If You Repeat a Lie Often Enough, Does Someone Believe It?

Question

We all expect political wrangling, but outrageous insults may be going too far. Republicans say "Liberals Can't Protect the Country," etc. Candidates like Rudy Guiliani repeat it often. I find this particularly offensive, since I had one liberal brother who survived Omaha Beach, another in the Death March, another in the South Pacific. They were fighting...and winning...a Real War, not one cooked up by misinformation. With great leaders like FDR leading us to Super Power glory, how can anyone believe that Liberals are weak and ineffective? There are many Liberal soldiers risking lives in Iraq. What an insult to them!

Consider this President's lack of border security, port security, airline security, etc. Consider the 11 dispatches warning of a eminent attack on U.S. soil, all shrugged off. How can anyone with intelligence believe that Liberals cannot protect a country as well....or better...than any Conservatives? Can anyone really believe that Courage is a political virtue?

Answer 1

Yes, it's a form of brainwashing. The right is very good at it. How many conservative radio shows are there? Fox News pretty much owns the cable based conservative agenda. The sucky part about brainwashing is that it is contagious. The only saving grace is that no matter how many times you tell a lie, truth will always make more sense. If you appeal to your sense of reason, you are almost immune to brainwashing.

Answer 2

Some make the argument that FDR's response to the Pearl Harbor attack to be heavy handed.
After all, they did just attack a military installation not a civilian target.
FDR took on a Hegemonistic campaign to conquer the world like the Soviets Tried.
He called Hitler the axis of evil but he referred to Stalin as Uncle Joe.
The Japanese sunk a few ships in response to trade oppression by the US in the pacific rim and went home with no intentions of invading the US. Hitler never attacked the US at all. Why did FDR feel the need to get over 400 thousand Americans killed and 60 million people world wide, most of them civilians? We annihilated three Japanese cities full of civilians, two of them with nuclear weapons. This was a 'REAL' war? It was clear to anyone watching at the time that the German people were fed up with Hitler and were trying to kill him. He would have died of natural causes anyway and Germany would have seen the wisdom in rolling back. What made all this carnage neccessary? Have you noticed that ever since the US is condemned as an empire bulder. Would any of this be true had FDR controlled himself?Are the Chinese treating their own people any better now than the Japanese did then? The Japanese were already withdrawn from China prior to Coral Sea. Their military was on its own turf and practically non-functional as a modern force capable of extending power anywhere. Musilini was in north Africa. Why was the US threatened by that? What made Truman feel that Korea was worth the lives of 54,000 Americans and $20 billion? That's nearly as much as viet nam. Viet Nam saw it's first casualty in 1959 and lasted til 1975 thanks to the Liberals Kennedy and Johnson, the longest war in our history.
Did Viet Nam attack the US?
Why are we still in Korea? What was the exit strategy there?
Bush's response to a direct attack on US territory against civilians and the heart of the US economy was mild by comparrison.
History is clear and the sound data can not be ignored. If liberals are to lead this country, our very lives are at stake.

Answer 3

I will attempt to answer your initial question and ignore all the liberal propaganda that followed.

Q: If You Repeat a Lie Often Enough, Does Someone Believe It?

A: Yes, especially in politics. Look at the 2004 presidential campaign and the search for WMD's in Iraq.
In 2004, the Republicans struck home with the voters by saying that John Kerry "flip-flopped" and couldn't make solid decisions; therefore, he would not make a good leader. But in actuality, John Kerry did not go back on his statement nearly as much as Hillary Clinton does.
As another example, as we deployed our troops to Iraq, the search for WMD's was just one of the many reasons we did so. However, when not as many WMD's turned up as was predicted by everyone (including the Clinton Administration), the only thing the American people heard reported on the news was our troops being killed and no WMD's turning up. Thus the chant, "Bush Lied. People Died." became popular and many voters believed it enough to punish the Republicans in the 2006 elections.

BOTTOM LINE:
If there is no absolute truth, then nothing can be considered false.

Answer 4

Biden had a great line last night. "Giuliani can only say three things a noun, a verb, and 9-11."

It's just the tactic of the time. Take the simple fear approach and run with it because I would think, even though it's taken for granted, the most important thing our government can provide is safety. None of the other things matter if we cannot feel safe in our own country. So, they make incredibly bold statements about how a democratic president cannot keep us safe. Personally, I don't see how warmongering is making us any safer. Over extending our troops and resources while planning yet another somehow all too identical looking military action sounds like a GREAT way to keep our country safe to me.

Answer 5

Forgive me, but, grow up. These types of statements have been made basically since the beginning of American politics.

YOU are offended?! Ha. "There are many Liberal soldiers risking lives in Iraq. What an insult to them!" There are veterans of all conflicts from all political backgrounds. Is it the veterans whose feelings you are truly concerned about here? Please. This is just as much of an insult.

It's really not in our best interests to pretend that these issues didn't exist before our current President took office. Consider that.

Answer 6

If You Repeat a Lie Often Enough, Does Someone Believe It?

Absolutely! It's called Swift Boating now.

Answer 7

Of course. Just read the Q&A here. For those who know the facts it's quite hillarious. Don't try and defend the dems, they are the biggest source.

Answer 8

It is all propaganda. The repeating a lie idea was articulated by Nazi propaganda minister Josef Goebbels when he said something like if you tell a big enough lie enough times people will begin to believe it. When the lie is discovered you discredit the one uncovering it and they go away.

Answer 9

Absolutely.

Just look at all the attempts of Bush, Cheney, etc. to tie the events on 9/11 to Saddam Hussein.

Now we find out that over 50% of the military deployed in Iraq still thinks Saddam was behind the attacks on 9/11.

Maybe John Kerry was right......

Answer 10

Yes. That was one of the tactics of the Nazis to gain public support. Most of us know the results of that experiment.