[Walkingfeather]

"Because they haven't had to fight for things. They've had the media. They've had willing accomplices that have never questioned them, have never forced them to debate, have never forced them in the arena of ideas to win there"

I think this is the most important point he has made. I will add that as the media has lost its influence and the new media has gained the effect has been more and more vivid from one election to another.

[uncbob]

"Because they haven't had to fight for things. They've had the media. They've had willing accomplices that have never questioned them, have never forced them to debate, have never forced them in the arena of ideas to win there" I think this is the most important point he has made. I will add that as the media has lost its influence and the new media has gained the effect has been more and more vivid from one election to another.

Ah but that presupposes that they could gain by having to debate their beliefs if the media wasn't covering their butts

It would make it even worse for them not better cause their ideas are screwed up