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Vote God/Bush/Cheney '04

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Ummm..... Hmm.


My Christian friends call this blasphemy.
 
Silicon said:
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Ummm..... Hmm.


My Christian friends call this blasphemy.
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Is this a paid ad by the Bush/Cheney campaign?

And why would your Christian friends call this blasphemy?
 
If that is an official Bush/Cheney billboard it is both one more good reason not to vote for the man and a really, really bad indication of what is to come if he gets re-elected. At the very least, it gives tangible evidence that he doesn't give a rodent's rectum about little things like seperation of church and state.

Unfortunately, my opinion in htis is in the minority in this country and a lot of people will see it and think 'Oh what a great God Fearing man Bush is!" and vote for him accordingly.

As much as I hate to say it, moving to Denmark is seeming like a better alternative every day.
 
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At least 32 Bush-friendly signs owned by Adams Outdoor Advertising are scattered throughout the Lansing area, said Angela Easterday, company market scheduler for Lansing. That number of advertisements is meant to reach 100 percent of the local population, she said.

The advertising company's owner, Stephen Adams, is responsible for the pro-Bush slogans on his signs, Easterday said.

Adams could not be reached for comment Wednesday afternoon.

This type of billboard campaign is new to Rich Robinson, executive director of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network, a nonpartisan, nonprofit group concerned with monetary influence on campaigns in Michigan.

"Certainly in my experience, I haven't seen anything quite like this," Robinson said.

But he added that Adams' strategy is perfectly legal.

"An individual is free to spend as much as they want as long as they report what they are doing," he said. "We can look forward to him to report."

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According to the officials with the state Republican Party, Adams has not contacted them or the Bush-Cheney campaign.

"We had nothing to do with those," party communications director Chris Paolino said. "The first time I knew anything about it was when I drove past it."

Paul Pratt, chairman for the Ingham County Democratic Party, said the signs will energize both local Democrats and Republicans.

"They are so obnoxious that they fire our side up pretty well," Pratt said. "This kind of obnoxious stuff is exactly why we are against Bush."

The signs aren't likely to impact many voters, he added.
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Dorian Gray said:
Question: Why is the word 'under' underlined?
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It's missionary position, and God is always on top.
 
I thought all political ads needed to have a little "Paid for Joe Blow" on them.

CBL
 
Strange.


So in other words, there's nothing to stop me from putting a big, professional-looking sign on hundreds of billboards that say:


Enough is Enough, deport all minorities. Bush/Cheney 04.



And then say "Paid for by" in letters smaller than a dime.





Oh, and that underline is meant to mean that Democrats/atheists/humanists/satanists/fornicators put themselves above God.
 
DON"T MAKE BABY JEEBUS CRY
VOTE BUSH/CHENEY '04
Paid for by The Friends of Baby Jeebus
 
Silicon said:
Strange.


So in other words, there's nothing to stop me from putting a big, professional-looking sign on hundreds of billboards that say:


Enough is Enough, deport all minorities. Bush/Cheney 04.



And then say "Paid for by" in letters smaller than a dime.
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This is a really interesting thought. And apparently, no one has much to say in response.
 
No, I mean why not underline God? With emphasis on the word 'under' it begs the question 'as opposed to what? Over? Next to?'
 
I wouldn't read too much into it as:

A: Kerry spends a lot of time in church lately and I would say Clinton was probably the most overtly religous president of my lifetime. (I can clearly remember back to Nixon).

2. Everybody likes to drag Jesus/God into things. There was a billboard here in Ft. Pierce FL. that stated 'Jesus was a vegatrarian'. As far as I can tell the biblical/historical basis for this was 'we wanted it to be true so we made it up.'

B:There is no such thing as seperation of church and state in the constitution.

Last:Yes the Republicans court one type of religous nut case, the Democrats court another and neither group is as crazy as firickin Micheal Moore who I recall had a seat of honor at the Democrat convention.
 
Silicon said:
So in other words, there's nothing to stop me from putting a big, professional-looking sign on hundreds of billboards that say:


Enough is Enough, deport all minorities. Bush/Cheney 04.
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They might be able to go after you for implying that this is a position that they hold. But if you were to put up a sign that said. "Enough is Enough, deport all minorities. Vote for Bush/Cheney in 04." seems like that would be protected free speech.
 
