From the
American Thinker.com - By
John Ziegler - You simply can't properly evaluate what will happen this November without first understanding that:
Ignorant votes rule - No matter how politically incorrect it may to say out loud, there is absolutely no doubt that the voters who determine who wins our presidential elections are frighteningly lacking in even basic knowledge of the issues or the candidates.
Issues/Ideology Mean Very Little - Thanks to "dirty little secret" number one, I find it almost hilarious that so many political commentators still desperately hang on to the delusion that voters (at least the ones who matter) make their decisions the same way that said commentators do.
The 2010 Midterms Are Largely Irrelevant - The biggest political misunderstanding that most hardcore conservative voters have is that presidential elections are pretty much the same as the midterm variety.
The Liberal Media's Influence Is Increasing - The popular perception among most commentators is that the media's general influence is on the decline and that, therefore, liberals are slowly losing one of their most powerful political weapons. I have devoted most of the last four years of my life to proving that this premise is patently false.
The Conservative Media Has an Incentive for Obama to Win - The "dirtiest" little secret on my list is one that, because it is so obvious, I am astonished has not been mentioned in any significant way. In my experience, the most universal misconception that conservatives have about politics is that most of those in the "conservative media" or those who are "activists" are motivated primarily because they believe in the cause. Unfortunately, for many reasons too numerous to get into in this space, this is simply not the case. The vast majority of the decisions made in the conservative media and by activists are decided by business considerations rather than by what is best for the cause. In other words, it is ratings, traffic, and, ultimately, revenue/job security which dictate a huge portion (not all) of the content produced by Fox News, the Drudge Report, and talk radio, and it is donations which determine how most activists react. This is why Sarah Palin's irrelevant presidential tease and Herman Cain's always-doomed campaign were given so much more attention than they deserved. It is also a significant part of why the "Tea Party movement" evolved as it did. It is also why there is a very good chance that many people in both groups will effectively lay down their arms in the battle to unseat Obama.
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The Six Dirty Secrets of Presidential Politics in 2012
From KRQE-TV.com - RIO RANCHO - There was no smoke, no fire and no emergency. Nonetheless, a big fire truck was parked in a Rio Rancho neighborhood for more than two hours Saturday. Neighborhood residents initially were buzzing with concern. But those concerns soon turned to suspicions the longer the fire engine remained parked by the side of the road. But when neighbors looked closer, they noticed the truck wasn't even from the Rio Rancho Fire Department. It was from the Albuquerque Fire Department. Residents snapped several photos of the truck parked on the street. It turns out the crew with a driver, a lieutenant and two firefighters received permission from their battalion chief to go to one of their houses to fix a broken water pipe. But AFD Fire Chief Jim Breen said the firefighter lied about the location of his house, saying it was in Albuquerque and within Station 27's district on the far west side. The chief said if the bosses had known, it never would have been approved. The crew wasn't honest with the firefighter's neighbors in Rio Rancho either. When one asked a firefighter what they were doing in the neighborhood, he said they were checking out a “smoke complaint” a neighbor told News 13. It's unclear if the firefighters were fixing the water leak for the entire time they were in the Rio Rancho neighborhood. It may be just a coincidence that it was about the same time the Denver Broncos-New England Patriots NFL playoff game was on TV. Even though the crew was out of its jurisdiction for more than two hours and was seven miles from their station, it remained on dispatch's call list. That means there would have been a delay if they had to respond to a fire in their district, possibly putting city residents at risk. Read more
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