The purpose of this post is to credibly document that Bush and the GOP played on people's fears to win in 2004, they are playing on fear again to win in 2006, and their goal is to obtain a permanent one party majority!
Below is the CNN transcript of Tom Hamburger and Peter Wallstein being interviewed about their new book titled "One Party Country: The Plan for Republican Dominance in the 21st Century."
In this interview, they talk about "the dream of Karl Rove and Ken Mehlman and others in the White House of establishing what they called dominant majority. They wanted to do for the Republican Party, under George W. Bush, what Franklin Roosevelt did for the Democrats."
That is what is on the line going into this election on Tuesday and this is what we should be telling people. George Allen is also the poster boy for this extremist philosophy!
To win in 2004, Bush and the GOP played on people's fears by saying the following about John Kerry if he was elected President which are all credibly documented:
Cheney: Terrorists May Bomb U.S. Cities
Associated Press
October 20, 2004
CARROLL, Ohio - "Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday raised the possibility of terrorists bombing U.S. cities with nuclear weapons and questioned whether Sen. John Kerry could combat such an "ultimate threat ... you've got to get your mind around..."
RNC Says It Sent Mail Warning Bible Ban
Saturday, Sept. 24, 2004
WASHINGTON -- "The Republican National Committee acknowledged this week that it distributed campaign literature in West Virginia and Arkansas warning voters that liberals want to ban the Bible..."
NRA/GOP Target Kerry On Guns
NEW YORK, April 19, 2004
"In his steady, serious monotone, Vice President Dick Cheney told the National Rifle Association's annual meeting Saturday that "John Kerry's approach to the Second Amendment has been to regulate, regulate and regulate some more..."
John Kerry Wants to Ban Guns in America
Friday, September 10, 2004
"John Kerry`s two-decade long U.S. Senate record of opposing Second Amendment rights makes him the most anti-gun presidential nominee in history! HereGÇÖs the proof..."
This is disgraceful behavior and it has NOT changed in 2006:
CNN LATE EDITION WITH WOLF BLITZER
Aired January 22, 2006 - 11:00 ET
KARL ROVE, WHITE HOUSE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF: "The United States faces a ruthless enemy. And we need a commander in chief and a Congress who understand the nature of the threat and the gravity of the moment America finds itself in.
President Bush and the Republican Party do. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for many Democrats."
CNN LATE EDITION WITH WOLF BLITZER
Aired November 5, 2006 - 11:00 ET
BLITZER: Here's what the president says about the Democrats and Iraq. Listen to this.
BUSH: "They are in agreement. They will leave before the job is done. However they put it, the Democrat approach comes down to this: The terrorists win, and America loses. And that's what's at stake in this election. The Democrats want to get us out of Iraq, and the Republican goal is to win in Iraq."
These posts will have some talking points that you can use to help convince any undecided and/or disillusioned Republican voters who you talk to that they have nothing to fear if the Democrats win back at least one branch of Congress:
ANALYSIS: Direct answers to the GOP using fear to scare their base to the polls!
http://securingameri...
ANALYSIS: Keeping moderate Republicans at home if they won't vote for a Democrat
VIDEO & DOCUMENTATION: Bush "used evangelicals just to get their votes"
I have never in my lifetime of 40 years ever seen such a group of arrogant and extreme people who have such a powerful hunger, an almost unquenchable thirst, and such a strong lust to stay in power at ANY COST!
We have just got to win back power from these people on Tuesday. Right now I think that we can measure the damage that they have already done in DECADES!
If the Neocon GOP Congressional leadership stays in full power after this election and a lame duck Bush who does not care what anyone thinks about him has a rubber stamp Congress, then I think we will probably be able to measure the damage that they will do in CENTURIES after two more years!
I am taking absolutely nothing for granted in this election and I will not rest until after November 8. Far too much is on the line if we do not win back power in at least one branch of Congress on Tuesday!
This is also cross posted on Gen. Wes Clark's blog with comments:
Please forward this on so that ALL people will know what is on the line in this election, so that ALL Democrats will come out and vote, and to help keep any disillusioned Republicans we talk with at home on Tuesday if they will not vote for a Democrat!
Mitch Dworkin
http://securingameri...
ANALYSIS: The 2006 Elections are "An Accountability Moment!
http://www.securinga...
Listen to Gen. Wes Clark fight for Dems on Sean Hannity's radio program: An excellent example for all of us to follow and what we all need to be doing to help fight against extreme right wing Neocon smear propaganda which will help our local candidates to win their races!
http://securingameri...
Gen. Wes Clark's endorsement of Jim Webb against George Allen
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LOU DOBBS TONIGHT
Aired October 23, 2006 - 18:00 ET
DOBBS: Counting down to election day, that's what we're doing. And it appears likely, we're told, Democrats will take control of one or even both houses of Congress. But once there, what lies ahead for a possible Democratic majority with a lame-duck Republican in the White House?
We have the co-authors of the important new book, "One Party Country: The Plan for Republican Dominance in the 21st Century." Tom Hamburger and Peter Wallstein, we thank you for being here.
