Military report: secretly ‘recruit or hire bloggers.’
Military report: secretly ‘recruit or hire bloggers.’
Noah Shachtman at Danger Room finds a 2006 report written for U.S. Special Operations Command that suggests ways the military should deal with the blogosphere. One suggestion is for the military to hire bloggers to “pass the U.S. message“:
Information strategists can consider clandestinely recruiting or hiring prominent bloggers or other persons of prominence…to pass the U.S. message. … On the other hand, such operations can have a blowback effect, as witnessed by the public reaction following revelations that the U.S. military had paid journalists to publish stories in the Iraqi press under their own names. People do not like to be deceived, and the price of being exposed is lost credibility and trust.
An alternative strategy is to “make” a blog and blogger. The process of boosting the blog to a position of influence could take some time, however, and depending on the person running the blog, may impose a significant educational burden, in terms of cultural and linguistic training before the blog could be put online to any useful effect. Still, there are people in the military today who like to blog.
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Man, they really need to raise their recruiting standards, if our trolls are any indication.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:10 pmIf you are for war, you are either a troll for the military or and idiot. This could be hard to distighish.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:21 pmHi military industrial complex!
For the low low price of 4 fully kitted out F-16’s, I will GLADLY lose all morals and forget my ethics and write for you.
As a bonus, here is my “patriotic” article now: Onward christian soldiers to Iran (and then Syria yupee!), it is what god would want!
March 31st, 2008 at 9:32 pmBingo! I think we see the fruits of this labor here in these message boards! Finally, we know the source of the trolls. Not just right wing “think”-tanks, but our tax dollars at work.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:33 pmThe process of boosting the blog to a position of influence [...] may impose a significant educational burden, in terms of cultural and linguistic training before the blog could be put online to any useful effect.
Are they talking about the US or Iraq?
I mean, the cultural and linguistic level of your average Bush cultist in English is already poor enough; if the trolls at ThinkProgress are any guide. I can only imagine what they would sound like in Arabic.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:34 pmfletc3her Says…but our tax dollars at work.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:35 pmCan I get my money back. These trolls SUCK!
Apparently Michelle Malkin, Rush Limpbaugh, O’Hanlon, etc etc etc are too stealthy for the military, and have gotten under the radar.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:35 pmYeah, I’ll “pass” your message…
March 31st, 2008 at 9:36 pm…to pass the U.S. message…
I wonder which “U.S. message” or messages they’re referring to — that there were, so, WMDs in Iraq? That the war is going to be self-financing after all? That the troops aren’t overstretched and just lo-o-ove going back to Iraq for more tours? That despite the polls, a majority of the voting public really does want us to wade deeper into the quagmire?
(From the Wikipedia article on the agency formerly known as the Office of Strategic Influence):
Do tell!
March 31st, 2008 at 9:37 pmAnd what makes them think anyone would buy what they sell, this late into the game?
What would they say? That Iraqis should be grateful the Bush administration has reduced their country to rubble?
That Pres Bush actually cares for them and their collective fate? That the WMD were found?
Yeah, Iraqis are going to drink that kool-aid…
March 31st, 2008 at 9:37 pmreal progressive, what’s your pay grade soldier?
March 31st, 2008 at 9:38 pmREAL DOOFUS@8…exhibit A,I rest my case!
March 31st, 2008 at 9:40 pmAnd the troll shows up right on time to demonstrate what I meant by piss-poor linguistic levels and educational burdens…
March 31st, 2008 at 9:40 pmReal Progressive
March 31st, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Trahan, you moron. Could you AT LEAST get the spelling correct on your headlines. I know it’s a POS blog, but if you’re going to do it, a little effort is in order.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:40 pmI have a feeling “Real Progressive” is the blogger equivalent of a Civil War reenactor.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:41 pmWe called it. About time the military confessed.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:42 pmLike this surprises anyone.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:42 pmZoo, don’t press the troll to get his spelling up to snuff.
If he starts spelling all his words correctly, the only thing we’ll have to identify him is his fractured prose and bizarre pronouncements.
Come to think of it, that ought to be enough. Never mind.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:43 pmMr. P cannot live without his daily fix of ThinkProgress.
