Reply #96: I understand your concern..

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... but I'm not sure it is valid. Here's what I think. The RW base eats up the media bashing of Hillary and the Dems. They love it. But who cares, they are going to vote Republican no matter what.

The more strident and unreasonable the media piling on becomes, the more swing voters realize that there is nothing objective or fair about the coverage. I claim this has already happened. Bush's poll numbers in terms of approval are almost down to just his base. If people were really being swayed that effectively by Fox et al, he wouldn't be polling in the thirties because they are propping him up at full capacity.

The next thing that needs to happen it to create among the population the belief that Dems stand for something and will fight to get it. Some strong rhetoric is going to be required. With Bush** polling in the 30s, how many people are really going to be offended by a strident attack? No, they are not going to be offended, their feelings are going to be confirmed.

Let the news media spin away. Its not working, and all it is doing is killing their own credibility. The meme that the media is a pack of liars is also one that Americans are ready to hear.