were chanted by Baker and the other Bush spokesmen until many Americans accepted them as a form of truth, even though it is clear that thousands of ballots were never counted at all. Another successful meme was the assault on the honesty of election judges and the courts in general. They were often characterized by the GOP as partisan crooks, unless their findings agreed with the Bush cause, in which case they were patriots.

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1 posted on 11/28/2004 7:03:34 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: blam; Ernest_at_the_Beach; FairOpinion; ValerieUSA
Ping!
2 posted on 11/28/2004 7:03:54 PM PST by SunkenCiv ("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
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To: SunkenCiv

I sorta knew Ebert was a liberal. I never realized he was a Michael Moore-bibly obese psychopath democrat party propagandist.


3 posted on 11/28/2004 7:09:05 PM PST by FormerACLUmember (Free Republic is 21st Century Samizdat)
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To: SunkenCiv

I sorta knew Ebert was a liberal. I never realized he was a Michael Moore-bidly obese psychopath democrat party propagandist.


4 posted on 11/28/2004 7:09:32 PM PST by FormerACLUmember (Free Republic is 21st Century Samizdat)
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To: SunkenCiv

Finally got dumped, did he? Gee. Musta been those pesky memes that got the best of him.


5 posted on 11/28/2004 7:14:36 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: FormerACLUmember

As soon as I saw his review of Moore propogandamentory, I knew this clown was a political idiot and his movie reviews need careful reading.


6 posted on 11/28/2004 7:15:00 PM PST by JLS
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To: FormerACLUmember; hinckley buzzard; JLS

Just in case anyone didn't notice, that was an op-ed that Ebert wrote in 2000.


7 posted on 11/28/2004 7:17:43 PM PST by SunkenCiv ("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
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To: SunkenCiv

I'm sorry, why is this movie critic writing professionally published pieces on electoral politics?

If he wants to spew nonsense on subjects beyond his bailiwick, let him get a blog, like everyone else in the world.


8 posted on 11/28/2004 7:18:26 PM PST by ScottFromSpokane (We're none of us prefect.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Are these people still in Florida 2000? Perhaps they should take the advice of their own propaganda website and MOVE ON! Sheesh, we are into 2005 almost now!
9 posted on 11/28/2004 7:19:34 PM PST by ladyinred (Congratulations President Bush! Four more years!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Oh sure, now you tell me it was written in 2000! :-)


10 posted on 11/28/2004 7:20:16 PM PST by ladyinred (Congratulations President Bush! Four more years!)
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To: SunkenCiv
GOP won by planting seeds of deception

I suggest this title as 'bogus garbagus'.  Anyone who understands Darwinian notions would readily realize that it is not about 'planting the seed' but rather what was killed or eaten as to allow the seed to mature and drop in the first place.  

Bush became the "winner" of a dead heat, in the midst of an incomplete recount

Nature does not recount anything, it is the sum of the parts.

11 posted on 11/28/2004 7:27:07 PM PST by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: FormerACLUmember

He trashed Michael Moore.


12 posted on 11/28/2004 7:28:00 PM PST by Perdogg (W stands for Winner)
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To: SunkenCiv

I saw that. I didn't know he'd been dumped though, that must have happened more recently?


13 posted on 11/28/2004 7:57:04 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: hinckley buzzard

He hasn't been. Just my blowin' out the candles.


14 posted on 11/28/2004 8:00:25 PM PST by SunkenCiv ("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
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To: SunkenCiv

"Ann Coulter accused the Democrats of being "delusional nutcases," called the Florida Supreme Court "power-mad lunatics," and found that the Democrats had crossed the "fine line" between "typical Democrat lies and demonstrably psychotic behavior."

That sounds about right. What film is this Roger is talking about? When did he become a political pundit. The Dems. were far more active about floating false memes. Republicans pretty much just had to sit back and watch them implode. I don't understand how Rober can see this.


15 posted on 11/28/2004 11:31:53 PM PST by orangelobster
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To: SunkenCiv

Bullshit. Gotta call bullshit.

61 million Americans shouted down Michael Moore, Roger Ebert, Bruuuuuce "pissing on the flag" Springsteen, Noam Choad Comsky, Ralph Nader, Dan Ratherbiased, Petah Jennings, et al....


The Rats tried to pull the wool over Americans' eyes with lies about a non-existent draft and other Goebbels inspired poppycock (BS).

Pull my post. I don't care. Horseshit needs to be called out as such. Roger Ebert is a "progressive" socialist and turns thumbs down on movies he doesn't agree with politically even though he "claims" that he would never do such.


16 posted on 11/29/2004 12:45:32 AM PST by weegee (WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
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To: Timesink; martin_fierro; reformed_democrat; Loyalist; =Intervention=; PianoMan; GOPJ; ...
He's diggin' a hole...

Media Schadenfreude and Media Shenanigans PING

17 posted on 11/29/2004 12:47:12 AM PST by weegee (WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
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To: orangelobster

He became a pundit after Siskel died. He never would have been this outspoken.

Gene was always there to reign him in. Now his partner works for the same paper (and writes more leftist whiney crap).

Dopey Roeper won't even watch Little Rascals shorts (A) because they are black and white and (B) because they are "racist".


18 posted on 11/29/2004 12:53:13 AM PST by weegee (WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
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To: Perdogg
Funny, he wrote several article praising the film and the "25 minute" standing ovation it got.

Meanwhile the films that criticized Moore's film and his technique were not so well reviewed (if at all).

Roger Ebert: (Fahrenheit) '9/11': Just the facts? (in defense of Michael Moore documentaries)

Jim Emerson: On celebrities, Politics, and movie critics (shilling for Roger Ebert)

Fahrenheit 911 review 3/12 stars and 2 thumbs up his a..

19 posted on 11/29/2004 1:03:15 AM PST by weegee (WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
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To: weegee

I wholeheartedly agree.


20 posted on 11/29/2004 6:24:11 AM PST by SunkenCiv ("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
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