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nichomachus

(12,754 posts)
17. Rubio is not as dumb as he looks
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 03:57 PM
Feb 2016

What he's doing is stock-in-trade for Fox News. Every day, they have three or four talking points, and every show -- all day long -- repeats those exact same talking points over and over and over.

Apparently, this is how you get the propaganda to sink in.

"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it." --Joseph Goebbels.

I remember right after the Bush Crime Family found that people were opposed to the idea of trying terror suspects before military tribunals. So they decided to rename them as "terror tribunals."

Later that day, I was trapped in a place where Fox News was on. I noticed that the little crawl across the screen carried the words "terror tribunals" about every two or three minutes -- for the entire time I was there. Even is someone hadn't been paying full attention, those words would have been burned into their brain after several hours sitting in front of Fox.

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Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is a sign of ... lpbk2713 Feb 2016 #1
But of all the things to keep saying "Obama knows exactly what he is doing, he wants American LiberalArkie Feb 2016 #29
Rubio.exe has encountered a fatal error YoungDemCA Feb 2016 #2
Thread winner! TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #5
Christie bludgeoned Rubio in this debate. NutmegYankee Feb 2016 #3
Christie took the strap to him, good and proper. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #4
Yeah but "Let's not Kid Ourselves About Barack Obama..." Stallion Feb 2016 #8
And that's why Trump called Christie "a great guy" this morning, lol. nt pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #20
Well, look at the blue screen of death behind him 2naSalit Feb 2016 #6
I still find it hard to believe that there are still going to be some people who will vote for cstanleytech Feb 2016 #7
Clearly, you're just not stupid enough to think like those voters. nt valerief Feb 2016 #12
Thanks for posting n/t vkkv Feb 2016 #9
The only thing I can say.... markj757 Feb 2016 #10
Marco? Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2016 #11
Reminds me of the pool game. Marco? Polo. Marco? Polo. Marco? Polo. Marco? Polo. n/t FourScore Feb 2016 #13
It's about to get really nasty MosheFeingold Feb 2016 #14
I Got Some Link SDJay Feb 2016 #21
It was posted on several threads malaise Feb 2016 #15
I watched in horrified fascination mcar Feb 2016 #16
Rubio is not as dumb as he looks nichomachus Feb 2016 #17
ironically hfojvt Feb 2016 #22
K&R! stonecutter357 Feb 2016 #18
File this under 'things that bring joy to Jeb'. seafan Feb 2016 #19
The whole thing was bizarro world hibbing Feb 2016 #23
listening to Hugh Hewitt wax poetic about Kasich tonight on Charlie Rose.. SleeplessinSoCal Feb 2016 #24
On the positive side nxylas Feb 2016 #25
let's be careful praising Christie DonCoquixote Feb 2016 #26
Maybe he was dehydrated. merrily Feb 2016 #27
Didn't it happen again Monday night? LiberalArkie Feb 2016 #28
Foreshadowing Cayenneman Feb 2016 #30
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