” Charles Krautheimer] should have reasoned that way from the beginning. I really don’t think he has a grasp of us ‘common’ folks. A’course, no one inside the beltway does.”
I like Charles, but at times he is too gentle about the Dem’s and their style. He wants no disruptions, but forgets that this is the dem strategy.
Demonize, demoralize, and demonstrate until your opponent caves......
After all, you are the abnormal one.............
Another problem for the beltway boys and girls: they believe what they see on tv.
Thousands of citizens have actually gone to demonstrations and meetings this week, and have seen the signs brought by their neighbors and heard the quality of the protesting voices. Then they have gone home and watched their local or cable tv coverage of the events and realize that the media definitely does not air the actuality of the events.
For example, the crowd at the event in Baltimore county was attended by people dressed for a backyard barbecue, in a serious but upbeat mood. The homemade signs were pertinent, the chants were clever: “All we are saying///Is pay your own bills.”
The tv cameramen and studio producers for the evening news did not show the signs or the chants. They showed garble from the right, and demonstrations from the matching t-shirt pro-Obama folks. Anyone who had not been present and accepted what the tv ‘news’ program showed would have a very inadequate view of what actually had occurred.
The same thing with what happened inside the hall. Cherry-picking one questioner does not portray the tone of the entire audience. A couple of people shouted out, and it was no more disruptive than a child crying out in church. But the media wanted their viewers to believe that the crowds were insulting and out of control.