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To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (4092)	4/27/2007 5:17:26 PM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (1) of 25737

I still have no clue what you mean by fear mongering... It's not what "I" mean - it's what the public perceives. Here is how Wikipedia explains it and I would not disagree with this meaning. If you tell people to ....be afraid if the democrats win, that too is fear mongering. Fear mongering is the use of fear to leverage the opinions and actions of others towards some end. The object of fear is exaggerated; those the fear is directed toward are kept aware of it on a constant basis. Fear mongering is often used in a time of war as a political tactic to frighten citizens and influence their political views. Fear mongering in the United States surfaced most prominently during the era of McCarthyism, when the nation first faced the threat of nuclear attack. Since then politicians and pundits alike have realized and utilized the powerful influential impact that fear can have on American voters. Fear of terrorism born from the September 11th attacks has been arguably exploited by incumbent politicians to maintain their control of the house, senate, and executive branch of the government. Here is a link; en.wikipedia.org

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