Chimp campaign gives Dean, Kennedy, Obama "extreme makeovers"

[shockingelk]

Just got an email from the Bush campaign. Apparently Howard Dean, Ted Kennedy, and Barak Obama are no longer radical liberals, but now are "Centrist Democrats":

"The extreme makeover of John Kerry continued last night in Boston. Centrist Democrats paraded across your television screen to praise the most liberal Senator in Washington ..."

[Robbien]

1. The GOP said Ted Kennedy is a centrist?

The swing voters will have no idea what the GOP is trying to say with this one.

This statement must be targeted at keeping their unhappy conservative base away from voting against Bush.

[shockingelk]

2. Yes, it's a solicitation for a donation

But it's going out to people who have heard a constant steam from Rush, Hannity, Coulter, etc who have been saying these people are radical liberals ... perhaps until today. Some of them are going to be smart enough to go "Whaaa?"

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. I know Centrists. I'm a Centrist. Ted Kennedy is no Centrist.

And he is extremely good at using his name for political leverage.

[GiovanniC]

4. Which Is Precisely Why

People like Guiliani, Gov. Ahnold, and John McCain will not be speaking at the Republican National Convention. People who do not support the president on every issue have no place there. To do anything less would be an "Extreme Makeover".

That's why the RNC will feature speakers like Bob Novak, Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, Jerry Falwell, Rush Limbaugh, and Sean Hannity.

And lots of prime-time Man-On-Dog and Man-On-Box-Turtle courtesy of Rick Santorum and John Cornyn.

[LTR]

7. Here's a note of irony

Bill Maher brought this up last week.

Notice how the GOP is frontloading the convention with guys like Giuliani, Schwarzenegger, McCain, Pataki, et. al.? They put the 'nice guys' up there. That's a 'happy face'. Cheney, Ashcroft and Rumsfeld are the real GOP, but they're the 'mean guys'. Not their desired image, I guess.

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5. Typical knee jerk reaction to comments that Repubs are doing that

for their own convention with main speeches by Arnold, Giuliani and McCain. They always try to turn the tables by accusing Dems of what the Repubs have already been exposed for doing, even though the comparison is laughable and inaccurate. Typical Republican disinformation.

[LTR]

6. What is this 'extreme makeover' shit?

Is this the new GOP catchphrase that will go completely ignored?

Well, I know one example of an 'extreme makeover': Transforming from a 'compassionate conservative' into a evil RW piece of shit.

Fuck them and their silly little catch phrases. The GOP must think we're all stupid.