Reply #73: Not that far

[DaedelusNemo]

The media isn't utterly impervious, but there will be resistance to overcome. It's not so much that they're ideologically after you (for the most part) as it is that 1) they are very afraid of offending their audience 2) they are desperate for rating so seek something exciting 3) They live in constant spin and he who rides hardest influences most.

A more effectively expressed message would have a better time getting through the press.

You're right about the deficiency of democratic soundbites, and i think that was part of the point that was being made. We need to be working on those. For SS, how about -

DEMOCRATS: "They're not going to let you invest that money. Their plan is that they will get to play with all that money, and to do that they're going to cut the security out of social security, and pile on a trillion bucks more deficit to boot - when even they admit that the deficit is already a bigger problem than social security."

Isn't that better? and we still have time to work on it.