I think that's why we saw so much front-page prominence to the alleged tortures at Abu Ghraib on the New York Times.
I think we see that in the Limbaugh case. If Limbaugh is attacked time and again, , no matter if the attack is baseless, eventually our Joe sixpack says, enough already from this guy. That is the real danger for Limbaugh, the public will not consider the facts of the matter but only seek to be relieved of the bother.
I think you are exactly right. Their tactic is to wear people down.
I agree that is their tactic and that they believe it will work because it has worked for them in the past. But change is in the air and Mr. Hope and Change has accidentally also inspired conservatives to believe “YES WE CAN!”
Rush’s 21 year career and golden microphone protects him. He has a solid fan base (including me) and while I would never rush to the defense of an average celebrity I will STAND UP for Rush and stay standing.
Also, the left forgot to factor one thing in using this old play from their old playbook: Nothing inspires a populace to fight back than threatening the future of their children - which the president and his policies most definitely are.
Let’s take up the call of the left’s hero Roosevelt: “We have only just begun to fight.”
An excellent observation. For decades the left apply pressure against morality, institutions, family, government, never enough to break anything at first, but to bend it, to make it uncomfortable, to expose vulnerability and to force cracks in the foundation.
Whether it’s bad publicity directed at a company (Jackson/Sharpton/NAACP/HRC) or incrementally rising property taxes/regulation/court rulings, eventually the target just throws their hands up and wants it to end.
They are like a virus who wears a body down until it can’t defend from external threats.
Some quotations from the novel 1984 which describe the radical left and their ideology quite well:
“Never again will you be capable of ordinary human feeling. Everything will be dead inside you. Never again will you be capable of love, or friendship, or joy of living, or laughter, or curiosity, or courage, or integrity. You will be hollow. We shall squeeze you empty and then we shall fill you with ourselves.”
“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever.”