[MNJohnnie]

Utter nonsense. President gives several speeches every week. HOW much coverage have you ever heard in the "News" about any of them?

But I know, "dogma uber alles" your 1970s era Political Science classes taught you this "bully Pulpit" dogma and you cannot be bother to consider the real facts as they exist in the modern media world of 2007.

Just how does the President's "bully Pulpit work"?

That right, the "Journalists" have to cover what he is saying. His ONLY conduit to the people is thru a obviously politically corrupt "News media" machine.

So what have the "Journalists" done with Bush?

Well for the most part they simply do NOT cover anything the President says. When they DO cover it they don't publish the actually statements they restate the speech and focus in on 1 or 2 sentences or maybe a 15 to 30 second clip. Then, instead of allowing the Presidents words to stand, they immediately give MORE coverage to anyone who is critical of the President speech. After about 12 hours or so, the Critics are the ones getting all the coverage.

So, Conservatives knew this was a hostile environment so they developed their own Alternative media mainly via Talk Radio.

Only problem is Talk Radio got too successful. NOW the egos of the host, not their political doctrine, get all the air time. Now it all about what the Host personally feels on every issue. Forget any sort of Conservative message getting out via Talk Radio since their titanic egos in the Business only want to talk about their personal emotional whimsy.

So instead of HELPING the President by attacking the Left, MOST of the Right sit on their butt whining "why did Bush do that, Why didn't Bush do this" "whaaa I am made because I don't only get 100% of only what I want out of politics" all the while mindlessly regurgitating the nonsense PR lines and slogans spewed forth by the Drive By Media.

How about the Political Right quit being the mindless echo chamber of the Leftist noise machine? How about they finally discover the balls to FIGHT the Left instead of spending all their time sniping their own allies in the back for not being dogmatically pure enough?

But I know, I know, wasting my time. Utterly impossible for the dogmatic Bush Haters on the Buchannanite Right around here to EVER consider any factual reality that doesn't just mindlessly validate their knee jerk dislike for the President simply because his last name happens to be "Bush"..

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Johnnie I am afraid many will not accept that the President could give 2 speeches a day (often he does) and the media will ignore it. They only show those that they really are pushed to show by the White House. The White House cannot insist everyone is covered but you wait if the dems take the White House in 2008 from January 2009 each speech will be covered and not just sound bites unless the sound bites make the left look good.

[maica]

Only problem is Talk Radio got too successful. NOW the egos of the host, not their political doctrine, get all the air time. Now it all about what the Host personally feels on every issue. Forget any sort of Conservative message getting out via Talk Radio since their titanic egos in the Business only want to talk about their personal emotional whimsy.

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Your whole post was spot on!! Should be a ribbon winner for this week! I’ve gotten to the point where I count the seconds if I do hear the President’s voice on an audio “news” clip. Seven seconds seems to be about what the ABC radio news team give him - followed, as you say, by immediate criticism, often by a longer soundclip by an opponent.

[bray]

Wow MJ have you been taking steroids?? Great post!

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