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These are people like my very intelligent mother, a life-long Republican, who watches CNN all day, reads Newsweek & the Nation & thinks she is getting balanced news from multiple sources. She won’t watch Fox, as it’s been demonized by these sources. She thinks all Republicans are ‘horrible’ & because Obama is/was an academic, it means he’s very smart & knows what he’s doing. I still can’t convince her he’s a socialist. Her response is ‘everyone knows that system of gov’t doesn’t work.’

It’s hard to believe, but there it is.

Have you pointed out to her that: 1) The Illegal was only a "constitutional law lecturer" during his 12 years the the University of Chicago College of Law, not a professor, and that, during said time he achieved the academic prodigy of not publishing a single article or paper on his putative specialty;

2) There's no indication that he's ever published any other serious academic paper on any subject, although publication of academic papers is a basic requirement for an individual to be recognized as a serious academic, especially in the legal area;

3) He's never released any of his academic records, showing that he has a lot of mediocre and worse performance to conceal; and

4) At the televised great summit on health insurance he showed himself to be a colossal tower of ignorance regarding insurance when he hopelessly confused automotive collision and liability insurance?

Those points might help unless she's hopelessly ignorant or still suffering from the effects of Obamagaz.

“...like my very intelligent mother, a life-long Republican, who watches CNN all day, reads Newsweek & the Nation & thinks she is getting balanced news from multiple sources. She won’t watch Fox, as it’s been demonized by these sources. She thinks all Republicans are ‘horrible’...”

I’m confused - so is your mother a life-long Repub or Dem?

Too bad you can’t get her to at least try out FNC news like Megan Kelly and Bret Baier - I’d put FNC’s journalists (except Shep Smith) up against ANY other network’s.

I understand what you’re saying, though. Yesterday, I was talking to my 93 yr. old dad, also a life-long Repub and good conservative. Although he DOES watch some FNC and greatly dislikes BHO, when I said (rather vehemently) that BHO hates America, he seemed surprised and almost brushed that off, asking “well, what do you thinks he likes instead?” I said European socialism, that he’s trying to turn us into Europe. Dad was quiet and didn’t argue that point. Knowing him as I do, he’ll think about that and probably discuss it today with a close friend (whom I know agrees with me about BHO).

I could’ve said a lot more, but thought I’d keep it simple for that moment. Maybe for the first and only time in my life, I actually gave my wise and usually informed father a small (but significant) piece of knowledge! :-)))