the minority of the American public seems to be under the impression that Health Care reform is really going to damage the economy and take money out of the working class' pocket
I think you wanted to write the majority but the statement is certainly closer to the truth as is. The majority does not follow the debate closely enough to have an educated opinion and the corporate operated vocal minority that seems to be "the public" dominates the discourse. And unfortunately, due to the extensive coverage and its amplifying effect, this minority position is likely to prevail. It simply does not matter what the public position was in the first place or how Obama actually leads or how he respects the public consent because everything and anything is going to be distorted by the media anyway. There is no connection between what is really happening and how it is communicated. So what Obama does and how it might be perceived will not really influence the next election.
"Rome wasn't built in a day"... or one 4 year session in office...
The more accurate metaphor would be: "Rome did not go under in a day." as at this point in time we are talking about the decline of the American Empire.
everything and anything is going to be distorted by the media anyway.
QFT, my friend, QFT. As in, Quoted For Truth.
This is why I turned off the MSM a decade ago.
Just stop watching. You won't die.
Turn off your television and unplug it. Take the batteries out of the remote and throw them away, they won't fit in the smoke detector anyhow :)
A conservative believes nothing should be done for the first time
CD, the TV didn't come into common household use until after WW2. It is purely a thing of the last 65 years.
And I would point out to you that the very beginnings of the Internet didn't come into being until DARPANET was born some time in the late 1960's.
I'm on the Net all day; I follow the news online.
I know you were speaking rhetorically, but I'm not living in the 17th century, and I'm not a Luddite :)
