Bushbots to broadcast anti-Kelly documentary in 62 TV stations

[Aladdin]

A US television company is planning to run a film attacking Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry just days before the election.

Sinclair TV Group's programmes reach almost a quarter of US homes.

Its move is highly unusual and may breach federal regulations requiring stations to give equal time to major candidates in an election campaign.

[...]The Sinclair TV Group, whose executives have given tens of thousands of dollars to President George W Bush's re-election campaign, have revealed plans to show the film later this month, followed by a panel discussion to which they say Senator Kerry will be invited. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3732302.stm


Fascist scum.

Democracy my arse.

What is to be done to ensure the US can ever have free and fair democratic elections again?

Surely there are grounds for sending international observers...

[budda]

Have you heard those rummors that Bush had an ear piece during the last round of debates?

[Clandestine]

This is actually a further effort by the Swift Boat Liars club which failed so miserably to make an impact with their first round of untruths put out in August.

Suffice to say that the Republican Party has become the bastion for fascist propaganda and warmongering psycopaths and has little of intelligent constructive value left to offer the nation or the world.

Oh that i should live long enough to see the establishment of Nuremburg styled War Crimes trials for that party and its braindead adherents.

[budda]

Those Swift Boat Ad's did make an impact at the time, but it doesnt appear to have stuck, espcially after the debates.

[Kermit]

The UNited States: the bastion of democracy.

Oh, shit happens, eh?

[Aladdin]

Originally posted by bongbudda
Have you heard those rummors that Bush had an ear piece during the last round of debates? Yes I have, a few comments were made on this thread (http://vbulletin.thesite.org.uk/showthread.php?s=&postid=1104718#post1104718). Pathetic, really...

Well, with apologies in advance to Fiend_85...



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[Fiend_85]

I bow to you sir.

In this case it is suitably amusing, and from the style out of the economist?

[Renzo]

I would bet my student loan that if Democrats tried to do the same thing against Bush it wouldn't be shown.

[lukesh]

what is all the fuss about? why doesn't Kerry do the same?

[Kermit]

Originally posted by lukesh
what is all the fuss about? why doesn't Kerry do the same?

See what renzo said above?

No, didn't think you had.

[Renzo]

Originally posted by lukesh
what is all the fuss about? why doesn't Kerry do the same?

Because the right wing media would never let him maybe? Plus it's all just propaganda anyway

[lukesh]

Originally posted by Renzokuken
Because the right wing media would never let him maybe? Plus it's all just propaganda anyway instead of assuming why not try?

[Renzo]

Originally posted by lukesh
instead of assuming why not try?

That would mean stooping as low as the Republicans....

[lukesh]

Originally posted by Renzokuken
That would mean stooping as low as the Republicans.... rubbish!

if they don't bother then they deserve not to win. at least the republicans know how to go about winning apresidential election.

[Fiend_85]

By cheating?

[Renzo]

Originally posted by lukesh
rubbish!

if they don't bother then they deserve not to win. at least the republicans know how to go about winning apresidential election.

Look. It's obvious to anyone that most of the fat cat media supports Bush. That is why the Democrats wouldnt be able to do anything even if they wanted to.

[lukesh]

Originally posted by Renzokuken
Look. It's obvious to anyone that most of the fat cat media supports Bush. That is why the Democrats wouldnt be able to do anything even if they wanted to. "most" support Bush so there is at least one that supports the Democrats..... there you go then!

[Renzo]

Originally posted by lukesh
"most" support Bush so there is at least one that supports the Democrats..... there you go then!

I can't name a major tv network that to my knowledge supports Kerry. Can you?

[lukesh]

Originally posted by Renzokuken
I can't name a major tv network that to my knowledge supports Kerry. Can you? now but you have even said that only "most" support Bush so there must be 1 that will support Kerry!

[Clandestine]

No mainstream media is supporting Kerry over Bush. Your supposing it must be so is just another case of wishful thinking.

[lukesh]

Originally posted by Clandestine
No mainstream media is supporting Kerry over Bush. Your supposing it must be so is just another case of wishful thinking. ya what? I havn't said anything of the sort. All I have said that if "most" support Bush there must be 1 out there that is support Kerry.

