Posted on 08/30/2004 9:22:57 AM PDT by adam_az
Edited on 08/30/2004 12:06:59 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
God, I am so sick of Daschle. I am from SD originally and one of the benefits of coming from a state with only 700,000 people is you get to know anyone personally if you want to.
Daschle has gone down hill dramatically since his elevation to Minority leader. He started as a populist and reasonably conservative Demo, but man I cant even see any of the old Daschle any more. When his lips move now,if you look closely, you can see BC's (or Carville's) arm shoved up his butt.
As far as representing the whole state, I dont think so. If it wasnt for Sioux Falls and the Indian Reservations (How is Daschle doing for you anyway, seeing as how the 5 poorest counties in the US are in SD, and oops, they are the reservation counties. Mississippi had one but we got them outta there.)(see also ballot stuffing, Chicago elections)
I just searched on Lexis. The headline does exist. It was used online on 3/20/03 for a CBS MarketWatch story.
Were counting on South Dakotans to DUMP this clown for the good of the country at large!
This headline also was not found via Google
Headline: Sen. Daschle receives 'Unsung Hero' award from American Legion
I searched Google and got this story:
Daschle/Michael Moore Hug/Apology:
The Plot Thickens
The Daschle/Moore hug/apology story is now getting even more interesting. According to this morning's Rapid City Journal, Daschle denies hugging Moore! Somebody is fibbing. A recent Time magazine cover story said this about Moore:
"At the Washington premiere, Moore sat a few rows behind Daschle. Afterward, says Moore, ‘He gave me a hug and said he felt bad and that we were all gonna fight from now on. I thanked him for being a good sport.'"
Now Daschle denies he hugged Moore and even denies ever meeting Moore. Would someone tell me what's going on here? I know Moore is known for a career built on lies, but this one is a real whopper. If Moore did lie, why? Was he trying to work his way deeper into the Democratic Party establishment? Or is he such an outsider and a hater of insiders that he thought he could hurt Daschle back in South Dakota by linking the Senator to one of the nation's primary left-wing demagogues? Who knows. My basic point, however, is still the same: I think it was morally irresponsible for Daschle and other Democratic leaders to embrace (whether literally or not) a nut like Moore in a time of international crisis. They should denounce Moore. The Economist even noted Daschle's odd silence about such an outrageous movie. The best statement on all this so far is Michael Barone's piece in US News entitled "The Company They Keep." Barone says "Seldom have leaders of a political party promoted a commercial film so shamelessly." Barone also notes this:
It's amazing that any politician, however opposed to Bush, would want to be associated with this film or its maker, a man who said shortly after the 9/11 attacks: "We, the United States of America, are culpable in committing so many acts of terror and bloodshed that we had better get a clue about the culture of violence in which we have been active participants." As for the current situation in Iraq, Moore has written: "The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not 'insurgents' or 'terrorists' or 'The Enemy.' They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow--and they will win." Are these messages Democrats really wish to embrace?
Barone also says:
Presumably, McAuliffe, Daschle, and the other Democrats had a good time laughing at Bush in Fahrenheit 9/11. And they might take comfort from the fact that it had the highest first-weekend gross of any documentary ever, beating out Jackass: the Movie. There is indeed a large constituency that hates Bush and would rather see the United States humbled in Iraq than a Bush victory in November. But it's dangerous for a party and a presidential candidate to be identified so closely with those who hold such views. If you are seen as rooting against America, as Michael Moore seems to be, it's awfully hard to get a majority of Americans to vote for you.
This whole episode, if it turns out Moore is lying, is a great lesson in why Daschle and other Democratic leaders should stay away from such a perverse and destructive figure as Moore. Also, if Moore is lying, shouldn't Daschle be furious?!? I would be. Daschle should hammer Moore, but then again this is also a lesson in how much Daschle has to cow-tow to the left-wing base of his Party, so he can't be critical of Moore. Finally, I've been chiding Dave Kranz all week for not reporting on the hug/apology as reported in Time and the Wall Street Journal. If it turns out that Moore lied, then my apologies to Dave Kranz.
All Thune needs to do is run an ad that picks up where this one leaves off. Daschle talks about helping the President, but his record is nothing but selfish obstructionism, and then create commercial after commercial.........
homeland security
making the tax cuts permanent
energy legislation
judges
etc
New York Post - March 21, 2003DASCHLE AND DEMS DITCH DIVISION AND RALLY 'ROUND DUBYA BY DEBORAH ORIN
WASHINGTON - A few days after blaming President Bush for war with Iraq - and getting blasted for it - Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle yesterday said it's time to unite behind the commander-in-chief.
"We may have differences of opinion about what brought us to this point, but the president is the commander-in-chief, and today we unite behind him," Daschle (S.D.) said at a news conference where Democrats rallied behind the war.
A current Thune ad links Tommy with the likes of Hillary and Ted Kennedy, basically saying he votes with them for the things liberal democrats care about, while thumbing his nose at the types of things real people in flyover country care about. He's right, and I'll bet it gets a few people out there thinking.
I found it on Market Watch also, but not a single newspaper headline has been found.
THANK YOU!
Web page is updated.
http://blogspirator.blogspot.com/2004/08/daschle-ad-with-fake-news-headline.html
Same think I turned up on a lexis search. What's interesting is the number of anti-bush articles that turn up when you search for Daschle and "time to unite" on the nexus.. That alone could make a good argument against the fool.
Please add the following to the article
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UPDATE:
dmartin on FreeRepublic.com did a Lexis/Nexis search.
Lexis/Nexis shows a news article from the CBS MarketWarch website - this headline was never published in a newspaper, as the ad represents!
Lexis/Nexis citation follows:
CBS MarketWatch
March 20, 2003 Thursday
LENGTH: 70 words
HEADLINE: Daschle: Time to unite behind troops, Bush
BYLINE: Rex Nutting
BODY:
Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle said Thursday it is now time to unite behind President Bush and support U.S. troops fighting in Iraq. "We may have had differences of opinion about what brought us to this point, but the president is the commander in chief and today, we unite behind him." Daschle continued, "Saddam Hussein is a menace to his own people, and a threat to the peace and stability of the entire region."
LOAD-DATE: March 21, 2003
Shouldn't that say "IS a posse"? (Or something similar);-D
Headline: Sen. Daschle receives 'Unsung Hero' award from American Legion
Can you search for that one, too?
Thanks again!
So then basically they took a "headline" off the web and pasted it into a newspaper to make a fake headline, correct?
Yup
I censored myself. My original thought was to make it say something about him "being a cat."
Your find makes this a loser's game for the Republicans. There is much more fertile material out there for them.
I have yet to find a single post about Daschle aligning himself with President Bush in campaign ads over at DU. Wonder why?
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