when one reads the books (up from conservativism, by lind, blinded by the right, by brock, also 'blinded by the might' by cal thomas, hunting of the president, by conason, fortunate son by hatfield, stupid white men, by moore, the twilight of common dreams, by gitlin, the united states of anger, by esler, strange justice, by mayer/abramson, fear of falling -the inner life of the middle class, by ehrenreich) the overwhelming role played by the newsmedia repeatedly comes to the fore. the idea is, as the nazipoohs know so well, is that the 'media' is truly despised, by everybody. and the right used this wrath to its own advantage (see 'liberal media') while still usurping power over society. we can do the same. harry reid et al think that reaching out, compromising etc must do the job, cuz they DO NOT want to create classwar divisions where the majority is proactive:
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/dec2002/gore-d21.shtmlsnip>
"In explaining his decision, Gore has offered only one political motivation—but it is a highly significant one. Referring obliquely to the 36-day battle over the Florida vote and the Supreme Court ruling that ultimately handed the presidency to his Republican opponent, Gore told his “60 Minutes” interviewer, “I think a campaign that would be a rematch between myself and President Bush would inevitably involve a focus on the past that would, in some measure, distract from the focus on the future that I think all campaigns have to be about.”
In other words, a second Gore-Bush contest would inevitably raise the overtly anti-democratic manner in which the 2000 election crisis was resolved, and bring into question the legitimacy of the Bush administration. In his desire to avoid such issues, Gore reflects a preoccupation of the entire ruling elite and both political parties"
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the pigmedia is warring already against us, the rich already are waging civil war against the people- this should never be left out of any assessment of what 'our side' does, cuz the upper class twits will remain loyal to their classmates if we let them....