Dems, It’s Time to Dump Dixie

[BlueCaliDem]

109. Anne Richards was a wonderful woman and excellent head of Texas. I still miss her.

And it's true that since the 1964 signing of the CRA we lost the Dixiecrats and the entire South to the Republican Party when the Party-switch happened. But we were still able to get giants like Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, and Al Gore. That's not going to happen in the foreseeable future.

Then, in the 80's, came Rupert Murdoch's propaganda machine, helped in no small part by Saint Ronnie who got favorable reporting from his Australian friend, and things have been going steadily downhill since.

Propaganda is a powerful and successful tool in order to fool and control the masses, especially when those people were raised with the belief that there has to be "truth in advertising" (a myth unless it's an item that you can sue for) and we actually did have a strong and independent Fourth Estate before the bait 'n' switch happened when mega-corporations bought them out and replaced reputable news programs with propaganda programs for the wealthy and well-connected.

The sad thing is, too many Americans still believe they can't report lies and that we have an independent news media, and that's a problem - for democracy, not for corporations and millionaires and billionaires who need to keep us divided in order to hold on to power favorable only to them and theirs.

[font color="red"]*edit to add: If my writing seems a little slow and confusing, it's because I'm tired. I need to get offline and earn my paycheck.[/font]