I am always stunned and amazed at how easy it is to lie to some people, and how happy some people are to do that lying. When I was about nine years old, there was a very accomplished liar living in my neighborhood (he was about eight) and he told us all one day, with pride, that he followed a simple strategy: Act righteous, accuse everyone around you of doing exactly what you intend to do and be all indignant about it, and act hurt and misunerstood if you get caught. It worked for JC for a time (though he ended up in prison by the time he was 21 for a series of money escapades).
I am always amused by the way that JC's tactics seem to be getting used by the right, until my amusement wears off and I realize we aren't talking about who painted "kick me" on the neighbor's dog or jumped on the neighbor's flower bed, but about who is making off with the constituion. So I share with you the latest BLAST FAX coming out of the Christian Coalition's Grasstops group, run by Chris Carmouche.
The radical right has realized that people all over the US have had it with Tom DeLay and so they are setting up a JC style spin shop using the good folks on the BLAST FAX Grasstops list. Now. I realize that reading these kinds of things is the intellectual equivalent to having to read Hustler Magazine for the stories, but JUST ONCE, read the whole thing through and you will see an almost textbook case of strategic lying. (Wasn't there one of the commandmants about lying? ) Chris's only grip on reality seems to be that he realizes that Tom DeLay is in deep doodoo. But please notice that this is a call for a blast fax to be sent to all 55 Republican Senators, and they have a good success rate in getting people to do that.
Note the strategy: He affirms that people are perhaps alarmed by the scandal surrounding DeLay, but then he makes sure people feel is is THEY WHO ARE BEING ATTACKED. He repeats the same sentence over and over again to drive that home: "Tom DeLay has probably done more than any other public servant to advance the conservative agenda. An attack on Tom DeLay is REALLY an attack on the conservative agenda and an attack on Tom DeLay is REALLY an attack on each and every one of us." He then uses George Orwell (our hero) to assure his reader/activists that people attacking Tom DeLay are the moral equivalent of Big Brother. Last, he acts all indignant and self-righteous. JC would be proud. He was a pretty savvy liar for an eight year old in Northwest Montana in the 1960's. (Also, I am amused to be called a literal cabal of left wing groups!) Read on. The eye wash fountain is down the hall to your right when you finish.
Dear GrassTopsUSA Member:
A literal cabal of left wing groups -- in concert with the
liberal media -- have initiated a multi-million dollar smear
campaign of ABSURD lies and distortion at House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. It's unbelievable! The left is actually trying to paint Delay -- a man celebrity Ben Stein described as, "a man with more moral decency in his little finger than his detractors have in their whole bodies." -- as corrupt and ethically challenged.
And what is probably more distressing is that THEY ARE
SUCCEEDING!
WE NEED TO FIGHT BACK RIGHT NOW! I urgently need your help to strike back at the left and offer our support to this man who has done more than any other public servant to advance the
conservative agenda.
Use the hyperlink below to send your personalized Blast Fax
message to EACH of the 55 Republican Members of the U.S. Senate and the Republican Leadership of the House of Representatives.
Tell them to stand firm and support Tom DeLay.
Tom DeLay has probably done more than any other public servant to advance the conservative agenda. An attack on Tom DeLay is REALLY an attack on the conservative agenda and an attack on Tom DeLay is REALLY an attack on each and every one of us.
Now is not the time to throw Tom DeLay to the wolves.
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WHY SUPPORT TOM DELAY?
Some of you have already heard these attacks on the network news or read about them in the papers.
And -- I'm sure -- some of you are questioning if their is
anything to these charges.
That's why we owe it to you to set the record straight. And I
will address the specifics of these attacks further down.
But for now -- rest assured that these attacks are nothing more
than a combination of lies and trumped-up charges designed to
smear the reputation of a man who is well-known for his honest
and moral integrity.
When I hear the attacks against Tom DeLay, I am reminded of the slogan from George Orwell's novel 1984: "WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH."
You see -- the fact that these attacks are false and scurrilous
means little to the liberals. They know that the "big lie
theory" works and that if the attacks are repeated often enough,
YOU will believe them.
