The Big Lie Lives On
Reported by Eleanor - August 30, 2004 -
Thom Hartmann says " there is no equivalence between the MoveOn (and other) ads and the Swift Boat ads, moral or otherwise. Truths and issues - however unpleasant - cannot be weighed on the same scale as lies and character assassination, explicit or implicit."
"Lee Atwater, on his deathbed, realized that the 'ends justifies the means' technique of campaigning he had unleashed on behalf of the Bush family was both immoral and harmful to American democracy."
"The most alarming contrast in the election of 2004 isn't between the conservative Bush and liberal Kerry. It's between those who will use any means to get and hold power, and those who are unwilling to engage in the Big Lie."
"History tells us that, over the short term, the Big Lie usually works. Over the long term, though, the damage it does - both to those who use it, and to the society on which it is inflicted - is incalculable."
Read Hartmann's Common Dreams article at The Big Lie Lives On
