Posted on 08/24/2012 3:04:47 AM PDT by iowamark
Nope. I think they do know it. Like Obama, they try and hide their true leanings.
Spin? Nothing quite so clever.
Spin is the act of taking an event or a speech and attempting to force your interpretation on the media and the public.
The Obama campaign - and Axelrod in particular - can’t even achieve that lowly standard. They have, er, progressed to outright lies completely untethered to anything that can be checked, verified or examined in its raw state.
‘We’ve created jobs’
‘Our plan is working’
‘Without X, Y would have failed’
etc.
Media fact-checking seems courageous and principled but it’s usually an exercise in statistical minutiae.
Obama’s lies are so over-the-top that no rational person could or would believe them. But reinforcement is still the most powerful shaper of human behavior and since the media have yet to challenge the president directly on his outrageous claims of success what incentive does he have to change or at least to think twice before uttering such nonsense?
I think you are on to something.
The same thing is happening in Virginia. This is entirely different from 4 years ago.
Why would you be booed for volunteering and personally expending effort to help the Romney campaign?
Regardless of our nominee, many believe that principle and a desire to see Obama take one square on the jaw (metaphorically speaking) at last are enough to sway the election but if the Democrats have one advantage it is their robotic focus on bodies and numbers. They are happy to have a red-herring debate on Voter ID safe in the knowledge that they can and will do whatever it takes to circumvent such laws, especially absentee ballot fraud.
I’m always amazed that the 2000 election doesn’t receive more scrutiny beyond ‘it was close,’ ‘I’m glad Bush prevailed’ and jokes about hanging chad. But it was close only because of Dem vote fraud and the fact that they finally got caught with their pants down.
no they know it, the writers “guild” is completely unabashedly communist
Thanks....what is REC.....Republican Election Committee??
Multiple reports say that Axelrod and Cutter are bitter enemies - long may it continue.
One clear sign of Obama’s lack of any managerial skill is his infantile reliance on his handlers. But this is not a Bush/Rove or Clinton/Carville/Morris scenario - these political hacks are Obama’s surrogate family (oh boy does he have some serious daddy issues). Can you imagine voluntarily spending leisure time with Axelrod or Jarrett? What a load of vinegar drinkers.
Arrogance has always been the watchword but Obama’s treatment of those $35,000/plate contributors is starting to circulate widely. Apparently he spends a grand total of 7 minutes meeting and greeting, then takes a private meal with Jarrett (her again) and not-quite-out-of-the-White-House-yet Reggie Love.
Halperin is still busy carrying water for The First Dictator every morning on MSNBC. He will happily vote for Obama in November.
Did you hear anything about having the military votes counted this time around? If the GOP can’t get serious about that egregious theft of voting rights from our military personnel, it deserves to lose. Eric Holder is concerned that every illegal alien has the right to vote without an ID in TX, but he’s not at all interested in insuring that our military men and women have the same right.
While the Dems and the media constantly attempt to create a schism between conservatives and moderates (whoever they are), it seems inevitable that the Dem party is destined for a split between 1) the hard-core statists in coastal and urban areas who are now unafraid to openly espouse European - no, make that Greek - style socialism and 2) any poor buggers with a ‘D’ after their names who hail from red states. They and their constituents STILL believe that ‘Dems are for the werkin’ man’ and that it’s the party of Truman when in reality it is the party of Stalin.
It’s one thing to debate marginal tax rates or claim you will protect Social Security, quite another to explain why you are a member of a party that thinks gay marriage will somehow result in a stronger, more cohesive society.
Completely agree. I think many people overlook the incalculable damage the corrupt MSM and Hollywood has done. Together I think they are more responsible for our precipitous decline than almost any other single factor.
Their lies. Their ommission of facts. Their deceit. Their ongoing propaganda. It is all now coming to the inevitable destructive conclusion. And, as the alternative media rises, the corrupt MSM becomes ever more openly partisan and shrill as they seek to blunt the impact of the alternative media.
We’re with you! Wife and I will be manning a phone bank in Niceville tomorrow, along w/about 30 others via bus from Central Alabama. And I’ll wear the same yellow shirt that I wore when “a few thousand” of us bitter clingers marched on WashDC in September 2009...
“I know Romney isnt the best, but he is what we have. The down ticket needs us all too!”
Amen, sister!
Absolutely spot-on, marygam
We all like to get on here, post our profoundest thoughts, and think that we’re moving the needle.
Well, this is one guy you’ve convinced. First thing Monday morning, I’m getting off my ass and reporting for duty at local Republican headquarters.
My forefathers left their farms and families, musket in hand, and put their very lives on the line to throw off the chains of oppressive government. The least I can do is give up a few hours of my time to do battle against the forces which are destroying our country.
Communist Goals (1963) http://www.uhuh.com/nwo/communism/comgoals.htm
15. Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States.
17. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers’ associations. Put the party line in textbooks.
18. Gain control of all student newspapers.
20. Infiltrate the press. Get control of book-review assignments, editorial writing, policymaking positions.
21. Gain control of key positions in radio, TV, and motion pictures.
An exceptional, thought-provoking comment.
The media know Obama’s in danger of losing.
Their side, especially, won’t show up at the polls if it looks like a done deal before the election. They can’t get them to the polls as it is unless they hand out smokes and cash.
Their only hope is to continue to pretend it’s going to be close and try to manufacture a few scandals to get their drones to the polls to supplement the dead.
If they tell the truth about Obama’s numbers, he’ll not only lose, but lose in a landslide and, if that happens, they won’t have the votes to keep the Senate.
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