The voting public is made up of many segments. Some are extreme - Left or Right. Some are Moderate "free-rangers" who pick'n choose from among many issues and both parties. Some only pay attention just before an election, and some - many if not most - don't care and don't vote.
The extremes and the free-rangers are nearly equally engaged and informed. Most by watching TV and reading their local newspapers and reading national magazines and also by reading news online and in the blogosphere. These are the activists and political junkies. Most of these voters have a dang good idea of who they'll vote for, and why. For or against. I think/guess they make up about 95% of those who vote. And these days, there are just about the same number of them in the GOP as in the Dems.
But the other 5% of the electorate is made up of people who have no party allegiance, and who aren't politically active all the time, and who only pay attention to the MSM. THESE ARE THE FICKLE 5%.
The lies and propaganda of the MSM GREATLY effects these voters. Polls show that these voters came to believe that our economy is not very good, and that we're losing in Iraq because that's the propaganda they got 24/7 from the MSM. The GOP machine and the POTUS and talk-radio and the blogosphere FAILED to connect with these voters; we failed to reach them and deprogram them. So they voted for the Dems. (When these voters are added to the Dems and when you subtract the disgruntled GOP'ers - who either stayed home or actually voted Dems - in protest, then you begin to see the crux of the problem.)
When we find a way to reach these voters, the Left-wing dominated MSM will have been made impotent. This is crucial because without the Left-wing MSM the Dems and the Left cannot win any elections anywhere. This is important because in order to defeat the jihadist enemy abroad, we must defeat the Leftists at home.
The Dem Leftists in Congress will now begin to attempt to dismantle our defenses, abandon our allies, appease our enemies, and raise our taxes and socialize industries, like healthcare. WHY AM I SO SURE!? They have always tried to do so in the past.
To win in '08, we must find ways to reach these less-engaged and undecided voters.
The extremes and the free-rangers are nearly equally engaged and informed. Most by watching TV and reading their local newspapers and reading national magazines and also by reading news online and in the blogosphere. These are the activists and political junkies. Most of these voters have a dang good idea of who they'll vote for, and why. For or against. I think/guess they make up about 95% of those who vote. And these days, there are just about the same number of them in the GOP as in the Dems.
But the other 5% of the electorate is made up of people who have no party allegiance, and who aren't politically active all the time, and who only pay attention to the MSM. THESE ARE THE FICKLE 5%.
The lies and propaganda of the MSM GREATLY effects these voters. Polls show that these voters came to believe that our economy is not very good, and that we're losing in Iraq because that's the propaganda they got 24/7 from the MSM. The GOP machine and the POTUS and talk-radio and the blogosphere FAILED to connect with these voters; we failed to reach them and deprogram them. So they voted for the Dems. (When these voters are added to the Dems and when you subtract the disgruntled GOP'ers - who either stayed home or actually voted Dems - in protest, then you begin to see the crux of the problem.)
When we find a way to reach these voters, the Left-wing dominated MSM will have been made impotent. This is crucial because without the Left-wing MSM the Dems and the Left cannot win any elections anywhere. This is important because in order to defeat the jihadist enemy abroad, we must defeat the Leftists at home.
The Dem Leftists in Congress will now begin to attempt to dismantle our defenses, abandon our allies, appease our enemies, and raise our taxes and socialize industries, like healthcare. WHY AM I SO SURE!? They have always tried to do so in the past.
To win in '08, we must find ways to reach these less-engaged and undecided voters.
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