NPR this morning
Thank God for NPR!
They finally presented an article that traced the origins of this supposed "death panel" lie that has been circulating throughout America. It was actually started by a conservative pundit in the Clinton era, early on when he tried to reform health care. It was killed in nearly the same way.
Conservatives have again spread this lie (very adroitly, I might add) in order to stir up blind fear and anger among the easily duped American public.
Therefore, I have come to the conclusion that the conservatives are very good at pushing the hot buttons of the average American, and that the reason why liberals fail to do so time and time again is because liberals try to get the average American to think.
THINKING!!! Ah, now there's the rub.
You see, the average American truly wants to listen to Limbaugh for an hour and believe themselves well informed. Or, if they're not that hate-minded, a dose of Fox News daily will suffice.
Americans want to believe themselves free.
They want to believe they are the best.
And they don't want to pay for anything, but still get the best of everything.
With these three factors, it is easy to see how they can be duped.
Present them with HEALTH CARE REFORM, and the way to kill it, you do this:
Tell Americans that HEALTH CARE REFORM will take away your FREEDOM to choose (a "death panel" will meet to decide how to kill you); say that it will make them LIKE SOCIALIZED COUNTRIES (I.E. the WORST - such as Canada where a lady had a tumor in her brain and couldn't see a doctor until it exploded out of her skull, or that backwater island called Great Britain where DOGS are treated better than humans!); and lastly you tell them that it will COST THEM ALL THEIR PRECIOUS MONEY.
and voila!
It's dead.
Deader than I would have been the day my appendix ruptured and the hospital wouldn't save my life until I gave them my insurance card (which I couldn't find because I was in gut-wrenching pain)
The liberals need to stop trying to educate the masses and proselytize the good message
1) The Health Care industry is KILLING YOU now.
2) We are the BEST and as the best we have the capability to give EVERYBODY the best care.
3) Options mean more choices for the best!
4) You get to choose the best for you!
5) It's gonna be less money out of your pocket to cover your whole family!
I don't know, come up with something, but at the very least let's start by coming out hard hitting and saying, "Listen if you scumbags are going to lie to the American public we're gonna call you on it! There are no 'death panels' to kill grandma. Palin's baby is never in any danger, and by the way, she can pay for the best care for her baby, unlike 90% of her constituents, who can't afford the health care that she can afford . . . what happens to their babies? They go without care!"
The conservatives are fine for giving the people the best - only so long as you are rich like them. The American masses need to be told THAT message, time and time again, until they finally come to understand.
OK, I'm done now.
Til next time!
VG
They finally presented an article that traced the origins of this supposed "death panel" lie that has been circulating throughout America. It was actually started by a conservative pundit in the Clinton era, early on when he tried to reform health care. It was killed in nearly the same way.
Conservatives have again spread this lie (very adroitly, I might add) in order to stir up blind fear and anger among the easily duped American public.
Therefore, I have come to the conclusion that the conservatives are very good at pushing the hot buttons of the average American, and that the reason why liberals fail to do so time and time again is because liberals try to get the average American to think.
THINKING!!! Ah, now there's the rub.
You see, the average American truly wants to listen to Limbaugh for an hour and believe themselves well informed. Or, if they're not that hate-minded, a dose of Fox News daily will suffice.
Americans want to believe themselves free.
They want to believe they are the best.
And they don't want to pay for anything, but still get the best of everything.
With these three factors, it is easy to see how they can be duped.
Present them with HEALTH CARE REFORM, and the way to kill it, you do this:
Tell Americans that HEALTH CARE REFORM will take away your FREEDOM to choose (a "death panel" will meet to decide how to kill you); say that it will make them LIKE SOCIALIZED COUNTRIES (I.E. the WORST - such as Canada where a lady had a tumor in her brain and couldn't see a doctor until it exploded out of her skull, or that backwater island called Great Britain where DOGS are treated better than humans!); and lastly you tell them that it will COST THEM ALL THEIR PRECIOUS MONEY.
and voila!
It's dead.
Deader than I would have been the day my appendix ruptured and the hospital wouldn't save my life until I gave them my insurance card (which I couldn't find because I was in gut-wrenching pain)
The liberals need to stop trying to educate the masses and proselytize the good message
1) The Health Care industry is KILLING YOU now.
2) We are the BEST and as the best we have the capability to give EVERYBODY the best care.
3) Options mean more choices for the best!
4) You get to choose the best for you!
5) It's gonna be less money out of your pocket to cover your whole family!
I don't know, come up with something, but at the very least let's start by coming out hard hitting and saying, "Listen if you scumbags are going to lie to the American public we're gonna call you on it! There are no 'death panels' to kill grandma. Palin's baby is never in any danger, and by the way, she can pay for the best care for her baby, unlike 90% of her constituents, who can't afford the health care that she can afford . . . what happens to their babies? They go without care!"
The conservatives are fine for giving the people the best - only so long as you are rich like them. The American masses need to be told THAT message, time and time again, until they finally come to understand.
OK, I'm done now.
Til next time!
VG
posted by Verble Gherulous at 8/12/2009 09:24:00 am
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