Halperin: Obama's Shutdown Strategy Banks On The Press Blaming Republicans Like They Did In the '90s

Newsbusters ^ | 9/30/2013 | Mark Finkelstein

[rhubarbk]

“We press are good for a 15% increase in support for any dim running for office”

What's in it for them? Is it just a giant MSM circle jerk or what is it?

[ErnBatavia]

That weasely old lesbian Harry Reid yesterday again referred to Republicans as anarchists.....I emailed Babs Boxears this morning demanding that she demand his apology to her 'pub constituents.

I'm sure I'll get an autographed picture in return.....

[LibLieSlayer]

They are mostly life long dims who are indoctrinated into socialism and communism and all of the evil that comes with them.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

[Chaguito]

And why in the world is not the NRC or some PAC posting prime-time TV ads to lay this at the Democrats’ feet? It’s a PR war in a noble cause. Why not try to win it?

[Chaguito]

Seems I’m not alone in wondering where the Republican PR campaign is hiding. http://www.forbes.com/sites/kellengiuda/2013/10/01/the-secret-republican-obamacare-shutdown-plan-have-you-heard-about-it/

[marktwain]

“What’s in it for them? Is it just a giant MSM circle jerk or what is it?”

The “progressives” have been actively taking over the media since at least the 1950’s if not before. They select “progressives” in their hiring and those who do not have the correct politics never get promoted, get fired, and/or are ostracized.

They view government power as the supreme good and are perfectly willing to give up profits “for the cause”.

What is in it for them is the belief in an agenda greater than themselves. They see government power as god on earth.

One of my friends got a journalism degree about 1974, then he worked his way up into a major market. Ten years later, he finally quit in disgust. He said: “If I do a story on Republican corruption, it is front page news. If I do one on Democrat corruption, it gets spiked.”

Occasionally, a rare “progressive” will be converted to conservatism, or at least a critique of “progressivism” after attaining enough prominence that they cannot easily be fired. They are then villified and attacked. That is what has happened with John Stossel, Mike Royko, and David Horowitz.

[jeffc]

I like the idea of the House Repubs offering mini-CR's on individual items to keep them funded (VA, etc.). Offer one a day or every other day to keep the pressure on the Senate Dems and ol' dingy Harry.

It's also great fodder for the media when Harry has them voted down, and the House Repubs stand before cameras talking about another attempt to keep the government running shot down by Harry and the Dems (not a musical group).