Reply #39: Sad to say, the Republican rank-and-file, the poor deluded [View All]

[Lydia Leftcoast]

folks who voted against their own interests in 2000 and 2004, have been inoculated against paying attention to the UN by about 25 years of right-wing propaganda.

I recall during the Reagan administration that some right-winger (I forget which one) wrote a diatribe about how the U.N. was full of Communists and consisted of "little countries" trying to "push the U.S. around." The right-wing has told its radio and magazine audience that the U.N. is an evil conspiracy that wants to destroy the sovereignty of the U.S. The pseudo-Christians are even told that the U.N. insignia are "the mark of the beast" foretold in Revelation. (In the Left Behind series, the anti-Christ is the head of the European Union!)

If "furriners" are saying something bad about the U.S., the Bushbots are conditioned to reject it. Encouraging xenophobia and American chauvinism is a key element in the Republicanite game plan.

Must...isolate....pawns....from.....other.....sources....of.....information.