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Originally Posted by nick9871
Why is America so afraid of everything?
Afraid of Terrorists knocking on our door?
Afraid of strange people coming into our houses at night and killing us?
Afraid of being SLIGHTLY overweight?
The list goes on, and I must ask, why is the general public of American so afraid? We seem to be a pretty tense group here.
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I would have to say that it had a lot to do in part of Bush's campaign. Think about it. Every third word out of his mouth was 9/11, terrorism, or the patriot act. He never talked about the issues that affect us all. It was all "you better vote for me or we'll get hit again!" Even Cheney blatantly came out and said it within the last month of the campaign. It's been proven time and time again that scare tactics work in this country.
Feed somebody the same drivel long enough and they'll begin to believe it. Look at the stats of people who STILL believe that Iraq has WMD's even though the CIA came out and said two weeks ago that there aren't any.