Tuesday, November 7, 2006

FAIR WISCONSIN UNFAIR

men·dac·i·ty (mĕn-dăs'ĭ-tē) n., pl. -ties.

1. The condition of being mendacious; untruthfulness.

2. A lie; a falsehood.

Fair Wisconsin, thy name is mendacity.

Fair Wisconsin, the group against Wisconsin's Marriage Amendment, is employing some of the most unfair tactics imaginable.

The group is bent on confusing as many people as possible.

Did you think Florida's 2000 butterfly ballot was meant to trick voters?

Well, that was nothing compared to what Fair Wisconsin is doing.


Press Release

“FAIR” WISCONSIN DECEPTION REACHES ALL TIME HIGH
Automated phone calls on election eve intentionally mislead voters

Madison—Recent reports from citizens around the state reveal the latest dishonest tactic from opponents of Wisconsin’s Marriage Protection Amendment. Fair Wisconsin’s most recent deception is pre-recorded calls going to conservative areas all across the state. The caller says, “Vote NO to send the message that we care about our family values and our children. We don't want activist judges getting involved to determine what marriage means. We know in WI that marriage means a man and a woman. Vote NO to stop activist judges. Vote NO to protect our values. Vote NO on the Gay Marriage Amendment.”

“These calls prove once again that ‘Fair’ Wisconsin is anything but fair. They know that an overwhelming number of Wisconsin voters support the amendment, and that the only way gay marriage activists can defeat the amendment is to trick voters into casting the wrong vote,” said Julaine Appling, President of Vote Yes for Marriage. “Polling of likely voters has repeatedly demonstrated Wisconsinites deeply held belief that marriage should be between one man and one woman. Fair Wisconsin wants the amendment to fail so that marriage is left unprotected, thereby leaving it subject to redefinition by the whimsical ruling of an activist judge. It is disturbing to me that such deceit is not only encouraged but forthright in all of Fair Wisconsin’s ads and now their calls. There’s apparently no end to what they’ll do to get their way.

“Today people all across Wisconsin will come out and VOTE YES to preserve traditional one-man/one- woman marriage. A YES vote is the only way to prevent activist judges from redefining marriage in Wisconsin,” said Appling.

...Remember that only a YES vote preserves traditional one-man/one-woman marriage.

Fair Wisconsin knows that it must lie to voters to have any hope of getting Wisconsinites to accept its gay marriage agenda.

I think the amendment issue should be debated, but it should be debated FAIRLY and TRUTHFULLY.

I believe that Fair Wisconsin's deceitful ads and phone calls will backfire.

By lying, Fair Wisconsin is only firing up voters to go to the polls to uphold traditional marriage.


7 comments:

Dave said...

Right Now Mark Green is running an ad saying that Doyle lost the Harley jobs... BUT just today Harley has annouced a new deal for the union to vote on. Now if Mark Green actually thought there was only going to be one attempt at the deal I'm not sure he's bright enough to govern, otherwise it was deception.

Mary said...

Way, way, WAY off topic, Dave.

This post is about Fair Wisconsin's lies and the Marriage Amendment, not Doyle and Green.

Dave said...

Sure seemed to be about lies in politics. Guess that's too big a jump for you. Oh well I guess it's only ok to talk about a "left" group "lying" but not a "right" group. That sounds about how you "discuss" things around here anyhow.

Jayce said...

Dave is correct - it is happening everywhere, including with Fair Wisconsin.

And Mary, he's not off topic at all. He is pointing out the hypocracy in your opinions.

Mary said...

Wrong.

The post is about the outright deception employed by Fair Wisconsin. (Talk about a misnomer!)

Discuss the topic.

The topic is not HYPOCRISY.

Personal attacks and straying off topic with the intent to harass is a sign of intellectual impotence.

There is a clear pattern here.

That is evident.

Jayce said...

You think it's ok for Mark Green ads to lie, but when Fair Wisconsin does it you're upset.

Seems to be the definition of hypocrisy (good catch on the spelling error - I always get that one wrong..).

Call it off topic if you'd like, but you are wrong. You are a hypocrite.

Dave said...

Ok then I'll drop the Green (as it doesn't matter) and I will actually agree with you Mary that what Fair Wisconsin did was wrong and further that it backfired. Though funny thing I do know one Republican that voted the wrong way (didn't get the phone calls) but apparently didn't pay close attention to the issue.