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The New York Times, ran an article today about a meeting at the White House on Friday with the President and Karl Rove and all the name brand right wing talking heads, Limbaugh, Hannity, Laura Ingrahm etc. The obvious purpose was to make sure they were all clear on presenting the President's and the Republican's spin as we close in on the midterm elections in November.
When it comes to manipulating the media and feeding administration lies to potential voters these Republicans have no equal. Their arrogance is so great they don't even attempt to disguise their propaganda as it is broadcast by these so-called conservative shills, who describe themselves as just entertainers, not Republican hacks. The Rebublicans not only have millions of dollars of corporate campaign funds to advertise, but they get twice as much free political advertising on thousands of radio stations daily and all year around from political pimps such as Limbaugh and Hannity that get their marching orders straight from Karl Rove.
There ought to be a law against this you might say? And there used to be, until good old, Ronnie Reagan under the guise of free markets got rid of the fair and equal access to the public airwaves act.
Once again the Demos were asleep at the wheel. And they continue to be. They just don't get it. The audience for these right wing radio shows paid for by supposedly politically neutral national advertisers such as Visa and Toyota is 30 million plus. This listening audience has gotten their whole political education from the likes of Limbaugh and straight from the Republican national committee for years and it has had a phenominal effect on the Republicans rise to power in Congress, and Bush's ascent to the Presidency. In the 94 midterms, when the turnout at the polls was less than 50%, these 30 million Republican lap dog radio listeners, who voted as Limbaugh and ilk told them, easily dislodged the incumbent Demos and put the Republicans in control.
Even Clinton never got it, nor Gore, nor Kerry. You never heard a critical peep out of any of them about the unfair free Republican advertising and demonizing of Democratic candidates,by radical right radio talkers, all paid for by politically indifferent national advertisers.
As long as the Republicans have this unfair advantage you can't count them out of any elections especially these upcomming midterms, despite Foly and the killing fields they created in the Middle East.