{"id":6508,"date":"2011-12-13T00:08:06","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T08:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/13\/why-people-vote-republican\/"},"modified":"2011-12-13T00:08:06","modified_gmt":"2011-12-13T08:08:06","slug":"why-people-vote-republican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/13\/why-people-vote-republican\/","title":{"rendered":"Why People Vote Republican"},"content":{"rendered":"

The question I hear most as I go about my day to day work of bringing news to people, that is admittedly and proudly biased, but also factually honest, is: \u201cHow can anyone in their right mind vote for a Republican?\u201d  It\u2019s a good question, given that Republicans govern exclusively for the benefit of millionaires, billionaires, and corporate criminals, and do NOT represent you.  The best answer I can give is that Republicans live in a completely different reality.  For the record, I am not a fan of David Frum, a rather extreme Bushavik, and oppose his views on almost every subject.  But when an opponent gets something right,. integrity demands that I give credit where credit is due, and on this subject, Frum is spot on.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"FoxSheep\"Conservative columnist David Frum, who was speechwriter for former President George W. Bush, blasted Fox News on Sunday for creating an "alternative knowledge system."<\/p>\n

In an article<\/a> published by New York Magazine in late November, Frum had argued that conservative media like Fox News and talk radio "immerse their audience in a total environment of pseudo-facts and pretend information<\/strong>."<\/p>\n

In an appearance on CNN Sunday, Frum cited claims made on Fox News that President Barack Obama was proposing a "new Christmas tree tax," something that was found by both The Florida Times-Union<\/a> and PolitiFact Oregon<\/a> to be not true\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Here\u2019s the video:<\/font><\/p>\n

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Note that Howard Kurtz actually fought to defend the Republican Ministry of propaganda from Frum\u2019s analysis, showing CNN\u2019s Republican bias, albeit less extreme than Faux Noise<\/em>.<\/font><\/p>\n

Keith Olbermann reinforced the truth of this in the first segment of last night\u2019s Worst Persons<\/em>.<\/font><\/p>\n