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It was President Harry Truman who said the only thing new under the political sun is the history you don't know.

It is hard for us to believe, but in the 1930s most of the press was very Republican even though most Americans were Democrats. It was the mirror image of todays media and politics.

Back then there was no TV and Radio had major commentators such as H.V. Kaltenborn who were rock ribbed Republicans. Those right wing commentators hosted the most listened to news programs on the air. Those old time radio commentators were quite biased, but they were biased to the right.

Magazines were very important and Time Magazine was the most successful. Time was published by Henry Luce. Luce hated FDR at least as much as the New York times hates President Bush and the pages of Time reflected Luce's views.

Yet without the INTERNET and with a constantly hostile media FDR was elected to the presidency 4 times. I studied that era a lot. And there are many parallels with today's media. I think then as now the media went too far. They did not understand the affection with which the voting public held FDR. They do not understand the affections with which most of the public holds Dubya.

The media, especially since the Nixon resignation has believed it can take a Republican president down. They don't understand what it takes to take down a George W. Bush or a Ronald Reagan. When their attacks failed to hurt Reagan they called him the Teflon president.

What we can show is what the MSM is doing is counter productive to THEIR cause. The media fails to consider the one important factor that allowed them to get Nixon. Nixon was a not a likable man. I could not imagine a group of men planning getting together to watch football, and then reminding each other to be sure to invite Dick Nixon. Yet I could easily see a group of guys including George W. Bush in every guy thing that came along. Men like and respect George W. Bush. They did not like or respect Dick Nixon.

I can't imagine when Richard Nixon was young and single a group of gals being envious of a friend that was dating Nixon. Uhhgggg. "What does she see in him?" would be their response. I can imagine young ladies being envious of a friend that was dating a young and single George W. Bush.

The same was true of Roosevelt. Both men and women liked FDR. Even those that disagreed with FDR liked him.

Let me ask you a question. What is your reaction if I trash someone you don't like? Correct. The tendency is to agree with me.. to say... "Right ON!"

Now what is your reaction if I trash Some one you do like? Correct! The tendency is to defend the person you like. In fact trashing your friend will cause you to dislike the accuser and to be even more committed to your friend.

Thus when the media attacks Bush, as they do morning noon and night, they just cause people that like him to defend him. It causes people who like President Bush, to defend him and dislike the media. There are a lot more people who like Dubya than there are that dislike him.

The technique to take down a popular public figure is to point out short comings and then make excuses for the public figure. The reaction over time is for the listener not to excuse him even though the reporter continues to excuse him. When a reporter spins news to offer negative coverage of a public figure while defending that public figure, that reporter tends to be believed. It is quite true that if a reporter points out bad things about X and then defends X, the listener draws the conclusion that the reporter is for X and therefore the bad things reported about X must be totally true. Over time the listener will turn on the person being accused and defended.

The best thing about our main stream media is they really don't know how to take down a popular president.

They tried it with Reagan using Iran Contra... It did not play well. They have tried many attacks on President Bush and none have yet stuck pay dirt.

The media gurus think that we will react as they do. They applaud when someone attacks President Bush. They think you and I will applaud as well. But that is not the case. Since we like him we defend him.

It is a very good thing that the media only tells us what THEY want to hear... not what it takes to persuade us to adopt their views. The MSM has never figured out what it takes to defeat a popular president.

That is a very good thing for our side.

I would urge us all to keep the faith. Karl Rove is an expert on how ordinary citizens react to MSM and Democratic attacks. He knows how we will react to Democratic ploys. Bush and Rove both know when to hold em and when to up the anti.

The coming months are going to be interesting to watch. Bush and Rove often let media types dig their own grave before taking action. Look for the presidents numbers to go up and the medias numbers to go down.