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guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
Sun Nov 11, 2018, 02:54 PM Nov 2018

If the GOP had kept the House, the media narrative would have been that the Democrats.....

If the GOP had kept the House, the media narrative would have been that the Democrats moved too far to the left.


But the voters are moving left, and the success of the Democrats shows that. In spite of all of the GOP cheating, the GOP lost hugely in the House, and all over the country.

Wherever the elections were fair, the GOP lost.

Consider that one. The GOP can only win when they cheat.

And now that the Democrats did win, the media will never say that the GOP lost because the GOP is the all but official party of fascism and oligarchy.

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If the GOP had kept the House, the media narrative would have been that the Democrats..... (Original Post) guillaumeb Nov 2018 OP
I don't know that the dems have moved to the left, the problem is that the repukes.. MiniMe Nov 2018 #1
Agreed. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #4
Your Narative is spot on. Wellstone ruled Nov 2018 #2
If the GOP kept the house Rizen Nov 2018 #3

MiniMe

(21,706 posts)
1. I don't know that the dems have moved to the left, the problem is that the repukes..
Sun Nov 11, 2018, 03:19 PM
Nov 2018

have moved way too far to the right. There are no moderate repukes left, if they were moderate, they lost

Rizen

(707 posts)
3. If the GOP kept the house
Sun Nov 11, 2018, 03:26 PM
Nov 2018

our democracy would be screwed.

IDK what the media would say for sure but their sensationalism bias pared with false equivalencies has certainly helped Republicans. Humans have a natural negativity bias. If the GOP fearmonger and lie, which they do, it's much easier for them to get a reaction then Democrats trying to explain nuance and facts. The media plays right into this.

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