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Republicans. The Democrats ran their campaign on the issues. The Republicans ran theirs on smears, lies, and mindless chants such as Joe Sixpack, Joe the Plumber, and drill baby drill.

Mindless propaganda probably refers to things like

1. "if you don't agree with war profiteers then you are a terrorist and are unpatriotic,"

2. "if you don't wear a flag pin, you are not a patriot,"

3. "Being tortured qualifies me for president and makes me a hero to millions,"

4. "Criticizing an unjust war and the lack of respect and compensation for troops and their decision to be on reserve and to leave the army at a particular time is not supporting the troops,"

5. "If you think poor people should be anything but disposable tools you are giving them handouts and you are a socialist,"

6. "universal healthcare that actually gives you the care you pay for for years is socialist medicine and a handout. Just because you are slaving for my company and country does not mean you need to be healthy,"

7. "if you think black people matter then you are a reverse racist and are playing the race card,"

8. "if you disagree with a Republican woman who is a puppet of the sexist Republican right then you are a sexist,"

9. "white hair and years of abusing politics to steal from the people is now considered experience rather than a rap sheet"

10. "The people who sell automobiles and oil have scientists who told me that there is no such thing as global warming."

11. "Saying things like 'betcha' and 'say it ain't so, Joe' will make a woman who wears a $150,000 outfit into a poor struggling soccer mom trying to get by."

12. "To keep the economy going, we have to steal from the poor and line the pockets of the rich"

13. "It is important to bail out Nascar to save us from the financial crisis"

14. "There is no economic crisis. The fundamentals of the economy are sound...(a few days later) Crisis!! Help my rich friends, the poor workers are dispensible. But don't forget to recite the lie equality and justice for all ten times a day."

15. "Africa is a country"

16. "We need to stop every nonwhite country from getting nuclear weapons because only responsible Whites can handle weapons and need to rule the world."

17. Israel can never be guilty of anything

18. Every country that has oil is in danger of terrorism and needs us to protect their oil fields.

19. Taking away your rights will help us to protect you.

20. Building spas and massage parlors for fat cats with 150 billion dollars will help to bail us out of the financial crisis

21. It is important to bail out the company of Andrew McCain, son of John McCain

22. Christianity for a politician means not sinning in your sex life, but only in your politics

23 In torture camps like Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib, we don't discriminate. We torture men, women, children, elderly. What the American people don't know won't hurt them.

24. Your neighbor might be a terrorist. Live in fear, but keep shopping.

Would you like me to go on?

The Democratic Party is of course the answer for this election.

People on this site and around the internet are still stating as fact many, many stories about Governor Palin that were debunked as smears or outright lies months ago, yet they haven't stopped spreading them. The news media exacerbated the problem by not properly investigating stories and getting corroborating sources or properly admitting mistakes when they were made. The media just went ahead and published or aired the lies as fact then just went on as if they did nothing wrong. So the lies persist in the aftermath of the election.

The news media failed to report the factual negative news about Obama because they didn't want to hurt his popularity. They reported only positive stories for Democrats which is propaganda in favor of Obama.

There was only one cable news network that even tried to be fair and balanced in reporting and that was Fox News.

Democrats of course

I was thinking of mindless propaganda exactly like the term 'change.'

Which I think is extremely appropriate considering our present president elect's cabinet choices.

The RNC without doubt. Whatever happened to those Red, yellow, and green alert days after Bush won the second time? Show me if that ever happened more than twice.

Democrat of course

The Democrats of course. No substance at all.

The Democrats and Republicans. For example, Democrats calling Bush Shrub, Dubya, Chimp, and so on. Likewise, Republicans calling Obama Osama, Obamination, Hussein, and so on. They both look the same to me!

That would be the Democrats, again. Since Carter gave control of the public education to the liberal/socialists of the NEA, propaganda is what they have been giving our children instead of a decent education, and the media reflects that shift in their blatant bias. What is even more troubling is how many people with a vote don't see anything wrong with letting the media do your thinking for you.

It sends the shivers down my bottle!