We wouldn’t have this problem if the US had socialised mental health care…
March 31st, 2008 at 9:44 pmRightwing trolls were sent out a long time ago to pollute all blogs and forums with their unique brand of idiocy. The ones pretending to be decent Americans can fool you for a while but they end up outing themselves eventually.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:44 pmReal Progressive
March 31st, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Try again, dingleberry. I’ll type slowly….your headlines are mis-spelled.
If you don’t care, then ok.
No one says you can’t post at the Zoo.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:45 pmIt would be interesting if REal Fake Progressive could identify a single commenter who suggested that “it’s bad for the Military to have bloggers”?
Jeez, he can’t even build a decent strawman. Isn’t that the first thing they teach you at troll school?
March 31st, 2008 at 9:49 pmAnd after recruited they take a course given by Bill Kristol,then they take home some Fox DVDs to watch…then they are ready to blog at places like TP.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:52 pmThe troll fails to grasp the concept that, if the US’ invasion of Iraq had that many supporters, the US military wouldn’t need to pay anyone to do it, let alone do it in secret…
March 31st, 2008 at 9:52 pmReal Progressive Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Zooey,
I tried and it didn’t go through after my video posts.. Hey what did you think of the videos I posted?
Gee, that’s too bad.
Does it matter what I thought of them?
March 31st, 2008 at 9:56 pmIsn’t this a Karen Hughes redux, or what?
March 31st, 2008 at 9:57 pm“Real progressive” really ain’t that bright, is he?
Hell, what am I saying? He’s a troll, not being bright goes without saying.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:57 pmDamn I knew this would happen!!!
March 31st, 2008 at 9:57 pmUh oh! What happened to our “Real Progressive!?” :-D
March 31st, 2008 at 10:06 pmDang… the minute I saw the headline on this thread, I knew there’d be a non-stop Three Stooges-style slap fight goin’ on!!!
Bo-o-o-o-ing!!!! Wooo-whoop-whoop-whoop!!! You moron… I’ll teach you!
Nyuck-uck-uck!!!
March 31st, 2008 at 10:07 pmhe’s copying a few posts from here to his awsome blog so his 2 commenters can see what is going on over here
March 31st, 2008 at 10:10 pmI actually know a guy (a colonel) who runs the Pentagon’s blog outreach (he’s in the NG and has been on active duty now for several years).
Let me just say the suggestions were, in fact, put into use. Several times by some rather well-known wingnut blogs — he couldn’t say enough about how LGF, Jawa, and several others would put out pretty much anything the DoD sent without question.
The reason he said he reached out to them was because of the Bush AWOL files. They (the military) were all “very impressed with the work they did on that one.”
March 31st, 2008 at 10:12 pmBye,bye realimpressive. It was nice laughing at ya. :)
March 31st, 2008 at 10:14 pmCovert government propaganda is OK with you?
March 31st, 2008 at 10:14 pmGovernment propaganda is fine and legal but covert government propaganda isn’t.
Even Leftist Islamic atheistic jihadi pacifists know that.
Mia Kulper
March 31st, 2008 at 10:17 pmyou forgot commie, pinko fag…..
You forgot SOCIALIST and STALINIST, Mia. ;)
March 31st, 2008 at 10:18 pmWhew! It’s a good thing Real Progressive got shit-canned when he did. The grip on my Whack-A-Troll™ Professional Model Mallet was wearing thin. I gotta get some duct tape.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:19 pm…And “granola eating hippies”…
March 31st, 2008 at 10:19 pmThe Office of Public Diplomacy under Otto Reich in the Reagan administration was deemed to be domestic propaganda by the courts. Illegal. That’s when Foxnews and rightwing media in general got their big start. Took it private. Then they could hand feed anything and everything they ever wanted. What surprised me was how many idiots ate it up.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:20 pmrALPH,I flagged it and said ENOUGH!
March 31st, 2008 at 10:20 pmdAM caps lock. :)
March 31st, 2008 at 10:21 pm>the US Military has a right to do this.
