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  •  Howard Fineman taught me (none / 0)

    that Bush has to divide people.  That's the only way he can win.

    Makes perfect sense.

    by Sam Loomis on Sat Sep 10, 2005 at 10:07:45 AM PDT

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    •  Not just Bush. (4.00 / 2)

      Its been a republican technique for years.  Bush and Rove are just very proficient at its use.

      Divide and Conquer.  It's us against them...you're either with us or against us...

      by tjb22 on Sat Sep 10, 2005 at 10:10:29 AM PDT

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      •  True, true... (4.00 / 3)

        I remember seeing that powerful Willie Horton ad against Dukakis.  That was some mean-spirited shit, and it worked brilliantly.  

        I was in grade school then and I remember talking about that ad with my old man.  My dad sat me down and even though I lived in a white-trash town and never even met a person who was black until I was 18, we talked about race.

        My father told me "Sam, lots of white people are afraid of blacks cause they don't live around them and they are just ignorant.  Sam, It doesn't matter if you are white, black or indian...If you are an ASSHOLE, then your are just an ASSHOLE.  If you are a good-hearted person, then you are just that.  What fucking difference does it make what color your skin is?

        I love my dad.
        He's cool as fuck.

        by Sam Loomis on Sat Sep 10, 2005 at 10:18:21 AM PDT

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        •  I was fortunate in having (4.00 / 3)

          descent parents, too...they taught me to question everything.  I was taught not to believe everything "they" said.  A healthy skepticism is crucial.

          If anyone cares to open their eyes its so obvious...deflect blame from yourself by blaming some group of "others" for the problem.  Ofcourse, they've totally mastered this...all of us "liberals" are now scapegoated the same way.

          by tjb22 on Sat Sep 10, 2005 at 10:22:33 AM PDT

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          •  Well, I see it like this (4.00 / 2)

            When you let your neighbor trespass in your yard, shit on your lawn, and then he goes and paints your fence yellow...you have no one to blame but yourself.

            Only in the last year have some dems, in office and out, begun to kick the GOP out of our yard.  Now it's time to get out the sander and the paint and get to work.

            They only scapegoat those dems who let them get away with it.

            by Sam Loomis on Sat Sep 10, 2005 at 10:29:38 AM PDT

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