The media bought into the "myth" of George W Bush....

[kentuck]

and it has hurt our nation. They were told that he was a man of action, a decisive leader, someone that was not afraid to make the tough choices, etc. They believed the bullshit that was put out by the right-wingers. That's why they said nothing with one fuck-up after another. At least he was being "decisive", they told themselves. As more and more lies evolved and more and more troops died in Iraq, they told themselves that, at least, he was not afraid to make the tough choices. They never once asked themselves if these were rational or wise decisions. They never once asked themselves if this was really the best thing for our nation. They believed in the omnipotent "leadership" of George W Bush. They believed his decisions would be sound. Who were they to question? And now, with their groveling and spineless refusal to challenge this White House, we find ourselves in a terrible pickle.

[yorkiemommie1]

1. righto !

n/t

[Cha]

2. The "media" bought into

tax cuts and monopoly. The bushshites have quite an extortionist's hold on the corporatemedia.

[indepat]

3. And a mighty fine pickle it is

[punpirate]

4. Let's not leave self-interest out of the equation...

... the Bush administration as a whole has been very kind to corporations, and sensing that, those corporations would want to keep him around as long as possible so he could continue to do them favors.

Think back to the number of firings of columnists and cartoonists who dared suggest that Bush had fallen down on the job, or that 9/11 was a price we paid for arrogance and manipulation in the Middle East. Those were management decisions....

Cheers.

[Inland]

5. They wanted to believe, or worse, thought the lie was useful.

Either they deluded themselves because they so wanted to believe that the US couldn't be stuck with a president in a time of trouble who was as craven and stupid and selfish as Bush,

OR

They weren't deluded but they felt that it was so important that the US public stay united and confident that they felt it best to pretend that Bush knew what he was doing and was worthy of our trust; which doesnt' bother Bush a bit, since now patriotism demands that we simply deny the truth about his fuckups.

The latter you get a whole lot of. Most Bushites think there isn't a mistake Bush has made that can't be cured by pretending it never happened and that he is god. Bush, on the other hand, doesn't care whether his mistakes are cured or not as long as enough people are willing to pretend they never happened.

[1932]

6. The media created that myth.

[City Lights]

8. Bingo.

chimpy said it himself, "You know I could run for governor, but I'm basically a media creation."

They created a monster.

[kentuck]

10. Absolutely !

And many of them that should have known better went along with the bullshit after 9/11...they believed and promoted the right-wing lies about Dubya being a "great leader", etc...Very few stood up.

[City Lights]

13. And many are still going along with it today.

That's why I call them the press corpse. They bear a great responsibility for the mess we're in.

[DaveT]

17. The Bush Administration is an arm of the media

and not the other way around.

They created this "Churchillian" leader.

They destroyed his decorated war hero opponent by regarding the Swift Boat lies as "news."

Contrast the coverage given to that crock to the lack of coverage right now to revelations coming out of the Fitzgerald investigation.

After all is said and done, the Big Media my dump Bush, but they will create another one just like him to take his place if they do.

[1932]

21. I don't know how anyone could determine where the body ends and the

arm starts when it comes to the Republican party, media and corporate interests. It seems they've merged.

[kentuck]

7. Even many reporters that we consider on our side....

bought into this myth, in my opinion. Hopefully soon, they will open their eyes.

[sam sarrha]

9. the TV media is owned by 3 Corporations, who profit from Bu$h's Fascism

[bullimiami]

11. i dont think so at all. either they were cowed and complicit

or they just threw in with the gangsters.

I dont know which. either way, from fear or from choice, they chose to be part of the problem and part of the lying.

they dont believe for one minute that bushco are good for the country or telling the truth, they chose to be in on it.

[election_2004]

12. Why do you think they did that?....

If Kerry had won in '04, the media wouldn't have been able to cheerlead on behalf of Miss Inevitable in 2008.

[kentuck]

15. A lot of it is herd mentality, I think...

And there are few independent thinkers in the media anymore. They prefer to get assigned to Aruba to look for the body...

[Kahuna]

14. The bought into the * is chosen by God blasphemy... I didn't know..

that Jeb and Katherine Harris were God.

[Vincardog]

16. I believe it is the ass pickle from last weeks photograph

We went wrong when we allowed corporations to be people in our elections. Then the 'Leadership' bought into the thought that we should allow the media to consolidate. Then RayGun said The Fairness Doctrine no longer applied. Then the 'leadership' allowed the corporations to count the votes.
The fix was not in good enough when Gore won in 2000.
That is why the Supreme Court illegally and unconstitutionally selected Junior. The 'Leadership' let it happen.
The FASCIST bastards counted and decided aWoL won in 2004.

This shit has to stop. WE THE PEOPLE have to stop it.

We can't try to take it back in 2006 we have to stop it NOW.

We have to call a National Strike. Shut the whole country down until the impeachment trial is started.

[I Have A Dream]

18. We had a former Navy SEAL as a manager where I work.

He made a lot of bad decisions, but people said that at least he made decisions. He left our company to go to another company, and we who are still here are the ones who still have to pay for all of his bad decisions.

Our poor country and the world; we're all going to be paying for B*'s awful decisions for a very long time. :(

[The Backlash Cometh]

19. Kentuck, I think their willingness for self-deception goes deeper than

you suggest. I think these were ornery people who just nitpicked to death any Democratic candidate. Was it jealousy? Was it boredom? Was it greed? Why did people like Chris Matthews feel comfortable enough on the air to say that the Democrats had been in control long enough, all the while smiling smuggly because he knew he would vote for Bush?

Was it ennui? Too much of a good time that they needed to destroy the best thing we had going for us?

I remember the 90s and it was a vileness that had no precedent. What was the source of that vindictive era?

[pretzel4gore]

20. maybe the media aided and abetted a bush coup

and 911 burned their bridges on them(?) cuz 911 did just that; bush never won the 2k election....
(the 'media' being the masters and anchors and ed boards, owners and moneymen)

[NVMojo]

22. they were lap whores for the Bush regime. Karma better come around

for them soon so they can finally see what they should have learned.

[Cocoa]

23. they sold it

sold it aggressively, shoved it down our throats, baited and switched us, and disappeared when it came time to return the defective product.

[leesa]

24. They MADE the myth. The ones making the noise and the ones in control

are Neocons working for the dream of PNAC. Their JOB was to make the myth of Dubya.

[DeepModem Mom]

sorry, double post

[DeepModem Mom]

25. kick

[rman]

26. Not "bought into", it's a matter of self-interest

of the owners of the mainstream media, who happen to be large corporations, who happen to not have the same interests as the people.