Posted on 11/10/2006 7:07:53 PM PST by sizzlemeister
RBHL, NY - The Republicans lost the House and Senate this November 7, 2006 after months and months of bitter battles on both the local and national fronts. However, the war did not start this election cycle, rather it has been on-going since the McCarthy era and perhaps longer.
What war? The war for the hearts and minds of the American people. The combatants are the Socialists disguised as members of the Democrat party against the Conservatives entrenched within the Republican party. The Socialists have adopted the classic tools of propaganda, the media and the schools; just like the Nazis did, just like the Soviets, just like the Chinese Communists, and about any other political party seeking to manipulate the masses. Is it any wonder they scream and cry ”foul” when opposing points of view penetrate deep into society? To them, the baseline is the socialist/liberal Democrat point of view from which all other ideas are judged, and they have succeeded in “normalizing” this narrative: for all intents and purposes in 2006 the gate-keepers of popular culture and mainstream information are the Socialist-leftists.
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And much of Talk Radio has become unreliable because the Talk Show hosts are now the new gatekeeps and mainly are bending their personal defenition of Conservativims to fit their own feelings on an issue by issue bases. They are more often then not merely regurgitating the same story lines as the MSM. Thus they are more the the MSM echo chamber then the Conservatives contact point.
Mark Levin has a very clever show. He is in direct contact with his fans via Free Republic. Thus he has thousands of contact points thru out the world with all sorts of expertise and insite. Thus via Freeper Conservatives have ways to challenge and and correct erronous story lines from the MSM AND force correction. They also have an avenue for getting their message out untainted by the MSM or other gatekeeper.
Roadblock? Mass Market Penetration. How do we get outside to reach others who do not find us on their own?
I don't know if it would work or not, but if EVERYONE on the right would just stop talking to the DBM -- no interviews, no comments, nothing. It's worked for Hillary - she did give an interview to Alan Colmes but that's as far away from her comfort zone as she's ever allowed herself to go.
That's precisely the question. We need answers! I love Mark and Rush. Rush being perhaps the most deeply-penetrating major medium we have. However, in most cases talk radio is preaching to the choir. Indeed, most Conservative ideas that are presented accurately only hit Conservatives, whereas Socialist-leftist ideology permeates EVERYTHING. The latter is "the norm", the baseline. This is what needs to be focused on - how to deflate or defeat this baseline and, if not neutralize its effect, turn it in our favor.
Absolutely -that's one thing I had in mind. That would be one exceptionally effective, and bold, strategy. The challenge will be in being prepared for the reaction by the MSM to that strategy. As a former newsanchor/reporter I can tell you it would drive the MSM bonkers to be ignored. It would, however, put us in a position to drive the dialogue - but the dialogue at the outset will be WHY the MSM is being ignored, and then if the MSM deserves to be ignored. The actual substance of our argument will be avoided as much as possible for as long as possible. We'd need to be impeccably prepared to steer the reaction. Eventually I'd like to start a list of all possible, reasonable, strategies. If anyone has something sane to contribute, please do.
The very first order of business would be (imho) to kick that Gregory guy out of the WH news conferences, as well as anyone who buried a question in the middle of a monologue.
And, as far as the WH goes, I doubt at this point they'd be on board for something like this. The WH would require different strategies, and, frankly, a different mindset than they've displayed since the election.
This is why we need to convene and discuss the matter as thoroughly, but expeditiously, as possible - each strategy or activity can't occur in a vacuum, this war needs to be fought as synergistically as possible.
Wait and see who is at the helm of the different branches of the GOP after the first of the year, (hopefully someone with a spine) and then they could make an announcement, prefaced by the data, and then state, "therefore, our side will no longer try to get our message out through the following organizations" or something like that.???
Cyber-militia.
Distributed Information Operations in denied InfoWar battlespace.
If you like it, get with Cannonette about posting something on it. We are looking for collaborators to keep the blog alive while I am at the mercy of MWR Internet Cafes.
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Nice read, thanks for the link.
I agree with the sentiment and the spirit. Blogs are indeed the modern pamphleteers. I don't think, though, that we should be content with blogs alone (and I'm not saying that is your suggestion). Our mass-mediated culture has a severe lack of patience for doing simple things like reading lots of words and the opposition can easily draw their attention with mindless blinky lights. Anything that appeals to the intellectual laziness of the masses is a distraction. We need our own blinky lights to compete with theirs.
We need our own Hollywood, but we aren't likely to get one any time soon. Generally speaking, stereotypically actors, writers, and show business types are not reality-based hard-headed conservative realists. Ronald Reagan came from that, and maybe the Governator can help, but in my opinion the entertainment industry attracts a lot of narcissists who are much more comfortable in the Democrat Party.
Hi ya, CN4,
Whay happened to our Richard Mellon Scaithe? We need a deep pocket's soros on our side. Wait, Scaithe was painted evil and soros gets a free ride.
Cannoneer - as always you are right on the money. I've lost faith in a number of the "big" name blogs after this election. Instead of focusing on what the problem is and how to solve it, they have resorted to beating up on the President (again). I love your ideas and you know that I will do whatever I can. Look at the success of Kos - as much as I hate to admit it. We've got to get the message out in the open and in the public debate.
"We need our own Hollywood"
We dont need to use the old one.
Something new perhaps.
Lots of streaming vids out there on the internet.
I think more and more people are watching on the internet now.
Another thing I wonder about is all the Veterans coming back from the war on terror.
There must be some of them angry enough to start running for office.
We have been cheated our heroes by the MSM.
The people know more about Abu Graib then they do the tales of our heroes, their major battles and stories are left untold by the MSM.
We have to start thinking in new ways to defeat the old media. to me this is mission number one if we do not want to see dems continue to win over Joe and Jane Swingvote.
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