It's amazing, the war is on for the American mind. These polls, the real ones and the fake ones, are part of that war.
In Rush Limbaugh's early days, when Roger Ailes was inventing GOP hate radio, Rush was faxed GOP talking points by Ailes every morning.
That worked so well, its been happening ever since.
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"Rush was...extraordinarily well-connected to the Republican leadership in Washington, carrying out their campaign strategies so faithfully that it was difficult to distinguish his promotions from their campaign commercials. For example, when Rush's television show debuted nationally two months before the 92 election, his producer was Roger Ailes, who was Bush's media advisor throughout the campaign. Many of the themes that Ailes had inspired earlier in the campaign showed up in identical form on Rush's show, which resembled a program-length commercial for the Bush campaign. When asked to give equal time to his opponents, Rush responded "I am equal time!"
In 1994, not only the Rush Limbaugh Show, but hundreds of other conservative talk shows dutifully raised the issues that Newt Gingrich's Contract Information Center faxed to them each morning about the Contract With America. Many went so far as to read them verbatim over the air. And when the Republicans captured Congress in 1994, they held a ceremony in honor of Limbaugh, naming him "an honorary member of Congress" and "the Majority Maker." That night, the conservative propaganda machine had reached its full potential." |
