The media is creating a narrative that the GOP will win this year.

This narrative is going to bite us in the ass if we don't figure out a way to squash it. Every night the national news has discussed Teabagger conferences, and "New Republican" meetings. they're comparing the current environment to Regan's early movement for conservatism.

I'm not trying to be all "concerned" about our future, but I'd like to hear other comments about this narrative that I see. Is it just me or what?

... and we're helping them.

Why get my blood pressure up.

...it will get bigger,....... unless it is stopped early.

Come on Dems, think of something! :think:

like it has been for the last 15 years!

That's why in the last 15 years Clinton was impeached,
elections were stolen,
and Iraq and Wall street happened;
because of Dem majorities! Yeah....that's the ticket! :eyes:

by coming on strong and sounding principled. I can't believe some are still not getting it. If we lose the next election it is our own making.

EVERYONE wants strong and principled leadership. The part that makes the most forceful case and **is believed** will win. So far, the Republicans are gaining ground because they are seen as "Principled". Of course their "principles" suck, but what the alternative cozies up to corporate power that leaves people wondering and those who are not paying as much attention will fall for it.

The BEST thing that Obama could do right now would be to jettison Geitner and bring on a very serious AG. Independents and moderate Rs are entirely focused on those few appointments.

Honestly, it would take so doggone little, a few dramatic changes in personel and going after the banker/theives in Washington and the tide would turn dramatically. I have NEVER seen such an obvious route to populism it is staring us in the face, but why are our leaders so oblivious to it?

I think we should asked them if they really want to be the majority and if they do what they plan to do differently if given a second chance. There is no point having a majority if you are afraid to lead with it and make the changes that are needed to help this country.

in 2010, guess the media wanted some excitement,
and they don't care what forms in comes in.

I hate the Corporate media with a passion.

They are the worse thing that ever happened to America,
especially since 1996! :grr:

Oh yeah, now I remember. Silly me. :puke:

But when Clinton says something that could be interpreted as racist they spent a whole fucking week discussing it ad infinitum.

Obama could not beat Hillary, and after he did that he could not win the white house because he could not get the working class white vote. I take very little stock in media predictions.

I remember it well.

But it doesn't change the fact that they've been hammering this teabagger shit down my throat on *national* *local* news.

(I don't have cable TV and wouldn't watch cable news if my life depended on it.)

They KEEP saying Obama's approval is sliding-is in the mid-40s-despite Gallup having him at his highest approval in MONTHS.

People would be glued to the screens to see the "upset." And that's why they're creating a completely false picture.

everything the "Democrat Party" is doing wrong from some republicon douche nozzle.

The media is a big part of the problem, and has been for years.

all the false stimulus rumors........don't know when exactly, but in the next several weeks.

We need to FIGHT back!

Got a link for it?

No, it's not just you.

and Massachusetts.

Not exactly the stuff momentum is built from.

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Doing nothing is not an option. The Democratic Party has exhausted every possible excuse trying to avoid doing the right thing. The people voted for Democratic members of Congress and a Democratic President to GOVERN.

All members of the Democratic Party have run out of excuses, it is time. No more half-stepping, no more posturing. No more 'sun was in my eyes and it was too dark to see, the world is flat no body likes me' excuses. It is time to begin to govern.

Bring the major legislative action on Health Care to an "Up Or Down" vote. No excuses.

Should any piece of Democratic legislation be threatened with a filibuster, the Democratic Party response MUST be "Bring it to the floor. Give the piece of legislation an up or down vote."

Bring on the vote. Vote it up. Govern!

It is this simple. Govern and the people will support; do nothing and you deserve nothing but scorn.

Ema Nymton
~@:o?
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The CURRENT elected representatives in congress along with President Obama need to

STOMP on some toes. get mean. Get tough. grow some balls. develop some intestinal fortitude. Grow some GODDAMN TEETH!!!

PASS the Public Option, and sign it into law. {Possibly another stimulus this time aimed squarely at main street.}


the rest will take care of itself.

like passing the Public Option would probably do the trick Fro. Playing it safe and moderate just hasn't worked for the Dems. The country is not in that mindset and our representatives are misreading the mood of the people.

has improved, the Dems won't be as bad off. But they had better show some spine and QUICK!!!

