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November 05, 2006
Fear of a Stupid Cartoonist
No, Scott Stantis. The answer is no.
Simply accusing someone of a "campaign of fear" is NOT, in fact, a fear campaign itself. That makes ZERO sense. You're an idiot.
Today Stantis does his best to turn accusations that the Republicans are using fear as their only campaign issue on their ear. It's a typical Republican tactic - accuse the other guy of doing exactly what you're doing and hope people (like Stantis) are too stupid to notice. Well Scott, we're not stupid like you.
His logic almost works. Almost. You see, TERRORISTS really do use fear and terror as a way to manipulate their enemies. It's kinda the definition of terrorism. What the Republicans are doing is trying to scare the bejeezus out of us every day, telling us to be afraid that the terrorists will succeed if they're not in charge.
So let's put that into logical terms:
- Terrorists use fear of death to control their enemies.
- Republicans use fear of terrorists to control Americans.
See, that makes logical sense. The Kung Fu Monkey has a really good write up on why we as Americans shouldn't pay attention to the Republicans "fear and only fear" platform - check it out here. Also make sure to check out Keith Olbermann's Special Comment above.
Stantis's little attempt at logic today doesn't make any sense at all. You've got Smelly Stinky Stupid Liberal Winslow telling Carmen to knock it off and quit trying to scare everybody. Apparently Winslow uses violence to knock her to the ground (or she took dive lessons from George Allen supporters), which makes oh-so-much-sense for a liberal to do. Guess Stantis knew nobody was going to buy his argument so he had to make Winslow as intimidating as possible. Carmen then blows Winslow's mind with the most non-sensical logic Prickly City has ever offered up. Apparently Winslow is the real fearmonger here, not Carmen and the Republicans.
So let's put the Stantis Logic into simpler terms:
- Republicans use fear of terrorists to control Americans.
- Democrats who point out that the Republicans are using fear tactics are the ones using a campaign of fear.
Um, huh? Whuzuh? That didn't blow my mind, it just made me stupider for having read it. See, you can tell because I used the word "stupider."
Sorry Scott, but your little lame effort to try and paint the Democrats as being just as bad as the Republicans has failed miserably once again. The only thing the Republicans have to run on is the fear that there will be another terrorist attack, and they somehow - despite not protecting us on 9/11, not securing our borders, not securing our ports, and bogging us down in a war that had nothing to do with terrorism - are the only ones that can protect us.
How illogical is that? Remember it when you're voting on Tuesday.
