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Tell a man who is on fire that it is all in his imagination. He doesn't really feel any pain. It's an illusion. And no matter what you might say, the reality interferes with your words and pictures.
Just as when Bush says that Iraq is doing great and is on the way to democracy, we see a different reality. The families of those killed feel a different reality. There is an invisible line from which propaganda cannot succeed. Bush and Rove have crossed that line, in my opinion.
Just as when they talk about how good the economy is doing, and we see the reality of an Administration that has not created one net job in four years and is the first with that distinction since Herbert Hoover pre-Great Depression. They are somewhat more successful with their propaganda on this specific issue, but that shocking reality still lingers in many minds.
Just as when they say, "America is safer now". Safer than when? Safer than September 11th, 2001 ? We should certainly hope so. But the reality is when people are asked, "Are you better off than four years ago", they look at it in context of the whole and not individually, generally speaking, and do not see the nation doing nowhere near as well as we were doing 4 years ago. That is the reality that propaganda cannot defeat.
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