https://hartmannreport.com/p/why-have-americans-embraced-so-many-4a2
"The GOP — to keep the support of “average” American voters while they work
entirely for the benefit of giant corporations, the weapons and fossil fuel
industries, and the morbidly rich — have run a whole series of scams on voters
ever since the original Reagan grift of trickle-down economics.
Oddly, there’s nothing comparable on the Democratic side. No lies or BS to
justify unjustifiable policies: Democrats just say up-front what they’re all
about:
Healthcare and quality education for all. Treat all people and religions with
respect and fairness. Trust women to make their own decisions. Raise the pay of
working people and support unionization. Get assault weapons off the streets.
Do something about climate change. Clean up toxic waste sites and outlaw
pesticides that damage children. Replace fossil fuels with renewable energy.
Nonetheless, the media persists in treating the two parties as if they were
equally honest and equally interested in the needs of all Americans. In part,
that’s because one of the GOP’s most effective scams — the “liberal media bias”
scam — has been so successful ever since Lee Atwater invented it back in the
early years of the Reagan Revolution.
For example, right now there’s a lot of huffing and puffing in the media about
how the Supreme Court might rule in the case of Trump being thrown off the
ballot in Colorado. They almost always mention “originalism” and “textualism”
as if they’re honest, good-faith methods for interpreting the Constitution
when, in fact, they’re cynical scams invented to justify unjustifiable rulings.
Thus, the question: how much longer will Americans (and the American media)
continue to fall for the GOP’s scams?"
Via a comment from Will:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
