Posted on 07/25/2004 3:28:16 PM PDT by Maria S
Democrat party officials are struggling to contain the amount of anti-Bush and anti-war comments to be delivered this week during the convention in Boston, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
DNC chair Terry McAuliffe has expressed concern that nonstop Bush bashing from the podium could quickly spiral out of control and backfire.
DNC staffers have also been told to be on the lookout for "unreasonable" Bush bashing signs held by delegates on the convention floor which could be highlighted on television.
"We are not Michael Moore," McAuliffe has told his top staffers, according to a well-placed source. "Let's tell the voters what we stand for, not only what we stand against."
McAuliffe has reportedly given orders to senior staff that hard-core Bush bashing should be saved for other forums and surrogates.
"Of course there will be a fair amount of pointing out the president's record," a top party source explained from Boston.
Top Kerry strategist Bob Shrum is also warning not to turn the convention into a default Hate Bush rally.
But the temptation to rip Bush without mercy is proving to be too much for many of the speakers.
Kerry operatives are editing convention speeches, sources say, with only Al Gore and Ted Kennedy believed to be off-limits.
[The move is reminiscent of Nixon at the 1968 convention in Miami, when the campaign edited out anti-war liberal Republicans.]
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But, there won't be any censorship of those who do...
Correct, I am not talking about the cable coverage, just the major networks. The media will filter and whitewash everything that they summarize and repackage from Boston this week.
May it be exactly as you state.
Prairie
I, for one, will NEVER EVER forget that the 'RATS booed the Boy Scouts at their last convention!
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LOLOL!!!!! Go Sean!!!!
Remember that the Wellstone Funerally was only shown on cable nationally...yet somehow a good portion of the country knew about that fiasco in less than two days.
Also, remember who is in charge of Kerry's campaign: Bob Shrum. Have you EVER seen Shrum say anything remotely positive? Nope. He is unable to do so.
My bet is what the democrats think funny and non-Bush-bashing is going to be pretty grim to the rest of the country.
The damage has already been done. So many people already believe the election was stolen, Bush went into Iraq for Haliburton, etc, etc. Now they'll come up with a phony message and platitudes of what their plans are, and people will fall for that, too.
The only emotions they seem to be expert on stirring up are those who buy into their lies and are most likely going to vote against Bush anyway. Their "manipulations", at least lately, seem to have the exact opposite effect on Bush-supporters and those who are undecided at the moment.
The Wellstone Memorial is a prime example of this, as will be the activities of the upcoming week. Instead of cringing every time a speaker makes a hideous, revolting, hateful comment... smile. They're not convincing anyone who's not convinced already, and they're driving the very people we need right into our camp. If it revolts you, it revolts other conservatives and it most likely revolts the average American who was undecided simply because he or she simply didn't know any better.
that is exactly right.
they have used the hate and lies messages to secure the base, and a bunch of other idiots they have brought along for the ride.
now they will change the message, to go after people who will likely be seeing Kerry for the first time.
don't underestimate them.
One change:
Monsieur Kerreeeee.
Sil vous plais.
Exactly right....and if they try to be something other than what they really are, they're doomed. Look for unprecedented phoniness.
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You've hit on a big point, Dolphy. They know Kerry is boring, and now it appears it will be b o r i n g 24/7. They won't excite anyone, and I don't see this grabbing the undecided middle, which is their real goal.
Might as well send rabid dogs to obedience school.
Definitely, too tall an order.
No way in the world they can stand up and say, "We represent International One-World Socialism."
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Al Gore will not be edited..this is a dream come true...maybe he'll pull a Peter Finch from Network, have a nervous breakdown on the podium and start screaming, "I'm Mad As Hell And I'm Not Going To Take It Anymore!" I can dream, can't I?
I love watching peaceniks fight;)
To inhale. Or not to inhale. That, is the question.
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