emilynghiem
Constitutionalist / Universalist
Dear NoDog...Fight:
1. I agree that the media/liberals would not be able to take pieces of what GOP members say and spin them to discredit Romney (who is actually leans moderate/prochoice) if these attitudes didn't already exist, plus the trend of imposing personal views onto public policy.
2. However, the media did not go out of their way to run stories comparing how Obama said embarrassing things, like the time he basically made a decision for his own daughters by saying he would not want them punished by having a baby, etc.
3. And the media did not dig up and push investigative journalism into any of the Benghazi controversy, but merely promoted the administration's chosen msg, allowed it to be stated by the moderator during the debate though it was retracted and corrected later, and did not run other pieces where Obama admitted conflicting statements until later.
The parties are not unbiased, people are not unbiased so of course the media is not going to be unbiased either. If the Democrats run on public image and popularity, and they can play the social media game to win, that is at least consistent with their policy. If Republicans promote not depending on govt but on independent decisions and management, then to be consistent they also should not depend on the media to decide what to think, but should be relying on their own perceptions and information independent of the media run by others.
I am glad and credit Romney for using his access to public media to bring out and teach points about how the economy and financial policies work, either to stifle business/job creation or to reward investment locally. The learning curve is behind for first time participants in the political process, who have never started or run their own business, and don't know the first thing about calculating business expenses as tax deductions in order to afford to hire help to grow a company, much less burdens of govt requirements and benefits. So the Republicans face an uphill battle, while many of the undereducated, unexperienced populations are being exposed to the whole political and economic system for the first time, or students who know how the system works but have never had experience managing a business to understand how much risk it takes and why overtaxing companies will not work but discourage development and reduce potential revenue and jobs.
There is no way to expect anyone to teach much less learn all that through the media!
There are no shortcuts, it will take learning these things through real life experience.
On the other hand, sending negative images and messages through the media can be done in seconds, so it is easier to run a negative campaign scaring voters, rather than trying to counteract that by promoting the good record someone might have. That would have to be done by independent research.
Romney could have tried to run negative scare ads slamming Obama, but everything was toned down. The facts that normally would speak for themselves, such as issues with Benghazi, weren't pushed by the media because the govt wasn't pushing those either.
Romney was too nice, and I hate that he lost for not being more aggressive, but I respect the higher road he took with his campaign and wish people and his own party did not punish him for that. I see more and more how the moderates blame the right wing conservative, and the conservatives blame the social moderates; if they both agreed to stick with the constitution, it is like the libertarian said, they would stay centered by basing their position on a fixed standard and not swaying here and there based on moral arguments.
That is a good point, and I hope all the Republicans, conservative and moderate, pull together and stand on the Constitution, especially to lead other parties to do the same!
If the Republicans cannot unite on Constitutional grounds, who the heck else is going?
Not changing to woo the Latino vote, but correcting all issues based on the Constitution.
Wherever the backbone of the GOP went, or got thrown out of joint, it needs to be put back in place, and let the rest of the body pivot around that. I thought it was the Constitution.
