"Git yer FEAR here!"

Tonight's Countdown featured a segment on GOP.GOV website's new video, "be afraid, be VERY afraid", suggesting that not granting telecoms immunity would result in really bad things happening really soon.

To All Democrats: DNC, DLC, DCCC, DSCC
Confront this NOW, TODAY, forcefully!

Two distinct responses suggest themselves (both most effective if presented as well-produced, high-quality vids - like the GOP's "be very afraid" spot):

1) "Why do they keep selling fear?
Because FEAR IS ALL THEY HAVE TO SELL!"

2) (this one is a bit more difficult to execute effectively)... I'll try to present as a screenplay:

Scene: an ordinary street in an ordinary American suburban neighborhood - kids on bikes, dogs, trimmed lawns.
A black SUV pulls into a driveway. Two well-dressed men - black suits, ties - could be insurance salesmen - get out.
They walk to the front door & ring the bell.
The door opens. Fred Johnson, his three-year-old daughter clinging to his pants leg, greets the visitors, "May I help you."
Man #1: "Are you Fred J. Johnson?"
Fred: "Yes. Did I win the Publisher's Clearinghouse sweepstakes?"
Man #2: "Come with us please."
Fred: "What? Who are you?"
Man #1: "Please, sir, just come with us."
Fred: "Who are you?"
[Men wrestle with Fred, handcuff him, drag him to SUV, shove him into back seat. Fred's three-year-old daughter runs after him, crying, "Daddy!"]

Scene 2: a small cell, barely lit by bare bulb hanging from the ceiling. A speaker blares "Flight of the Valkyrie". Fred is curled up in the corner, stripped to his briefs.
The cell door opens.
A uniformed guard appears - the more 'military' the uniform, the better!
He grabs Fred roughly, shoving him out the door.

Scene 3: Fred seated in front of 3rd-degree light, at table. Across the table an unseen man in shadow.
Unseen Man: "Mr. Johnson, I'll ask you again, who do you know in Germany?"
Fred: "My cousins... only my cousins. My Mom's from Germany. I've told you this all before. Why am I here?"
Unseen Man: "Mr. Johnson, as we've told you, we have records of your phone calls to Germany. We have witnesses. If you tell us who your contacts are it will be much better for you..."

Scene 4: fade to black.
Narrator: "This is the country the Republicans want America to become, where innuendo, anonymous witnesses, and blanket wiretaps prevail. Where innocent citizens can be held as 'illegal combatants' at the whim of the President. Where you have no rights, and where you are presumed GUILTY until proven innocent. Where the United States Constitution is declared a 'quaint, historical document'.
If this is the country you want, support telecom immunity."

Scene 5:[Words on screen. No narration.]

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
The Bill of Rights, Amendment 4, United States Constitution

The more melodramatically, malevolently evil, the better - turn America into America's Cold War vision of the Soviet Union.

Yeah, it's overdone - but look at the vid on GOP.GOV... overdone is required!

Stop the madness!