12/02/2003

The Rabble Speaks - More Advice to Democrats:
The Rude Pundit opened up the floor to additional suggestions for ways the Democrats can act as if they have the balls to win an election. Herewith, for good or ill, are some of the best from the many responses:

A commercial idea from GD (which, unfortunately, does not stand for "Goddamn"):
This ad assumes there will be a major photo op of the signing of the medicare bill with Bush, Delay, Frist, et al...
Ad starts with a blank black background with some ominous symphony music playing, then the following words come up in bold white letters:
"Democratcs have said for years that Republicans would sell-out their mothers for a few dollars in tax breaks."
"Now, we have proof..."
CUT TO VIDEO OF MEDICARE SIGNING CEREMONY.
Cut back to black background.
"Vote Democrat and Save Your Mothers from a life of elderly poverty."

In a more conventional vein, Myk offers more commercial subjects and scripts:
"A variation [on the Bush/aircraft carrier commercial from RP 11/25] that would work would include how much taxpayer money for the war ended up in the pockets of his campaign contributors.
Or the even simpler one:
George Bush likes to dress up like a pilot now....
But when he was in the Air National Guard, he deserted and didn't bother to finish his service.
And this is the guy who questions OTHER people's patriotism?
AND
Play clip of his speech where he mentions sacrifice.
"We sacrifice our tax dollars" (show clip of someone writing a check)
"We sacrifice our sons and daughters" (clip of soldiers dragging a fallen comrade out of battle)
"We even sacrifice the respect of our allies around the world." (clips of largest demonstrations in history all over the world)
"What does George Bush ask his rich friends to sacrifice?"(clip of him selling repeal of inheritance tax)
"He cut their taxes." (clip of Cheney laughing)
"He gave them no bid contracts in Iraq worth billions of tax dollars."
"Maybe he thinks sacrifice is only for people who have to work for living."

[The Rude Pundit thinks the image of a laughing Dick Cheney would frighten the children into voting Democrat for life.]

Encouraging rudeness from Brendan S. as "he" writes,
"I have always been fond of the unfounded accusation. The same way the republicans threw any sexual harassment suit at Clinton, so should the left throw ANYTHING at the Republicans. We could enlist Larry Flynt (he helped out last time, by outing a number of unfaithful husbands in the senate and house). Even if it has to be planted: Arlen Specter or Orrin Hatch should have child porn planted on their computers; child prostitutes from thailand should be paid off to destroy their names. A photo of Dennis Hastert or Tom Delay with his dick in a 16 year old boy's ass."

No real advice, but the Rude Pundit giggled like a school girl getting her first finger fucking at Steve L.'s rant:
"I cannot believe how incredibly sorry and scummy the Republicans are. I mean rock-hard sorry scum. Dehydrated-rock-hard sorry scum. Scum so sorry that it goes way beyond the sorry scum we know into a whole different dimension of sorry scum. They are trans-sorry, scum. Meta-sorry scum. Sorry scum collapsed on itself so far that even the neutrons have collapsed. Sorry scum gotten so dense that no intellect and decency can escape. Singularity sorry scum. Blazing hot mid-day sun on Mercury sorry scum. They emit more sorry scum in one second than our entire galaxy emits in a year. Quasar sorry scum. They are disgustingly sorry scum-sucking trolls. Nothing in our universe can really be this sorry. Perhaps this is some primordial fragment from the original big bang of sorry scum. Some pure essence of a sorry scum so uncontaminated by anything else as to be beyond the laws of physics that we know. They are the epiphany of sorry scum to me. Fuck the sorry scum Republicans!"

More amazing advice from the blog-reading public tomorrow. And keep the commercial ideas coming. Someone's gotta drag democracy back into this country. It sure as shit ain't gonna be the O'Reillys or Limbaughs or Coulters of the world. It may as well be your Rude Pundit.