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tblue37 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 09:43 PM
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5. I get the feeling that Obama's people are letting these things out bit by bit, to
Edited on Wed Mar-04-09 09:43 PM by tblue37
build outrage consistently over time, so that when the time comes to go after certain very real malefactors, there will be more public support for it.

Instead of dumping it out all at once so that the outrage is here today, gone tomorrow, no matter how fierce it might be at the time, he produces something from CheneyBushCo's misadministration, people freak out for several days, pundits pundit about it, and then, as the outrage starts to die down, out comes another revelation and more outrage, this time exacerbated by the remnants of the previous outrage, until finally, as with the Watergate hearings, the public is completely onboard with going after the bad guys (AKA evildoers).
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