Bush ‘riots’ may backfire on Kerry

The Sunday Times ^ | August 22, 2004 | Tony Allen-Mills

[MadIvan]

Let's thank the protestors - their ugliness is the true visage of the modern Democrat party, and they do everything they can to make the American public see it.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Ping!

[bootless]

Hey Ivan. Apropos of nothing, Freeper davidtalker (David Gold) mentioned you on his KSFO show today, but I missed the context... ???

[MadIvan]

Ouch...I've been working on my site all day and I missed it!

Regards, Ivan

[sauropod]

This poof, with the hyphenated name, certainly knows how to lay on the smear wrt SBV4T, eh?

[NYCVirago]

This is misleading: At St Mark’s last week, activists emphasised their commitment to non-violent protest. One anarchist group will hold a tea party outside the mayor’s mansion...

It's the Yippies, and their "tea" party consists of smoking pot (60s slang referred to pot as tea).

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In a park nearby another man, inexplicably attired in a red minidress, handed out invitations to a “war crimes tribunal” where President George W Bush would be “judged by the American people”.

Any guy who approaches me while wearing a minidress is in danger of getting a knuckle sandwich.

[Rokke]

On the balance this is a pretty fair article. Especially considering it's from the Times. But they blew it with this sentence...
"Despite evidence that the veterans group is politically motivated and that several members have lied or contradicted themselves, the affair has swamped the Democratic campaign."
I've seen NO evidence any of them have lied, and the only contridictions are coming from the Kerry campaign. But considering the rest of the crap I've read today, I'll give the Times at least a B+ for effort. I guess the latest democrat talking points haven't made it across the pond yet.

[glock rocks]

BRAVO SIERRA. Jabba the Nadler told us just this week that these will be peaceful expressions of the first amendment.

[conshack]

Let's see, acid and nail studded potatoes. This ought to show just how dims play the political game. Sadly, if this were to happen, there will be some pubbies that will be paying the ultimate price.

[bootless]

I literally tuned in when I heard: "...Ivan ... Free Republic..." and then he talked about the UFC book.

Excellent show, as always, David!

[Senator Pardek]

In a park nearby another man, inexplicably attired in a red minidress...

"Inexplicably"?

Mind you - this is the Lower East Side.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

In a park nearby another man, inexplicably attired in a red minidress, handed out invitations to a “war crimes tribunal”

That's no way to describe the wife of the junior senator from Massachusetts! :)

[SandRat]

....what would it do to the protesters?

Don't know about the others but for the protesters: Make KIAs of them and as the sign during Lady Bird Johnson's time as the first lady used to say "Keep America Clean."

[johniegrad]

At the back of many Democrat minds are memories of their party’s 1968 convention in Chicago, when rioting against the Vietnam war was widely seen as having damaged the campaign of Hubert Humphrey, the party’s presidential nominee who crashed to defeat against Richard Nixon.

This is a totally different scenario. In 1968, the chaos in the street reflected the chaos in the Democratic party. The internal problems experienced in the convention included multiple conflicts between prowar, antiwar, ethnic, leftist, and mainstream Democrats. The television coverage of the battles on the street was no more than a caricature of the battles within the party.

We have a different situation in New York. I don't think many people will see the grungy group of protesters as having any link to the Republican party. The worry for the Democrats is that some of these people will be rightfully attached to their ticket and they have no one to blame but themselves. The constant pot stirring, demogoguery, and high profile lying agitate these believers to come forward now and there is no way the Dems will be able to control it. It will correctly be linked to them as the party of the leftist lunacy.

[McGavin999]

The good thing is, no matter what they do, they are going to look like a bunch of nutcases and that's going to embarrass a lot of "normal" democrats. It may well be the thing that tips them away from the Democrat party.

Have you seen some of those protesters? LOL!

[Republic Rocker]

What I saw last week in Santa Monica would change most voters across the country in a GW heartbeat!

[Dog Gone]

I'm still scratching my head over nail-studded potatoes.

[DeweyCA]

After the huge protests hit would be a great time for the Pubs to show some 1970s clips of Kerry involved in those demonstrations. Make the link for the people between the Dems of 70s and the Dems of today. Same ol' Leftists.