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2010-01-30 09:42 AM

Schmidt
Colorado Springs, CO
Posts: 1056
Reference: BBC article, Why do people often vote against their own interests, Jan 30, 2010

This BBC article addresses one of my frustrations. Where intellectual debate is called for on the issues of the day including heath care reform and tax policies, it absolutely infuriates me to see the message reduced to stupid, ignorant sound bites from Fox News pundits or Limbaugh et al patronizing the poor and middle class. The authors point out:

"But it is striking that the people who most dislike the whole idea of healthcare reform - the ones who think it is socialist, godless, a step on the road to a police state - are often the ones it seems designed to help.

"In Texas, where barely two-thirds of the population have full health insurance and over a fifth of all children have no cover at all, opposition to the legislation is currently running at 87%.

"Why are so many American voters enraged by attempts to change a horribly inefficient system that leaves them with premiums they often cannot afford?

"Why are they manning the barricades to defend insurance companies that routinely deny claims and cancel policies?

"The Republicans have learnt how to stoke up resentment against the patronising liberal elite, all those do-gooders who assume they know what poor people ought to be thinking...The result is that many of America's poorest citizens have a deep emotional attachment to a party that serves the interests of its richest."


Obama needs to work to change these misconceptions, but hate blocks out all rational thought, and the hate mongers are still ruling the day...every day with their hate talk.

2010-09-05 08:40 AM

Schmidt
Colorado Springs, CO
Posts: 1056
I posted the above article in January, but it seems to fit well with many other postings on similar themes. The plutocrats, those top 1 percent who control the wealth and power in America, have successfully divided our country by stirring up religious, racial, and nationalistic issues into our daily dialogue, along with an "anti-government everything" theme...from taxes to social programs to education.

No doubt the right wing media have had a big hand in this, but our elected politicians, particularly the tea party pandering Republicans, have stoked the fires. When Michelle Bachmann called on the media to investigate certain members of Congress to "find out if they are pro-America or anti-America," perhaps she should have started with a self-examination of her own hate politics.
2010-09-10 01:56 PM

chipper
siskiyou county, CA
Posts: 41
"No doubt the right wing media have had a big hand in this..."

I think that is the main reason we have such a mis-informed electorate.

How many read "The Nation" or "The Progressive" or even Mother Jones? But they all watch TV. You can't watch the TV "news" programs without getting the wrong idea about just about everything.
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