Originally posted by midnight Target
Smear - Kerry
Queer - They're coming to get your children
Fear - Vote for Bush or they'll attack again.
LOL!
You do realize you are exactly what you accuse others of being... right?
How is it that you could even possibly believe that the republicans had some kind of market on the smear campaign? Did they get CBS to run a story the week before the election based on completley falsified documents?
I mean seriously... I know about Bush's DUI, his cocain habit, his early departure from the National Guard, his wife's drug dealing, his daughter's drinking habits... Were these part of the republican campaign policy too?
You seem convinced that the republicans have somehow duped the voters when it can't be farther from the truth. People weren't drawn away from the democratic party last election, they ran from it.
My wife works at a relatively low paying job that is predominantly staffed by minorities. 99% of them are democrat. Not a single one of them would vote for Kerry and outright said so. They didn't vote for Bush either, but it was the first year in decades that some of them refused to vote.
The republicans did not shove gay marriage down our throats prior to the elections. This is one I watched develop in a manner you wouldn't quite understand politically in that Portland was one of the "hotspots" on this topic. In Portland, 2 gay members of our city council and one member supporting gay marriage got together and decided to allow gay marriage in Portland, not bothering to invite the other 4 members of the city council to that meeting. They then decided to keep the courts open 24 hours a day to accomodate the "influx" of gays seeking marriage. This was not a republican plot. The state legislature, which is majority dem, then passed a bill defining marriage (banning gay "marriage") and put it up before a vote in the state. It passed by an overwhelming margin in a state that has voted Dem since I can remember... It was at least a 20 point margin... another thing that's unheard of in this state.
I wonder how that could be? I wonder how the republicans could infiltrate our state in a manner of months and change everyone's mind on this subject. They are so very sneaky.
But, the repblicans were villified for their stance on gay marriage and the stance of the "religious wackos" that are "intollerant". Those aren't labels that were made up by republicans, bub. I don't remeber seeing them thrown around nearly as much as last election. This "smear" campaign you speak of was a two way streak. Of course, the republicans were smart enough to only smear the opponent. The Dems weren't quite as clever and decided to smear the opponent AND the voters.
