[IronJack]

One of the oldest propaganda tricks on record is presenting a wish as a fait accompli. If, as Dumas said, nothing succeeds like success, then a "successful" movie will do boffo box office when it blows into new venues.

That's where the Hillary Health Care initiative got its start. It was assumed that all America was crying out for health care reform. There was never any evidence that that was true; it was simply presented as axiomatic. Nor do Americans favor affirmative action, environmental extremism, or homosexuality. But the Left presents those values like they're already part and parcel of the mainstream.

Same with this movie. It is NOT successful; for cripes' sake, Dukes of Hazzard outgrossed it!

There are lies, damned lies, statistics, and then the looking-glass dreamworld liberals live in, where facts and numbers mean everything and nothing at the same time.

[subterfuge]

Excellent post IJ.