Take the Muzzle off the Pitbull

Governor Sarah Palin won't speak with the media. This whole "cone of silence" thing is eerily similar to the Nazi theory of the "big lie". The Republicans have just co-opted the big lie theory into the "big narrative theory". In that the public's engagement with Gov. Palin is all about the narrative, no substance, or no follow-up questions answered by the candidate herself. It's just propaganda ploy to spin the bullspit (to coin former Reagan speech writer, Peggy Noonan's sentiment). The ministers of GOP propaganda are out in full force. The McCain campaign offers the American people NOTHING of substance-- but, haven't we witnessed this populist game played-out before in history and it gets real ugly.

Much like the tyrannical reign of the Republicans, during the reign of the Third Reich the Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, masterfully spun the “big lie” theory. The theory goes something like if a “lie,” or in the Republican's case a “narrative,” no matter how outrageous, is repeated often enough that it will eventually be accepted as the truth.

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. . . It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”-- Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda

Take the muzzle off of the pitbull and let the dog speak to the reporters.