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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Somber Republicans in sack cloth and ashes on my TV this morning [View all]tledford
(917 posts)13. Actually, it started in 1976, not 1996
Twenty years before Murdoch started Fox News, Ronald Reagan ran against President Gerald Ford for the Republican nomination for President and began the whole "fear and hate the government" lie. It wasn't until January 21st, 1981, however, that he finally succeeded in fatally poisoning America. It just took 20 years for America to die.
If it hadn't been for Reagan, there never would have BEEN a Fox News.
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Did they mention that they failed to take the advice of their own 2012 "autopsy report",
Tanuki
Oct 2016
#4
Nope, nothing like that. They could have been a threat with a little effort.
Rose Siding
Oct 2016
#7
GOP built the base & tRump. They will schism: either mainline leaves or Ts are ejected. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Oct 2016
#15
This is what happens when you become the #1 consumer of your own propaganda.
Spitfire of ATJ
Oct 2016
#19