White House planning Katrina “public relations blitz”
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American is strong on hurricane defense! Look at how many major American cities have been destroyed since New Orleans! None! Mission Accomplished!
August 23rd, 2006 at 5:36 pmStarring Rockey no doubt!
August 23rd, 2006 at 5:39 pmOh boy, we get to watch history be erased right before our very eyes!
By this time next month, America will be convinced that Katrina was the best disaster relief effort this country has ever seen. Hell, Karl Rove got assigned to this months ago, we should see something impressive. Maybe even fireworks.
August 23rd, 2006 at 5:40 pmWouldn’t it be great if all the money and effort wasted on this PR spin was used to HELP the people of NOLA instead?
Again, we see appearances are more important than reality.
August 23rd, 2006 at 5:41 pmKaty, bar the door!
August 23rd, 2006 at 5:46 pmThe Rove propaganda machine will be at full tilt.
Today’s Republican “plant” for the photo op was only the opening salvo.
To the American public:
Who are you going to believe – their lies or your own lyin’ eyes?
Wouldn’t it be great if all the money and effort wasted on this PR spin was used to HELP the people of NOLA instead?
Again, we see appearances are more important than reality.
Comment by Wasted Effort
August 23rd, 2006 at 5:46 pm—————–
A nail-on-the-head moment.
Remember that there will be an issue of the day and of the week through the elections in November, starring aWol as long as he is vaguely lucid.
One bad twist, according to Media Matters, is that the media is editing out many of his fumbles, mistatements, and lies. They are cleaning him up, as Dave M. suggests, right before our eyes.
August 23rd, 2006 at 5:49 pmDisgusting opportunists…and I think that’s about the nicest thing I’ve said about those criminals.
August 23rd, 2006 at 5:49 pmI think people are tired of being lied to. This is going to be a very transparent attempt to re-write history.
Good luck Turdblossom, put some more whipped cream on that pile of shit and try telling people it is chocolate mousse.
-GSD
August 23rd, 2006 at 5:53 pmFortunately, Spike Lee’s movie will be out at the same time to counter the BS
August 23rd, 2006 at 5:54 pmLookat this too.
That dipshit Rocky the “Hurricane victim” was really a Republican operative. Sort of a Jeff Gannon for the Gulf Coast.
http://www.attytood.com/archives/003647.html
-GSD
August 23rd, 2006 at 5:55 pmIt’s not possible to clean up a room full of mud wallowing pig’s with out a huge hose, lot’s of water and more pressure…Sorry pig’s…You are one animal that is specific on you’re potty habits, unlike the human race……Think we all knew this was starting with Rocky and his hour’s of fame….Moving right along….Win or loose the Republican’s are on the run…Yahooooo………Blessings
August 23rd, 2006 at 5:57 pmWinston Smith and several others in the Ministry of Truth have been working overtime on this for weeks now, in preparation for the celebration of Big Brother’s triumph over the forces of Nature.
Oh, and we are at war with Eurasia. We have always been at war with Eurasia.
Update:Big Brother has declared a war against golbal warming. Big Brother has a plan to defeat global warming. There is no global warming. Big Brother has defeated global warming.
August 23rd, 2006 at 6:00 pmI posted this in the other thread. Not sure why TP hasn’t done an update yet, but that Rocky guy has been discredited in a HUGE way. He isn’t just a Bush lapdog. He is a republican who ran for office in St Bernard’s perish and lost.
August 23rd, 2006 at 6:01 pm
It’s too late, this only makes the Bush Administration look worse and worse, it takes re-elections to get these politicians to do anything. People realize that the only reason the Bush admin. is doing a public relations ‘blitz’ is to campaign for the inept, unfiscal, weak, visionless, spiteful and corrupt GOP.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Bush gets heckled and booed.
Besides that — Who is paying for this Republican campaign propaganda blitz to Nawleans??
August 23rd, 2006 at 6:07 pmCan we see the newsreels again? You know, the ones that show Emperor George stunning a guitar.
Then show the ones where Emperor George was when he should have been in some command center some place showing concern and directing support for the displaced. You know, the ones where he’s “some place else” raising political money and basically avoiding the whole Katrina thing.
August 23rd, 2006 at 6:07 pmWell,Spudge Boy,we can hope this will come back to bite Bush on the ass…I just heard on CNN that the White House claims they were not aware of his party affiliation! Riiight!
August 23rd, 2006 at 6:09 pmThat photo of W looking down on the destruction is even more poignant than the image captured during the Marines’ conquest of Iwo Jima! (satire off). Perhaps, he will accomplish what he promised and has not been done for the last year or so – rebuild NOLA in the next seven days. See this to see how people are fending for themselves!
August 23rd, 2006 at 6:11 pmoops.My #17 post is for another thread.
August 23rd, 2006 at 6:14 pmit our job to spread the truth.
we all must reach beyond the virtual world and continue to take the truth to the average joe.
this is the only way to counter the propaganda and lies hosted by the MSM. the MSM GOP drumbeat will be ramping up. we must also increase our efforts.
regardless of your choosen methodology for implementation (voice, editorials, pamphleteering, vote registration drives), at all cost just do it
the best msgs are one-to-many interaction. although great value exists for one-to-one.
simple concise msgs always work best. take leasons from the founding fathers and utilize satire in easily crafted publications.
just one hour a day, step away from the keyboard, and take your msg outside the net.
your help is needed.
move america forward.
August 23rd, 2006 at 6:20 pmOnly the inbred redneck
“authoritarian followers” are going to believe this BS.
The other 70% of the US will be wathcing Spike Lee’s movie and remembering what REALLY happened
August 23rd, 2006 at 6:23 pmincrease the volumn.
spread your msg.
do not think others will do your job.
your help is needed.
