2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Fact Check: Gingrich’s Obama Food Stamp Claim Was False [View all]JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)There is an organized and intentional effort to discourage Democrats and depress their turnout.
If you watch the talking head shows, you'll often see a right wing pundit and a left wing pundit.
If the topic is economics ... the right wing pundit attacks Obama, claiming he is a socialist. Then the left wing pundit on the same show claims that the left is angry because Obama is actually a Corporate whore.
If the topic is terrorism ... the right wing pundit says Obama is an appeaser. Then the left wing pundit on the same show argues that Obama is destroyed civil liberties and likes to kill American citizens with drone strikes as a hobby.
Energize the right wing so they vote ... demoralize the left so they stay home ... keep the election close.
Obama should win in a landslide that would make Reagan's corpse crawl out of its grave and scream "WOW, now THAT is a landslide!!"
But the media is going to do its best to prevent any such thing. They get paid either way.
Kind of like Romney when he took over a business. No matter what happened, he made tons of money.