Comments on: Rock and a Hard Place http://archpundit.com/blog/2007/09/05/rock-and-a-hard-place/ Illinois, From Misery Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:39:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ellen Beth http://archpundit.com/blog/2007/09/05/rock-and-a-hard-place/comment-page-1/#comment-4396 Ellen Beth Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:36:32 +0000 http://69.89.31.63/~archpund/2007/09/05/rock-and-a-hard-place/#comment-4396 It's important to make sure folks know who makes up Freedoms Watch. Check out the board and key donors <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Freedom's_Watch#Key_players" rel="nofollow">here. It’s important to make sure folks know who makes up Freedoms Watch. Check out the board and key donors here.

]]> By: Rob_N http://archpundit.com/blog/2007/09/05/rock-and-a-hard-place/comment-page-1/#comment-4395 Rob_N Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:42:41 +0000 http://69.89.31.63/~archpund/2007/09/05/rock-and-a-hard-place/#comment-4395 No, no, no... All IL-10 cares about is immigration! Wait, oops. That's all the <i>ardent conservative partisans</i> that tug on Kirk's ears care about. No, no, no… All IL-10 cares about is immigration!

Wait, oops. That’s all the ardent conservative partisans that tug on Kirk’s ears care about.

]]> By: madame defarge http://archpundit.com/blog/2007/09/05/rock-and-a-hard-place/comment-page-1/#comment-4394 madame defarge Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:07:15 +0000 http://69.89.31.63/~archpund/2007/09/05/rock-and-a-hard-place/#comment-4394 Kirk is a delusional as Bush if he thinks IL-10 doesn't care about the war. Of course, if he had bothered to show up at the town hall meeting in Northbrook last week, he would have met at least 700+ people who were pretty damned concerned about the war. I guess he figures that if he doesn't see it, it doesn't exist. November 2008 can't come soon enough. Kirk is a delusional as Bush if he thinks IL-10 doesn’t care about the war. Of course, if he had bothered to show up at the town hall meeting in Northbrook last week, he would have met at least 700+ people who were pretty damned concerned about the war. I guess he figures that if he doesn’t see it, it doesn’t exist.

November 2008 can’t come soon enough.

]]> By: ArchPundit http://archpundit.com/blog/2007/09/05/rock-and-a-hard-place/comment-page-1/#comment-4393 ArchPundit Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:12:15 +0000 http://69.89.31.63/~archpund/2007/09/05/rock-and-a-hard-place/#comment-4393 Actually, Kirk says his District doesn't care about the war. No, really. Actually, Kirk says his District doesn’t care about the war.

No, really.

]]> By: cermak_rd http://archpundit.com/blog/2007/09/05/rock-and-a-hard-place/comment-page-1/#comment-4392 cermak_rd Wed, 05 Sep 2007 18:49:56 +0000 http://69.89.31.63/~archpund/2007/09/05/rock-and-a-hard-place/#comment-4392 Given Kirk's district's demographics, aren't his voters likelier to be moderates and liberals than conservatives? I'm not sure these ads are going to work against Kirk because he knows his district. Given Kirk’s district’s demographics, aren’t his voters likelier to be moderates and liberals than conservatives? I’m not sure these ads are going to work against Kirk because he knows his district.

]]> By: Rob_N http://archpundit.com/blog/2007/09/05/rock-and-a-hard-place/comment-page-1/#comment-4391 Rob_N Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:59:10 +0000 http://69.89.31.63/~archpund/2007/09/05/rock-and-a-hard-place/#comment-4391 Two versions of the Freedom Watch TV ad have been airing on Chicago stations for at least a week, if not longer, during the local newscasts, non-primetime gameshows, etc. One version is of a mother who lost her son. The other is of a wounded Marine. Both are moving ads which focus on the partisan conservatives' notion that we have to stay in Iraq because we're in Iraq now. Both also instruct viewers to use the Freedom Watch 877 toll-free number "to call Congress". As has been noted by others, <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/22/151822/460" rel="nofollow">that Freedom Watch phone number leads directly to a screening poll which filters out anyone who disagrees with Freedom Watch's premises</a>. IOW, only pro-war callers are connected through to Congress; everyone else gets hung up on. Welcome to the conservative nanny-state where only pro-Administration voices are patched through to Congress. Two versions of the Freedom Watch TV ad have been airing on Chicago stations for at least a week, if not longer, during the local newscasts, non-primetime gameshows, etc.

One version is of a mother who lost her son. The other is of a wounded Marine.

Both are moving ads which focus on the partisan conservatives’ notion that we have to stay in Iraq because we’re in Iraq now.

Both also instruct viewers to use the Freedom Watch 877 toll-free number “to call Congress”. As has been noted by others, that Freedom Watch phone number leads directly to a screening poll which filters out anyone who disagrees with Freedom Watch’s premises. IOW, only pro-war callers are connected through to Congress; everyone else gets hung up on.

Welcome to the conservative nanny-state where only pro-Administration voices are patched through to Congress.

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