What I said was "repeating a lie doesn't make it true". That's different from the effectiveness of propaganda, which states "repeat the lie enough and people will believe it". But that still doesn't make it true, and eventually the truth will out
I think a lot of people who bought the lies from Bush now realize how badly they were deceived and they are not likely to follow that path again. Unfortunately there are many people who bought the lie and are in denial about it. They cannot bring themselves to admit their own gullibility, hence their continued insistence that Bush is right, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. The demonetization of the opposition is an effective campaign technique. It killed the political chances of Howard Dean, John Kerry and numerous others, going all the way back to Julius Caesar. It's been used to drum up support for wars by creating villains out of the leaders of countries we opposed, such as Saddam Hussein. The most visible current target of this dis-information technique is Hugo Chavez. What amuses me here on this list is how some think that painting a candidate as a leftist will scare people away. Often when the pundits rave about the candidate's position, instead of being dissuaded from voting, I'm encouraged by candidate's stance. After eight years of Clinton and eight years of Shrub, having a President who reflects my ideals on civil rights, the war, the economy and the role of government is a good thing to me, and I'm somewhat bemused that they just don't get that. On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is the line that was repeated after 9-11 which effectively negated > any opposition to the Patriot Act, increased surveillance of US > Citizens by the government etc. etc. > > This method of negative and sensationalist characterizations seems to > work almost all the time with the American public. > The Bush Administration have used this method time and time again with > great success. > > why do you think it will not work now? > > 2008/10/26 Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> A pro-Palestinian position is not the same as anti-American. Being >> a Democrat is not the same as being anti-American. Disagreeing with >> the government when it is wrong does not make someone anti-American. >> In fact, we have not only the right but the duty to speak out when >> those who would govern us make grievous errors in our name. >> >> Just because someone does not agree with your political stance does >> not make them anti-American. >> >> Obama is an honorable man and a United States Senator. He does not >> hate America. >> >> Repeating that lie will never make it true. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:276681 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
