The never-ending push for the politicization of everything continues along with the change from facts to narratives being what matters. This trend began in earnest early in the Obama years. It wasn't that there was no one pushing for elevating in importance what got said over what actually happened before that, but it blossomed when Obama took office. Just think back to these great hits:
1. Once Obama took office, no matter what one said in disagreement with the president or how one expressed it, all opposition and all opponents were "racist". Claims of racism multiplied and then grew exponentially. Then it got to the point where so much was "racist" that literally nothing was racist anymore.
2. When Obama pushed Obamacare, he knew that it would force millions of Americans off their health insurance policies and into the one-size-fits-all world of Obamacare. The president also knew that those policy changes were going to rob millions of people of their favorite doctors. And he also knew that Obamacare would inevitably raise the cost of medical care for a majority of Americans. Those were facts. Obama's narrative, however, was the famous "if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor" and "if you like your plan you can keep your plan, period." He threw in claims that the average family would save $2500 per year on insurance/medical care. The facts didn't matter.
3. When Trump won in 2016, the process went into overdrive. Almost immediately after election day, the media and the Democrats went into overdrive to explain that Trump didn't really win; rather, the Russians stole the election for him. For years we heard little else. Then after three years of nonsense, we got Mueller who reported that there was no evidence of collusion between Trump and the Russians. NONE. Even these facts didn't stop the lies. People like Adam Schiff or the talking heads on MSNBC just went right on with the Russia story. Remember, Schiff told America over and over again that he had absolutely irrefutable proof of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Now, we know that he was lying. Indeed, we have now seen proof that Schiff knew there was no collusion as of the start of Trump's term in 2017. Mueller also knew that there was no collusion when he came in as special prosecutor in 2017. Nevertheless, they put the country through years of lies and nonsense because they wanted to politicize the issue. Facts didn't matter.
4. And it wasn't just Trump. Think of poor Nicholas Sandmann. He's the high school student who went with his classmates to the March for Life in DC. He wore a MAGA hat and got accosted by an elderly Native American who was beating a drum and who marched up to Sandmann and stood in his face. Sandmann did nothing but just stay still and smile. But that was it. CNN started playing and edited video while claiming that Sandmann had racially harassed the poor old Native American. Other media picked up the same story and Sandmann was suddenly on TV screens across America labelled as some sore of racist, white supremacist in a MAGA hat. Of course, he was just a high school student from Kentucky in DC. In this case, the facts won out. Most Americans now understand what actually happened was nothing more than the media pushing their narrative rather than reporting facts. Oh, and Sandmann sued many media outlets for libel. He's already settled with CNN for what is reportedly more than ten million dollars.
5. Then came the virus. Think of things that have been politicized.
a. Hydroxychloroquine is a drug that has been used for nearly 70 years to treat malaria and lupus. It has been take by many millions with no adverse effects. But Donald Trump said it could be a game changer in the fight against the virus based upon some studies done in France and South Korea. Trump said this should be studied. That was it. The media went into full attack mode on the drug. People were told not to take the drug because it could kill you. It became more important to the media to have Trump be wrong than to have sick people get treatment.
b. Testing was needed to get the virus under control. At the start of the pandemic, the US testing system couldn't process more than a few thousand tests per week. The media and Dems like Chuck Schumer started a non-stop spate of criticism about the inability of the federal government led by Trump to get the tests taken. Almost immediately, the feds actually got testing ramped up. By the time reopening was considered, even experts like Fauci were saying that we needed to do 4 million tests per month to support dealing with the virus during reopening. The media and the Dems thought we could never get there, so they kept up the drum beat of inadequate testing. No matter what happened, the USA had no adequate testing and this would doom us all. Well, today America is testing people at the rate of more than 12 million per month. That's three times the number set by the experts as needed for reopening. It's a great success, but it doesn't matter to the media or the Dems. They are still screaming about testing. For example, every day Schumer issues a statement complaining about the lack of any strategy for testing. The facts don't matter, just the politics.
c. The lying and cover up by China at the start of the pandemic allowed the virus to spread around the world rather than being contained in Wuhan. Trump has denounced this conduct by China. As a result, the media and the Dems have taken the position of the Communist Party of the People's Republic of China. Millions got sick and hundreds of thousands died, but that doesn't matter. For political reasons, the Dems are siding with China because Trump has taken the other position.
This non-stop politicization of life has to stop. There has to be a common purpose a common goal for America. We should all want to get the economy back again. Millions of lives hang in the balance. We can't have governors for whom it is more important to fight Trump than it is to bring a better life to their constituents. We need to get back to truth and actual facts.
