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In reply to the discussion: An Insider's View of the Progressive Talk Radio Devolution [View all]KharmaTrain
(31,706 posts)...the rushpublicans tend to fight the last election and have been flatfooted the past several election cycles. Hate radio and Faux noise had a profound impact during the late 90s...all Monica, all the time and then carrying water for Rove and Dubya. It was new and novel and the Democrats...and especially those of us on the left side of things...were slow to respond. Mike Malloy called it the "numbing" of the electorate...making political talk and TV so toxic that many people turned away. It wasn't until the rise of the "netroots" that our side began to find a voice and way to network and was used to very positive effect last November. The rushpublicans thought non-stop TV commercials and fear mongering would bring back that "old magic"...it failed miserably.
Careful about writing off demographics. Some of us from the 60s and 70s thought there was no way any intelligent and "hip" person could ever support a Nixon or Raygun. Thus one can never sit back...
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