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veracity Donating Member (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-17-06 02:59 PM
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Hey, Corporate Media: Dictatorship is NOT Democracy!
Edited on Fri Nov-17-06 03:01 PM by veracity
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Hey, Corporate Media: Dictatorship is NOT Democracy.

For decades, now, Republicans in Congress have become accustomed to following the herd, without question or challenge. This time around, they’ve gone overboard in their lemming response to their own leadership as they willingly cooperated in waging an illegal war, supporting torture, and weakening our precious Constitution. In that process Republicans have unashamedly embraced dictatorship as a replacement for debate and discussion, and blind obedience to their handlers as a substitute for any legitimate election process.

They are now trying to validate that philosophy through their complicit media hirelings on the so-called news networks that most Americans still turn to for their nightly source of information.

Trent Lott’s election to his earlier post in the Senate was hailed by every television ‘news’ pundit - other than Keith Olbermann - as a laudable victory over an opponent. But, lo and behold, the corresponding Democratic challenge for leadership was reviled as a defeat for Nancy Pelosi and a nasty cat fight among the new House members-elect...

Full blog: http://tvnewslies.org/blog/?p=493

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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-17-06 03:15 PM
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1. that is why W decided to redefine Dictatorship to "Decidership".. it worked..!!
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