I’m pretty sure U.S. Taxpayer sponsored propaganda is (theoretically) illegal here. No ones disputing thier right to tell the truth, but if thier lying (OR if thier selectively telling the truth without mentioning critical details….like “oh the violence is down, we wont mention its mostly because we’re making multimillonaires out of the people
March 31st, 2008 at 10:21 pmwho used to be shooting at us”, then that seems problematic..)not that it doesnt happen all the time, im sure… the faked stored of Jessica Lynch’s valiant shootout and dramatic resuce… lets be honest, the whole “surge” was really nothing more than a cheap PR stunt, or as a general mentioned, a “desparate ploy”
One thing’s obvious: The nitwits they’re hiring aren’t worth the taxpayer money they’re being paid. One more instance of our tax dollars misused. Time for another Boston Tea Party.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:22 pmcerberus Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 10:22 pm
One thing’s obvious: The nitwits they’re hiring aren’t worth the taxpayer money they’re being paid. One more instance of our tax dollars misused. Time for another Boston Tea Party.
Are you saying we should give “Real progressive” a swirlie?
March 31st, 2008 at 10:25 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 10:19 pm
The grip on my Whack-A-Troll™ Professional Model Mallet…
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So, Ralph… do you use the 32 oz’er, or what?
March 31st, 2008 at 10:26 pmThe net equivelent of the $1000 toilet seats?
March 31st, 2008 at 10:27 pmI recommend either the ten pounder or the pneumatic hammer.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:28 pmTrooooolllll!!! Ware th’ children!!!
March 31st, 2008 at 10:34 pmWell many on the Right are also fighting back against you Leftists and Muslims.
It’s a new wingnut video game, called “Leftists and Muslims.” To play, you first huff on a baggie full of Antique Gold spray paint, and when the buzzing in your ears is loud enough to drown out the video’s soundtrack, you know you’re ready to start the first level of play…
March 31st, 2008 at 10:37 pmNote to self: Do not feed the trolls.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:40 pmI get the feeling that these trolls feel cornered. Like someone is after them…..paranoid group lately.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:40 pmNon_Progressive Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 10:30 pm
The Republic of Stupidity,
Bring it on Leftwing Muslim supporter.
So wait – I’m confused. Does that mean that TRoS is a supporter of left-wing Muslims, or a left-winger who supports Muslims, or some sort of one-sided training bra for Muslims with wings? I’m so confused!!
March 31st, 2008 at 10:40 pmI’m flagging this one for post 60 …. racist violent remark
March 31st, 2008 at 10:42 pmbarfly,
You have no idea what’s up. One more terror attacks and the Mosques will burn.
That’s the second level of play, which requires a frontal lobotomy.
I see we have a player…
March 31st, 2008 at 10:42 pmNon_Progressive Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 10:39 pm
barfly,
You have no idea what’s up. One more terror attacks and the Mosques will burn.
_______
So, let me get this straight. You’re advocating discrimination against Americans based solely on their religion. If there’s some sort of “terror attacks,” you will go and burn down mosques, purely out of hatred for members of a religion.
Huh. How ironic. You’re advocating hate crimes, and yet you people report MY blog to the FBI.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:44 pmWow, with a resume like that no wonder you’re so paranoid……I mean happy.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:47 pmStupidity is a threat to America.
So is cowardice. Since Mr. P has both, I’d say he’s a double-threat..
March 31st, 2008 at 10:48 pmReal Progressive [sic] is *so* defensive they must be on the payroll.
It reminds me of the Pentagon channel which was launched around the same time they started the clandestine blogger program. The Pentagon channel was created because the damn hippies have three C-SPAN channels to get their message out, but the Pentagon doesn’t have its own channel for press conferences. Sure, they are carried live on C-SPAN most of the time, but that’s not enough. So, we get an entire channel devoted to the Pentagon. Unfortunately, most of what the Pentagon does is private, while most of what the Congress does is public. So, there really is nothing to air except for the occasional press conference… Thus we have a channel which airs 23 hours a day of propaganda films and one hour a day of press briefing. Your tax dollars at work. Why have three channels when you can have four at twice the price?!
