Barack Obama

outrage of the day. Now, let's react to what they are doing.

Really, the Republican Party sets the narrative. Then, Faux News puts that narrative in the media and sets the tone for the Corporate Media. That narrative is repeated by so-called "more balanced" outlets--all trying to compete with Faux News.

But what happens is that they're all REACTING to the narrative that Republicans set.

And because they are afraid of being tarred with the dreaded "liberal" label ( oh, noes! can't be liberals! ) they go out of their way to be the reaction against the meme or to act as if "both sides are the same" and therefore government is broken.

And if government is broken, which party does that benefit? The party that views government as necessary for benefitting the public good and serving those in need? Or the party that views government as bad, evil--the problem!

That's really why the Democrats lost. Not only were they cowards, but they didn't have a response to the prevailing corporate narrative--the meme that suggests government is broken.

Government is broken because we elect people who deliberately want to break it so that they can turn around, point to it, and go "seeeee, see how bad government is!".