GOP on message, still.
The Bush Administration was famous for staying ‘on message’, and keeping the GOP on the same message. One imagined a simple top down hierarchy where Carl Rove had a catchy nugget of propaganda pop into his mind like “Kerry is a flip-flopper,” or “better to fight them there than here,” etc. Rove mentioned the sound bite to an assistant who emailed it to Condi, Dick, and a few key Republican Party big shots. They sent the message to cronies who used to terms in the media. Fox News picks up on it, and they’re off.
The impressive thing is how well Conservatives stay on message without the Bush infrastructure. Find a right winger who doesn’t worry about government panels interfering with old people’s health care, or fear what cap and trade will do to the economy. They disagree with the extreme characterizations of Obama’s plans, but do not deny there maybe a kernel of truth to calling Obama a socialist.
Naturally, Obama can’t stay on Obama’s own message. I wonder if fidelity to the message is a universal characteristic of right wingers across the globe? Right wing parties seem always to be associated with patriotism, even in countries like Holland or Israel where freedom of thought is a founding principle of the national character.
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Robert M Hoehn September 23rd, 2009, 11:11 am
Good point Steve. I wanted to leave a thoughtful comment!
Robert M Hoehn September 23rd, 2009, 5:11 pm
Good point Steve. I wanted to leave a thoughtful comment!