The Pols Who Cried Wolf

TruthDig by Molly Ivins | Aug. 14, 2006 (Opinion)

We have nothing to fear but fear itself, especially since fear is now being fomented and manipulated for political purposes by a bunch of shameless hacks. Who is trying to make you afraid and why? This Karl Rove tactic is getting quite threadbare, in fact, and so much so that it is getting dangerously close to comedy. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics
Topics: Terrorism, Bush Administration
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Posted by: Posted by Ezra Fox - Aug 15, 2006 - 10:12 PM PDT
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 by Ezra Fox - Oct. 1, 2008

Molly Ivins is very sharp criticizing the use of fear as a greatly manipulated motivated contrasting it against the reality of what we actually have to be afraid of.

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