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KurtNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-05 02:39 PM
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1. A notch alarmist but
he makes some interesting points.

The puny, fake-ass opposition that receives massive, constant publicity dwarfs and crushes the real opposition through a process of filling the majority of citizens that hate Bush's lying guts with the feeling that they are alone and therefore probably wrong.

Sounds like he is talking about Alan Colmes.

He puts a lot of faith in the ability of TV to brainwash people and makes this out as a recent development. Yet, one need only think back to how the endless parade of "___-gate" news items failed to bring down Clinton. During impeachment proceedings, Clinton's approval rating approached 80% and yet with all the fawning coverage for Bush, Bush sits at 49%. This seems to defy his argument.
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