All day the news reported that Bush had placed the word "RATS" into an advertisement to describe the Democrats. Now, I find out that it was intended to describe Bureaucrats. Rats is a rather mild word. What's wrong with Bush? Did his father fail to give him any testosterone? That guy had better learn how to fight, because he is getting killed by the media. The real rats are the Gerbels of the radio media. I don't have a TV. I don't know if I spelled the "B" word, or the "G" name right, but you get the idea. Watch the ad for yourself: http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/MP/000911ad_video_mp.html
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RATS: Network journalist that will lie to further political agenda
- Thread starter Gary H
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Look, all this crap about RATS is part of a campaign to convince the American public that its the Republicans that started dirty campaigning first. Everyone has known all along that this was going to be a close election and that it would get ugly. Now the gloves are off (actually they've been for a few weeks), the crap will start hitting the fan and the Democrats can scream "the Republicans started it" since they know the Independents are largely sick of negative campaigns.
One can only hope that the effect for the Democrats will be the same as last spring when Gore fell farther and farther behind the more he attacked Bush negatively.
Bush has to get on his message and stay on it. Gore is going to spend much more than the projected surplus (even if the economy stays strong for the 12 years of his plan, which is unlikely) on entitlements which will set us up for major **** when all the baby boomers hit retirement age and start drawing social security.
One can only hope that the effect for the Democrats will be the same as last spring when Gore fell farther and farther behind the more he attacked Bush negatively.
Bush has to get on his message and stay on it. Gore is going to spend much more than the projected surplus (even if the economy stays strong for the 12 years of his plan, which is unlikely) on entitlements which will set us up for major **** when all the baby boomers hit retirement age and start drawing social security.
I think this means that this topic should not be on this board. So, I withdraw the topic: http://www.thefiringline.com:8080/forums/showthread.php?threadid=39142
TheBluesMan
Moderator Emeritus
This topic certainly does belong here.
This is the Legal and Political Forum after all.
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Bartholomew Roberts
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Here is the Slate commentary on it with links to the full speed video and a slowed down version. http://politics.slate.msn.com/politics/default.asp
George Hill
Staff Alumnus
So Bush's people called a Spade a Spade...
So?
So?
The more I follow this election, the more I think November 7th will be a referendum on the American Public's gullibility, credulity, upside-down prioritizing and - ultimately, alas - fitness for Freedom.
Not that one candidate is that much better than the other, in this respect, but....
If a staged and (surely) overly-rehearsed french kiss is single-handedly responsible for a swing in female voters' preferences;
If a non-issue like the word RATS in bureaucrats being highlighted is enough to brand the Bush campaign with a "dirty" label;
If repeating enough times the words "education", "medicare" and "social security" is enough to convince voters that you also hold a monopoly on the commonsense solution of these problems;
If over 50% of the American public believes in the words "risky" and "scheme" when it comes to allowing people to keep more of what they earn;
Then I think that this country really deserves what it gets in November, and that the American experiment is ultimately doomed to fail - RKBA and all.
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Not that one candidate is that much better than the other, in this respect, but....
If a staged and (surely) overly-rehearsed french kiss is single-handedly responsible for a swing in female voters' preferences;
If a non-issue like the word RATS in bureaucrats being highlighted is enough to brand the Bush campaign with a "dirty" label;
If repeating enough times the words "education", "medicare" and "social security" is enough to convince voters that you also hold a monopoly on the commonsense solution of these problems;
If over 50% of the American public believes in the words "risky" and "scheme" when it comes to allowing people to keep more of what they earn;
Then I think that this country really deserves what it gets in November, and that the American experiment is ultimately doomed to fail - RKBA and all.
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Private gun ownership is the capital sin in the left's godless religion. Crime is merely a venial mistake.
Check out these gals: www.sas-aim.org
Get some real news at www.worldnetdaily.com
The Word "RATS" was part of a frame with the word "beaurocrats" (of course I don't have a spellchecker)..
It was a flash frame from a previous edit that neither the video editor or the director caught.
It is a very common occurence and it is amazing that the TV networks are making such a big deal over it..
On second thought I worked for that network for 20 years and the politics of the Newswriters would account for it..
George
It was a flash frame from a previous edit that neither the video editor or the director caught.
It is a very common occurence and it is amazing that the TV networks are making such a big deal over it..
On second thought I worked for that network for 20 years and the politics of the Newswriters would account for it..
George
rats from Bureaucrats?
It was a 30 second ad using 30 frames per second video. It was 900 frames in all. The image we have seen on TV news shows showing the offensive word as in just one of those 900 frames and was viewable for just 1/30th of a second.
Ask an advertising executive if he thinks subliminal advertising works. Studies show that it doesn't.
This whole issue was designed by the Demos to deflect the points of the ad and to get Bush off message. And wouldn't you know it? The mass media cooperated fully.
Rick
It was a 30 second ad using 30 frames per second video. It was 900 frames in all. The image we have seen on TV news shows showing the offensive word as in just one of those 900 frames and was viewable for just 1/30th of a second.
Ask an advertising executive if he thinks subliminal advertising works. Studies show that it doesn't.
This whole issue was designed by the Demos to deflect the points of the ad and to get Bush off message. And wouldn't you know it? The mass media cooperated fully.
Rick