Wednesday, September 08, 2004
cheney: if you vote for the other guy, the terrorists will have won
Cheney opened his mouth yesterday and FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR came pouring out.
As the Christian Science Monitor asked,
Why indeed. Despite Bush's bounce in the polls this week, I think his campaign is getting desperate so they are pulling out the terror card to scare voters into supporting them, especially given research showing that voters tend to vote less rationally when confronted with the fear of death.
And I think Kerry is attempting to appeal to rational Americans who believe that Bush is not trying to solve the root causes of terrorism and is inadvertently creating more terrorists by implementing foreign policies which further inflame the Muslim world. As commentator Ivan Eland pointed out,
I think that the Democrats realize that you can't fight terrorism by throwing fire on the flame - you have to find the source of the fire and take away the fuel. On the other hand, the administration's neo-con strategy is to pour on lighter fluid, and a lot of ammunition, and hope that maybe the whole thing will just go away.
¶ 4:47 PM
Cheney opened his mouth yesterday and FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR came pouring out.
...and it's absolutely essential that eight weeks from today, on November 2nd, we make the right choice. Because if we make the wrong choice, then the danger is that we'll get hit again. That we'll be hit in a way that will be devastating from the standpoint of the United States...
As the Christian Science Monitor asked,
Creating fear among a civilian population is a terrorist's tool. Then why, in their contest to lead the US against Islamic radicals who use terror, are the two presidential campaigns trying to scare American voters about their opponents' ability to fight terrorism?
Why indeed. Despite Bush's bounce in the polls this week, I think his campaign is getting desperate so they are pulling out the terror card to scare voters into supporting them, especially given research showing that voters tend to vote less rationally when confronted with the fear of death.
And I think Kerry is attempting to appeal to rational Americans who believe that Bush is not trying to solve the root causes of terrorism and is inadvertently creating more terrorists by implementing foreign policies which further inflame the Muslim world. As commentator Ivan Eland pointed out,
...one would think U.S. policymakers would have learned that radical Islamists are inflamed to commit terrorist acts by “infidel” intervention in and occupation of Moslem lands. This issue is Osama bin Laden’s main gripe against the United States, and he has not hidden it. (Even neo-conservative Newt Gingrich has recently contradicted President Bush’s assertion that the United States is attacked for “who we are” and not “what we do.”) It is also what drove Islamic jihadists from around the world to Afghanistan in the 1980s to beat back the Soviet invasion and what now drives the zealous Chechen attacks on the Russians and the vigorous Palestinian strikes against Israel.
I think that the Democrats realize that you can't fight terrorism by throwing fire on the flame - you have to find the source of the fire and take away the fuel. On the other hand, the administration's neo-con strategy is to pour on lighter fluid, and a lot of ammunition, and hope that maybe the whole thing will just go away.
¶ 4:47 PM
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The only logical conclusion is that Cheney is in league with the terrorists. If you don't vote for us, we will destroy you.
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# posted by 
: 6:10 PM
: 6:10 PM
...plus bush's big bounce was bogus....
http://www.electoral-vote.com/sep/sep06.html
(scroll down....)
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http://www.electoral-vote.com/sep/sep06.html
(scroll down....)
bg
# posted by : 6:15 PM
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