Building sand castles with Howard Fineman

Building sandcastles with Howard Fineman Kuru Kuru Kuru!

“ Among the most preposterous claims being made on MSNBC about the fight over public sector unions in Wisconsin is that Gov. Scott Walker and the Republicans are losing "Reagan Democrats" by taking on government employees.     The theory seems to have been concocted by Howard Fineman, editor at The Huffington Post, who said, back in February on Lawrence O'Donnell's "The Last Word," that the "whole idea of a Reagan Democrat" was that union families were voting for Reagan. But today, according to Fineman, they are shifting against Republicans because of Walker's tough line on government unions. "That's got to scare Republican strategists nationally," he said. [Reagan Democrats: Tea Baggers, or MSNBC Viewers?] ” Back in 1992, when the reigning political Zeitgeist (what I inelegantly call "just make shit up") was being formed, I was gobsmacked while watching Bill Clinton debate his opponents ("Mr. Bush." as he snottily called the president, and Ross Perot).  GOB SMACKED! For example, when confronted with an inconvenient point about his stewardship as Arkansas governor, Bill might sally."that's just a lie. While I was governor, Arkansas schools went from dead last, to best in the nation!"  Or, he would cite  "renowned professor ______," (who would  later be identified as a teacher at some junior college in Colorado) to buttress another claim.  I mean, what the f*k?  Was it that long ago that President Gerald Ford was savaged by the media for mistakenly saying "Eastern Europe is not under Communist Rule ... ".  Now - nothing? Anyway, it seemed to work for Slick, and Democrats took note. Zeitgeist.  Ann  Coulter's Reagan Democrats: Tea Baggers, or MSNBC Viewers? offers a text book example of this, and why political debate has become useless in our country.  You cannot debate with people who make shit up, especially when media are the principle culprits. Last night I watched a documentary about Kuru, an incurable brain disease caused by the cannibalism practiced by the Fore tribe of Papua New Guinea.  I can think of no better parallel to what's become of today's Democrat party, and its media partners.  It's the "rabid dog" thing.  Click-click.  Shoot it and get a new one.