Conservative leader Morton Blackwell perhaps cautioned us best
when he said, "don't get bogged down answering the absurd,
groundless attacks. The left can and will raise phony new issues
faster than you can respond to the old ones."
Use the hyperlink below to send your personalized Blast Fax
message to EACH of the 55 Republican Members of the U.S. Senate
and the Republican Leadership of the House of Representatives.
Tell them to stand firm and support Tom DeLay.
Tom DeLay has probably done more than any other public servant to advance the conservative agenda. An attack on Tom DeLay is REALLY an attack on the conservative agenda and an attack on Tom DeLay is REALLY an attack on each and every one of us.
Now is not the time to throw Tom DeLay to the wolves.
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A "STAR CHAMBER" MEETS
Last month, a literal who's who of the liberal left got together
for a "sit-down" at the behest of the leftist organization Common Cause.
It was decided at this meeting that the best way to derail the
conservative juggernaut was to attack Tom DeLay and a plan of
attack was finalized and launched.
Almost immediately, the New York Times and other news outlets
published a story claiming that Tom DeLay did something wrong by putting his wife and daughter on his campaign staff to the tune of $500,000 over a five year period.
Coincidence? NOT!
It was brilliant! It had the nasty smell of nepotism. AND IT
WAS A CHEAP SHOT!
500,000 dollars sounds like a lot of money, UNTIL you consider
that given to two people over five years, it only comes to $50,
000 per year -- that's a PITTANCE by D.C. standards.
Of course, the New York Times also neglected to mention that the practice is actually COMMONPLACE in Washington D.C. politics.
The truth of the matter is that political campaigns are very
sensitive operations and here in Washington D.C. -- where TRUST is in sort supply -- many of our public officials MUST resort to hiring family.
Tom DeLay's actions were not only legal... they were totally
ethical.
Use the hyperlink below to send your personalized Blast Fax
message to EACH of the 55 Republican Members of the U.S. Senate
and the Republican Leadership of the House of Representatives.
Tell them to stand firm and support Tom DeLay.
Tom DeLay has probably done more than any other public servant to advance the conservative agenda. An attack on Tom DeLay is REALLY an attack on the conservative agenda and an attack on Tom DeLay is REALLY an attack on each and every one of us.
Now is not the time to throw Tom DeLay to the wolves.
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THE STENCH YOU SMELL ISN'T NEPOTISM; IT'S THE FOUL ORDER OF MENDACITY
Why didn't the New York Times report on the following:
What about Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, who sponsored and pushed legislation through Congress that netted his sons and son-in-law's firm hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees?
How about Congressman Bernie Sanders who has used campaign
donations to pay his wife and stepdaughter more than $150,000?
What about Senator Joe Lieberman who paid his son and daughter over $70,000.00 for working on the his 2004 presidential campaign.
And how about Nancy Pelosi? The Federal Election Commission
(FEC) leveled a $21,000 fine at her fundraising committee for
enabling Pelosi to funnel more than $100,000 in illegal
contributions to Democratic candidates in late 2002.
Or how about Hillary Clinton who's 2000 campaign finance
director, David Rosen has already been indicted for filing a
false report to the FEC to the tune of 1.1 million?
Use the hyperlink below to send your personalized Blast Fax
message to EACH of the 55 Republican Members of the U.S. Senate
and the Republican Leadership of the House of Representatives.
Tell them to stand firm and support Tom DeLay.
Tom DeLay has probably done more than any other public servant to advance the conservative agenda. An attack on Tom DeLay is REALLY an attack on the conservative agenda and an attack on Tom DeLay is REALLY an attack on each and every one of us.
Now is not the time to throw Tom DeLay to the wolves.
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THE WASHINGTON POST GETS INTO THE ACT
At roughly the same time, the Washington Post published a page-
one "expose" about the financing of a 1997 DeLay trip to Russia.
The facts are that the National Center for Public Policy
Research, a nonprofit association, issued a statement last month
describing its sponsorship of and payment for this trip:.
Every year, dozens of members of Congress and staff participate
in such trips financed by nonprofit organizations. This is
perfectly legal, normal and even routine.
