The Internet-based Information Rebellion rose up
initially to compensate for the moral failure and
complicity of the "US mainstream news media," but it
has evolved -- to energize, and organize the national
and global resistance to the Bush cabal and the "vast
reich-wing conspiracy" it holds the lease to...Now the
Information Rebellion itself has become a target of
the Rove Machine...Be ever-vigilant, be as generous as you can...Support
sites like MoveOn, BuzzFlash, TruthOut, Democrats.com,
Media Channel, etc. The *civil* war is heating up, it
is going to get VERY nasty...
Buzzflash: We are wondering where Mr. Gillespie was when
Republican supporters were running ads in South Dakota
linking pussycat Tom Daschle to Saddam Hussein. We are
wondering where Mr. Gillespie was when the Bush Cartel
circulated rumors in the 2000 South Carolina primary
that John McCain had a black child and was a traitor
during his captivity in Vietnam. We are wondering
where Mr. Gillespie was when the Bush Cartel openly
lied America into war. We are wondering where Mr.
Gillespie was when the White House outed a CIA
operative specializing in Weapons of Mass Destruction.
We are wondering where Mr. Gillespie was when Bush's
religious comrades-in-arms said America had 9/11
coming to it. We are wondering where Mr. Gillespie was
when de facto lead policy strategist for the Bush
White House, Grover Norquist, compared the estate tax
to the Holocaust?
Save the US Constitution, Show Up for Democracy in 2004: Defeat Bush (again!)
http://www.buzzflash.com/editorial/04/01/edi04001.html
January 6, 2003 EDITORIAL ARCHIVES
Bush Cartel Feigns Outrage In Order to Smear
MoveOn.org!
A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL
It was inevitable.
MoveOn.Org has become a genuine participatory
phenomenon. With creativity and flair, a few savvy
patriots have made the spirit of democracy come alive
through the Internet.
MoveOn.org has attracted hundreds of thousands --
perhaps millions -- of participants and supporters
into an evolving strategy of standing up for
democracy, which, in this dark hour, means standing up
to the Bush Cartel.
MoveOn.org didn't move to the forefront of Karl Rove's
concerns until it started doing what the Grand
Hypocrisy Party lives to do: raise money. No,
MoveOn.org hasn't moved into the Bush Cartel printing
press level of raising money yet, but it's starting to
become a real threat to Rove. Anything that combines
true participatory democracy and big fundraising
starts to send off the warning alarm in 'ol Karl's
office.
Which brings us to the feigned outrage that the RNC is
now expressing, on behalf of Rove, that amidst more
than a 1,500 ads submitted in a MoveOn.org contest, a
couple of them compared Bush to Hitler:
"This is the worst and most vile form of political
hate speech," Ed Gillespie, chairman of the Republican
National Committee, said in one of several statements
he issued. He urged the nine Democrats running for
president to repudiate the advertisements. [LINK]
First of all, they weren't the selected ads. You can
view the 15 SELECTED finalists at [LINK] Second of all
-- and most importantly -- this is America, Mr.
Gillespie, and we have a cherished tradition of
something called free speech. The ads were two among
more than 1,500 that were merely submitted in an open
competition.
We are wondering where Mr. Gillespie was when
Republican supporters were running ads in South Dakota
linking pussycat Tom Daschle to Saddam Hussein. We are
wondering where Mr. Gillespie was when the Bush Cartel
circulated rumors in the 2000 South Carolina primary
that John McCain had a black child and was a traitor
during his captivity in Vietnam. We are wondering
where Mr. Gillespie was when the Bush Cartel openly
lied America into war. We are wondering where Mr.
Gillespie was when the White House outed a CIA
operative specializing in Weapons of Mass Destruction.
We are wondering where Mr. Gillespie was when Bush's
religious comrades-in-arms said America had 9/11
coming to it. We are wondering where Mr. Gillespie was
when de facto lead policy strategist for the Bush
White House, Grover Norquist, compared the estate tax
to the Holocaust?
We are wondering where Mr. Gillespie was when every
Republican leader with a nickel in his pocket was
comparing Bill Clinton to Satan...well, the list just
doesn't stop, does it?
But who cares? If someone wants to compare Bush to
Satan or Hitler, that's their right, isn't it? This is
America, after all. What's the paraphrase of that old
patriotic expression? "I may not agree with what you
say, but I will defend to the death your right to say
it."
In the end, the RNC and the Bush Cartel ALWAYS try to
marginalize successful opponents with smear tactics
like this. It's a testament to the success of
MoveOn.org that they are now getting the royal
character assassination treatment from the White
House. It means that they've earned Karl Rove's
respect.
As for BuzzFlash, frankly, we don't cotton much to
comparing Bush to Hitler (and remember, MoveOn.org
members didn't select any ads comparing Bush to
Hitler. But such details aren't important to the RNC.)
To BuzzFlash, Bush is a cross between the intelligence
of Forrest Gump, the corrupt corporate/government
cronyism of Francisco Franco and the Soviet Style
secrecy of Leonid Brezhnev.
Message to Mr. Gillespie: Try morphing that one into a
video ad.
A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL
Posted by richard at January 6, 2004 08:56 AM