Sounds like it’s good propaganda, if you’re into that sort of thing. Personally, I don’t give a shit about opposition propaganda. But I love my own side’s.
This is a game, you know. This being politics. There are no rules, any more, now that the Supreme Court has taken the lid off of giving and puts no boundaries on free speech.
All we have are liars and fact checkers. Fact checking, by it’s difficult nature, takes longer to reply to lies than the political schedule will permit. So we will be seeing the most outrageous lies appearing towards the end of the campaign when there is no time for the opposition to reply or check facts. That’s just the way it is.
What we have to do is discount the lies. We know they are all lying because we see their lips moving. We need to have our own understanding of parties and candidates that goes beyond what they say; that is based on their past behavior and our personal interpretations of that behavior (instead of the liars’ interpretations).
We need our own models of how we want the world to work. We need to understand economics and politics and education and many other issues, and we need to do this independently. We can’t believe what they say about it. It is only with that kind of understanding that we can counteract the effect of the politicians rhetoric and propaganda.
I guess I’ve always been interested in policy, and I’ve worked in policy on a wide variety of issues for decades. Maybe I’ve been lucky that I’ve been able to make a living as a policy analyst and an educator. I have the in-depth knowledge that I’m talking about that allows me to evaluate the lies and propaganda and discount it. I see many others on fluther with the same knowledge and skills. So I know it is possible and I encourage people to take the time to get an independent education on a variety of issues so they can withstand the onslaught of the political liars.