I dunno. But my guess is it's a joint effort between DemBillc and Matthew Weaver.

If it's McHale's Swiftboat Navy, the Obamans need to stick it to them, toot sweet, saying "See how they put country first?"

I got one of these in the mail on Monday or Tuesday of this week. I tossed it in the trash w/o checking into it. I figured it was the usual right-wing bedwetting BS, which I'm sure is correct. Anyway, I live in Hollywood, Fl, which is between Miami and Ft. Lauderdale on the east coast, and a very blue area. Lots of retired jews in the area and in my building, which I figure is the target of this crap.

My guess is that anyone who would respond to this stuff is already solidly in McCain's camp. Just a waste of money. Hollywood and tv do more to pump the threat than this CD could.

latest Obama add

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/19/obama-ad-mccain-needs-edu_n_127835.html

I can confirm that this was an insert in last Sunday's Akron (OH) Beacon Journal.

At least in Medina County (ex-urban area of Cleveland and Akron). Whether it was a targeted insert or citywide, I'm really not sure.

Off topic:
Since it has been mentioned on TPM that I've seen, but Hillary Clinton has a new campaign called "Hillary Sent Me," where she is asking her supporters to go to NH to support Obama while she travels to Michagan.

I've had my issues with her during the primary, but I think she has come on board and has put the Democratic Party ahead of her ambitions (can't say the same for Bill yet).

I got mine the first sunday they were delivered. I complained to the NYTimes that Sunday evening - that I believe they had snuck bigotry into my home! I also wrote and phoned the public editor of the Times. And phoned the subscription people.

In addition, the very next morning we went to the largest Mosque in our city, where we expressed our deep distress about this and provided them with the scanned front and back of the literature that came with it, together with a scan of the CD.

Thank you for finally following up on this - as I coped Josh to my letter to the Times two weeks ago! (in hopes they would see how much importance I attached to this... as well as in hopes you folks would follow up)

In my view this DVD is BIGOTRY of the worst sort! My husband called it the "most hateful film I have ever seen." (this from a man who was born during the Spanish civil war and lived under Franco for many years)

Here's a link to my blog from the Sunday night after viewing the film:

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/09/scurrilous-antiislam-dvd-arriv.php

It equates Muslims with Nazis and Hilter.

And to sneak it into my home in the newspaper...well, that was the lowest possible blow!

got a sneaking feeling fear isn't gonna sell so much this year.

If it shows up in my Sunday NY Times delivery I'll cancel the fucking paper altogether. That'll learn the money-grubbing bastards.

Very interesting.

Not a small paper, we received a copy in The Grand Rapids Press on Sunday.

I'll be sharing this post with everyone I know.

And looking up Dr. Strangelove on you tube, saw this one: John McCain is Dr. Strangelove (probably a lot of you have seen it already)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nqtL-P8kzo&feature=related

Kind of pertinent to this thread.

I already slammed the NYT for allowing this to be distributed in their papers. Just because someone offers them money to distribute something doesn't mean that they should.
I am sick of the media playing passive, innocent, victim while actively doing things that are 'political'.
As consumers we have to push back. The NYT printed an article trying to defend the distribution. What that shows is they were at least feeling some defensiveness.
Seriously we have to participate in our relationship with the media. We are consumers. We have power. If this group has to mail them all directly to the mailbox at least it will cost them more to do it and maybe have less credibility arriving on its own and maybe they will just get tossed.
I hope someone digs deeper on this.

With Biden today baosting that the Delaware Blue Hens football team could "kick Ohio State's ass," (see CNN website), Obama can just say: "Goodbye Columbus." Ohio is now a done deal for McCain.

Research 2000 and Rasmussen both say today that Obama's former double-digit lead in Maine is down to 4 points. McCain now has a shot at the one EV in Maine's conservative, moose-filled northern congressional district. (Maine allocates one EV per district plus 2 bonus EVs to the statewide winner.)

Still, overall it has been a good week for Obama.

Hmm..

Oh God please tell me Ohioans are not apes enough to vote on a football game while the economy tanks...

By the way, Shame on CNN for even making it a topic into their ridiculous "ticker," they already are fucking war profiteers.

We got a copy of the DVD recently with our Raleigh News and Observer. The N&O felt bad enough about it that they published an article about how hateful the DVD is--but not so bad about it that they didn't take the advertising dollars. Their publisher said it was a "freedom of speech" issue, but I'm sure they wouldn't do the same favor for the KKK.

Going to the N&O website to look for the article, I learned the N&O actually published articles on this the day before and the day of distribution. I'm guessing there was more than a little disagreement between the advertising department and the reporters.

http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/1217021.html

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1216479.html

There have been a LOT of letters to the editor about the DVD, both pro and con. You can find them by searching the www.NewsObserver.com website.