March 31st, 2008 at 10:49 pmAnd exactly what would a wingnut blogger be able to accomplish? Other than torch his own credibility, that is.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:51 pmEvery now and then you just have to let your racist, bigoted mouth overload your a** don’t you. You are proving everything that has ever been said about you.
This is kind like your TP Watch website in reverse.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:51 pmYou are being exposed!!!!
artmann11 Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 10:28 pm
So, Ralph… do you use the 32 oz’er, or what?
I recommend either the ten pounder or the pneumatic hammer.
____________
Sorry, but the Rules Committee has specifically stated that “No mechanical devices shall be allowed in the playing of Whack-a-Troll™”
We’re still working out a policy on, ahem, “performance enhancing substances”, which in THIS crowd, could really cover some ground…
March 31st, 2008 at 10:52 pmbarfly Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Stupidity is a threat to America.
___________
Huh? Waitaminnit… I didn’t do ANYTHING here.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:54 pmWe are exposing the Leftis-Islamic alliance!
Huff some more of that sweet Antique Gold, and soon you’ll be leading the charge to defeat those leftist barristas at Starbucks.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:55 pmNon_Progressive, did you talk to your daddy Dead Beat George
http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/16897/thumbs/s-MONKEY-large.jpg\
before coming on here, an talking out of your south end?
March 31st, 2008 at 10:55 pmYa gotta admit… this whack job has Serious Personal Problems™…
March 31st, 2008 at 10:56 pmI didn’t say it had anything to do with it. You are a little paranoid…you are a racist though, right?
March 31st, 2008 at 10:57 pmDang. Plan B.
What do they call those large tree-like poles the Scots hurl around? ;D
There’s more than one way to skin a gnat.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:59 pmNon_Progressive Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Last Year me and Mr. P brought this Terror Hate site to it’s knees. We can do so again. We have recriuted a bigger group now. There are 50 of us ready to attack TP!
To it’s knees, huh? Looks like TP is going strong, Trahan, and you just managed to slither out from under your rock to start that POS blog.
Poor thing…
March 31st, 2008 at 10:59 pmyou are a racist though, right?
He likes them Nascar races, so yeah, he’s a racist.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:59 pmBloggers don’t have to be smart! When people read, they follow along, and usually have the sense, to understand when they need to! ThinkProgress.org needs to SuperBlog-that is lay out your statement, and INQUIRE FURTHER! Start adding up beyond some ‘message’! Normal life is much, like that! Help us to understand stuff, OKay?!
March 31st, 2008 at 10:59 pmZooey Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 10:59 pm
To it’s knees, huh? Looks like TP is going strong, Trahan, and you just managed to slither out from under your rock to start that POS blog.
You should stop by TPWatch – it’s ever so fun. I’m schooling these turkeys big time!
March 31st, 2008 at 11:06 pmNon_Progressive Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 10:53 pm
I detest their Pedophile Warlord Prophet. I also detest the Left since you guys support them!
We don’t “support Muslims,” we “oppose bigots.”
March 31st, 2008 at 11:08 pm*shaking head and rolling eyes*
Why?
March 31st, 2008 at 11:10 pmNon_Progressive Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Toasterhead,
We’re spanking you. You are an Islamist supporter. Unlike TP we allow you guys to post, because yiou clowns prove my point!
No, we don’t prove your point. We refute your point. You’re just too stubborn to see things except through your pathetically narrow worldview.
March 31st, 2008 at 11:13 pmHey, Non-Intelligent, it’s time to bugger off.
This isn’t a “terror site”.
Zooey is not a coward.
You,on the other hand, are an annoying, delusional fool.
Get a life, twit.
March 31st, 2008 at 11:14 pmUnder norml circumstances, I’ll go with the 32 oz. But I let the conditions dictate my choice of equipment. For a particularly erratic troll like our friend here tonight, I sometimes drop to the 30 or even the 29 — much quicker action.
Always go with a wood handle, though. Hate that damn fiberglass. You just don’t get the same satisfying THUNK! with fiberglass.
March 31st, 2008 at 11:14 pmThe new troll name is gone already? That was quick. I didn’t even take any warm-up swings.
March 31st, 2008 at 11:16 pmartmann11 Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Dang. Plan B.
