That’s why the theme of portraying the opposition as greedy, rich, fat-cat, corporate chieftains and simultaneously hillbilly, gun-toting, religious fanatic racists who think Obama is a Muslim-born in Kenya and want to reinstitute slavery is so incredibly effective in shoring up its base of support.
well that is how some 'liberals or 'leftists' view the Republican leadership vs some of the followers of that leadership albeit "hillbilly" does not exactly fit the type but it does wonders for the mental image Rubin is creating
Even the simplest points of fact — that the Tea Party is a group of people opposed to big government, high taxes, tight regulation, and large deficits — barely appear amidst the propaganda aimed at discrediting any opposition as illegitimate.
yes Mitt Romney pays an incredible 15% of his income in taxes, he said so recently the nerve of big government charging him that much and of course tight regulation is exactly what led to the current mess in the mortgage market in the US isn't it?
If you can persuade people that anyone is insane if they want to cut economically unproductive government spending and not raise taxes at a time of massive depression and growing deficits, then you have a pretty good propaganda machine.
define economically unproductive government spending would that be things like the Iraq war or health care in Mr Rubin's mind, and oh we do want to raise taxes on especially those paying 15% like Mittens
The hardcore Obama supporter is not watching unemployment levels, the economy, the mess in Egypt and Libya, or the effectiveness of health care reform. His concern is that if he decides Obama is a terrible president it means he is one of “them.” This is a horror he can never accept. For the Jews among them — which explains their higher membership in this group — these factors are reinforced by the image of becoming the very Nazi Cossack Klu Klux Klan monster that is their worst nightmare.
oh but Mr Rubin we do pay attention to those things, that is why we support Obama we also understand that it was the Republican party that stood in the way of effective health care reform and have fought tooth and nail every economic stimulus that Obama has tried to pass, hence the saying the GOP- keeping millions unemployed in the hope of getting one man fired and as for Jews please explain the large Ron Paul ad in the middle of your article?
so in short LB I agree with you Barry Rubin is neither a Democrat or a liberal
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