Powerful Leader !
That's the Real Deal for the people who own and operate CBS, CNN, NBC, ABC and the other large corporations.
Here's CBS this morning, echoing an historical complaint against democracy -- echoing corporatist fascism in Italy and then Germany from the 1920s:
"Fewer people than ever believe Obama is a strong leader...."
-- CBS, morning of Monday, August 29, 2011
How sad, Obama's not a dictator, not an American Mächtigerführer.
That's not a bit from international news or the budget or immigration or the Mexican drug war. This twisty-sneaky Ad Biz attack came inside the network's weather report on Hurricane Irene.
For corporatist CBS, democracy is the problem.
Democratically elected leaders are weak. Everybody knows that. Our federal government is hopelessly broken. Obama can't lead.
The Ministry of Disappointment tells us what to believe. The swill gets mainstreamed 7/24/365... more on this pattern below the fold......
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