I refuse to be manipulated.

Americans are being brainwashed. In subtle and overt ways. By political advertising. Paid for by business. Corporations. And rich individuals. The aim is to deny Obama a second term in office. And to elect Republicans. At every level of government. Because Republicans will give the rich money manipulators virtually everything they want. Power. Power. And more power. Politically. Economically. Socially. And this immense, unlimited spending is the result of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. That businesses/corporations are to be treated as individuals. Able to spend freely on political/election campaigns. Indeed, it's a sad state of affairs. Because people are easily brainwashed. By sound bites. Especially those repeated over and over and over. Even the worst, most flagrant lies become the perceived truth. It's a way of turning a nation's populace into robots. To do the bidding of the manipulators. Yes, folks, we've reached that point. We've become a society of the manipulated. Americans no longer think for themselves. Sad. Sad. Sad. I refuse to be manipulated. Unfortunately, I'm in the minority. --Jim Broede