C_Clayton_Jones
Diamond Member
Cognitive Dissonance and the Right Wing Echo Chamber
Ever since Obamacare was ruled constitutional, the right wing has been all over the place with it's message(s). Used to the the right wing dictated what would lead during any news cycle. Now what they lead with is a whine of confusion.
We now have the the sequester battle, and it's all just one big Ball of Confusion, but remember, not to take things out of context. FOX News was stunned over the 2012 election and they simply imbecilic on the SCOTUS ruling on Obamacare. In 2010 after the Tea Party shot it's load, the GOP took the kooks in with open arms only to find out it's now the tail waging the dog. They GOP has been in disarray since GW Bush, and their last hurrah was 2010.
What the GOP needs now is a new message that resonates with the electorate outside of the whacko base, and real leaders who see a big tent and not a meeting of a clan. Instead what they are left with is alarmist hysteria and demagogues.
What will happen after the sequester goes into effect and the right wing base gets angrier and screeches even louder as what they say is no big deal turns out to be a big deal for 1014? I predict the GOP will suffer only slightly but will become more fragmented. Since GW Bush the GOP has had a difficult time connecting with the people and reality.
2014 can't come soon enough. Cognitive dissonance in a party message has been hilariously entertaining for the past 4 years,
Indeed.
And perhaps rather than a new message the GOP could simply return to its original and sane message from 45 years ago, before the advent of social conservatives, fiscal extremists, and Christian fundamentalists.