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... In that post, entitled "Breeding A Culture of Fear and Dependence," I said:
But this ongoing "crisis" atmosphere provides many benefits to the administration. ...
To sum this up very briefly: fear works -- and it is governments best friend, and that is especially true for an increasingly authoritarian government.
If Kerry wants to counter this, he not only has to attack Bush as being successful in the "War on Terror," but he has to appeal to emotions other than fear. ... They should heed the example of Reagan, who used optimism against Carter and the "national malaise"; Franklin Roosevelt, who used it against Hoover and the pessimism induced by the Depression ("the only thing we have to fear is fear itself"); and Clinton (the "Man from Hope"), who used positive language against the senior Bushs lack of vision.
Approximate Word count = 1005
Approximate Pages = 4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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