According to the news reports, vp cheney claimed that by connecticut's voters voting for Ned Lamont, they were voting for terrorism. This goes along with the fact that the US Government pressured the British to release the story of the terrorism plot early, so it would coinside with the primaries. Isnt this a little shady for the president?
2006-08-15 18:41:35 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
I guess this means that the GOP is using every last resort to not make the democrats sweep congress this year.
2006-08-15 18:44:11 · update #1
This is just another version of what the current administration said when other countries were reticent to allow invasion of Iraq for the alleged WMD. 'either with us or against us.'
We are in a country that champions free speech, one of the greatest benefits of our democracy. Yet if someone voices an opinion that differs from that of the current administration, they are branded unpatriotic. After 9/11, nearly the whole country took that one lying down, talk about lemmings! Now everyone is so afraid of being called 'unpatriotic' they keep their opinions to themselves. This is not what America is supposed to be about!
The propaganda twist is taking increasingly scary turns.
The current adminstration starts by equating 9/11 (bad) = terrorists (bad); Anti-terrorism policy = good. This much is obviously true, and is an example of the aphorism that there is a core of truth in all successful propaganda.
But by the last presidential election the propangada had morphed; although there was no evidence that Iraq was involved in 9/11, most Bush voters (roughly 60%) accepted 9/11 = terrorists = Iraq = bad.
Now what Cheney is saying is an extenstion:
pro-Iraq War = anti-terrorist = good
Anti-Iraq War = pro-terrorist = bad.
i.e., 'with us or against us.'
Are Americans going to continue being that unquestioningly gullible?
2006-08-15 19:16:06 · answer #1 · answered by knewknickname 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's all shady. If it were a Democrat in the White House, they'd be coming up with an end-around way of saying that by voting for Republicans, you're voting for American Imperialism and "unjust and illegal wars".
Each side has it's own allegations against the other, each at least somewhat true, but frequently spun out of control.
That's all this is.
2006-08-15 18:55:32 · answer #2 · answered by The Walrus 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, he said that voting in Lamont "comforts terrorist and al-qaeda types." Which is ridiculous, they're starting to say that everything that goes against them is a terrorist action, or comforts terrorists.
Remind me of the sheep from Animal Farm, They'd start chanting "Napolean is always right" before anyone could disagree with him, and if they did, they would send dogs on them...
Give knewnickname the ten, great answer by him.
2006-08-15 21:34:55 · answer #3 · answered by RATM 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Anything they can do to keep the good people out of power...
I heard that a few days ago. Sounds like the White House needs to tighten the Vice President's muzzle. All they're going is setting themselves up for an even BIGGER fall.
2006-08-15 18:55:43 · answer #4 · answered by amg503 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm ..... evidently narrow Shady have been given what he deserved, possibly .....? Wasn't he exceedingly merciless to his ex and to different women folk in his songs ....? Karma, possibly .... ??? i'm in basic terms asserting!!! :-)
2016-09-29 07:58:20 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where did you get the FACT that the US pressured the Brits to release the story early? I might have thought that it would come out when they made the arrests! Silly me! And the airport security that suddenly got so restrictive? Did they start that early too? That would look silly to start the security then announce the arrests a month from now wouldn't it?
2006-08-15 18:51:46 · answer #6 · answered by mark g 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Propaganda can win votes. Thus, politicians will make references in order to demean a person.
2006-08-15 18:50:32 · answer #7 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If slander and smear is all that you have to stand on and you have enough lemmings to follow you, then you can win an election obviously.
Despicable is more like it.
2006-08-15 18:51:46 · answer #8 · answered by GJ 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Watch out everybody. I think I just saw some black helicopters overhead. I will let you know when it is clear at my end.
2006-08-15 19:01:43 · answer #9 · answered by jw 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is indeed quite shady, but what do you expect from our governing idiots?
2006-08-15 18:50:15 · answer #10 · answered by emily_brown18 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