Friday, May 18, 2007

Bush's base

From the New York Times:

" What we need to realize is that the infamous “Bush bubble,” the administration’s no-reality zone, extends a long way beyond the White House. Millions of Americans believe that patriotic torturers are keeping us safe, that there’s a vast Islamic axis of evil, that victory in Iraq is just around the corner, that Bush appointees are doing a heckuva job — and that news reports contradicting these beliefs reflect liberal media bias.

And the Republican nomination will go either to someone who shares these beliefs, and would therefore run the country the same way Mr. Bush has, or to a very, very good liar."

What will it take to wake up this 27% or so who continue to support Mr. Bush? I suspect only Fox news can change their opinions. These are the people who don't know anything that they have not learned from Fox news. Their entire body of belief, information, and opinion is formed from one source: Fox news. They hear echo's on talk radio and from their right wing pulpits in their narrow conservative churches. They live in a echo chamber with no alternatives allowed.

Bush's pitiful base.

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