Nice article. I would hope a simple message regarding this could be hammered into the heads of the electorate. I seriously doubt it. I think it is too complex for the average voter to want to put in the time and effort to know. All they hear is short brief sound bites.
Weiner showed his weiner. That sinks in fast. They get it. The Clinton’s Whitewater investments completely baffled them. I don’t think this story is any less complicated than Whitewater.
The article says “The Morgenson/Rosner story is a simple and easily grasped one. It is made for campaign ads.”
Oh really? Then the article says, “The housing bubble and the financial market meltdown were very complex phenomena, many cooks were required to spoil this broth and the arguments over what caused the crash may never end.”
And THAT my friend is the indisputable fact. Show a few adds about James Johnson and Fannie, and the MSM/DNC/SEIU machines come back with quotes from Bush saying we need more housing for the poor. Just show the faces of Republicans Phil Gramm and Jim Leach with the caption “Repealled the SAFEGUARDS of the Glass-Steagal Act.”
That is it. Bubba’s eyes glaze over and Sissy wants to go for a yogurt. Game over.
Even if the foundation is simple, the details of this story are extremely complex, and the MSM/DNC/SEIU machine will obscure the simple moral in the complex details. Game over. Pushing this to Joe Sixpack and Suzi Soccermom would take the communication skills of Reagan on steroids.
IMHO, this story will never be more than preaching to the choir. True conservatives will know where the bulk of the blame lies, and we would enjoy reading the book and learning new details about the truth, but there is no way Joe 6 and Suzi SM takes the time necessary to dig beyond the MSM/DNC/SEIU smokescreen that would play 24/7 to obscure the truth. No way.
Much better to just keep with “It’s the economy stupid”.
Much better to highlight the unemployment numbers and food and gas prices. Joe 6 and Suzi SM already know those are true. That is where the Donkeys and the radical Socialist Muslim in chief are vulnerable.
Why does this thread only have 36 posts. Hello!