What do they call those large tree-like poles the Scots hurl around? ;D
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I believe it’s called “tossing the caber”. Those Scots play some wacky games.
There’s another one where they pick up this really big rock and see how far they can throw it. Usually about 2 or 3 feet. And there’s another one where 2 men grasp each other’s forearms and they start kicking each other in the shins as hard as they can. The loser, of course, is the first one to call it quits.
Kinda ’splains why they find haggis so enticing, huh?
March 31st, 2008 at 11:18 pmhussein toasterhead Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 11:06 pm
You should stop by TPWatch – it’s ever so fun. I’m schooling these turkeys big time!
Ugh. No, thanks anyway. I just showered. You have fun!
March 31st, 2008 at 11:19 pmAnyway, I don’t see how an already-established blogger could pull it off, without at some point being exposed. That leaves growing a blogger from scratch, which, at today’s level of investigative blogging, would be extremely difficult to accomplish, without a chorus of monkeys to echo the military propaganda. That means establishing a covert network, or utilizing existing ones, to push their message.
March 31st, 2008 at 11:19 pmWhat about aluminum, Ralph?
I never really get over that cheap, hollow ping sound, but, boy you sure can generate some mallet speed w/ an aluminum number, especially if the head is weighted w/ graphite.
March 31st, 2008 at 11:20 pmThe Republic of Stupidity
March 31st, 2008 at 11:14 pm
That idiot called me a coward? Wow, he’s really on the ropes!
March 31st, 2008 at 11:21 pmThe Republic of Stupidity Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 11:20 pm
What about aluminum, Ralph?
Aluminum? Not my thing. Call me a purist.
March 31st, 2008 at 11:30 pmI think the most important thing is to be honest. Only with real esteem toward the blogreaders and blogwriters you can have a future.
March 31st, 2008 at 11:41 pmWhere is FRANK Merda and Grolli bolly????!!!! I knew it!
March 31st, 2008 at 11:45 pmHmmm… I just noticed all of reallystupid’s posts are gone.
Got himself tossed again.
Yeah, Z, he did. The actual post is gone, but he did.
So, Ralph… what do you prefer… ash? Maple? Hickory?
March 31st, 2008 at 11:47 pmCan I settle this debate?
A 36″ Craftsman tooled-steel breaker bar, with a 3&1/2″ socket, swung in an upward arc to solar-plexis level.
It leaves him conscious and clawing for air, and puts an ugly ten-sided bruise on the upper ribcage, like The Mark of TP.
March 31st, 2008 at 11:53 pmTRoS, I’m not that sophisticated. I like a good, traditional Adirondack ash, but maple has a nice music to it. Never tried hickory.
You?
March 31st, 2008 at 11:54 pmOkay, for sheer brute effectiveness, barfly wins.
March 31st, 2008 at 11:55 pmbarfly
March 31st, 2008 at 11:53 pm
Nobody piss off, barfly….
March 31st, 2008 at 11:58 pmThank you, Ralph.
Sadly, I speak with a carny’s experience, but the mark faded years ago…
March 31st, 2008 at 11:59 pmI hafta say, barfly wins here.
Me, personally? I like a graphite head w/ a an aluminum handle. I know it sounds artsy-fartsy, but the handle absorbs some of the shock, and that graphite head really delivers a payload.
Still, I can understand where yer comin’ from, Ralph.
There’s nothing quite like a good old ash mallet. There’s something so… so American about it. Hot summer nights… the smell of french fries and pop corn… that painful squeal that results from a solid shot to the noggin…
But, barfly, for no-holds-barred rough housing, that break bar is a WINNER!
April 1st, 2008 at 12:05 amThanks folks, but back to the thread, I wonder why the military doesn’t think that the many milbloggers aren’t getting the job done? Milbloggers’ve been pretty effective at getting positive messages out (such as they are) when positive things do occur.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:09 amOr are they looking for a Leiberman-like blogger, who appears to be liberal or progressive, but is really a Trojan-blogger?
April 1st, 2008 at 12:11 amI love this Ralph Wiggums-esque Still, there are people in the military today who like to blog.
Ralph: I like to blog!
