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In reply to the discussion: TBTimes John Romano: In FL Republicans make up only 34.9 percent of the registered voters [View all]BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)18. Sure, the corporate media pushes the republican frame, but...
a great deal of that has to do with the republicans relentless in your face approach. Controversy guarantees air time. The media loves it, it gets ratings.
The republicans are stocked with imbeciles who make outrageous statements on a constant basis. They attack, attack, attack. We laugh at them, but they get airtime and allow the more "sensible" republicans to take up the point, but without the insanity. And voters get the simplistic message and buy into it.
The Democrats have nothing like that. The Democrats get air time only to play defense and they sound weak doing it. It is like "HANNITY and colmes" on a national scale.
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TBTimes John Romano: In FL Republicans make up only 34.9 percent of the registered voters [View all]
madfloridian
Nov 2014
OP
that's especially off-base in the FL gov's race with Crist being the very definition of "middle"
nashville_brook
Nov 2014
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