During the American Civil War....
-Lincoln was depicted as Satan by the media.
-Lincoln was accused of misleading the people about the reason for the war.
-the DNC promised to end the war ASAP and prosecute Lincoln.
(sonofthesouth.com, accessed Nov 3 2006)
In WW2...
-It was rumored that FDR staged Pearl Harbor.
-It was said that the Jewish death camps were a myth, and that the Nazis would never be a threat to America.
-Americans were outraged at sending their boys to die on European soil.
(http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/lecture20.html)
1940's - Americans were told there was no threat from the USSR.
50's - McCarthy was demonized for calling out an American spy in the White House. It has now been proven there was a spy in the White House.
60's - JFK was told to peacably negotiate with the USSR.
80's - Reagan was told that the USSR was too big a threat to stand against.
Notice a pattern?
2006-12-30
04:44:36
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Neebler is a perfect example of what I'm talking about.
2006-12-30
07:20:01 ·
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