The country’s in a foul mood. Anger and fear abound.
What the pundits are missing is not only the depth of the anger, but also the fact that much of it is directed at the media. They are astounded and mystified by what they are witnessing.
Independents, the apolitical ones who admittedly elected Obama, feel duped by the media. There’s anger there because their friends know who they voted for, and it’s become a bit embarrassing. Conservatives of course, are angry because the media always shills for Dem candidates.
Anyone who works in the private sector is angry, and more importantly, afraid. They have been maligned and threatened by this administration with every utterance by Obama, every appointment, every edict, and every bureacracy they come into contact with. They know war is being waged on them.
Women will always ditch the pretty boy for the street-fighting gunslinger when they perceive that chaos looms. Yesterday in SC we saw this happen. This is a paradigm change, and is one of the reasons why predictions by those who don’t see this may be off 180 degrees.
Coulter, Hume, Dick Morris and others want Obama out of the White House, but because they still believe in the media’s power to persuade, they believe Romney is the safest, surest way to go. They’re wrong because the media has lost its credibility.
On this point, we have a history to observe. During the 2010 elections independents came our way even though the media propped up Dem candidates in each and every local, state, and congressional election. The left was bludgeoned in spite of this fact. The pundits don’t get this, which should have been the lesson of the 2010 election.
There’s a whole new dynamic now because the media is not being listened to. The Marianne Gingrich sting is a case in point. It didn’t work because people now consider the source.
I would even venture to say that the people may want precisely the candidate whom the media doesn’t want. Fool me once..... This is the new world we’re in, and those in the media cocoon just don’t see it.
The “forest for the trees” analogy comes to mind, perhaps it’s an occupational hazard. Hopefully they’ll come around when Newt gets the nomination.
Dang, you should have written the vanity. You said it FAR better than I did!