Say Hey, Willie
New Republic Online has a story about how the Bush campign is rolling out it’s first negative ads–and playing on fears and sterotypes to boot.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: If the Democratic party cannot beat George W. Bush, they really ought to just quietly disband.
ETA: This is a column, by E.J. Dionne, Jr, suggesting that Bush might already be getting kind of desperate.
ETA, again: BuzzFlash has an interview with Eric Alterman, author of the much-recommended What Liberal Media and keeper of the MSNBC Altercation blog, also much recommended. ‘Graph that jumped out at me:
“Another case is stem cell research. People who have Parkinson’s are going to suffer and die an early death because of the research that is being handcuffed by Bush’s decision to stop research. Now Bush doesn’t say that it’s because of his religious faith he’s going to prevent necessary research to take place that will ease people’s suffering. Bush tries to say he’s thought about it and he’s found a middle ground. But it’s never a middle ground. It’s always exactly what his faith wants, and it’s what the religious right wants. When it comes to economic issues, it’s what the corporate elite want. And in the case of foreign policy, it’s whatever the neo-cons want.”
Idea for a Kerry spot: “Defeat George W. Bush. He wants Michael J. Fox to suffer and die an early death. Is that really what you want to happen to one of America’s most beloved television personalities?”