[Fiend_85]

Originally posted by lukesh
ya what? I havn't said anything of the sort. All I have said that if "most" support Bush there must be 1 out there that is support Kerry.

The use of the word 'most' is to include the posibility of mistake. It is extremely unlikely that ANY mainstream media in the US will be supporting Kerry over Bush. There is the MINUTE posibility, and therefore sensible people say 'most'.

[lukesh]

Originally posted by Fiend_85
The use of the word 'most' is to include the posibility of mistake. It is extremely unlikely that ANY mainstream media in the US will be supporting Kerry over Bush. There is the MINUTE posibility, and therefore sensible people say 'most'. well you give the democrats a donation so they can bribe with money - always works!

[Fiend_85]

Originally posted by lukesh
well you give the democrats a donation so they can bribe with money - always works!

What relevance does that have to do with anything?

Why is it that close to every other post of yours is just a pointless retaliation with no actual meaning.

It wouldn't surprise me if the most popular emoticon used in relation to you was ":confused: "

[lukesh]

Originally posted by Fiend_85
What relevance does that have to do with anything?

Why is it that close to every other post of yours is just a pointless retaliation with no actual meaning.

It wouldn't surprise me if the most popular emoticon used in relation to you was ":confused: " i am glad i am not stuck up like your self.

[Fiend_85]

A perfect example, thank you.

[lukesh]

Originally posted by Fiend_85
A perfect example, thank you. my pleasure duck

[The Matadore]

Anyone who thinks the Democrats dont do the same kind of things to Bush is a fool.

George Soros is spending millions on ads ripping Bush, as are other Democratic 527's.

Plus youve got the plethora of anti-Bush websites, blogs, and pamphlets circulating.

Once again, some of you actually need to go to the US and see things, rather than reading the Bush hating European media and coming out with their views.

[Fiend_85]

Originally posted by The Matadore

Once again, some of you actually need to go to the US and see things, rather than reading the Bush hating European media and coming out with their views.

Fair point, though when I was last over there, everyone hated bush.
Though I was in DC and NYC very heavily democratic regions.

[lukesh]

Originally posted by The Matadore
Anyone who thinks the Democrats dont do the same kind of things to Bush is a fool.

George Soros is spending millions on ads ripping Bush, as are other Democratic 527's.

Plus youve got the plethora of anti-Bush websites, blogs, and pamphlets circulating.

Once again, some of you actually need to go to the US and see things, rather than reading the Bush hating European media and coming out with their views. exactly! you would think that the anti bush bob would be winning.... by a mile by how much anti bush trash it out there!

[Clandestine]

Not when 70% of the American public get their political cues and world news (read: misinformation) from mainstream televised news alone.

http://globalsecurity.com/media_and_war/survey_shows/survey_shows.htm (just one example of utter misinformation pertaining to the perception of most Americans regardless of which news agency is cited as primary source of misinformation.)

Further indication of the extent of status quo misinformation in American media coverage (http://www.independent-media.tv/item.cfm?fmedia_id=7901&fcategory_desc=Media%20Lies%20and%20Right%20Wing%2 0Bias)

As for webblogs, I might remind you that even in America upwards of 50% of homes still do not have internet connections so that does not come close to competing with the aparatus at the disposal of the corporate status quo elite (i.e. TV) for controlling American misperceptions of what is even going on within our own government (let alone the rest of the world).

[Aladdin]

Originally posted by lukesh
exactly! you would think that the anti bush bob would be winning.... by a mile by how much anti bush trash it out there! If a man manages to be the worst President in US history, to lie and deceive, to wage illegal wars motivated by oil and geopolitical control, to destroy his country's economy and to make the world a more dangerous place, what on earth do you expect people to say? That he's doing a good job?

It is really not much of a surprise that there are so many "anti-Bush" sites out there...

And as for the initial topic of this thread, no, the Democrats would not do the same thing, because it is hugely unethical and it's probably even ILLEGAL.

But naturally we all know illegal acts have never been beyond the Republican neo-con machine so no surprise the documentary is going ahead...