Came in The Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News last Sunday as well as an advertisement on TV regarding the same.

But if there is a God, no one really convinced me yet, but if there is one- she or he sure has the Irony gene.

A DVD of how we all will be killed along with the headlines on the front page: You Just Got Poor.

People are worried about the economy. Islamofacists is waaaaay down on the list.

Juat more "change that you deserve":

From "Head of State"

http://headofstate.blogspot.com/2008/05/change-that-you-deserve.html


Wednesday, May 14, 2008

The Change That You Deserve

From the Chicago Tribune:

"The slogan unveiled this week by House Republicans - "Change you deserve" - is already a trademark used by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals to market its antidepressant Effexor XR."

Black Screen.

Fade into:

Scene of a thin grey haired man standing in a green field. Behind him we can see the sun is rising.

"I got the change I deserved with GOP."

Cut to a small child, in a sun dress, who looks up at him and smiles.

"I was tired, listless. I had lost interest in my usual activities--creating false attacks, acting as if I had been unfairly attacked about issues created out of whole cloth, drawing specious historical parallels, fawning over ideologically bankrupt manufactured father figures. Sure, I sent emails claiming that Obama was a Muslim, but somehow...it had lost the spark, the enjoyment of everyday life."

Cut to a child who rides by on a bicycle, and throws a newspaper on the front porch.

"That's when I found GOP."

Cut to man rowing in a scull across a still river. He turns to the camera, smiles.

"In clinical studies, GOP has been found to increase aggressiveness in the absence of actual provocation in 8 out of 10 users. In most users, the desire to gleefully attack returns in 1 week. Full enthusiasm for invented ideas in two. "

Cut to image of porch swing.

"With GOP, my attention to minor distractions fully returned, until I was again building them into major accusations of flawed character. Once again, my intense focus on pins, buttons, sentences fragments and remote relationships as absolute indications of personal virtue and ability was at its peak. For an entire weekend, I could once again choose the right moment to accuse a candidate of treason without cause--when I was ready, when the time felt right".

Cut to a series of blurred images: long, stringy haired teens in torn jeans and ironic 80's t-shirts lounging by the Washington Monument; picture of John Kerry in a Swift Boat during Vietnam;
Eiffel Tower. Arugula on plate. During these images, rapid voiceover in female voice:

"GOP may cause monosyllabism, inability to consider two differing concepts at the same time, memory loss or inaccurate recall of recently and repeatedly presented intelligence information, focus on size of automobiles or koro, sequential nicknaming, knowing mischaracterization, hooting. If you have a desire to read the collected works of Ann Coulter that lasts longer than four hours, this may be a sign of a dangerous condition and you should contact your physician immediately."

Cut back to man standing in field. American flag waving in the distance behind him, below a risen sun. A woman walks up beside him, puts her arm around him, and smiles.

Man:

"So get the change that you deserve. Talk to your Doctor about GOP. Soon, you'll be walking by the homeless on the street again and saying 'Let them get a job!'

Or better yet--let them get GOP."

Woman smiles.

Fade.

Cite:

Head of State

http://headofstate.blogspot.com/2008/05/change-that-you-deserve.html

I wonder if Pinocchio Palin has asked to dereg the sun bed industry?

All this deregulation I mean if Mccain keeps on this angle at some point does he become a Sex Pistols lyric?

"I am an anarchist! I called my wife a c*** and she was pissed. I choose a VEEP who lies more than a Larry Craig bathroom tryst. I want my POW ass kissed! My policies have less beef than a vegan shopping list! I am an anarchist!"

Lol it was awful but I am chuckling :)

Thanks :)

You forgot to appreciate Arlo Guthrie and Alice.

Jesus the new AP polls internal questions are mind bogglingly bad they make me sick to my stomach. Ron fournier is a total shitbag. The poll is borderline racism it is truly awful. Just unreal I am so mad right now I want to ffing drop the entire AP into a pit rabies infested starving rats neck deep in fecal matter

Hey! There's going to be a new thread for today or what?

Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.

Or to put it in terms neocons can understand: "'Merica has always been at war with radical Islam (as if there were any other kind)."



These people want permanent war. It doesn't matter who. They want us in permanent fear. Fuck them. Fuck the neocons right in the ear. We will not be kowtowed.

Why is McCain allowed to say that Obama has received more money than anyone from Fannie and Freddie?

