Not to love der fuehrer is a great disgrace....

MrBenchley

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Tue May-11-04 07:56 AM
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Not to love der fuehrer is a great disgrace....

This is not a humor piece, but a serious plea from a Wisconsin newspaper...

"We’ve been getting more letters critical of President Bush than those that support him. We’re not sure why, nor do we want to guess. But in today’s increasingly polarized political environment, we would prefer our offering to put forward a better sense of balance.
Since we depend upon you, our readers, to supply our letters, that goal can be difficult. We can’t run letters that we don’t have."

Maybe they could have a contest...Complete this sentence in 75 words or less: "This unelected drunk doesn't turn my stomach because..." and win a free Post-Crescent mug!!

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ewagner

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Tue May-11-04 08:02 AM
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1. Some Wisconsin DUers

have been all over this atrocity:

see this:

<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=186x343>

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MrBenchley

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Tue May-11-04 08:38 AM
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2. It's amazing...

So much for a "free" press....

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MrBenchley

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Tue May-11-04 09:48 AM
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3. gratuitous kick

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Buns_of_Fire

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Tue May-11-04 03:27 PM
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4. ...so Sieg HEIL! (prbbbft!) HEIL! (prbbbft!) right in Der Fuhrer's face!

This reminds me of a passing comment by (I think) Brian Lamb on WJ a while back. After being berated by a boosh*lover on why they didn't have more calls from the "Support Our Glorious Leader" line, he replied that the fact was that they get a lot MORE calls on the "Support Democrats" line, so the fairest way seemed to be to alternate from one to the other.

Which begs the question for them all, if they chose to think about it... Gee, maybe there's a REASON for that! Ya think? :think:

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MrBenchley

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Tue May-11-04 03:31 PM
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5. Now why do I suspect

they ran every "Clinton killed and raped" letter they could get their grubby hands on during Monicamania without caring whehter they got any "balance?"

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Buns_of_Fire

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Tue May-11-04 03:41 PM
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7. "Balance" is apparently only sought for when it's a Republican

who has their gonads caught in the wringer. That's my best guess. :shrug:

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MrBenchley

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Tue May-11-04 04:40 PM
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9. Sort of like CNN

Four conservatives on one panel is hunky-dory...but any moderate must appear flanked by at least one (and usually two conservatives).

And of course, no out and out liberal may appear at all...

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MrBenchley

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Tue May-11-04 03:34 PM
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6. By the way...

glad to encounter another Spike Jones fan...

Are we not all Supermen?
Aryan-pure Supermen?
Yes we is all Supermen
Thuper-Duper Thupermen!

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Buns_of_Fire

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Tue May-11-04 03:44 PM
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8. Ah, now THAT was music!

:thumbsup:

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MrBenchley

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Tue May-11-04 04:41 PM
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10. His version of Holiday for Strings

is what I put on when I'm feeling blue....

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