Scarborough on Pelosi

[Jarqui]

79. "I care that stupid ideas and memes are spread, which undermine "

I would go further to say they undermine the country. They smear candidates which leads to voters making choices founded on falsehoods. It is worse than their dishonest ads and rhetoric because we have a propaganda network, FOX, amplifying and repeating the falsehoods.

"What advocacy?"

This advocates how you think it should be dealt with:

" See I interrogate the bullshit and call it out because I think the better approach should always be to reject unfair framing of those who represent us in the arena. "

"we're having a chat on an internet forum about the ways leaders are framed."

It is beyond that because I think we both agree leaders are being framed and the ways mentioned are merely examples - not covering all ways they might be framed.

My point is that this framing of our political leaders is damaging and that damage accumulates over time as does more time in office which also tends to wear down their appeal/approval. Those are reasons why political cycles tend to be considerably shorter than a lifetime. When it comes to considering a change in leadership, we cannot be blinded by our affections for a given leader. We have to recognize how they are perceived by the electorate because their lack of popularity can bring the rest of the party's lesser known candidates down.