Why is a fair fight so dangerous to the Right? Because people don't trust them on anything.

[BurtWorm]

From Dailykos:

http://feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/137598805/80782

Rasmussen. 7/20-22. Likely voters. MoE 2.6%

Which party do voters trust on these issues?

                       Dem       GOP      Dem advantage

Nat. Security     42       40       +2
Taxes              43       41       +2
Education         41       37       +4
Abortion           42       37       +5
Immigration      40       30       +10
Economy          47       38       +9
War in Iraq         47       35       +12
Soc. Security     47       34       +13
Ethics               38       25       +13
Healthcare        50       33        +17

That's ten out of ten issues polled. Once upon a time, the Right used their media machine and their money to drown out Democratic advantages on just about all issues. Their "concern troll" schtick prodded Democrats increasingly to the Right, with little hope of back up from progressive institutions.

That's obviously no longer the case. They no longer have the money, and they're losing their death grip on the media. As a result, O'Reilly, Kristol, and the rest of the merry band of right-wing propagandists are left to spew crazy as the rest of the country cringes at the sorry spectacle.

[NewJeffCT]

1. That's why O'Reilly & others fear the blogs

This is really the only part of the media that Republicans don't have a choke-hold on... and, because of that, the truth is occasionally making into the mainstream, or the lies are being challenged.

So, that is why the O'Reilly's of the world are so over-the-top in their shrill denouncement of the nazi/fascist/stalinist blogs.

[BOSSHOG]

3. It is so telling

that two things conservative fear:

- the fairness doctrine
- swearing to tell the truth

[BurtWorm]

2. kick