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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (225885)	3/31/2007 7:42:47 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 281500

I think what effected the results of the last election was the mess that Iraq has become, and the fact that there are not WMDs, and it is now clear Iraq was no risk to us. If Iraq looked decent, if Bush had been correct about anything, it wouldn't matter what the MSM was beating. Bush has destroyed American status in the world, but since most Americans have no idea where the rest of the world is or what it thinks, I don't think that matters. And torture? Do Americans care about that? I wouldn't think they'd watch 24 if they did. What Americans care about (imo) is being snookered- and I don't think you can blame the MSM for Bush being wrong, and for leading Americans in to a war they never would have gone in to have they had correct information. I guess you can blame the MSM for reporting that he was wrong, and documenting the ways he was wrong. Should they have pretended there were WMDs, or that the Us was in danger? I don't think I'm the one kidding myself. Bush is a big failure- and even without an MSM I think people would have figured that out. He pretty much hoisted himself on his own petard. He didn't need any petard helpers, for the most part. On the other hand, if the MSM was key to the last election I'm very glad they were, and i hope they help the dems win the next one. I really hope the MSM is as biased as the fox news folks think it is. I'd love that. Terriffic advantage.