Peach, I think one of the reasons for the slow reaction is that conservatives, like the Founding Fathers, believe that there are self-evident truths. We've had a tendency to believe that eventually the truth will speak for itself loudly enough for the libs to "get it." We are finally waking up to the fact they they have shut their eyes and ears to truth and that they have repeated their own lies so often that those lies are their only truth and the utopian fantasyland is all they can see.
I had to laugh when I visited DU yesterday and noted that they have decided to start a research unit, when actually, all they would have to do is lurk over here and take advantage of our ardent fact-checkers. :)
Those little "truth detectors" over at DU said the other day that Gen. Vallesly (Sp?) and Joe Wilson were never in the FNC studio at the same time and then within seconds, lo and behold, freepers found something like 8 times when those two guys were in the studio at the same time.
DU needs a LOT of help with research. And freepers were happy to help out :-)
Absolutely right on, and you've stated the case more clearly than I've managed to.
I've always thought that the President's inherent decency and adherence to the facts kept him from perceiving that there's a large sement of the population that only listens occasionally to political discussions, and therefore hears only what's regularly repeated. That's why it's critical to refute the Democrat lies daily.