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In an attempt to scare the public regarding the Dem’s health reform bill, Republican leaders have been pushing this chart. (That’s not all they’ve released. Oh, and remember Harry and Louse? They’re baaaack!)
Liberal watchdog group Media Matters for America struck back yesterday with this attempt to scare the public regarding the GOP’s easy media manipulation.
So who wins? Gotta say, my money is on the GOP. It’s easy to sit back and do nothing except scare people about changing our current healthcare system, which, by god, is the thing people need to be scared of.
As far as the media is concerned, well, I’d say the public is already pretty jaded.
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