If the American people knew the Republican agenda....

[Scuba]

....no Republicans would be elected in November.


Why don't they know? Is the mainstream media really that powerful? What will it take to wake up our citizens?

[Jim__]

1. Is the MSM that powerful? Of course it is.

That's where most people get their information. If it's not on the MSM, it doesn't exist.

[lame54]

2. At nearly all jobs political talk is prohibited...

we all work with the ill-informed everyday but are not allowed to enlighten them

[moksha]

3. Leadership and strong framing from the Democratic Party could do it.

But, they would rather piss on liberals.

[BrklynLiberal]

6. I could not agree more wholeheartedly with y ou.

[BrklynLiberal]

4. Well, the Dems sure do not spend much time shouting out the truth to them...

and us Liberals and Progressives are categorized as "fringe"...so who the hell is going to tell the American public the truth?

The lying, self-serving, greedy, power hungry corporate owned politicians....of BOTH parties? I do not think so.

Sadly, the actual truth does not serve either party very well at this point in time.

[tridim]

5. They don't know for the same reason advertising stupid products works.

[Bitwit1234]

7. Where I live we have been and probably always will be

Democratic or DFL (Democrat,Farmers and Labor) and we never hear anything like that on the news here. I get my info from the net. Places like DU, and the other blogs.

[ladjf]

8. The Republican agenda is mean spirited and greedy. Unfortunately,

those values are shared by far too many Americans. In other words, many Americans are as greedy and mean as the Republicans. That's why their politicians continue to show those traits as a badge of
excellence.

[Scuba]

10. I disagree in part. There are many people I know...

...who think they are right wingers, but when you properly frame questions to them it turns out they have ideals and values similar to those shared by the left.

They've largely fallen victim to two messages:

1.0 Fear, after all 'they' are out to get you and

2.) Devicivesness that pits one group of American against another ("they want to take my guns" or "those government employees have it too soft").

[ladjf]

12. There are all sorts of symptoms of Republicanism. You and I have

just touched on some of the prominent ones.

[kenny blankenship]

9. Maybe they are having trouble sorting out the Democratic from Republican agendas

on the basis of results and first principles?

[Scuba]

11. So if they understood the true Democratic agenda they wouldn't elect any Dems either?

[begin_within]

13. The Republican agenda has already been enacted, starting with Reagan

Americans don't "know it" because of the constant distractions presented. Hey, there's another celebrity scandal! Who cares if the middle class is gone? That's so boring by comparison.

[LWolf]

14. If the American people knew the neoliberal agenda,

how many neoliberals would be elected in November?

[TheKentuckian]

15. Why wouldn't they know? Regardless of the media, paying minimal attention would trump any propaganda

They know and like that kind of thing or they are fucking brainless.