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To: rabscuttle385

Can you imagine the stories in 2004 if Bush was running for re-election with $4 gas, 9% unemployment, $14 trillion in debt, tanked real estate....

I’m guessing they wouldn’t be saying he’s a shoo-in.


13 posted on 05/18/2011 5:40:12 AM PDT by nhwingut (Palin '12... Accept No Other)
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To: nhwingut

It never ceases to shock me to see the media elite bias. If we all recall, Bush has a fairly decent growing economy, a huge 9-11 bump, an initially popular Iraq war, including capturing Saddam and killing his spawn, low unemployment, and a really good 2002 mid-term where we picked up seats. The party was on the ascendancy. The media proceeded to build up every possible Dem opponent (starting with Dean), and putting all their effort to take down Bush.

The media proceeded to browbeat the guy 24/7 about dead soldiers, and brought his numbers down...and created the false narrative of ‘lying to go to war’. If not for these propaganda techniques, Bush would have sailed to reelection with ease. Unfortunately, the anti-war sentiment did begin taking hold in the 12 months before the mid-term which made it close.

Now we have the polar opposite. Disastrous economy, high prices and dangerous unemployment, no growth, no economic optimism, a massive destruction of the Democratic party at all levels in the mid-terms, and the media propping up the stooge responsible while trying to destroy the opposition field.


24 posted on 05/18/2011 5:59:30 AM PDT by ilgipper
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