sexta-feira, março 26, 2010

A direita está a tornar-se demasiado perigosa nos EUA

Lá como cá, as campanhas negras e os assassínios de carácter são o prato forte da imprensa irresponsável ao serviço de todas as forças reaccionárias

Ainda a tinta da assinatura de Obama não secou na novíssima Lei para a reforma do Sistema de Saúde e a direita revanchista sobe o tom das ameaças físicas contra aqueles que maior actividade tiveram na defesa desta enorme reforma.

Claro que Sara Palin, está envolvida em toda esta reacção e os seus discursos ofensivos e os claros apelos à violência podem bem vir a constituir matéria para ser levada perante os Tribunais.
A campanha em curso apela claramente à liquidação física dos seus inimigos, publicando um mapa com os nomes e as localizações e que, descaradamente, os representa como alvos/miras, numa carreira de tiro...

Entretanto, o nível da desinformação que percorre os media americanos deve fazer imensa inveja, aqui em Portugal, a esta direita reaccionária que quer governar embora tenha perdido as eleições. Tal como na América...

Um nosso leitor envia-nos um comentário que bem ilustra o resultado das campanhas de desinformação sobre uma população despolitizada mas submetida a fortíssimas campanhas mediáticas:
"A new poll of more than 2,000 self-identified Republican voters illustrates the incredible paranoia enveloping the party and the intense pressure drawing lawmakers further and further away from political moderation.

The numbers speak for themselves -- a large portion of GOP voters think that President Obama is racist, socialist or a non-US citizen -- though, when considering them, it is important to note that a disproportionate percentage of respondents are from GOP strongholds in the South (42 percent) as opposed to the Northeast (11 percent). Also note that this is a poll of self-identified Republicans, which means that independent Tea Party types are not included.

Nevertheless here are some of the standout figures as provided by Daily Kos/Research 2000:

39 percent of Republicans believe Obama should be impeached, 29 percent are not sure, 32 percent said he should not be voted out of office.
36 percent of Republicans believe Obama was not born in the United States, 22 percent are not sure, 42 percent think he is a natural citizen.
31 percent of Republicans believe Obama is a "Racist who hates White people" -- the description once adopted by Fox News's Glenn Beck. 33 percent were not sure, and 36 percent said he was not a racist.
63 percent of Republicans think Obama is a socialist, 16 percent are not sure, 21 percent say he is not
24 percent of Republicans believe Obama wants "the terrorists to win," 33 percent aren't sure, 43 percent said he did not want the terrorist to win.
23 percent of Republicans believe that their state should secede from the United States, 19 percent aren't sure, 58 percent said no.
53 percent of Republicans said they believe Sarah Palin is more qualified to be president than Obama.
During his appearance at the House Republican retreat last Friday, Obama explained that it was hard to forge bipartisan consensus when lawmakers were trashing his health care bill as a "Bolshevik plot"

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