I made the Washington Post today.

[Atman]

This is a piece I did for the Scott Murphy race (to replace Kirsten Gillibrand) in NY.

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Limbaugh An Issue in New York Special

Democrats are seeking to use conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh to rally their base in advance of next week's special election in New York's 20th district.

A new direct mail piece from businessman Scott Murphy's campaign features an angry shot of Limbaugh over the words "I hope Obama fails". At the bottom of the piece in parentheses is written "Somebody wants you to stay home on March 31st...."

On the back of the mailer, an Obama drawing is featured with text superimposed over it that accuses "Rush Limbaugh and his lackeys in Washington" of trying to "be a roadblock to the change America desperately needs."

Democrats have been using Limbaugh's comments -- made at his keynote address at the Conservative Political Action Conference last month -- to raise money almost since the moment they were made but using Limbaugh as a turnout tool is a new wrinkle in this strategy.

A series of public polls suggest Limbaugh is a broadly disliked figure among Democratic base voters (no surprise there) but it remains to be seen whether that disdain will translate into a desire to turn out on a random Tuesday in March to cast a vote against a Republican House candidate.

In 2006 and again in 2008, House and Senate Democratic candidate effectively used George W. Bush as the bogeyman who scared their base into action. But, Bush was the president of the United States not a conservative talk radio host.

The mailer provides an interesting window into a broader Democratic strategy to demonize Limbaugh for political gain. Will it work next Tuesday?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2009/03/25/GR2009032502201.html

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[ogneopasno]

1. Did the Post not correct the spelling of the word "piece"?

[Atman]

3. Bwhaha! No, that was me...I made the text a hot link and effed it up.

Ah, the simplest things are the ones you tend to mess up.

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[BuyingThyme]

8. ..

Did you mean to link the same page twice? (I wasn't able to find the text page.)

[Atman]

10. I couldn't find the text link either...that's the way my boss e-mailed it to me.

:shrug:

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[BuyingThyme]

11. Here it is:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/house/limbaugh-pops-up-as-issue-in-n.html?wprss=thefix

:hi:

[ogneopasno]

9. The way they've made cuts at the paper, I wouldn't have been surprised. Sorry to call you out on it!

[pleah]

2. K&R

:thumbsup: :hi:

[Spazito]

4. WTG!

:thumbsup:

Recommended.

[malaise]

5. Congrats

K & R

[C......N......C]

6. Congrats.

[BuyingThyme]

7. Nice mailer, Atman!

:applause:

[Atman]

12. It was on Hardball tonight, too (nt)

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[Richard Steele]

13. Cool beans. K&R

[proud patriot]

14. Awesome !

:thumbsup:

[PA Democrat]

15. That is great, free publicity! Congratulations.

[JohnWxy]

16. "a broader Democratic strategy to demonize Limbaugh for political gain." ...reporting? or demonizing

Is repeating the statements of the schmuck demonizing. Or do the statements themselves damn the source.

Is this a Democratic "strategy"? Are they reporting on something a Democratic strategist said or just offering their own editorial. And is repeating the words of someone a strategy or is it informing the voter of the character of a very influential Republican propaganda source who does reflect the Republican base (in more than one sense) attitudes. (Yes, the Republican base does reflect the base attitudes of humans. The Democratic party stands for rising above these and that is the whole point of civilization to rise above these base attitudes.).

base, adj. "mean deserving of contempt because of the absence of higher values" - Mirriam-Webster online dictionary.

Very Good work Atman.