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and the media still hasn't figured out how Reagan beat them at their own game.
Protestors on TV waving their red flags, throwing bottles, cussing Bush and the Evil Yankees...sigh

Reminds me of a Regan era exchange. A liberal reporter babe, calls up the Reagan team, feeling pretty proud. She had just done a wicked hit piece on Reagan, basically called him everything but the devil.
I don't remember it exactly, but it was something like this:

She asks the Reagan aide " So, did ya see the piece on evening news. Pretty rough, but that's our job."

Reagan aide: "yeah, I saw that, it was fantastic."

Reporette: "Fantastic! How can you call my report fantastic, I tore the President apart."

Reagan Aide: " He he. Darlin' Ya still don't get it do ya? You just gave us a 6 minute ad on the evening news. You showed the President in front of the American flag. Then you cut to a band of communist guerillas in the jungle. Then you show the President on an aircraft carrier. Then more leftist students. closing shot is the President in the Oval. How can you work in tv and not know this stuff? "

Reporterette then goes on to explain how Reagan and his team knew their jobs better than they did, they knew how to go over media and politics talk directly to the people.
Also she was amazed that most people didn't listen to the left wing talking heads as much as they processed the imagery on the tv. Decisions are made pretty wuick.

She thought Reagans deft handling of media was amazing. For being such a "dummy he sure ran circles around us. "Always positive, never petty. Patriotic, humble, mom, flag, apple pie stuff.
Stuff Americans love, but liberals hate.

Still the left doesn't get it.
Euro-Commies protesting Bush on tv actually help Bush. Think about it, whose side are most people on, the guy laying the wreath at the memorial, or the smelly teens waving red flags and throwing beer bottles?.....sigh

Yeah I hear about that story

You got remember Reagan start out in Hollywood was known fact he became buddies with Hollywood publicist folks at Warner Bros so they probably taught him any PR is good PR even bad one

The media "misunderestimated" Reagan...

Reporterette then goes on to explain how Reagan and his team knew their jobs better than they did, they knew how to go over media and politics talk directly to the people. Also she was amazed that most people didn't listen to the left wing talking heads as much as they processed the imagery on the tv. Decisions are made pretty wuick.

That reporterette was Lesley Stahl.