1. Once Obama took office, no matter what one said in disagreement with the president or how one expressed it, all opposition and all opponents were "racist". Claims of racism multiplied and then grew exponentially. Then it got to the point where so much was "racist" that literally nothing was racist anymore.
2. When Obama pushed Obamacare, he knew that it would force millions of Americans off their health insurance policies and into the one-size-fits-all world of Obamacare. The president also knew that those policy changes were going to rob millions of people of their favorite doctors. And he also knew that Obamacare would inevitably raise the cost of medical care for a majority of Americans. Those were facts. Obama's narrative, however, was the famous "if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor" and "if you like your plan you can keep your plan, period." He threw in claims that the average family would save $2500 per year on insurance/medical care. The facts didn't matter.
3. When Trump won in 2016, the process went into overdrive. Almost immediately after election day, the media and the Democrats went into overdrive to explain that Trump didn't really win; rather, the Russians stole the election for him. For years we heard little else. Then after three years of nonsense, we got Mueller who reported that there was no evidence of collusion between Trump and the Russians. NONE. Even these facts didn't stop the lies. People like Adam Schiff or the talking heads on MSNBC just went right on with the Russia story. Remember, Schiff told America over and over again that he had absolutely irrefutable proof of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Now, we know that he was lying. Indeed, we have now seen proof that Schiff knew there was no collusion as of the start of Trump's term in 2017. Mueller also knew that there was no collusion when he came in as special prosecutor in 2017. Nevertheless, they put the country through years of lies and nonsense because they wanted to politicize the issue. Facts didn't matter.
4. And it wasn't just Trump. Think of poor Nicholas Sandmann. He's the high school student who went with his classmates to the March for Life in DC. He wore a MAGA hat and got accosted by an elderly Native American who was beating a drum and who marched up to Sandmann and stood in his face. Sandmann did nothing but just stay still and smile. But that was it. CNN started playing and edited video while claiming that Sandmann had racially harassed the poor old Native American. Other media picked up the same story and Sandmann was suddenly on TV screens across America labelled as some sore of racist, white supremacist in a MAGA hat. Of course, he was just a high school student from Kentucky in DC. In this case, the facts won out. Most Americans now understand what actually happened was nothing more than the media pushing their narrative rather than reporting facts. Oh, and Sandmann sued many media outlets for libel. He's already settled with CNN for what is reportedly more than ten million dollars.
5. Then came the virus. Think of things that have been politicized.
a. Hydroxychloroquine is a drug that has been used for nearly 70 years to treat malaria and lupus. It has been take by many millions with no adverse effects. But Donald Trump said it could be a game changer in the fight against the virus based upon some studies done in France and South Korea. Trump said this should be studied. That was it. The media went into full attack mode on the drug. People were told not to take the drug because it could kill you. It became more important to the media to have Trump be wrong than to have sick people get treatment.
b. Testing was needed to get the virus under control. At the start of the pandemic, the US testing system couldn't process more than a few thousand tests per week. The media and Dems like Chuck Schumer started a non-stop spate of criticism about the inability of the federal government led by Trump to get the tests taken. Almost immediately, the feds actually got testing ramped up. By the time reopening was considered, even experts like Fauci were saying that we needed to do 4 million tests per month to support dealing with the virus during reopening. The media and the Dems thought we could never get there, so they kept up the drum beat of inadequate testing. No matter what happened, the USA had no adequate testing and this would doom us all. Well, today America is testing people at the rate of more than 12 million per month. That's three times the number set by the experts as needed for reopening. It's a great success, but it doesn't matter to the media or the Dems. They are still screaming about testing. For example, every day Schumer issues a statement complaining about the lack of any strategy for testing. The facts don't matter, just the politics.
c. The lying and cover up by China at the start of the pandemic allowed the virus to spread around the world rather than being contained in Wuhan. Trump has denounced this conduct by China. As a result, the media and the Dems have taken the position of the Communist Party of the People's Republic of China. Millions got sick and hundreds of thousands died, but that doesn't matter. For political reasons, the Dems are siding with China because Trump has taken the other position.
This non-stop politicization of life has to stop. There has to be a common purpose a common goal for America. We should all want to get the economy back again. Millions of lives hang in the balance. We can't have governors for whom it is more important to fight Trump than it is to bring a better life to their constituents. We need to get back to truth and actual facts.
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