Peter Wallstein, let me ask you this. The idea that there would be a one-party country, as we're looking at the prospects the Democrats might take -- you guys wish you'd kind of done a different deal on that title?
PETER WALLSTEIN, AUTHOR, "ONE PARTY COUNTRY": No, actually, we're quite proud of the title and the theme, because this book is really a long-term look at the Republican Party. And you know, this is a tsunami election year. This is a year -- an election year unlike most others.
But the Republicans have plenty of advantages, and we talk all about them in "One Party Country." They've got this massive voter database. They have a 72-hour plan, as they call it, to get out voters in competitive races, and we think that when this election comes down to close campaigns, as it's going to come down to in the House and the Senate, that the Republicans do have an advantage.
So everybody is predicting a Democratic landslide, at least in the House, and we think that prediction is premature, at least for this election. But if the Democrats do win this year, we also think that when the tsunami goes away, the Republicans are back in the driver's seat of American politics.
DOBBS: Tom, how do you arrive at that? Because there are Democrats out there watching you right now, deep partisan scent, what in the heck have Hamburger and Wallstein done her to us? I mean, what are they talking about?
TOM HAMBURGER, AUTHOR, "ONE PARTY COUNTRY": Lou, let me tell you, the title of our book, "One Party Country," actually comes from...
DOBBS: You've got a big elephant up there.
HAMBURGER: ... refers to the dream, if you will, the dream of Karl Rove and Ken Mehlman and others in the White House of establishing what they called dominant majority. They wanted to do for the Republican Party, under George W. Bush, what Franklin Roosevelt did for the Democrats. They were envisioning and hoping for 40 years or more of Republican dominance.
Now, is this election upsetting that dream? Is it turning it into a nightmare? Quite possibly.
But the point we make in the book -- and this is really why, as Peter said, we're both proud of the title and proud of the work that we did -- is that the advantages that the Republicans have put into place, not just under Karl Rove and Ken Mehlman, but actually going back multiple decades, are enduring. And our argument is, unless the Democrats understand this Republican advantage, unless they play catchup, the Democrats may be very surprised in 2008, even if they're victorious in 2006, and find themselves the minority party.
DOBBS: To support some of the theses of your book -- I was talking with a political operative today who happened to be in Ohio. And he was referring to some of the advantages Republicans enjoy in that state, despite the lead in the polls for both the gubernatorial candidate and for the senatorial candidate. And that sounds even ominous in some cases. Rising absentee ballots, the Democrats not as strong as people might have thought on the ground. He's even suggesting that there might be a surprise there. What do you think?
HAMBURGER: Well, of course, Ohio, Lou, is the state where Republican -- that really won the 2004 election for George W. Bush. And it was a place that Peter and I both observed very closely in 2004, and where we came away very impressed with the Republican ground operation. And it's a place where they have invested, they've invested over time to build up a series of advantages that will allow that party to triumph at least in a close election. Now, will it -- can it survive -- can their advantages survive a tsunami? I don't think so. But we think there could be some surprises.
DOBBS: Let's talk about New Jersey. Peter, New Jersey, you're talking about the Republican machine, it seems to be nonexistent in New Jersey. You've got a -- the scion of a political family in Tom Kean running against Bob Menendez, an appointed senator but with a long career in the House, who's under federal investigation. He's leading the brand name.
WALLSTEIN: Well, this is a good example. New Jersey is a blue state. Republicans really shouldn't be in contention in New Jersey, and yet they are. And Menendez has a kind of a long-lasting political machine of his own there, but the Republicans are giving him a run.
And you asked about Ohio. This also goes to that same point. You know, we saw -- the Republicans -- whether it's New Jersey or Ohio or Pennsylvania or Florida, they can really map these congressional districts and states down to the neighborhood level, to the precinct level, and they find voters that were previously Democratic or unaffiliated, and they get them to the polls as Republican voters.
DOBBS: In "One Party Country," you do a wonderful job of analyzing your thesis and you make a persuasive case. But in a way, even more importantly, you lay out very carefully, and I think extremely well, the political forces and the approaches that are being taken by both parties, a very instructive book.
Tom, let me ask you just one last question. Do the Democrats take the House and the Senate?
HAMBURGER: We thought you might ask it, you know. I'm not in the prediction game, but we will say...
DOBBS: You are now.
HAMBURGER: The Democrats are on a roll right now. The wind is at their back, and yet what we say is -- and our book is written for the long term -- the Republicans have a series of strategic and structural advantages that could leave them in charge, if not in 2006, watch out, they'll come back strong in 2008.
DOBBS: Peter Wallstein, you concur, I assume, with your co- author?
WALLSTEIN: I do. But you know, I won't be surprised -- everyone's talking about a Democratic landslide in the House. I won't be surprised if I wake up on the morning of November 8th and Republicans have kept it a lot closer than people expect, or perhaps even held on. I mean, we've seen this from the inside. They're tough.
DOBBS: Tom Hamburger, Peter Wallstein, we thank you both. The book is in living color, "One Party Country." I can't recommend it too highly. It is a terrific read on politics, and this is the season for it. Gentlemen, good luck. Thank you for being here.
WALLSTEIN: Thank you very much.