No you're not. There has been some extensive discussion on TFP of the hypnotic power of memes, most notably in this thread:
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=911
Thanks for bringing the issue up here, in a political context. I have personally shut down political input regarding the coming elections (I may watch the debates) and will be voting based on my thinking process and not on the pre-digested and bilious pablum we are being fed by both parties these days.