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In reply to the discussion: Exactly what would you recommend that President Biden do to turn his negatives [View all]TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)that things like the media are SUPPOSED to attack the powers-that be. it is their fundamental function. In a democracy, we are supposed to have the brains to figure truth from bullshit. Plato had a lot to say about that, and he was not very encouraging.
I heard that Presidents were customarily limited to two terms because Washington was upset about all the trashing he got and refused to go through the crap he would have had to if he went for a third term.
Hearst's "news" operation almost singlehandedly got us into the Spanish-American war.
After dealing with Stalin, FDR, Montgomery other egos while fighting Germany. Ike developed some extraordinary skills to head off the attacks from all sides, and maintain a relatively successful Presidency. Having Cronkite at the time helped more than we know.
I have found that Democrats spend an awful lot of time in he circular shootouts and too often don't set sights on the real targets, depending upon demographics and other sideshows to get votes. And a lot of them seem to miss the surety of the Dixiecrats and big city corruption.
We forget that the voting population is essentially selfish, and votes for goodies for itself, as much as anything else. We have to find a way to sell our programs to that selfish population.