There You Go Again! The Newest Republican Propaganda Ad -- How Disrespecful to America!

"There you go again!" said Ronald Reagan in his second debate with President Jimmy Carter in 1980. The way he delivered that line, in response to what he thought was Carter's misrepresentation of his record, was a hit, was effective, and is a part of presidential history.

Barack Obama needs to re-use that good line, because the devious Republican propaganda machine continues to release one false television advertisement after another in order to muddy the waters and distract the proverbial cable news cycles, and, most importantly deceive the voters with trumped up issues that have no real basis in fact. First it was lipstick on a pig-gate, and now it is: what they said about Sarah Palin, "how disrespecful!" The things that were said are taken out of context and placed together to tell the ad's story, which is false -- Obama and Biden have not shown disrespect to Palin. But it is the old Republican tactic -- if you say it enough and use a big enough megaphone (television), then lies will be received as if they are true.

The sad thing is this -- print media tends to catch McCain-Bush (it is the Bush team that is running this campaign) in their deceptions, but television gives it little airplay. Instead of calling the McCain campaign to task for its outright twisting of the real facts, for coldly calculating that they will be able to get away with it, we hear the pundits declare how "smart" the Republicans are, and how "it works!"

Well, going up to a bank teller with a gun works, too, for a nice withdrawal, but the police keep that from happening most of the time, because society knows it is not right. What works is not right when it is WRONG -- and the Republicans are killing our democracy with these falsehoods and the media needs to be the referees in order to make democracy work. Even such a usually honest newsman as NBC's Chuck Todd called the most recent ad "disingenuous." but then compared teams winning football games with dirty play to what the Republicans are doing.

Hey Chuck, the last eight years should show you that who wins, and how they win, effects millions and millions of people in very real pocketbook ways, unlike a college team winning a football game. The stakes are much higher, so the news media must do a better job!

Here is the truth about the Republican ad machine and particularly this new ad defending Sarah Palin's honor (which was NEVER attacked, but straw dogs are a Republican specialty):
the ad itself shows a complete disregard for the truth and plays to a seeming belief in the fact that many Americans are non-thinkers and will believe whatever they see on television, if it is colorful and well-packaged, like any effective automobile or toothpaste ad. That is contemptuous of the American people and of the democratic process.

HOW DISRESPECTFUL!