In fact, despite being in the minority, over the past four years
Democrats have taken 54 percent of such trips and Democrats were
the top five private trip-takers (in terms of money spent). They
were in order: Sen. John Breaux. Rep. Robert Wexler, Rep. Gene
Green, Rep. Maurice Hinchey and Rep. Cal Dooley.
And when it comes to taxpayer financed trips, Democrat Nancy
Pelosi has spent six times more on foreign travel than Tom DeLay.
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message to EACH of the 55 Republican Members of the U.S. Senate
and the Republican Leadership of the House of Representatives.
Tell them to stand firm and support Tom DeLay.
Tom DeLay has probably done more than any other public servant to advance the conservative agenda. An attack on Tom DeLay is REALLY an attack on the conservative agenda and an attack on Tom DeLay is REALLY an attack on each and every one of us.
Now is not the time to throw Tom DeLay to the wolves.
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WHAT ABOUT THOSE NASTY "ETHICS VIOLATIONS"
The liberal media has had a literal field days in reference to
charges of "ethics violations" brought by Chris Bell and
indictments brought by Austin Texas District Attorney Ronnie
Earle.
After all... where there is smoke, there must be fire -- right?
Wrong! the House Ethics Committee DISMISSED two of the Bell's
allegations and a third was deferred at DeLay's request.
Furthermore, the House Ethic Committee actually issued a finding against Bell for brining the scurrilous charges in the first
place.
And what about Ronnie Earle? Well... Earle has a well-deserved
reputation for using the power of his office to wrongfully target
political enemies with baseless actions.
However, what is important here is NOT that these accusations
were baseless. What is really remiss here is that they were ALL
OLD NEWS.
What happened to make aged frivolous accusations against Tom
DeLay front page news?
If these repeated accusations prove anything, they prove that
what we believed for so long is true.
The major media in this country is actually in cahoots with the
liberal left! The fifth column does -- in fact -- exist and when
they flex their muscle, some of our conservative lawmakers
actually run for cover.
Would you believe there is actually talk of jettisoning Tom
DeLay?
And it should be apparent that this "talk" has less to do with
issues of "ethics" and more to do with lack of courage on the
part of some of our leaders -- who fear that any defense of DeLay
will turn the liberal media's wrath toward them.
Use the hyperlink below to send your personalized Blast Fax
message to EACH of the 55 Republican Members of the U.S. Senate
and the Republican Leadership of the House of Representatives.
Tell them to stand firm and support Tom DeLay.
Tom DeLay has probably done more than any other public servant to advance the conservative agenda. An attack on Tom DeLay is REALLY an attack on the conservative agenda and an attack on Tom DeLay is REALLY an attack on each and every one of us.
Now is not the time to throw Tom DeLay to the wolves.
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NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE A STAND
This coordinated attack on Tom DeLay by the liberal left and the
major media makes "Rathergate" look like a walk in the park.
Think about it for a moment. How would you feel if FALSE
accusations against you suddenly became FRONT PAGE NEWS years after the fact?
You would think that you were Alice after stepping through the
looking glass.
And how would you feel if your "friends and neighbors" -- who
knew full well that the accusations were without merit --
abandoned you out of fear of what others would think?
This champion of the conservative cause deserves better from us!
It is shameful that the "impartial media" has become the lackey
of the liberal left -- delivering far-fetched "hacket-pieces" at
its master's bidding.
I tremble when I realize just how far astray things have gone.
But I also know that we can beat them at their own game.
But it's up to us.
Use the hyperlink below to send your personalized Blast Fax
message to EACH of the 55 Republican Members of the U.S. Senate
and the Republican Leadership of the House of Representatives.
Tell them to stand firm and support Tom DeLay.
Tom DeLay has probably done more than any other public servant to advance the conservative agenda. An attack on Tom DeLay is REALLY an attack on the conservative agenda and an attack on Tom DeLay is REALLY an attack on each and every one of us.
Now is not the time to throw Tom DeLay to the wolves.
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Chris Carmouche
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Now, call your senators and make sure they know you find Tom deLay to be an embarrassment to the American people. Let's blast Chris's blast fax out of the water. JUST DON'T USE THE LINKS IN THE GREY BOX!