He's so right he's wrong

Palm Beach Post ^ | February 10, 2003 | George Bennett

[Seeking the truth]

Conservative entrepreneur and provocateur Gene McDonald of Boca Raton often gets a rise out of liberals and Democrats. But he recently ran afoul of the organizers of an A-list conservative confab headlined by Vice President Dick Cheney.

McDonald, who markets in-your-face conservative stickers, T-shirts and other paraphernalia through his www.0cents.com Web site, was a vendor at the 30th annual Conservative Political Action Committee conference in Arlington, Va. Along with anti-United Nations, pro-gun and anti-Democrat offerings, his wares included "No Muslims -- No Terrorism" stickers and an "Islam: Religion of Peace" image with a swastika replacing the S in Islam.

CPAC officials told McDonald to remove his Islam-themed merchandise. McDonald said a conference organizer told him Cheney's staff had gotten wind of the stickers and voiced disapproval.

McDonald, a former Palm Beach County Republican Executive Committee member, said "No Muslims -- No Terrorism" doesn't slam all Muslims, but "it slams the Muslims who did 9/11."

Some people seeing the stickers might not make that distinction, McDonald conceded. But, he said, bumper stickers aren't supposed to be subtle and "I want to push the envelope. I want to get on the edge with political satire."

[carenot]

I've often wondered if I actually saw the commercial when it ran that one time or did I see if afterwards.

I saw it when it first ran.
I voted for Goldwater.

[Seeking the truth]

Hello Ruthie!

Good to see you back on here and, as usual, you are very observant re: the "journalist".

[MindBender26]

You might tell them that Whitey has been paying for years.......

[weegee]

And then there's this modification of the DNC coordinated Rat.com logo:

to this (I suggested something along these lines and someone create this great graphic of that logo "unfurled")

[weegee]

So have the "rich". Don't try to persuade them with facts.

[smith288]

Looking close at the original, it appears that .COM does continue on but is folded. Hmm...you might not be far from the truth.

[weegee]

That graphic is even referenced off their own site.

[Seeking the truth]

That's really clever!

[an amused spectator]

You ar[sic] enot[sic] being completely honest -- there was at least one journalist who appraoched[sic] you wearing his identification and who informed you, as he purchased the bumperstickers[sic], that they were indeed offensive...

Apparently, you are lying like a true DC Media Whore...

And you write like one, too...

[an amused spectator]

Well, Gene - I've met you, and I know that you are an honest, concerned citizen.

I've probably read pieces by this "journalist" and formed a completely different opinion of his "journalism".

[weegee]

Here's a slogan I created. Feel free to run with it:

VISUALIZE WORLD APPEASEMENT

"Peace in our lifetime"

[D.C. Media Hor]

thanks so much for that -- why don't you post your real name when you make smears like that?

[an amused spectator]

You never answered Gene's rebuttal, so I guess it's not a smear, is it? ;-)

[AppyPappy]

She hit the big "50" this year

That's a damn lie. She can't be over 40.

[Seeking the truth]

You never answered Gene's rebuttal, so I guess it's not a smear, is it? ;-)

Thanks for your comments in reply #50.

Should I be shocked that DC Media Hor has not answered?

[Seeking the truth]

OK, Journalist Honesty Check Time...

Were you that journalist?

Second chance for you to respond.......

[Seeking the truth]

I was sick and visiting my parents right after CPAC.

Therefore, I was away from a puter for several days and I finally got a chance to catch up on some reading from those CPAC threads last night & today.

"Kill Gene - Marry his widow" was a good one!

[an amused spectator]

((((((crickets)))))

[Molly Pitcher]

Right after reading this thread yesterday, and still thinking about the events which produced it, I headed out to a dr.'s appt.

Reading a magazine in the waiting room there, I came across an article about Tavis Smiley with this title: "Sticking it to Whitey" or maybe it was "Needling Whitey", but you get the idea...

Hmmmmmm....Fascinating that sensitivity is only allowed to work one way...

[Seeking the truth]

Yes, and what about that tolerance & diversity thing?