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KharmaTrain

(31,706 posts)
4. The Corporate Media Is Starting To See The Bubble...
Sat Nov 17, 2012, 10:50 AM
Nov 2012

It used to be noise made on Bullshit Mountain rolled downhill and became the talking points everywhere. If Senator Durbin dared to utter that he didn't agree with the dubya regime, he was pummeled...forced to apologize and anyone else who dared to question the talking point du jour of Ailes, rushbo and company were dismissed as cranks and "libruls".

Thanks to the hard work of folks on the innertoobs as well as Rachel, Ed, Keith, Lawrence, Chris, Martin and others via MSNBC, there's a pushback that the great unhinged still haven't figured out. They're still used to manufacturing "news" and expecting that they could amp up a scandal that would distract from the big ass kicking they took in the elections and attempt to "lay down the law" with that "uppity" Obama (how dare him win!! :sarcasm

The real stinger for people like Gramps McCrank is how President Obama has made strong inroads against the decades-long hold on the public perception that rushpublicans are stronger on foreign affairs and defense than Democrats. The poutrages will continue...

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