August 23rd, 2006 at 6:26 pmMedia blitz? You mean, with pictures of dead people floating, the squalor of the convention center, or rampant looting and confusion? Can’t wait!
August 23rd, 2006 at 6:29 pmTom3,
Looks like you’ve been reading John W. Dean’s latest book, too.
August 23rd, 2006 at 6:33 pmGet the message out. Refuse to shut up. And remember who lies when you go to vote.
Those three things are the last, best hope for America.
August 23rd, 2006 at 6:43 pmBush poll at 36%
Why do the Faux Coulter Republicans hate 64% of America and 75% of the World?
August 23rd, 2006 at 6:58 pmYou got it right. Dipshit Rockey is a puke operative. This idea was not his, it was Karl Roves. The RNC sent him, via FEDEX a large packet of 50 dollar bills to buy the trailer he hauled up to DC, and to pay for all his expenses.
Dont believe it. It will all come out soon!
August 23rd, 2006 at 7:14 pmi think there SHOULD be a media blitz each day and for weeks/months/however long to commemrate that “it’s been one year and [fill in the number] days since the levees failed and still the garbage hasn’t been picked up but the developers are drawing up plans, the schools haven’t been opened for all kids but billions of dollars have been paid to out-of-town corporations…”
August 23rd, 2006 at 7:15 pmBTW – the next two weeks are going to be taken up CELEBRATING 911 and CELEBRATING Katrina. Be prepared.
George Bush and the pukes in congress, you know, the candidates on the Al Qaeda ticket, will come up with some great ideas for your entertainment.
August 23rd, 2006 at 7:18 pmI’m sure the folks still living in FEMA trailers will enjoy that.
America’s Least Wanted
August 23rd, 2006 at 8:44 pmLuckily, it seems this cornball stunt hasn’t gotten much play in the MSM. Of course FOX ‘news’ will pick it up and run with it, but most of the website I’ve visited hardly mention it.
August 23rd, 2006 at 9:02 pmIm sure the folks in the fema trailers are lovin it, yeah, we’ve never had it so good.
August 23rd, 2006 at 9:14 pmDid anyone check out my link in post 19? I have access to NYT sites because my daughter-in-law works there. If one checks out all of the attached links, one can see that W has not only abandoned Iraq and Afghanistan, he has abandoned America as well.
August 23rd, 2006 at 9:25 pmSorry about link, it should have read link. Macular degeneration sucks. Just ask just about anyone over sixty-five.
August 23rd, 2006 at 9:32 pmHave they identified all the bodies in NO yet? Just sayin’
August 23rd, 2006 at 10:28 pmHave all the bodies actually been found in New Orleans?
August 23rd, 2006 at 10:33 pmThat’s a better question, For Truth.
Have you heard anything about a counter-public relations blitz? It would be SO easy to embarass the crap out of BushCo over this.
August 23rd, 2006 at 10:40 pmOh boy, Bush talking to handpicked victims of Katrina. Do ya think he’ll have a big banner behind him saying “Mission Accomplished”?
August 23rd, 2006 at 10:44 pmFirst priority – restock the libraries? Who will be around to read the books? Somewhere a rocker is missing a man.
August 23rd, 2006 at 10:49 pmThere’s a pie chart over on CNN about the Government’s effort to rebuild after Katrina. Can’t provide a link, but if you click on Politics, under More News are two links: one is crap about Bush saying it’ll take time, the other is the poll. Here are the numbers:
Question: Thinking about the efforts the federal government is making to rebuild areas damaged by Hurricane Katrina, do you think the federal government is doing too much, is doing the right amount, or has not done enough?
Too Much: 10%
Doing the Right Amount: 31%
Not Done Enough: 56%
No Opinion: 3%
SAMPLE: Interviews with 517 adult Americans conducted via telephone August 18-20, by Opinion Research Corporation. SAMPLING ERROR: +/- 4.5% points
I just love Bushies statement: “But I also want people to remember that a one-year anniversary is just that, because it’s going to require a long time to help these people rebuild.”
Cripes, in most situations, the one-year anniversary is a milestone on how things are going to continue.
What a maroon.
August 23rd, 2006 at 11:21 pmYeah good one, thats what needs more allocation: PR funding. We’ll slander them hurricanes so hard they wont dare show their faces on American soil again.
August 24th, 2006 at 4:21 amThe night the levees stood one New Orleans night
Enter Katrina their protection was too light
The Mayor was screaming for help but none came
In the end it was he they would blame
Even as no help came
Three nights Kathy Blanco begged
In the end they had her pegged
She had to go onto CNN TV
Make a crack about asking for soldiers in RV’s
Before a single one came
This is the story of the hurricane
And the people that are to blame
For what was never done
When the Republicans cut funding to the engineers
To fund their war-greed fears
Meanwhile Bush was on his Texas ranch
Clearing it of scrub and branch
Playing the cowboy president
Not a Whitehouse resident
It took two days before he came
This is the story of the hurricane
And the people that are to blame
For what was never done
When the Republicans cut funding to the engineers
To fund their war-greed fears
Mike Brown was called a clown
As he tried to look around
Hell of job but it wasn’t gonna slide
He took the rap for his side
As he tried to Blanco shame
This is the story of the hurricane
And the people that are to blame
For what was never done
When the Republicans cut funding to the engineers
To fund their war-greed fears
And still the Democrats are responsible
August 24th, 2006 at 5:14 amHow can you blame the less able
Government of their choice
That government that mutes your voice
They got their elected reign
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August 24th, 2006 at 9:48 amWhite House planning Katrina “public relations blitz†for next week.
Hah! Just when you thought there were no new good comedies this season.
August 24th, 2006 at 9:55 am.