So,you pissed off at 2000 election robbed election, pissed off at the way the pugs used 9/11 to drive everything they wanted(tax cut, war, WAR, domestic spying ...)for the past 8 years disregarding every common sense and the very least regard for the other party, "fuck yourself Senator!" Cheney, anyone? (a Vice President of the United States, I had to say that for the MSM). So you fought the fight in 2004 nominating a war hero against the draft dodger oil men. The oil men won.
FF 2008, retooled, sharpened the message, fought like nails on every issue and WON, won that big battle. The bigots lost. Liberals were so ballsy to even nominate a guy who is extremely unlikely to win (in the traditional sense), a guy never cared to carry guns for election, which is unheard of vs a war hero(the other side this time). That was some balls, Libs. Great!
what did you do next?
I will leave that up to you. Here is the way I see it. Overnight, some Politico staffer checks his tweeter update from [insert any rabid blathering talking head of the moment tweet] about how Obama is gonna eat babies on Tuesday and mothers across the nation are hiding their kids on that day. You want proof? no problem check a Youtube and search some interview clip of a "mom" and a dad being asked about it - there!
Next morning, Fixed news starts it off with a headlne and repeats it evey 15 minutes. Next, the traditional media [insert a lazy "reporter"] checks her/his confirmationa from.....Drudge, tweeter... A few others "confirm" that from Malkin(her source? Fox, full circle) and others and hey before you know it we have a winner. The meme is set for the day, heck for the week or month! CNN and MSNBC will spend the rest of the day running around to cover the story to catch up with Faux while Fixed News already working on the next meme. ElRushbi and Beck in the afternoon and Hannity and Bilo in the evening will close it off while liberals try to struggle to defend something that isn't there in the first place.
The funny part in all of this is the way the right wing news outlets' crocodile cry. They already effectively put in the publics' mind that the MSM as a liberal outlet and stupidly, both the public and the MSM "accepted" it. How did we get here? don't even ask. All I know is that the wingnuts set the day's agenda pretty effectively and the "Librul" media sits at the corner sucking its thumb.
Now all of this is known to many of you and it is sort of understood how it is playing out. What bothers me is the outrage toward Beck, retugs in general. What the fuck did you expect, liberals? Sure its perfectly important to hammer them on their lies and distortions but IMO its misguided and less effective way of countering.
Don't even get me started on the WH's communication breakdown and the mind bogglingly astronomical sensitivity. The President of the United States is responding to a fucking talking head's on almost daily basis.
Graw a fucking ball or a pair
Here is my bottomline:
Set the agenda You are the winner. America doesn't like whiny little ball politics. Winners make the rules and losers live by it. If Liberals don't act like one, 2010 will be just the begining. The president must learn how to be more assertive. It is reassuring for the public how in command he is, when he does that. So far all I see is him being dragged into a fucking little mundane issue created by some tweet and amplified by Fixednews and while winner libs watching on the sidelines not knowing what to do. The White House is an extremely powerful office. Republicans will give anything to get it back and they don't mind playing dirty. Liberals need to stop letting it all to the WH, Axe and Gibbs. Let the President do what he is elected to do and let libs fight the dirty little fight. Don't fucking elevate a delusional recovering alcoholic to the level of the WH. And the WH needs to learn to say NO. The biggest mistake they are making is that they set themselves up to such a high standard that they run around clarifying every little verb and noun to Jack Tapper and politico.
He spent the last six or so months trying to be nice and bipartisan on the bill. Instead, he emboldened them and watered down the bill at the same time. He will end up with the same number of republicans who supported the stimulus - 0. Their tactiv, as it appears is try to delay delay delay and delay as much of his agenda as far as possible for the coming elections.