Comments on: Pay No Attention To The Elephant Behind The Curtain. http://multi-medium.net/2006/05/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-elephant-behind-the-curtain I'm full of tinier media! Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:35:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Multi Medium » Gay-Bashing Strategy… OF DOMA!!! http://multi-medium.net/2006/05/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-elephant-behind-the-curtain#comment-5749 Multi Medium » Gay-Bashing Strategy… OF DOMA!!! Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:14:14 +0000 http://multi-medium.net/2006/05/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-elephant-behind-the-curtain/#comment-5749 [...] Of course, there’s still a lot of time left until the election, and I always take any claims of conservative dissent with a grain of salt, but if this kind of skepticism holds up, it’s a huge, huge deal. This is exactly what I’ve said we need in order to finally reclaim this country and Constitution from the GOP stranglehold. If in November, Republicans (and everyone else) says “Yeah, right.” instead of “OMG! Gay terrorist marriage is going to kill my unborn baby!!!”, the spell would truly be broken, and the Republicans would have to win on their actual merits. Buh-bye. [...] [...] Of course, there’s still a lot of time left until the election, and I always take any claims of conservative dissent with a grain of salt, but if this kind of skepticism holds up, it’s a huge, huge deal. This is exactly what I’ve said we need in order to finally reclaim this country and Constitution from the GOP stranglehold. If in November, Republicans (and everyone else) says “Yeah, right.” instead of “OMG! Gay terrorist marriage is going to kill my unborn baby!!!”, the spell would truly be broken, and the Republicans would have to win on their actual merits. Buh-bye. [...]

]]> By: Multi Medium » The Multi Medium Manifesto http://multi-medium.net/2006/05/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-elephant-behind-the-curtain#comment-5729 Multi Medium » The Multi Medium Manifesto Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:52:09 +0000 http://multi-medium.net/2006/05/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-elephant-behind-the-curtain/#comment-5729 [...] 2.5. The Democrats must start calling the Republicans on their strategy of using smears, fear, and hate every single election. They must make voters realize just how stupid, cowardly, bigoted, and easily distracted the Republicans think they are. When the American people finally reject these tactics, the Republicans will have nothing left - it’s not like they can run on their record or their policy positions. [...] [...] 2.5. The Democrats must start calling the Republicans on their strategy of using smears, fear, and hate every single election. They must make voters realize just how stupid, cowardly, bigoted, and easily distracted the Republicans think they are. When the American people finally reject these tactics, the Republicans will have nothing left - it’s not like they can run on their record or their policy positions. [...]

]]> By: Multi Medium » I Got What I Wanted (I Hope) http://multi-medium.net/2006/05/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-elephant-behind-the-curtain#comment-5610 Multi Medium » I Got What I Wanted (I Hope) Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:10:23 +0000 http://multi-medium.net/2006/05/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-elephant-behind-the-curtain/#comment-5610 [...] As I continue to luxuriate in the post-election afterglow, I think back to a post I wrote almost six months ago: One of the most simultaneously comforting and frustrating notions held by us liberals is that if those salt-of-the-earth, heartland Middle America voters really knew what Democrats and Republicans stood for, or if they really knew what our Republican politicians and their supporters were getting up to, the GOP would end up like a right-wing version of the Green Party. And while I think this is true, I don’t think it goes far enough. American voters also need to understand the game that the Republicans and their corporate media are running on them: Campaigns that rely on smears, fears, homophobia and xenophobia; news and opinion that consistently advance Republican narratives. [...] [...] As I continue to luxuriate in the post-election afterglow, I think back to a post I wrote almost six months ago: One of the most simultaneously comforting and frustrating notions held by us liberals is that if those salt-of-the-earth, heartland Middle America voters really knew what Democrats and Republicans stood for, or if they really knew what our Republican politicians and their supporters were getting up to, the GOP would end up like a right-wing version of the Green Party. And while I think this is true, I don’t think it goes far enough. American voters also need to understand the game that the Republicans and their corporate media are running on them: Campaigns that rely on smears, fears, homophobia and xenophobia; news and opinion that consistently advance Republican narratives. [...]

]]> By: Blue Gal http://multi-medium.net/2006/05/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-elephant-behind-the-curtain#comment-2616 Blue Gal Tue, 23 May 2006 19:40:00 +0000 http://multi-medium.net/2006/05/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-elephant-behind-the-curtain/#comment-2616 excellent post. It's gonna take a real gutsy player to call them repeatedly without sounding shrill. Harry and Russ do an admirable job. excellent post. It’s gonna take a real gutsy player to call them repeatedly without sounding shrill. Harry and Russ do an admirable job.

]]> By: Eli http://multi-medium.net/2006/05/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-elephant-behind-the-curtain#comment-2615 Eli Tue, 23 May 2006 01:46:00 +0000 http://multi-medium.net/2006/05/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-elephant-behind-the-curtain/#comment-2615 I hope so. I can't get a good, er, read on Harry. Sometimes he very clearly gets it and kicks ass, and other times he folds like an origami Spock head. I hope so. I can’t get a good, er, read on Harry. Sometimes he very clearly gets it and kicks ass, and other times he folds like an origami Spock head.

]]> By: Nora http://multi-medium.net/2006/05/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-elephant-behind-the-curtain#comment-2614 Nora Tue, 23 May 2006 01:38:00 +0000 http://multi-medium.net/2006/05/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-elephant-behind-the-curtain/#comment-2614 One encouraging sign is the recent e-mail from Harry Reid in which he talks about the "Federal Marriage Amendment" with scorn, basically saying, "With all America's problems, with all the important issues to deal with, <B>this</B> is what they think we should focus on?" If he just keeps pushing that and gets the other Democrats to follow his lead, we may have something there. One encouraging sign is the recent e-mail from Harry Reid in which he talks about the “Federal Marriage Amendment” with scorn, basically saying, “With all America’s problems, with all the important issues to deal with, this is what they think we should focus on?”

If he just keeps pushing that and gets the other Democrats to follow his lead, we may have something there.

]]> By: Ol' Froth http://multi-medium.net/2006/05/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-elephant-behind-the-curtain#comment-2613 Ol' Froth Mon, 22 May 2006 22:49:00 +0000 http://multi-medium.net/2006/05/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-elephant-behind-the-curtain/#comment-2613 They just gave us "English as Official Language" And a debate on the flag burning amendment is scheduled They just gave us “English as Official Language”

And a debate on the flag burning amendment is scheduled

]]> By: The Heretik http://multi-medium.net/2006/05/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-elephant-behind-the-curtain#comment-2612 The Heretik Mon, 22 May 2006 22:37:00 +0000 http://multi-medium.net/2006/05/22/pay-no-attention-to-the-elephant-behind-the-curtain/#comment-2612 Exactly. Exactly.

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