Why It Is Absolutely CRITICAL To Election 2008 That Impeachment Move Forward
| By Sean Shealy - Dec 30th, 2007 at 1:44 pm EST |
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In a nail-biter, any Dem is a sure loser. George W. Bush's administration will be overseeing the election. The GOP owns the media. They own the voting machines.
There are large groups of people in the United States who do not yet know of the many dozens of provable felonies of this administration. In November of '08, millions of these people are going to enter the voting booth thinking, "well, I'll vote for this party, or that party; they're both basically the same. I like Huckabee's smile, though, and Republicans have kept us safe from the grave terrorist threat we faced all these years."
But if those people understood that the "grave terrorist threat" in fact never existed, that it was created to be used against them by the GOP, it would change the tide dramatically in the Democrat's favor.
When pollsters ask the question, "if it can be shown that the president did not tell the truth, should he be impeached?," the numbers in favor of impeachment reach 53%, as opposed to 42% against. Those types of numbers would make the next election tamper-proof.
This is why it is critical to impeach, not just George W. Bush, but the GOP as a whole under the umbrella of George W. Bush. Instead of the Dem saying, "I support wire-tapping, but I'm weaker on the issue," and "I support water-boarding, but I'm wishy-washy about it," let the Dem take the American position on the issues (support Habeas, Geneva, "nothing to fear but fear itself") and make the GOP defend the anti-American position in the context of an ongoing daily airing of dirty (horrific) laundry -- the impeachment.
One can defy reality and suggest that impeachment is "bad" for the impeaching party, but history shows otherwise.
Negative advertising works.
Impeachment is free, sustained negative advertising.
And it would be JUST, and RIGHT, and Republic-restoring too! IMAGINE!
But, then again, maybe we could do the same thing we did in 2000, and 2004, and hope for a different result.
We'll just cruise into 2008, defending against outlandish Republican attacks as they come. We'll keep "fear of terrorism" as the center of the debate, even though the advantage is clearly Republican. And we'll tit-for-tat, and we'll complain about the skewed coverage of the MSM, and we'll battle against the superior money of the GOP --it will come -- and, on election night, we'll watch the 50/50 split be entrusted to those wonderful voting machines. And we'll expect a different outcome.
Because we're insane?
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Join us Saturday January 5, 2008 @ 7PM at the Mercury Cafe, for an interactive multi-media, audience-participation impeachment event.
And bring some wishy-washy Dems who need an injection of backbone, will you?
The incredible progressive experimental rock band "Orphaned Gears" will bring down the house after.
There are large groups of people in the United States who do not yet know of the many dozens of provable felonies of this administration. In November of '08, millions of these people are going to enter the voting booth thinking, "well, I'll vote for this party, or that party; they're both basically the same. I like Huckabee's smile, though, and Republicans have kept us safe from the grave terrorist threat we faced all these years."
But if those people understood that the "grave terrorist threat" in fact never existed, that it was created to be used against them by the GOP, it would change the tide dramatically in the Democrat's favor.
When pollsters ask the question, "if it can be shown that the president did not tell the truth, should he be impeached?," the numbers in favor of impeachment reach 53%, as opposed to 42% against. Those types of numbers would make the next election tamper-proof.
This is why it is critical to impeach, not just George W. Bush, but the GOP as a whole under the umbrella of George W. Bush. Instead of the Dem saying, "I support wire-tapping, but I'm weaker on the issue," and "I support water-boarding, but I'm wishy-washy about it," let the Dem take the American position on the issues (support Habeas, Geneva, "nothing to fear but fear itself") and make the GOP defend the anti-American position in the context of an ongoing daily airing of dirty (horrific) laundry -- the impeachment.
One can defy reality and suggest that impeachment is "bad" for the impeaching party, but history shows otherwise.
Negative advertising works.
Impeachment is free, sustained negative advertising.
And it would be JUST, and RIGHT, and Republic-restoring too! IMAGINE!
But, then again, maybe we could do the same thing we did in 2000, and 2004, and hope for a different result.
We'll just cruise into 2008, defending against outlandish Republican attacks as they come. We'll keep "fear of terrorism" as the center of the debate, even though the advantage is clearly Republican. And we'll tit-for-tat, and we'll complain about the skewed coverage of the MSM, and we'll battle against the superior money of the GOP --it will come -- and, on election night, we'll watch the 50/50 split be entrusted to those wonderful voting machines. And we'll expect a different outcome.
Because we're insane?
-----------------------------------------------------
Join us Saturday January 5, 2008 @ 7PM at the Mercury Cafe, for an interactive multi-media, audience-participation impeachment event.
And bring some wishy-washy Dems who need an injection of backbone, will you?
The incredible progressive experimental rock band "Orphaned Gears" will bring down the house after.
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