Tuesday, April 12, 2005

KARL ROVE: THE ARCHITECT OF THE NEW AMERICA & "The Media is the message"


PAINTING BY SURREALIST JOAN MIROPosted by Hello
PAINTING BY JOAN MIROPosted by Hello

Just watched another interesting documentary called “ THE ARCHITECT: KARL ROVE” it was on PBS Front Line. The documentary tells the story of Karl Rove & how he helped George Bush & the Republicans win the 2000 election & the 2004 election by appealing to the conservative wing of the republican party & later brought most of the Religious Right into the fold. Karl Rove is accused of using “dirty tricks” & negative campaigning to defeat Democratic candidates. It also talks about the use of single issues such as Anti-abortion , the Gay marriage issue to drum up support through misrepresentation & fear & bigotry. One of the strange things about the Gay issue is as is noted in the film is the co-opting of Gay republicans working within the party to take part in this on-going attack on Gay Rights.

Too bad so few bother to watch documentaries such as this. Unfortunately most people are more interested in American Idol ,Survivor & CSI. As for liberal types they don’t see the writing on the wall until it is too late.



Bye for now,
GORD.

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