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2008-09-04 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by Bobby 2008-09-04 06:15|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 The Dems are desperately searching for a strategy to neutralize her as quickly as possible. The approach being tested here is to portray her as "kook-fringe". Note the absurdly far-fetched language - "divisive theocratic rhetoric". In left-speak 'theocratic' means any mention of God by an elected official, even if it's inside a church. Because obviously the threat of theocracy is just around the corner.

Posted by Ulusoling Hatfield4645 2008-09-04 08:27|| 2008-09-04 08:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Meanwhile, the ghost of Rev. Wright is struggling to get out from under Obama's bus.....

Posted by Swamp Blondie in the Cornfields 2008-09-04 08:50|| 2008-09-04 08:50|| Front Page Top

#3 I don't agree with Palin but I don't like how CNN (this morning) and Nytimes (last night) keep showing Palin holding up her hand like a damn Nazi on the main page, same with guilianni. They only held their hands up for a hot second. Visual propaganda.

CNN

Posted by Glerelet Munster7800 2008-09-04 09:21|| 2008-09-04 09:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Good idea Swamp Blondie. Crawl under the Big O bus and drag that guy out to daylight and let him pontify about Palins 'misuse of religion". Should quiet this line of attack down quickly.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2008-09-04 09:22|| 2008-09-04 09:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Obama was invoking God over and over and over again on his campaign trail, yet not once did the left even squeak about it.

Posted by Betty Grating2215 2008-09-04 09:33|| 2008-09-04 09:33|| Front Page Top

#6 Holy Shit! I can't believe any news network could stoop that low. Not even the Commie News Network, that is until now.

Posted by ed 2008-09-04 09:46|| 2008-09-04 09:46|| Front Page Top

#7 Glerelet Munster7800

I agree with you that this is what they are trying to do. However it won't work. People in this country are so inurred to this kind of propagandizing that it just rolls right off.

The only people that would even notice this are the Hollywood types thinking about what great "imaging" it is.

Real people just don't pay close enough attention or look for hidden nuances in mundane gestures.

Does show the depths to which the left will sink (Cripes at this rate the Marianna's trench will fill up and break the surface by November)

The echo chamber can hear nothing but their own narrative.

Posted by AlanC 2008-09-04 10:31|| 2008-09-04 10:31|| Front Page Top

#8 To the kook lefties out there a little bit of American history for you:

"In God We Trust"

That includes in times of war. Get over it, if not, yes, do go to hell.

Posted by Snosing and Tenille9185 2008-09-04 10:53|| 2008-09-04 10:53|| Front Page Top

#9 They only managed to work in one SS rune?

Posted by Fred 2008-09-04 11:20|| 2008-09-04 11:20|| Front Page Top

#10 GM7800, if that is the game then perhaps that picture of bo standing outside a tribute, tribute, to war specifically placed by mr hitler himself to inspire awe and presence in Berlin, with the ol salute is more, how is it characterized, visually powerful?

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-09-04 11:33|| 2008-09-04 11:33|| Front Page Top

#11 ...keep showing Palin holding up her hand like a damn Nazi

Incorrect! The hand is not extended fully straight, but curved slightly upward (25 points off). The arm is oustreached too far to the right (30 points off). Eye focus appears to be slightly to the left (5 points off). Total score for the hated nazi salute, a dismal and failing 40%. But that's the bloodly only thing she came up short on last evening.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-09-04 11:41|| 2008-09-04 11:41|| Front Page Top

#12 That's right, Fred. I'm sure they're patting themselves on the back right now for being so clever, but the symbolism is lost on most people and the rest don't buy it.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2008-09-04 11:42|| 2008-09-04 11:42|| Front Page Top

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