Republicans Admit Mailing Campaign Literature Saying Liberals Will Ban the Bible

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/24/politics/campaign/24bible.html (reg reqd)

NY Times wrote:

The Republican Party acknowledged yesterday sending mass mailings to residents of two states warning that "liberals" seek to ban the Bible. It said the mailings were part of its effort to mobilize religious voters for President Bush.

The mailings include images of the Bible labeled "banned" and of a gay marriage proposal labeled "allowed." A mailing to Arkansas residents warns: "This will be Arkansas if you don't vote." A similar mailing was sent to West Virginians.

I'm shocked. Shocked!

I never thought the Republicans would stoop so low. [/sarcasm]

One thing you have to hand to the Republicans is they know how to hit their base well. Furthermore, overtly secular government is like the boogie man to religious people, it stands for every that is evil about this country to them. Accordingly, science, government, and logic will not save American from "evil" abroad. Faith and belief play a huge role in this election, if anything, 9/11 showed us that just sitting back and trying to earn money in a global economy, being the only percieved super power got us nowhere, that faith and belief is all that you can count on even in a modern technological world to guide and protect you from its ravages.

- Walrus

So what?

I hear the Republicans will ban evolution and allow uzis. But I havent received campaign literature, yet.

Bush, Rove, Allison, Atwater, et al, learned their crap,....uh,....craft, working on Winton "Red" Blount's campaign for the U.S. Senate, in 1972 Alabama. They figured out how to take racism, underground. In the ensuing 32 years, they’ve perfected how to take the basic moves of coded racism, and apply it to a myiade of topics. Anything people disagree on, they can work in to a “fear & loathing” campaign issue, sometimes working both side with the right “spin”.

Winton Blount IV now carries on the family tradition, according to newspaper accounts, subcontracting for the likes of Halliburton and Bechtel in Saudi Arabia and Iraq today. :eyebrow:

Here it is.

Have you seen the latest Republican ad comparing Kerry to Jane Fonda? Fonda is such a red flag to older right wingers, it's almost like saying they have evidence that Kerry worships Satan. That will probably come next, right after the Bible's are all burnt.

I don't see the resemblance. ;)

Snort - hee!
That picture of Jane reminds me of why I bought those old workout tapes of hers - I went for the burn but I still didn't look like that. I guess it didn't work for poor ol' John either.

Actually, if Kerry wins, there will be a cadillac in the garage of every welfare queen, taxes on the working man will triple, first graders will be required to bow towards Mecca three times each day in prayer, our borders will be wide open to wetbacks and the states of California, Arizona, and New Mexico will declare Spanish to be their official language, black people will take over the major cities in the south and southeast regions of the country and all white residents who can't dance or play basketball will be summarily executed, and Canada will invade. Happy now? :D

Why do I get this urge to systematically point and laugh at anyone who falls for that mailing campaign?

I'd be more inclined to cry...