Poisoned Brains

Most of my life I have been an independent thinker. I disagree with Democrats and Republicans both, but I pretty much vote Democrat. This is only because I can't stomach what the Republican party has become and -- so I hold my nose and vote.
I thought that the Bush years were some of the darkest in our country's history. But, one thing that has happened is that I have had an epiphany of sorts, as a result of this administration and then what is happening in the public arena today -- especially given the Palin nomination. UGH! The woman looks like Pebbles Flinstone. Remember her? Don't get me started on Cindy "Barbie Doll" McCain. But I digress.
My epiphany is that I now, after all these years understand what happened in pre- WWII Germany. Because that is what has happened to a good deal of our population. The lack of thought manifested by people in this election is astounding.
My husband has friends in west Texas -- an enclave of reactionary thought if there ever was one. The kind of nutty thinking (if it can be called thinking) that emerges from that part of the country makes my hair stand on end. Example, Nancy Pelosi wants to tax capital gains at 100%. How could anyone with an IQ above 70 believe something like that. Geez, it doesn't even make any sense from a purely logical point of view. One doesn't even have to go to the snopes website to know that is just plain stupid. Think about it, a wealthy and SMART woman, no matter what you think of her politics -- is dumb enough to want to propose financial ruin for herself and the country. But he keeps getting this one over and over. He's stopped explaining the logic or even referring people to snopes. It falls on deaf ears.
So, I now know how Hitler and his goons managed to take over the brains of an entire country. If people can believe the kind of drivel that comes out of the far right propaganda machine, no matter how implausible, they can also believe what the Nazis did. Sigh. I wish I didn't have that insight. Over and out.