When:

The New York Times looked at contributions from Fannie and Freddie's boards of directors and lobbyists, who are technically not employees. That analysis found Fannie and Freddie-related contributors gave $116,000 to John McCain and his related committees, compared with $16,000 to Obama and his related committees.

McCain receives over five times as much money from Fannie and Freddie.

Sigh

Why does our news media not do their jobs!!!

Gallup Obama 50 Mccain 44 and remember this is the weekend that usually favors Mccain and Obama is still moving

Kopp hiring proved Palin's fundamentalist street cred

Subsequent events suggest that the price of support for McCain by the fundamentalist Christian leadership would be a vice presidential candidate of their liking. Gov. Palin was a logical choice ...

Seems the Alaska bears are starting to come outta hibernation.

http://www.adn.com/opinion/story/531723.html

Heh. I received one of these DVDs in the mail. My husband thought it was an advertisment from Dillards. He just saw the word Obsession and didn't really look at it closely. When I got home and went through the mail, I got pretty pissed off that they had sent it to me. When I told him to take a closer look at it, he scratched through my mailing information, wrote "return to sender" and stuck it in the mailbox.

Notone thread on this site for almost 15 hours what gives?

Voting Republican may be a survival response

From " this article in New Scientist...

... his team discovered that social conservatives react more strongly to shocking images and sudden noises by sweating more and blinking harder, compared to liberals.

Sheep do startle easily!  (h/t NCSteve)

Can anyone explain the term : Financial Treason.

I've tried to google it but I get sent off on wild goose chases that are empty on definition.

Thanks in advance for any links or explanations.

Since this thread seems to be going everywhere,
I just learned about this charming chap on another blog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GBAsFwPglw

There you have it...institutionalized voter disenfranchisment/suppression under the guise of "Christianity". Lord help us.

I live in southeast Florida (the infamous Palm Beach County, to be exact) and we've received 5 of these DVDs this week. 2 came via inserts in the newspapers (Palm Beach Post and the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel) and 3 in the mail. The DVDs received via the mail were sent to each of the 3 adults (we're all registered Democrats) living in our house (the only one who didn't get a DVD was my 8 year old son). The only thing I can figure is they got voter registration records for the mailing.

ok so this is funny, the other day my boyfriend (whom I live with in florida, Bradenton) recieved a CD called Obsession, which by the looks of the cover design and obviously pricey packaging, is promoting hate against muslims. I instantly took interest in watching it since Im muslim, my boyfriend however isn't. I dont know what pissed me off more, the fact that they sent it out...period...or that they didnt send me one :P. I still havent seen it since my boyfriend keeps telling me it'll just piss me the f%8k off, but after reading all these posts I'm really tempted. Thank you TheraP for being so...well...HUMANE & standing up for your fellow man.

P.S: Help! I think I'm in redneck heaven, I see/ hear Pro McCain ads/rants everywhere, that and a few mullets every now and then *shudders*.

Does the mailing mention that Obama sounds like "Osama"?

And that Barack is actually a black man? As in...black? I'm waiting for the New Yorker to do a cover with Barack climbing the twin towers holding Sarah Palin in his (black) grasp.

It'll be "satire" and we'll be accused of not "getting the joke".

Fortunately, John McCain's been looking more and more like my elderly neighbor who walks around with his fly open, hollering about the "damn squirrels". And come to think about it, Palin looks like his bitchy spinster daughter who wants to get him into a rest home as quickly as possible.

Last election these crowds that one could still hear echoing “four more years!” that resonated and ultimately stirred a winning cause, was based on Bush would do better in time of war. Did they forget the attracts happened on his watch?
I keep hearing polls insinuating McCain would do better in war because of his experience. Let’s reverse the situation. Who would do better making peace? Better yet. Who would do better in preventing war? Who is the best ticket on talks with our Arab and Muslim friends, McCain-Palin or Obama-Biden? Education is the key here, all nations learning from each other in a give and take of important attitude and feelings. One thing is certain, in the Muslim culture; it is easier for men to converse with each other rather then man and women that’s where Biden has the advantage over Palin. On the same token a man who cries fire (“I would fire him”) is a scary image of McCain’s hand slamming down on a big red button yelling “fire!” Our friends and allies of the Arab and Muslim nations would apt to have a better rapport with Obama

The DVD arrived as a supplement to The Philadelphia Inquirer on 9/14. I cancelled my subscription via an email to Pulisher, Editor, etc. to explain it was as a result of their choice to distribute propaganda.

I live in Grand Rapids, MI. This was sent out along with the Sunday supplement in The Grand Rapids Press ten days ago. Letters to the editor have been been pretty universally outraged that the paper would include such propaganda, even as a "free speech" item nestled in with the Meijer coupons.