From C&L, this comment from Bill Maher:”New rule, politicians must stop saying “the American people are smarter than that.” No they aren’t! If the Bush era has taught us anything, it’s that voters want a president carved in their own image. Someone who doesn’t like to read or believe anything he’s told and is easily distracted by bright, shiny objects.”
If anyone has any doubts, just think about the Iraq war (sorry, but there was plenty of evidence at the time that the administration's case for invasion was manufactured from whole cloth), the fact that almost two-thirds of Americans do not "believe" in evolution, or the fact that 20% of Americans still believe that George W. Bush is going a good job as president.
How else to explain the success of the religious right?
Speaking of which, from The Guardian (UK):
Michael Scanlon, the sidekick of imprisoned Indian casino lobbyist Jack Abramoff, gave the perfect description of the manipulability of Newsmax and Human Events readers when selling his services to the tribes:
"Our mission is to get specifically selected groups of individuals to the polls to speak out AGAINST something. To that end, your money is best spent finding them and communicating with them on using the modes that they are most likely to respond to. Simply put, we want to bring out the wackos to vote against something and make sure the rest of the public lets the whole thing slip past them. The wackos get their information form [sic] the Christian right, Christian radio, mail, the internet and telephone trees."
Not that I'm naming names, or anything.
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