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To: Lane3 who wrote (26089)	1/24/2004 1:54:38 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793928

It's in Bush's interests to keep us fearful, but what's the Democrats' excuse? It is the same phenomena which led them to give Bush carte blanche authority in 2002 to go to war, refusing to back Byrd's amendment which would have made it necessary for Bush to go back to Congress before actually committing troops. The politico Democrats believe that Bush's fear campaign has worked, and that anyone denying it will be automatically branded a blind fool or a partisan mindless mindless peacenik. Somewhat like Scott Ritter was branded as being in Saddam's pay when he said that Iraq had no WMDs. I still remember Paula Zahn sitting across from him in an interview responding to his "He doesn't have any WMD" comments by saying something like, "Oh, come on, you know that's wrong," and just dismissing him. Something similar happened with the smallpox "scare," if you recall that, though that was on a smaller scale, and was eventually dropped because so many public health workers and doctors refused to get the vaccination and said it was absurd. The whole idea of the Bush admin is to get people fixed on security so that they don't see anything else that is going on. An old magician's trick. It works a good deal of the time. And is very difficult to combat. Especially when the press is disposed is disposed toward "drama" anyway, and terror begets drama.

To: Lane3 who wrote (26089)	1/24/2004 3:05:33 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793928

I still thing "we have nothing to fear but fear itself" is a far, far better approach. The next time al Qaeda or one of the other terrorist organizations pulls off one of its periodic stunts, I'll remind you of that. Maybe what you have to fear are the guns, bombs, and missiles they use. The same logic could have been used in WW2: "What the ****, it's just a bunch off shrimps that wear Coke-bottle glasses and another bunch of goose stepping clowns from Charlie Chaplin movies. What have we got to worry about?"

To: Lane3 who wrote (26089)	1/25/2004 1:37:01 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 793928

"It's in Bush's interests to keep us fearful, but what's the Democrats' excuse?" Ya, it's all about politics for Bush. We all saw how he reacted on 9/11 & his real words, deeds & actions since then. And of course going to war on a global scale against terrorism is so good for his corporate buddies since it's such a low risk deal. I mean really, look at how the whole world has lined up behind the Bush Admin every step of the way. Yup, fear mongering for political purposes is such a sound strategy. Like LindyBill says from time to time, it's going to take another 9/11 like terrorist act for some people to get serious about the threat.