We are Being "Had" and It May Very Well Cost Us the Election...

[ItsMyParty]

Have sensed something was missing and couldn’t put my finger on it. Now I know what it is.

Since the so-called turn over of power in Iraq, our media has moved swiftly and steadily in removing Iraq from the headlines as much as possible and burying it as a second/third-rate story. When they do report on it, they scrub 99% of the references to the U.S., our presence and involvement (which is the same as it has always been). All this from a media who informs us on a daily basis that Bush’s election hinges greatly on how the people “perceive” of Iraq come November.

The “perception” they are manipulating has already produced results. Bush is starting to climb back in the polls over the last few days. By November, Iraq will be a distant memory. The media is also setting a trap of another sort for Kerry.

They are speaking from the Republican Talking Points and telling us that Kerry will gain 15 points in the polls following the convention. He will not---not in this deeply divided nation. He will gain around 6-7 points; and from that the media will inform the public that Kerry “did not connect to the people”, delivered a “windbag speech”, and the like. When Bush gets the usual 6-7 percent bounce after the Republican convention , the media will declare there is a rally on and that Kerry is “in trouble”.

We are being ‘had’ and I fear many don’t realize it because they are looking for something more obvious by the media. The Kerry camp needs to realize what’s going on and drag Iraq out by the scruff of the neck every day and remind people we are still totally bogged down in this mess. They don’t want this to fade away or they are going to be shocked come November. The media is getting close to their own “Mission Accomplished”. I knew they would put the propaganda machine in gear for Bush, but can't believe I was too dumb to spot before this just how they are going about doing it.

[right is wrong]

1. We have been getting had everyday since 2000

and look where Bush stands vs Kerry.

[GreenArrow]

2. we're being had all right

as the bipartisan/nonpartisan/sheep are not smartisan 911 Commission report most recently attests.

[grasswire]

3. could be, could be

Good analyisis. However, the idea that "we" can shape the course of events is just a wish, I fear. Unless moveon.org gets on the matter. Campaigns and Dem leadership are too often blind, deaf, and dumb. If there had been a way for netizen-activists to influence the course of events, Clinton wouldn't have been impeached, Bush wouldn't have been selected, and we wouldn't be in Iraq. We've been ahead of the curve on every issue. (And they get paid to make decisions, not us!)

[ItsMyParty]

7. There was one bit of good news "buried" in the Bloomberg News

Do any of you know more about this?? While other outlets were reporting a 44-46 (I believe) Pew Poll with Kerry on top, Bloomberg went deeper into that poll and announced that in the "battleground/key states" Kerry lead Bush 49 to 41. I've heard nothing of that on other networks and keep being assured by the propagandists that the battlegrounds are locked 50-50. Anyone want to fill in/elaborate?????

[ugarte]

4. Robert Fisk of the U.K. Guardian had a great piece about this

He pointed out that, due to security concerns, the Western media hardly even leave the Green Zone, much less Baghdad. All they do is report what the U.S. military and puppet government says.

The reality, as Fisk points out, is that outside of Baghdad the Allawi government has no control whatsoever and the U.S. has effectively retreated into its enclaves. Guerrillas of one sort or another control the whole countryside.

But the American people aren't getting the message.

[Ready4Change]

5. Our only withdrawal from Iraq has been has been by our media.

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[Abe Linkman]

6. Very perceptive insight and I agree. But, does Kerry have room...

to do much with Iraq? After all, he supported it and even favors sending additional troops there. So, when a DNC candidate runs against a Republican, the issues most important to Americans are off the table.
The campaign will dissolve into so-called wedge issues --- which favor the GOP.

[ItsMyParty]

8. Abe---I think he could still drag out every day the issue

of having to inspire other nations to help us in money and troops in Iraq and in doing so, inform the public that nothing has changed over there from the monies we are paying to the body bags that are coming home. If he doesn't, it's going to be "brain washing" from here as far as the eye can see on this issue until November.

[onecitizen]

9. IMP, you are exactly right..........

it's been going on since Gov bush decided to run for Pres. But now, the stakes could not be greater. We're up against an enemy that will do or say anything to win. But I think, I hope, Kerry knows this better than we do. Our side isn't stupid. Too trusting and fair usually but not stupid or unaware. I have faith in us. Faith in Kerry.

[On the Road]

10. We Still Don't Know What's Going to Happen in Iraq

It's entirely possible the insurgents will take over the country by the election. They certainly are convinced they're going to win.

The situation is still bad enough that it's difficult for Bush to capitalize on it -- it will highlight all the news that being deep-sixed. About all he can do is avoid being damaged. That's not too bad a situation for Kerry.

[Larkspur]

11. Juan Cole said that the sovereignty transfer was only to help transfer

bad news from Iraq to the back pages and it looks like it's working.

[ItsMyParty]

12. Larkspur---the sad thing is that that is just what anyone could have

predicted before the "transfer". Of course that is why Bush had ants in his pants to get this two-bit government slapped together and take over. And the media just went along with the "bury it plan".....well, actually they didn't just "go along", they intended to help Bush out of this mess. They helped him go to war because they thought it would mean the republicans would reign forever; and now they have the word to bury this sucker fast to keep the unelected in office.

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. Welcome to DU. Yes, they are trying to make it look close so no one

questions Bush squeaking out a win.