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The Big Lie spread like the bubonic plague, striking a strident and insidious refrain during the presidential campaign. "There is no difference between Bush and Gore". Nader parroted it and still repeats it, and it particularly struck a chord with both young idealistic voters(the same type that voted for Eugene McCarthy in 1968), and politically naive but cynical, disgruntled, white men. For the latter group, the lie is a rationalization for not only their political positions, but also something much worse. It's a rationalization for evil. By spreading this lie, the dark powers convinced enough people to either vote for Nader, which helped Bush, particularly in Florida, or vote for Bush who billed himself as a compassionate conservative. After Bush's two-month tenancy of the White House, the lie can clearly be seen now for what it is, although the most stubborn and cynical of white men still cling to it as though it was their only buoy in a vast ocean of insecurity and deadly chaos. They are the ones that believe all politicians are the same, that most people are bad, that there is little difference between good and evil, that any evil act could and would be perpetuated by any one, particularly any politician. This cynicism paves the way for the Devil to claim America as his own. Because if there is no difference, any evil act can be rationalized. This problem obviously goes far beyond either Bush or Gore. For years the standard defense of Richard M. Nixon was that the only difference between tricky Dicky and any other politician was that Nixon got caught. Of course once you read a book like the Arrogance of Power, you know that Nixon's behavior in the White House and throughout his political career was more indefensively outrageous than any other politician before or since. The question remains. What can we do to expose the big lie when there are so many misinformed people spreading it? Repeat the truth over and over again. If you repeat a truth long enough, people will start believing it.


*AQUILA* (c) AQUILA NEWS 2001			NEWS VOLUME 7, ISSUE 8, APRIL, 2001

	Psychic Vera's Secret Diary April 3, 2001 The Big Lie spread like the bubonic plague, striking a strident and insidious refrain during the presidential campaign. "There is no difference between Bush and Gore". Nader parroted it and still repeats it, and it particularly struck a chord with both young idealistic voters(the same type that voted for Eugene McCarthy in 1968), and politically naive but cynical, disgruntled, white men. For the latter group, the lie is a rationalization for not only their political positions, but also something much worse. It's a rationalization for evil. By spreading this lie, the dark powers convinced enough people to either vote for Nader, which helped Bush, particularly in Florida, or vote for Bush who billed himself as a compassionate conservative. After Bush's two-month tenancy of the White House, the lie can clearly be seen now for what it is, although the most stubborn and cynical of white men still cling to it as though it was their only buoy in a vast ocean of insecurity and deadly chaos. They are the ones that believe all politicians are the same, that most people are bad, that there is little difference between good and evil, that any evil act could and would be perpetuated by any one, particularly any politician. This cynicism paves the way for the Devil to claim America as his own. Because if there is no difference, any evil act can be rationalized. This problem obviously goes far beyond either Bush or Gore. For years the standard defense of Richard M. Nixon was that the only difference between tricky Dicky and any other politician was that Nixon got caught. Of course once you read a book like the Arrogance of Power, you know that Nixon's behavior in the White House and throughout his political career was more indefensively outrageous than any other politician before or since. The question remains. What can we do to expose the big lie when there are so many misinformed people spreading it? Repeat the truth over and over again. If you repeat a truth long enough, people will start believing it.
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