Faced with Republicans' mean spirited tactics, Democrat politicians react with niceness, believing that if they respond with logic and clarity, they can outmaneuver their opponents. One of the Democratic Party's Achilles' heel arises from their assumption that a majority of American voters are sophisticated, smart people.
They aren't. Most Americans think in generally accepted, preconceived ideas. They live mostly on the surface of reality. They don't think much. They don't have time to read books. Guided by commercials, they're too busy working hard to buy consumer goods.
Unlike Europeans, many Americans attend churches and respect the vague authority of their pastors, preachers, rabbis, or scientologist leaders. They believe what they hear on television, especially the well groomed talking head experts with brightened teeth and mirco-lasered skin. Without a single clue about civil responsibilities, they rely on 'professional politicians' to sort out the issues.
Stripped of national identity, denied enforcement of citizenship laws, and disappointed about government in general, Americans hardly bother to vote. Among all industrialized countries, the United States has the lowest voter turnout at 54%. America operates from a dreadfully defunct democracy.
Judging by how the Republicans cover up their crimes, Bush and his friend Turd Blossom, benefit fully from this realistic understanding of the majority market segment. By using traditional, patriotic ideas, Republicans have learned to spin any one of the Bush administration's deplorable crimes as acts of national interest.
The majority of Americans accept the idea of invading Iraq on falsified letters and other lies (i.e. among many, Downing Street Memo, Joe Wilson affair, etc.). At the time Bush sold the War in Iraq, it was persuasively packaged as part of the country's mythical patriotic tradition.
Though, other segments of the American market did not buy into the saber rattling rants for war. Many people, the innovators and early adoptors, opposed the invasion from the earliest suggestions of it. Among this innovative market segment of ideas were Barrack Obama and hundreds of thousands of other Americans.
Innovators and Early Adopters Change Majority Opinion
Bringing the truth out about the most recent crimes that the Laggards have committed requires patient, committed work as Gore proved regarding global warming. Vincent Bugliosi is cracking open the resistance to truth. First with his book, Betrayal of America, and now with his latest book, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Bugliosi shines light on how the Supreme Court stole the voting process from the American people. And now he shows us how Bush II has committed the most heinous crimes in our history.
In promoting his ideas, though, he has run into brick walls so far as the mainstream media (MSM). Bugliosi holds a stellar reputation as LA county prosecutor, winning 21 murder cases out of 21 trials. That's a track record that should give Dubya insomnia, assuming the man has a conscience. As a best-selling author of true crime, including Helter Skelter. Bugliosi has been on television talk shows many times before, especially regarding the murder case of Charles Mansion. Nevertheless, talk show hosts refuse to interview him.
"Ideas are far more powerful than guns. We don't allow our enemies to have guns, why should we allow them to have ideas?"-Joseph Stalin.
Ideas can be frightful to many people. Why the MSM refuses Bugliosi's voice regarding crimes committed by the neocons remains a mystery.
One way we can understand this media cover-up is simple business. MSM relies entirely on advertisement revenues. To give voice to the frightful truth that President Bush has committed murder through his military dalliances could jeopardize a network's reputation among viewers and sponsors. So far, all networks seem to be afraid. Yet, on the other hand, controversy often intensifies interest and increases viewers.
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.-John F. Kennedy
Bugliosi's logic is solid and questions the essentials of the current American predicament. Bugliosi's latest book remains on the top of the New York Times best-seller list and has sold well over 100,000 copies in hardcover.
