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In reply to the discussion: Evangelicals are a big part of the problem. [View all]DENVERPOPS
(8,787 posts)Some one, Newsweek?, described (seriously) the brain washing effect of listening to Fox News and Rush Limbaugh for years on end as their only source of information, and that alone would create the same effect.....
That and watching continuous "Reality TV" which would soon distort and cloud any viewer's comprehension of any and all rational thinking about even the simplest legitimate reality....
We have all questioned, "are all these people "brainwashed" ????????
It's as if they were held captive in a NorthComm/Re-education camp for years..........
All the Repubs had to do, was look around for an already existing, huge group of "followers", and bingo.........an instantaneous loyal group.
Then find a reality TV star that could wind them up............
Then, gather all the Republican corporate men and/or wealthy. Next, increase these top dogs wealth with ludicrous tax cuts, increasing all their wealth substantially overnight and you are off to the races........