The scare vote

[True_Blue]

SO IT'S come to this. The presidential campaign took off in New Hampshire, where the state motto is "Live Free or Die." Now it's heading into the home stretch, and the Republican motto is "Vote for Us or Die."

In the days leading up to the 9/11 anniversary, the vice president finally raised the alert -- color it crimson -- that a vote for Kerry was a vote for terrorism. If voters make "the wrong choice," he said, "then the danger is that we'll get hit again, and we'll be hit in a way that will be devastating."

At least Cheney didn't call Kerry himself a terrorist, a label he once applied to Nelson Mandela. But this was no slip of the tongue. It was a rhetorical baby step from the language of the Republican convention that aggressively put the war on terror at the center of the campaign and Bush at the helm.

Remember Arnold? "Ladies and Gentlemen, if you believe we must be fierce and relentless and terminate terrorism, then you are a Republican!" Apparently if you are a Democrat, you want to encourage terrorism.

more.....
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/09/12/the_scare_vote/

[fearnobush]

1. Coming from a man (Chaney) who did lots of back door business deals

with terrorists (Iran threw Haliburton) Fuck him, He is the fucking terrorist!

[necso]

2. "Vote for Us or Die."

What else do they have?

They have nothing but pretense to offer, and this is the biggest pretense of them all -- that these idiots are doing anything effective to protect us -- except from an informed, rational, electorate.

Too bad some suckers are falling for it.

[Shallah Kali]

3. Vote for * or the BoogyMan will get you! America's True Father will protec

you!

[Catfight]

4. It's okay for arnold to terrorize children with his violent movies? n/t

5. I somewhat agree--but more to the point...

Using fear and violent force to scare the public and effect political ends IS terrorism--

Exactly what Cheney did;

Therefore, Cheney's fear statement makes him a "mass media version" of a terrorist.

But in addition, note B/C is also the "fear or hate" vote; they are capitalizing on anti-gay sentiment.

When is the last time a party tried to capitalize on these two powerful emotions--fear and hate?

Maybe there really is some analogy with the Nazi party?