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Political Football

Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on

Iraqi soccer players at the Olympic games in Greece are angered at the Bush campaign for using the Iraqi Olympic team in Bush's latest re-election campaign advertisements. "Iraq as a team does not want Mr. Bush to use us for the presidential campaign," said Iraqi midfielder Salih Sadir. Another player, Ahmed Manajid, had even stronger words: "How will he meet his god having slaughtered so many men and women?" Manajid said. "He has committed so many crimes." Sports Illustrated writer Grant Wahl interviewed the players.

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Main Source: 
Sports Illustrated, August 19, 2004
Topics: 
Iraq
Politics

Pre-Emptive "Traitor" Baiters

Submitted by Diane Farsetta on

"Federal agents and city police are keeping tabs on people they say might try to cause trouble at the Republican National Convention, questioning activists, making unannounced visits and monitoring Web sites and meetings. ... The intelligence unit of the New York Police Department ...

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Main Source: 
Associated Press, August 16, 2004
Topics: 
Activism
Democracy
Human Rights
Politics

The Presidential Race Card

Submitted by Diane Farsetta on

"A Washington nonprofit group with ties to the Republican Party is airing radio ads ... asking if U.S. Senator John Kerry takes 'the black community for granted?'" The group, People of Color United, was founded last week by DC Parents For School Choice, which supports school vouchers.

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Main Source: 
Philadelphia Daily News, August 11, 2004
Topics: 
Right Wing
Front Groups
Politics
Race / Ethnic Issues
Rhetoric

RNC: A Marketplace of GOP Ideas

Submitted by Diane Farsetta on

The Republican National Convention's entertainment director, former Gospel Music Association president Frank Breeden, calls his part of the program "Preachers and Patriots." He explained, "Entertainment plays more of a prominent role in marketing messages today than ever before," and convention organizers want to use music and culture to sell their political philosophy "just like Cadillac uses L

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Main Source: 
New York Times, August 10, 2004
Topics: 
Media
Politics

Total Ad Saturation

Submitted by Diane Farsetta on

The Democratic 527 group America Coming Together "is deploying thousands of supporters with PalmOne hand-helds to battleground states to play electronic ads individually for voters." The 15 state, $125 million get-out-the-vote effort's "canvassers were already using 2,000 Palms to track voters. ... [An] advertising consultant ...

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Main Source: 
Advertising Age, August 9, 2004
Topics: 
Advertising
Politics

Politics vs Science, Round 432

Submitted by Diane Farsetta on

Gary Frazer, the Interior Department's "senior career official in the Endangered Species Office, which has produced several scientific findings angering his political superiors in the Fish and Wildlife Service, was reassigned last week to a newly created post as his division's liaison to the United States Geological Survey." Frazer's perhaps least admiring superior, Julie MacDonald,

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Main Source: 
New York Times, August 7, 2004
Topics: 
Politics
Science

When Vets Attack

Submitted by Diane Farsetta on

"A group of Vietnam veterans has bought television time in three swing states for an advertisement that attacks Senator John Kerry, accusing him of lying about his war record, including the circumstances surrounding his medals, and betraying his comrades by later opposing the war." The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth is a

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Main Source: 
New York Times, August 5, 2004
Topics: 
Front Groups
Politics

Playing Good Flack, Bad Flack

Submitted by Diane Farsetta on

"On the eve of the Democratic National Convention ... well-dressed politicians, corporate executives and their friends watched [fireworks] from a private party at a waterfront restaurant. ... Rick Rendon [was] the man in charge of the party," writes Pratap Chatterjee.

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Main Source: 
CorpWatch, August 4, 2004
Topics: 
Politics
Public Relations
U.S. Government
War / Peace

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