With Obama's Approval Numbers Flagging, It Must Be Time For Another "We've Given Up On Government" Piece

I don't necessarily disagree with many of the claims made here, but I do not this pattern.

When Republicans are distrusted by the people, and failing, the media has no problem being very specific: Republicans distrusted, the headlines run.

When liberals are disliked and distrusted -- as in 2010 -- the media refuses to say so. Instead, the generalize the sentiment out from the specific -- "public loses confidence in liberal Democrats" -- to the deliberately general -- "public loses confidence in government" or "public loses confidence in democracy."

Remember, 2010 was marked by anti-incumbent sentiment.

Most conservative Republican incumbents didn't seem to experience that.

But I suppose this is how it looks to liberals, as they believe "democracy" only proves itself worthy of them when it puts them into power, and governments are only legitimate when they control them.

So yet another piece which avoids the elephant in the room by talking about a general air of despair rather than a very specific disapproval of a socialist wannabe terrorist president.*

* According to the Civility Project at the NCEW, this is not incivil, for I deem it to be a fact.

posted by Ace at 08:33 PM

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