The worst of the spew started with the 1992 election, when the talk radio minions began actively spreading their disinformation and spin. Limbaugh was particularly influential in 1994 congressional race, so much so that the Republicans made him an honorary member of congress when they won.
When the campaign managers realized how effective this spin was, it began to surface in the campaigns. Karl Rove is the master of this type of campaigning and used it extensively in the 2000 race, especially to discredit and silence opponents during the debate over the Florida election results. With the arrival of the internet, they had a whole new tool to spread the propaganda. It also gives a quick way to fact check the lies, but most people, like the woman that McCain corrected the other day, refuse to hear the truth once they've drunk the kool-aid. Both sides may have overplayed their hand though, because so many people, like you and me, are just plain tired of it. On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 7:01 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what makes you think it's going to stop whenever it's over? Seems to > me that we've been bashing each other since 2000. You've had your > sides that have thought bush could do no wrong and the other side that > thought he could do no right. I imagine whomever gets in this time > will spark the same behavior. > > > > On Oct 14, 2008, at 8:54 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > >> I CAN'T WAIT for this election to be over. It turns normal folks into >> toxic venomous propaganda machines. There are people I can't even >> talk to right now around me. I don't even want to talk politics with >> them. They just can't *NOT* spew hate filled venom they were spoon >> fed by their political masters. ON BOTH SIDES. >> >> Seriously. It's disgusting. >> >> -Cameron >> >> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:02 AM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> The lady is pathological. >>> >>> She looks right into the camera and says she was "cleared of >>> wrongdoing and unethical behavior". >>> >>> It's the exact opposite in fact: she was found in direct violation of >>> the state ethics act. >>> >>> Her lie is based on the line that says that a hypothetical gov - not >>> her - could hypothetically remove wooten as long as they didn't >>> violate any other laws in doing so. >>> >>> In her case finding #1 has zero ambiguity: she abused power and >>> violated state ethics law. >>> >>> Does it not bother anyone else that a VP candidate looks into the >>> camera and shamelessly lies? >>> >>> It's like bizarro world. >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:274305 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
