There is reluctance on the part of this blogger to bring up Adolf Hitler when discussing American politics, but now it is clear it must be done!
Hitler employed the “Big Lie” technique, to make up conspiracy theories and to make massive lies, and it was effective in bringing him public support and eventual power in Germany!
Now, sadly, a variation of the “Big Lie” is being utilized in the Republican Presidential race of 2016 for the White House.
No one, at the least this blogger, is trying to say any Republican Presidential candidate is the equivalent of Adolf Hitler, but the level of massive lies becoming regarded as NOT lies, but truth, has been used by at least four Republican contenders—Donald Trump, Carly Fiorina, Dr. Benjamin Carson, and Senator Ted Cruz!
Trump is the master of lies, and he is inciting hate and division on a massive scale, and yet about 30 percent in every Republican poll continue to support him. His supporters claim to be disillusioned with traditional politicians who always seem to lie, according to them. One could say that all PEOPLE tend to lie at times, including politicians, but the total alienation of many Americans from all politicians, and willingness to back a billionaire who has always been a massive liar on everything he has uttered, before he ran for President and while contending for President, is extremely alarming!
But Carly Fiorina has been spreading pure lies about Planned Parenthood, and even after the recent Colorado Springs incident of a madman who was incited by her lies, she will not back down on her manipulation of the truth!
Dr. Benjamin Carson has also lied and deceived on a regular basis, and comes across as unbalanced mentally in many ways.
And Senator Ted Cruz of Texas is a true demagogue, very much like Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin of the 1950s Red Scare, who he also resembles in appearance. He has totally alienated all of his Senate colleagues except a couple of Tea Party supporters, and has stooped to lies and deceit on a regular basis!
The idea that so many Americans, so distrustful of government, are ready to support any of these four candidates who are massive liars and totally deceptive, is a worrisome issue for American democracy, as the “Big Lie” technique is in full swing!
There seems to be two possible reasons to explain this phenomenon among the 2016 Republican presidential hopefuls:
1) They want to brainwash as many people possible.
2) They are losing.
By attempting to brainwash all the people they possibly can…the starting point is with their party’s primary voters. They’re already on board for the party, no matter what and who it offer (let alone policies), so there doesn’t require much effort. But, there is also motivation to relate to the ugliest and most vicious personality traits of people who live to hate.
The second option is with knowing the party will lose in the general election. The language formulated and spoken sounds very much like a party (and their eventual nominee, and it may very well turn out to be Donald Trump) that knows that they’re losing. But, they’re still attacking in racist, xenophobic, and beating the drums for war language just in case any of it can stick.
What makes this possible to last as long it has, so far, is a corrupt news media—especially television media from the broadcast and cable networks levels—which keeps welcoming all of this dreck while not doing the service their very existence used to represent.
Trump has said something about wanting to kill families of terrorists, which would be a war crime. http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/03/politics/donald-trump-kill-terrorist-families-war-crime/index.html
Yes, Former Republican, so to say Trump is not Hitler like in his rhetoric and basic morals and ignoring international law, says a lot about any person who claims that is not so!
It indicates a very sick mind!
Trump is using birtherism in response to the San Bernandino attack. http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-donald-trump-jewish-group-20151203-story.html
Senate Teapublican’ts let terrorists on the watch list buy guns legally in the US. http://www.politicususa.com/2015/12/03/senate-republicans-vote-terrorists-legally-buy-guns.html
They also voted to repeal Obamacare and defund Planned Parenthood. http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/senate-republican-bill-obamacare-planned-parenthood
In a speech to Jewish Republicans, Trump was anti-Semitic.
http://www.vox.com/2015/12/3/9843670/donald-trump-anti-semitic
A Fox legal analyst’s BS about the shootings: http://crooksandliars.com/2015/12/foxs-peter-johnson-san-berardino-shooting
Former Republican, the Fascist tendencies of Donald Trump continue to mount, but of course “some” people have no brains, and have no issue with a man who attacks not only Jews, but also the disabled, Muslims, women, immigrants, refugees, Blacks, Hispanics and anyone who dares to criticize him!
Trump has utilized the “Big Lie” technique of Hitler, and yet his polls go up, and now with Ted Cruz number two, another hateful and divisive candidate, the nation faces a tremendous danger, that we might be on the way to the election of a Fascist who will undermine the whole history of American democracy!
This is a national crisis, and demagoguery is winning, or so it seems!
The latest on the shooting is that it is linked to Daesh (ISIS) by the wife’s posting of loyalty to the group on Facebook.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/female-shooting-suspect-pledged-allegiance-isis-leader-sources
Andrea Mitchell and Chuck Todd are suggesting that she was a plant through an arranged marriage.
Excellent cover by the New York Daily News. http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/new-york-daily-news-doesnt-back-down-feud-nra
With all the bombs and weaponry they had, I suspect they may have had another attack planned.