Big Lies, Big Winner for Democrats

The Gobbels-like-lying by the Democrats and the facilitation of this propaganda by the MSM is a winning gambit for 2006 and 2008.

For example: Ellen Goodman in a Boston Globe op-ed implores John Kerry not to run for president again. One of her observations is as follows:

In the end, the president who lied to us about war and weapons of mass destruction looked like the straight talker.

Asides stated as a fact are repeated over and over again in TV interviews, editorials and talk show radio. In an interview on Meet The Press, Russert may ask Howard Dean about immigration, but we all know Dean will slip in an aside about Bush lying about WMDs, or rhetorically ask, how can you trust a president that avoided service in Vietnam -and don't expect Russert to challenge the lie. Dean is playing the Sunday morning interview game. Dean or Gore or Kerry is not there to discuss immigration, They are there to make points against the GOP - and Russert knows it. He also knows that if he challenges interviewees too strongly they might not be available the next time Russert needs them. Oh, they wont boycott Meet the Press, but they may go on another show when the next important issue come ups.

The interview game was never more obvious than when Bill O'Reilly pandered to pols at the Democratic convention, He had to show Democrats that they could come on his show and cover their talking points without being challenged. O'Reilly interviewed Congressman Charlie Rangel (D-NY) and it sounded like a TV commercia that should have been reported to the election commission. He wasn't looking for the truth, he was looking for ratings and the next Democrat he wanted to interview.

Democrats have won the war of slogans. Sadly many voters base their vote on slogans -- and here lies the Democrat base -- the emotional vote
Democrats have won the war of slogans.

But can you really blame the voter? For example if you Google "Bush lied about Iraq's WMDs to start war" you get 2 million plus hits -- yet, on the other hand, its impossible to Google "Bush DID NOT LIE about Iraq WMD intelligence without getting hits opining that Bush DID LIE.

Richard Cohen in a Washington Post op-ed, Thursday, March 30, points out the pervasiveness of the big lie -- sort of. He writes:

It is my firm belief that if, say, a few dozen people simultaneously did an
Internet search for the words "Bush lied," computers all over the country would crash and the energy grid would buckle, producing a rolling blackout that would begin somewhere around Terre Haute, Ind., and end in Barnstable, Mass. So common is the statement "Bush lied" that it seems sometimes that I am the only blue-state person who does not think it is true.

While Cohen seemingly defends Bush he goes on to agree with the notorious Helen Thomas, of WH news conference shame, that "Bush wanted war." Too many Intelligent sources support the claims that Iraq had WMDs so Cohen doesn't go there, but speculation about Bush's motives is on safer ground. He lends credence to his speculation by appearing reasonable, stating - "Bush did not lie."

Let's face it, Republicans don't have good slogans, and those slogans or points they try to use are not given traction by the MSM.

Demócratas, sí - republicanos, no en 06 y 08. I saw it on a bumper sticker