~ In a further demonstration that the Kerry campaign is keeping its ear to the angry red planet for cues concerning the language and salience of its arguments, we have one of our points, posted on an external website:
“Here’s something [Karen Hughes] said post-debate that bugged me on the bike ride home: I heard her say that Kerry didn’t have any plans, he just had a “litany of complaints”. Wow, it is reassuring to know that the Bushes just consider those of us who don’t have jobs are health care are just a bunch of complainers.”
-ashleyGA, 14 October 2004
We compare this with comments made by Senator Kerry whilst he spoke in Tampa today:
“And what does the President of the United States have to say about these out-of-control health care costs that are killing job creation and hurting middle-class families? In the debate the other night, he called these problems “a litany of complaints.”
There you have it folks. George Bush’s answer to our health care problems is to tell the American people: stop whining.”
-John Kerry, 18 October 2004
we would have taken it to the point of using the term ‘whining’ as well, but we did not think that the vast majority of our readers would have appreciated a Coy Howard/George W Bush double entrendre.
~ we have dropped the service provider for this site in favour of the umbrella which hosts sisyphean, from the ground, and a couple of other great sites. we are not about to publicly damn our old host by name, but if you ever thought ‘damn, the service at the angry red planet is crummy; i wonder why?’, and you are about to move into a new host, feel free to ask us, lest you get caught in the same mess. if you want to join the sisyphean [w] umbrella, and you have reason that would compel the work.group to host you, go ahead and petition them for a site; it would help your case immeasurably if you have ever been hosted by the godless red/born 2 lose house.
'john' responds:
coy howard/george w bush double entendre
bass. are you planning to add ‘dos enterprises’ to your crüe?
19 October 2004 _ 00h27m27 EDT [link]
'chip' responds:
i’m not sure that the world is ready, quite yet.
19 October 2004 _ 00h45m31 EDT [link]
'the angry red planet' responds:
still, i check lazylamb everyday
19 October 2004 _ 10h50m16 EDT [link]
dos left today to leave his mark on the big apple. maybe dos enterprises will fair better than the angry red offices. or perhaps he won’t last long at all with no job and having to pay 8$ a pack for cigarettes
20 October 2004 _ 14h02m23 EDT [link]
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