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Sarah Ibarruri

(21,043 posts) Sun Apr 29, 2012, 11:09 AM Apr 2012

The center has been pulled way over to the right - "Their" definition of compromise is conversion. [View all]

Last night I watched an interview of Marty Kaplan by Bill Moyers. It opened my eyes like few other interviews. I then set about looking up Marty Kaplan, and found it. It sums up some very crucial ideas about this terrifying time we're living in, in which we've had right wing ideology dominating our lives for the past 32 years.

Here it is:

http://billmoyers.com/content/show-preview-marty-kaplan-on-what-makes-political-ads-work/

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The center has been pulled way over to the right - "Their" definition of compromise is conversion. [View all] Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2012 OP

More important than ever to be a critical consumer of the media libodem Apr 2012 #1

'Whether written, audio or visual. Someone is profiting by manipulating your intention.' Exactly... freshwest Apr 2012 #2

So true libodem Apr 2012 #4

On Real Time w/ Bill Maher Friday - About "moving to the middle" chowder66 Apr 2012 #3

They're monsters. nt Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2012 #5

Damn Straight.... we, on the left have been saying this for a while now fascisthunter Apr 2012 #6

We all have been bought and sold by the wealthy and corporations nt Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2012 #11

not so willfully fascisthunter Apr 2012 #12

True nt Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2012 #13

For the political class that's been bought by the capitalists,......... socialist_n_TN Apr 2012 #7

We turned into old Europe libodem Apr 2012 #9

I watched it today malaise Apr 2012 #8

I was impressed too. He hit the nail on the head nt Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2012 #10