Paul R.
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 Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 7:28 am Post subject: I'm in tears laughing! |
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Great stuff over on Free Republic, today. An excerpt:
| Quote: | Happily, The Guardian, the fever chart of the British Left, decided to arrange a controlled experiment in the effectiveness of the Bush-hating strategy. They targeted the voters of Clark County, Ohio, one of the swingiest counties in a critical swing state, by getting Guardian readers to send them letters explaining why they shouldn't vote for Bush. Antonia Fraser, John Le Carre and other celebrated Guardianistas put pen to paper and marshalled their arguments.
Richard Dawkins demonstrated the incisive forensic analysis of Bush one expects from one of Oxford's most celebrated professors: "An idiot he may be, but he is also sly, mendacious and vindictive ... thuggish ... pariah state ... brazenly lying ... cynical mendacity." Gloomy film-maker Ken Loach, who makes Moore look like Busby Berkeley, began: "Today, your country is reviled across continents as never before ..."
In return, The Guardian received many responses, saying things like "real Americans aren't interested in your pansy-ass, tea-sipping opinions", which was one of the more polite replies in that it eschewed observations on the defects of British dentistry. In 2000, Clark County went narrowly for Al Gore. On Tuesday, it went decisively for Bush. The local Republican chairman claimed that Fraser and co had done a grand job of rallying the county's Bush voters and getting them to the poll. Thank you, Guardian lefties! Had they launched Operation Massachusetts, Kerry would have lost his own state. |
More: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1271250/posts
Actually, I should probably be mad (overseas newspaper targeting US voters), but, it's the result that counts. In the end, Michael Moore & Co. may have energized the Conservatives more than the Libs, and since more people identify themselves as Conservatives...
Several other good posts too, especially this from a vet:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1271251/posts
(Maybe that should be over on Epilogue?)
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