Flip O’ The Day

• Views: 4,096

AP Democratic operative Nedra Pickler has a piece titled Kerry Urges Against Partisan Feelings that employs a very subtle technique to hide Kerry’s very partisan attack against President Bush today:

APPLETON, Wis. - Presidential challenger John Kerry urged voters on Saturday not to allow the videotaped message from Osama bin Laden to stir up partisan feelings.

“As Americans we are absolutely united, all of us. There are no Democrats, there are no Republicans,” Kerry said. “As Americans we are united in our determination to destroy, capture, kill Osama bin Laden and all of the terrorists. They are barbarians, and we are going to hunt them down and we will make America safe.”

Kerry did not dwell on the new message from the al-Qaida leader, other than to repeat his charge that President Bush allowed bin Laden to escape in the Afghan mountains in late 2001. He concentrated his final weekend appeal on voters who have suffered under Bush’s economic and military leadership.

Notice: Kerry’s noble-sounding “no Democrats, no Republicans” soundbite is quoted accurately. But the attack on Bush is summed up and discounted in a paragraph that doesn’t quote Kerry’s exact words.

Because in truth, Kerry did urge against partisan feelings … before he urged for them.

Jump to top

Create a PageThis is the LGF Pages posting bookmarklet. To use it, drag this button to your browser's bookmark bar, and title it 'LGF Pages' (or whatever you like). Then browse to a site you want to post, select some text on the page to use for a quote, click the bookmarklet, and the Pages posting window will appear with the title, text, and any embedded video or audio files already filled in, ready to go.
Or... you can just click this button to open the Pages posting window right away.
Last updated: 2023-04-04 11:11 am PDT
LGF User's Guide RSS Feeds

Help support Little Green Footballs!

Subscribe now for ad-free access!Register and sign in to a free LGF account before subscribing, and your ad-free access will be automatically enabled.

Donate with
PayPal
Cash.app
Recent PagesClick to refresh
Ranked-Choice Voting Has Challenged the Status Quo. Its Popularity Will Be Tested in November. JUNEAU — Alaska’s new election system — with open primaries and ranked voting — has been a model for those in other states who are frustrated by political polarization and a sense that voters lack real choice at the ...
Cheechako
6 days ago
Views: 185 • Comments: 0 • Rating: 0