April 1st, 2008 at 12:21 amSounds like FASCISM is trying to “rear” it`s UGLY HEAD again.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:23 am> I have registered 200 account here!
thanks, thats about as impressive as telling us your dungeons and dragons character is a level 200 wizard with a custom made wand that disintegrates orc, kobolds, and liberals and also detects venereal disease.
> Last Year me and Mr. P brought this Terror Hate
> site to it’s knees.
hahahah. right…The only reason you twatbuckets are even able to post here at all is because the TP moderators arent nazis like the ones who run Redstate, FreeRepublic, etc etc.
The very most your going to do is succeed in causing TP to create more and more restricive posting systems, thereby preventing even civilized disagreements. Wow..impressive..
What I have to wonder is what utterly pathetic twats like you did before they invented the internet….I suspect it involved whacking off while wearing a nazi armband and fantazing about bombing abortion clinics. not that retarded spineless pussies like yourself would have the motivation or drive to actually DO anything that involved having to leave your moms basement..
> I detest their Pedophile Warlord Prophet.
You called?
April 1st, 2008 at 1:22 amHow Straussian of them. The movement runs strong in the neocons and military. Promote the ‘needed American’ message, true or not, for the good of the country. It is fair warning that despite a Progressive comeback on the horizon, the forces that brought us Reagan, Bush, Cheney, Wolfy and Rumsfeld will not go quietly into the night.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:38 amSo another operation mockingbird? How does this not surprise me?
April 1st, 2008 at 4:53 amThis is merely one facet on a global Information Warfare strategy!
April 1st, 2008 at 7:16 amMmmm I’m reading this 04/01. April Fool’s?
April 1st, 2008 at 7:34 amThe proof of the paycheck is that the trolls take turns posting and are only available for a specific length of time.
April 1st, 2008 at 7:58 amOh, Milbloggers…? I thought they said MILFbloggers…now THAT I wouldn’t mind so much.
April 1st, 2008 at 8:44 amMore propaganda dissemination from the Pentagon is NOT what we need. The Jessica Lynch/Pat Tillman lies and bull (and the backlash) didn’t teach these idiots a thing. They just think they have to be sneakier and have more degrees of separation.
April 1st, 2008 at 8:54 amwwz Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 3:38 am
How Straussian of them. The movement runs strong in the neocons and military. Promote the ‘needed American’ message, true or not, for the good of the country. It is fair warning that despite a Progressive comeback on the horizon, the forces that brought us Reagan, Bush, Cheney, Wolfy and Rumsfeld will not go quietly into the night.
No fear, I am buying spools of rope every day. I am stuck in a quanry though, Should it hemp or nylon? Please take my poll.
April 1st, 2008 at 9:06 amhttp://snappoll.com/poll/261796.php
What would be the difference between a PsyOps blogger and FOX SNOOZ?
April 1st, 2008 at 9:55 amOne eats caviar and the other ramen noodles?
April 1st, 2008 at 10:30 amI have one trick the rightwing might use to get the blogosphere onboard!
MAKE A DECENT GODDAMN ARGUMENT FOR ONCE!
April 1st, 2008 at 11:30 amCan you say … Political !!! as in online site magaically becomming prominate out of nowhere….
April 1st, 2008 at 11:41 amNahhh, that just doesn’t fit the current y’all are terrorist sympathizers strategy. Logic and reason were never the drivers in this train wreck. Rage and hatred were.
Bush could have united the world against Al Queda but chose the low road instead, the one that was supposed to get Republicans (and their corporate constituents) Rove’s permanent majority. It was a sad example of the dumbing down of our population.
I used to vote Republican too. For the candidate not the party. I voted for Bob Michael, Ray LaHood, George Ryan (yeah I know, the criminal), ect, ect. Of course Illinois Republicans are a bit different from those in other areas of the country. But they rolled over and played Bush’s game too with nary a peep. Well, maybe one or two peeps from LaHood, but that stopped altogether.
I learned my lesson, that’s for sure.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:07 pmI wouldn’t be surprised if a few rightwing blogs are on the payroll.
April 1st, 2008 at 5:32 pm*pushing a government troll down the stairs*
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