To: Das Outsider
You have a good question there. Clinton inc, supposedly the most formindable, politcal machine of our generation, is really looking past it.
You have to wonder, HOW did we ever lose to these people? But then we did not have the alternative media in 1992. I wonder if the Internet and Talk Radio had been as powerful in 1992 as they are now, if Bill would of won?
67 posted on
01/07/2008 10:31:59 PM PST by
MNJohnnie
(If Republicans want to lose in a landslide, they should run John "Bob Dole Jr" McCain.)
To: MNJohnnie; Das Outsider
[... I wonder if the Internet and Talk Radio had been as powerful in 1992 as they are now, if Bill would of won...]
Talk Radio was powerful in 1992.
Consider that Dr. James Dobson persuaded the religious right NOT to
vote for Bush 41 because he wasn’t “born again enough”. Though decidedly
pro abortion, many Christians voted FOR Perrot. The rest is history.
Rope a dope indeed.
69 posted on
01/07/2008 10:44:15 PM PST by
Jo Nuvark
(Those who bless Israel will be blessed, those who curse Israel will be cursed. Gen 12:3)
To: MNJohnnie
You have to wonder, HOW did we ever lose to these people? But then we did not have the alternative media in 1992. I wonder if the Internet and Talk Radio had been as powerful in 1992 as they are now, if Bill would of won?
In 1992, Rush Limbaugh was the only real force in alternative media.
If we had the Drudge Report in 1992, I don't know if things would be different. For example, we have our Perot candidate in the form of a certain Texas congressman whose name I am no longer allowed to mention. He has done quite a lot due to the Internet. E-snowballs are still in the works, however.
Your question presumes that it is merely an issue of establishment left versus objective or right-leaning media. I think it's a systemic problem, indicative of something deeper.
75 posted on
01/07/2008 10:52:54 PM PST by
Das Outsider
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