Mr. Shaman
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- May 4, 2010
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"The Tea Party / Republicans are reported to be energized, angry and mobilized; ready to hand the Democrats a walloping in November and take back control of the House and the Senate. That's what we've been hearing from the media for the past several months. Every primary is assigned some special significance: "a referendum against Obamacare", "anti-incumbency fever", "a proxy war", between Palin and Huckabee or between Clinton and Obama, as if that's who the public was actually voting for.
How does the media hype stack up to what actually happened? 98% of incumbents were nominated, not exactly "anti-incumbency fever". The "proxy war" was a fictional media event. It only illustrated who was most effective at getting exposure, not a predictor of outcomes or what they meant.
We have become a very impatient people with a national case of attention deficit disorder. If what we hope will happen doesn't happen right away, we become disinterested. If our fantasy isn't realized we become disappointed. The "enthusiasm gap" is another phrase for apathy. Look at the alternative. Apathy doesn't win elections, votes do."
Think about how much FUN, we had, watching "conservatives" in '08!!
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