Billionaires for Bush - OMG

[mousie]

Have any of you seen this site before? I just came across it by accident... it's really sickening!

Opening line:

"As guardians of privilege and power, it's our sacred duty to defend the Bush administration from freedom-loving accountability addicts in the Progressive movement. Here you'll find the tools and information you need to help us hold on to America."

Check out their tips on "spinning the issues"! Wow, it really explains a lot of the conversations I've had with repubs! :puke:

http://billionairesforbush.com/diy_v2_ch4.php

Do people get any LOWER or MORE SHAMELESS than this?

[brainshrub]

1. Pssst:

(It's satire)

[Maestro]

2. Could this site be a tongue and cheek site

to send the message that corporate America owns *?

[htuttle]

3. It's a joke, son. Don't you get it?

I say, I say, It's a JOKE.



Though I'm sure they'd love the fact that you got their message.

[kliljedahl]

4. It's satire

Not too hard to figure out, just read their names.

That group's been around a long time.


Keith’s Barbeque Central

[Monkie]

5. billionairesforbush was anarchist street theater?

so i think this is a spoof.
edit for photo

[evlbstrd]

6. Funny! It's supposed to be.

Talking Points:
$ George W. Bush doesn’t pander to the special interests of ordinary Americans.
$ What do you mean, there is no diversity in the White House? – the President and the Vice President represent two different oil companies!
$ George Bush is the best investment we Billionaires have ever had in Washington.
$ We Billionaires continue to be there for him, because, boy, has he been there for us!
$ Leave no child behind?? George Bush has left no billionaire behind.
$ To those who say Big Money should be kept out of politics, I say show me where in the Constitution it calls for a separation of cash and state!
$ There's no better business than politics. And in George Bush's America, the business of politics has been pretty damn good – for us!
$ George understands our long term vision for a Government of, by and for the corporations—and he’s making it happen!
$ George Bush is helping to reduce our dependence on domestic labor.

[xray s]

If yuo want to know where the real power lies

Go to trillionaires for Bush

[tsuki]

7. Satire.

Welcome to DU. :hi:

[Sydnie]

8. BforB are great

They make wonderful public appearances in protest of blivet**. If you do a google search for pictures, I would be you'd find some great ones of them protesting before the election. And they do it with style. :rofl:

[tritsofme]

9. Its a spoof site

They wouldn't really make a website telling the truth about their views.

lol

[acmejack]

10. Hell, I belong to the B4B!

And if I had a billion of anything it would be news to me!

[mousie]

22. maybe I'll join too!! :)

Yes, it's hysterical, now that I realize it was meant to be!!! That site is DEAD ON with EVERYTHING!!!

[Zen Democrat]

11. Billionaires for Bush are the absolute BEST!!!

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. It's a joke

No one would ever put any of these bumper stickers on a Mercedes, Jag or BMW.

[Up2Late]

13. You missed these folks during the 2004 Campaign?

Check out there Press and Photo pages:



<http://www.billionairesforbush.com/press.php>

<http://www.billionairesforbush.com/photos.php>

[proud2BlibKansan]

14. This is hilarious-check it out

Thanks to billionaire Mayor Bloomberg's ban on protests in Central Park during the Republican National Convention, Billionaires for Bush were able to play croquet in peace.

[blue4barb]

15. "Billionaires for bush" bumper stickers- saw one recently on the road.

[mousie]

16. LOL! Well, color me embarrassed!!

:dunce: The more I read it, I was starting to wonder.... !!! OK, sorry for reacting too quickly there... I thought I was ON to somethin! :D

[CrispyQ]

25. Ahhh, hell, don't be embarressed . . .

DU is one of the most educational sites out there!

Skinner rocks!

[Zan_of_Texas]

31. It's hard to tell what is real and what is satire --

the Rs are self-satirizing.

And, they want us to live happily in their Delusion Land.

I think satire is becoming more and more difficult to pull off.

[Amaryllis]

32. Exactly. What used to be satire is now reality. See here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=380340&mesg_id=380340
and
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=382658&mesg_id=382658

[CrispyQ]

17. One of my many variations on a theme bumper stickers last year:

[mousie]

18. Excellent!!!

[Sick_of_Rethuggery]

20. Hey, where can I get *your* stickers???

Here's my car, as it stands now ;-)

[BayouBengal07]

19. Wow

Anyone see the "Small Government, Big Wars" sign? I really like that one. Straight to the point.

[peacetalksforall]

21. Very, very clever. Good luck! Spoofs often work when facts don't. n/t

[demodonkey]

23. Check out their "Voting Machine" song (and all their other music!)

http://www.billionairesforbush.com/video/votingmachine.mov
http://www.billionairesforbush.com/music/Voting%20Machine.pdf
http://www.billionairesforbush.com/music/06%20Voting%20kara.mp3

They have great people who write and perform their music... some are also great activists for Voting Rights when they aren't being a B4B!

[unhappycamper]

24. One of their cleverest spoofs was when they put Social Security

for sale on eBay. Here's the link:
http://billionairesforbush.com/ebay.php

[mousie]

26. that is hysterical!

They REALLY did that?!!! :D

[MelissaB]

27. Yeah. They did, and I tried to bid one it.

It was the best ebay auction I'd ever seen.

[Up2Late]

29. That's cool, how long before it was taken down?

Remember when some guy tried to auction off his virginity?

[unhappycamper]

30. IIRC, the ad was on eBay for four or five days.

The BforB site has a partial listing of the auction. I saved the page when it during the auction & have the full description. If someone can tell me how to post it, I have the full eBay auction notice as as an htm file on my hard drive.

[Filius Nullius]

28. Billionaires in the House

My personal favorite among the Campaign Materials/Videos is "http://www.billionairesforbush.com/50billion/50billion_qtlg.mov">The Billionaires Are In the House," which came out just before the election.

[emcguffie]

33. it's a joke. it's :sarcasm:

I have met one of them. They do a routine, making fun of people who support Bush.

[Amaryllis]

34. Some great photos here: !

http://www.billionairesforbush.com/photos.php

[Vektor]

35. Oh, that is great! And I LOVE the names!

"Monet Oliver D'Place"

HAHAHAHAHA

[garybeck]

36. did you see their music video on electronic voting? it's great!

http://www.billionairesforbush.com/video/votingmachine.mov