RNC stirs up hate and fear....and admits to it

Democrats practice baby eating. The RNC says "Vote Democratic, vote for baby eating:

Republicans Admit Mailing Campaign Literature Saying Liberals Will Ban the Bible
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK

Published: September 24, 2004

The Republican Party acknowledged yesterday sending mass mailings to residents of two states warning that "liberals" seek to ban the Bible. It said the mailings were part of its effort to mobilize religious voters for President Bush.

The mailings include images of the Bible labeled "banned" and of a gay marriage proposal labeled "allowed." A mailing to Arkansas residents warns: "This will be Arkansas if you don't vote." A similar mailing was sent to West Virginians.

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In an e-mail message, Christine Iverson, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, confirmed that the party had sent the mailings.

"When the Massachusetts Supreme Court sanctioned same-sex marriage and people in other states realized they could be compelled to recognize those laws, same-sex marriage became an issue,'' Ms. Iverson said. "These same activist judges also want to remove the words 'under God' from the Pledge of Allegiance."

The mailing is the latest evidence of the emphasis Republicans are putting on motivating conservative Christian voters to vote this fall. But as the appeals become public, they also risk alienating moderate and swing voters.

An editorial on Sept. 22 in The Charleston Gazette in West Virginia, for example, asked, "Holy Moley! Who concocts this gibberish?"

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Matt Foreman, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, called the mailings an ugly contrast to Mr. Bush's public statements. Although the president has called for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, he often emphasizes the need for tolerance as well.

"The president takes more or less the high road and his henchman and allies on the right have been let loose to conduct these ugly, divisive smear campaigns," Mr. Foreman said. "It is wedge politics at its worst."

OK, this comes from the RNC.

As always, my question is: what do their internals look like. The GOP is reeking of fear and the media misses it.

Here's a simple example: the spot merkets which cover the election are weighted towards Bush, but no one seems to mention, anyone playing a Presidential futures market is as likely to be a Republican as not. The whol concept is weighted towards those who would lean Republican.

The fact is that every move by the GOP reeks of bad numbers, while the media is writing a Kerry comes from behind scenario, which is bullshit.

Bush, as the inmcumbent, needs to be above 50 percent to have a lead. Every day that he isn't, he's losing, regardless of the spread.

The media is missing this story the way they missed the simple fact that Clinton would never be impeached and had no reason to resign. They kept harping on that for months and waiting for the other shoe to drop. It wasn't going to. Hell, look at the number of House and Senate races which are opening up, is this a good sign for the party in pwower? I don't think so. The worst mistake Kerry made so far was to call Lambeau Field Lambert Field.

Yet, Bush stood there like a drooling idiot on Thursday, complete with incoherent answers which made no sense and Friday, he had to hide behind Allawi's CIA-owned trousers.

Why would the party send out such a desperate mailer if they weren't still worried about their base. Banning the bible? Are they fucking kidding? Why not eat little babies, it makes as much sense.

posted by Steve @ 10:46:00 AM