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Originally Posted by Cimarron29414
I'm arguing that the WH holds all the cards in the initial presentation of their message, if they'd spend a little more time thinking it through - this wouldn't have happened. The initial reaction from the parents was information gathering and when faced with a lack thereof (subject matter and text of speech), they opted out. This reaction by some eventually became the media firestorm, willingly fueled by 24 hr news to bruise the administration. If the information had been made available at the same time as the announcement, the parents would have gone, "Oh! Okay, that makes sense." and it would have been over.
If the WH press dept. is too obtuse to recognize that any lapse in message is going to be feasted upon, then they are just that - obtuse. They have no one to blame but themselves.
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Hear, hear!
You are precisely on point.
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Originally Posted by samcol
Sounds very similar to how they handled the health care bill. It's like they are trying to be vague about every issue until a huge shitstorm ensues, and then they try to back track and explain what the heck is really going on.
Also, why did it take them so long to release the transcript to clam everyone down? It was quite apparent that many people were not pleased about him speaking and could of been taken care of if they released the text earlier.
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Wow, some reasoned comments. It was getting kinda funny reading liberals debating among themselves and creating straw-men arguments to make conservatives look stupid
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Originally Posted by roachboy
so you really are arguing that.
jesus.
beneath that, however, you are pointing to the problem---conservative memes getting way way way too much press attention without adequate indicators that they are fucked up. they get press and they're presented as if they represented a legitimate political position. THAT'S the problem.
if that wasn't happening, none of this idiocy would get traction amongst the paranoid set.
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Again, it is the liberal media and liberal talking heads falling all over themselves to be the first in line to making the most of this non-story and to try to conclude any train of thought against Obama is a view held by every conservative.