Actually the sign should read under Canada, that guy should look at a map some time.
 
Dorian Gray said:
Question: Why is the word 'under' underlined?
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I believe it is to emphasize a view which (unfortunately) is held by a large number of conservative christians: that the USA was created by divinely-led men, as part of God's plan to create a Christian nation with laws and government based on Biblical principles.

This is what is taught to many home-schooled children, using such books as Peter Marshall's From Sea To Shining Sea, and to adults using books such as David Barton's The Myth of Separation

Here's an example of how these people see things:
I have read David Barton's book and found it very informative and well written. He carefully documents what he has written. He shows what the founding fathers said not what some said they said.

Mr. Barton has show beyond a reasonable doubt that the current interpretation by the Supreme Court is not a reasonable interpreation of the constitution which they are sworn to uphold, but a cleaverly disguised attempt by the Court to establish a state religion...

By removing Christianity from the social and political life of the nation the Supreme court has established Humanism and it's origins doctrine of Evolution as the state religion. This is not the religion of the people but the religion of the Supreme Court...
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And here is an informative passage from the Product description for From Sea to Shining Sea:
Does God really bless a nation that honors him? In From Sea to Shining Sea, Peter Marshall and David Manuel take us back to the post-revolutionary era to reveal how God intervened on behalf of our struggling young nation.

During this fifty-year period, Daniel Boone, Andrew Jackson, Sam Houston, and other American heroes carved out their place in history. Conestoga wagons and circuit riders became famous, Indian wars and slavery were major concerns, and the Louisiana Purchase and the Oregon Trail expanded Americas borders from sea to shining sea. The authors tell how Gods hand was evident in these and other key moments in the shaping of the young nation.

Marshall and Manuels stirring historical account of Gods working in America has found a large and loyal readership. This fast-paced, absorbing narrative tells not only how Americas divine plan became downgraded and its future threatened by greed, pride, and self-righteousness, but how in the midst of all this turmoil, God raised up the right men to shape the political structure and moral character that make America Gods country.
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That's what the ad is trying to get across: that Bush and Cheney are the right men -- the men selected by God -- to return this nation to the kind of nation it is supposed to be, the kind of nation where lawmakers and judges are serious Christians who make laws and pass judgment based on biblical principles rather than secular notions. The kind of nation where the elected leader prays daily for guidance from the nation's true ruler, God. In other words, a nation under God.

This is what many of the people pressing for daily directed prayers in school, and for the public posting of the 10 Commandments, truly believe. They have read, in books such as Marshall's and Barton's, that this is how the USA was intended to be. They believe that their Christian nation has been stolen from them by Secular Humanists, and they want to take it back.

Whether George Bush actually believes in this idea of a Christian nation or not, he has been sending signals to the people who do believe in it that he's their man. The scary thing is that many of them believe it -- and that they may be right.


edited to add: right in their belief that Bush is their man, that is -- not right in the belief that this should be a "Christian nation".
 
valis said:


Last:Yes the Republicans court one type of religous nut case, the Democrats court another and neither group is as crazy as firickin Micheal Moore who I recall had a seat of honor at the Democrat convention.
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George Bush said that the jury is still out on evolution and you maintain that Micheal Moore is more crazy than that?
 
George Bush said that the jury is still out on evolution and you maintain that Micheal Moore is more crazy than that
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At least as crazy. I would have to see the whole quote on the evolution thing. A lot of people argue about evolution when they mean natural selection and vise versa (sp?).

Lets just say Bush rejects both. Is that any crazier than being so self hating that you spend your entire life railing against what you yourself are? Or if you would like a better example of left wing nuttieness how about Al Sharpton. His behavior in the Tawana Brawley affair is about as goofy as it gets.

The truth is the nut wings of both parties both vote at a high percentage rate and they write lots of tasty checks. So both sides have their firinge nut jobs that embaress them but are nessacarry to playing the game.

My son wants me to put a smiley in the message.:(
 
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