Playing the fear card!!

[4dsc]

This is what some right-wing wacko stated on a discussion forum I visit..

Perhaps you should consider that the next terrorist attack could destroy our economy, kill millions of people, and completely change life as we know it.

Is this what we are going to see from the republicans in the upcoming months??

[ithacan]

1. it's all they have

and they know it!

They CANNOT run on any domestic issues.

They CANNOT run on the record of 9/11 or Iraq.

ALL They have is the fear factor. And if it comes down to it, I predict they cancel the elections, and the mass media will go right along with it, denouncing anyone who questions bush as a traitor, as unAmerican, etc.

[gasperc]

2. well with tons of resources stuck in Iraq

it may happen sooner then that jack ass may think!!!!

[4dsc]

4. Here's more!!

Feeding and clothing your children is indeed a high priority, but why can't you understand that the next terrorist attack could compltely wipe out your ability to do that?

This guy is really playing up this fear card that's for sure..

[KharmaTrain]

3. This Is The Wingnut Mantra

For years it was "Commies" and Russians, now it's A-rabs and "Islamists"...without fear the GOOP has no reason to be. Look at all the phobias incorporated in this criminal enterprise...from civil liberties to free enterprise...it all scares the shit out of them and they want to scare you, too.

Let's see...somehow gays being able to get a marriage license will destroy my 27 year marriage or cheapen it...I'm scared. There are A-rabs hiding all over the place who want to kill me cause I don't believe in Mohammed...I'm scared. The Democrats want to take all my money and spend it on frivolous things like schools and health care and things that serve the common good...and I'm selfish! I'm Scared...

Look for the fear card to be played over and over again...especially if the polls continue to so south on this regime. If you thought Anything But Bush is a strong force among our side, the fear factor will be used to spin the Right Wing hive into a frenzy we've never seen...scaring them that a Kerry Presidency would be the end of the world as they know it...and here's hoping, for once, they're right.

I get the feeling the Chicken Little games of the Chickenhawks are starting to play out...especially now that their lies are coming home to roost and it's being shown how little they've done in protecting this country and making things better. Hopefully, the 60's/70's concept of "question authority" will make a major comeback this election season...the cure to the fear game.

[4dsc]

6. would be the end of the world as they know it

I thought that's what Dubya's advertisements were doing already!!

[KharmaTrain]

8. We Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet...

This cabal has millions in ad money to spend and the biggest ad hacks in the biz working for them. Remember, the GOOP claimed these first political spots were supposed to shed Junior in a "positive light".

Wanna bet we see the bodies falling from the WTC or pictures of Daniel Pearl or some other disturbing image if RoveCo. thinks it'll get some kind of reaction. Say good say bad, just say.

Also, there's gonna be a ton of Right wing issue advocacy, 527-types, also countering MoveOn and other groups with their own lies and fear mongering. Tis gonna be ugly...get a mask with decent filtration, the stink will be intense.

[HFishbine]

5. destroy our economy, kill millions , change life as we know it

Isn't Bush doing that just fine on his own?

[Fitzovich]

7. Well Said!

[DoYouEverWonder]

9. Despite the fact that 9-11

was the most horrific event anyone could ever imagine, I still got my American Express bill on time.

I really can't image, except for nuclear war, any terrorist attack that could possibly have that big an effect to end life as we know it. Heck even one dirty bomb really isn't going to do that much damage and the visuals will suck because you can't see radiation. Keep in mind that us older folks around here were subjected to radiation for all of the above ground nuclear testing that was done and most of us are still here.

[indepat]

10. We have nothing to fear but fear itself and those who preach fear