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The Republicans are Playing Mind Games Again

August 31, 2008 | Vetting explained

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Yet more proof how good the Republican media machine is at playing mind games and using auto suggestion to fool the masses. They have had a lot of practice, mind you. Convincing an entire population of a massive country to get behind them for a war on extremely shaky evidence and motives is no mean feat. It's amazing to see how many people are swallowing this 'she's more experienced than Obama' line the Republican pundits are pumping out. If anyone watches TV they'll see that this is the standard soundbite they have been told to give out in response to any questions about McCain choosing someone who he's only met once. The reason? Because everyone on both sides is as dumfounded as each other about this very question, and it won't just go away because someone keeps repeating the same banal soundbite (no matter how many gullible fools swallow it hook line and sinker). In fact, her 'experience' amounts to what? She was the mayor of essentially a village of 5,500 people and was the governor of an extremely remote state that's actually on the other side of Canada. John McConniver only got where he is today because of nepotism due to his father inlaw's connections. Want to find out about the kind of guy McCain really is and possibly the real reason he chose her? Read here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1024927/The-wife-John-McCain-callously-left-behind.html It's from probably the most Conservative newspaper in the UK and written 3 months ago, so not too much salt needed to be taken with this one...

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