PASS THE PUBLIC OPTION NOW!!!!!!!

I got distracted and forgot I'd made this post. Thanks for all of your comments.

The M$M has been pulling our collective chain for many a year.

Sometimes I wish I could gobsmack them from here to eternity.

:rofl: Politicians always win elections and the people always lose :rofl:

the soothsayer business.

The coverage was all about Coakley and her gaffes, and Brown the "underdog."

It amaised me that all he had to do to get elected was wear a beat-up coat and drive a pick-up. No one challanged him on anything he said. Now I know the Coakley camgaign should have, but were was the Boston Globe at? They seems to just promote the truck and the image of an every guy.

THAT is Max Baucus' and the corporaDems' legacy for fucking around on healthcare. Obama should have demanded his staff be more pro-active in influencing the senate on healthcare in every way possible.

during this midterm election.

The right has been motivated because they are in the toilet and want back out. Maybe if we think we are starting to get flushed, we'll get off the can and get our rear ends to the voting booths to make sure it doesn't happen.

and they are on the upswing.
Yeah, you are correct the media is creating a big GOP win for November and they are creating the idea in many Dem's heads that we are going to lose. And, yes we should be countering it with our own enthusiasm and talking points. People seem to get riled up enough here and on other blogs, but I see no enthusiasm elsewhere.

You need conflict to have a story....

When you're on the cable network you really have to try hard to make shit up, when you're national and local, you don't have to make anything up.

I keep hearing that this is all due to some historically "normal", cyclical event, which may or may not be true, but what I really don't get (and never have) is how absolutely, completely unaware and tone-deaf (hope that isn't a derogatory term) they are to the influence their repetitive hypotheses and coverage has.

I understand how important it is to provide opposing viewpoints concerning political issues,
I understand their interest in exploratory, objective analysis...
BUT:
So many anchors/reporters who really seem to present a sense of "straight reporting" (as opposed to Olbermann, who I absolutely adore and appreciate *because* of his bias and opinion) headline with theories (as opposed to reports/articles/stories) that, over time and if repeated enough can become reality simply because of it's presentation.

Example: The concept that Democrats are falling like flies and Republicans are experiencing a resurgence seems to be a phenomenon that has been *purely* created by the media because of the continuous theoretical/hypothetical coverage. How can I say that with such conviction? Because what their all wondering dramatically about hasn't.... happened... yet!! . (Jon Stewart did an AMAZING segment on this: that it's not news - it's guessing - when the headlines all end in a question mark). It's called a "self-fulfilling prophecy." And the media seems to be in one of two distinct camps: 1) totally oblivious, and 2)deliberate and purposeful, as in the entire Fox News agenda/broadcast.

How could anyone argue that viewers/listeners, etc. would not be influenced, on any level, as a result of this repetitive broadcast of assumptions (questions) can certainly be mistaken for professional conclusion, statement... if not fact. How could media outlets themselves not see how powerful it is, and how much responsibility they have because of it?

The persuasiveness of the media, which I truly believe they do NOT get (in many, not all, instances) is troubling, but a solution doesn't seem forthcoming... Just getting them to take notice and look at the issue would be huge. I've heard them come close, sort of, once or twice, but it clearly never went further than an on air musing.

It's frustrating.

(dang it. I can't figure out how to post reasonably short messages so that your eyes all don't immediately glaze over. If anyone has a suggestion or advice, please pm me! ).

even after the recent Repuke high tide, the MSM realizes that the chances they will retake the House are slim, to say the least. But with Scottt Brown, and Lautenberg's stomach cancer, and the Mayor of Vegas's feud against Obama (and Dorgan, and Burris, etc, etc.) there's a chance the Repukes will come close in the American House of Lords. Fundamentally, it means nothing. But they will be playing it as a Repuke victory in 2010. Not because the MSM is that "conservative" really, but if and only because they love a good horse-race, even if they have to CREATE that horse-race on their own.

:shrug: