[Dialogue] The Uphill Struggle

[David Walters]

The confusion lies in your perception of the republican political machine developed by Richard Viguerie and Lee Atwater in the 70s and 80s and now controlled by their offspring Karl Rove. There is nothing peat nothing that he and those around him are not willing to do or say to win. Hillary is the best thing that they could ever hope for. She was crooked lawyer in Arkansas - Whitewater all of Ken Starr fantasies will dominate the airwaves. Whisper campaigns on the internet that she is a closet lesbian, etc. etc. etc.

Another thing your do not know is that rove runs a operation that daily sends outs faxes and emails to several lists. One is to editorial page writers, Another is to talk show motor mouths on radio an cable like Hannity, O'Rielly, and Lmbough with his daily talking points Another one  consists of hard core republican true believers who write to editors and call in to talk shows, They also have their own email lists to folks outside their party circle. 

Rove came to Alabama in 1992 and succeeded in electing a republican majority in our Supreme Court and out appellate courts.
The legacy of his efforts in the 90s is a well trained group of political operatives that have run some of the nastiest campaigns at the state and local levels than I could ever imagined. Go read Bush's Brain or The Architect and you will understand how he works.

Rove turns his candidate's weaknesses in opportunities and turns his opponents strengths into opportunities of attack like the vets who attacked Kerry.

The only person that can win is someone without all the negatives and personal political history like 
Hillary. Someone willing to speak back to this kind of machine and even use the same kinds of methods to attack.

Your naiveté about Hillary's chance is astounding.

David

PS I don't know much about sweat lodges but I live in the lower  part of Alabama and my air conditioner has just died so I'm sweating enough, thank you.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dave Thomas 
  To: 'Colleague Dialogue' 
  Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 12:04 PM
  Subject: Re: [Dialogue] {Disarmed} Re: {Disarmed} The Uphill Struggle


  You are so confused.  Hillary will easily beat any of the Republican candidates.  Against a Republican, she will get a huge majority among women voters who are a majority among voters.  

  I am interested in going to Gresham Wisconsin (just south of the Menominee Reservation) just before or after our canoe trip - over one day and back the next.  Would you be willing to accompany me and join us in a sweat lodge?.  Quite an experience.  Religion the way it was in America before the Christians came.  Sitting Owl aka Dave Thomas
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