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Originally Posted by rubicon
Perhaps the times for the likes of a Harry Truman or Ronald Reagan are past us?
Perhaps the media mudrakers and /or political pundits have become expert in hyberbole effectively creating a mountain out of a mole hill?
Perhaps there really never was a pure candidate but the media and political pundits strongly believed that for the sake of the country they had to take the high road and focus on the nation's troubles and comparing the skills of candidates learning which in their opinion possess the best to resolve our problems?
Perhaps the /american people have become so exposed to a "Hollywood reality mentaility" that we no longer recognize what is required to maintain a civil society?
...... She is a doer. But again she too faced the media which ground her up like hamburger. What person in his/her right mind would place themselves at the mercy of these jackals.?
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All of the above.
An example of how the media and Hollywood have distorted the lens thru which we see candidates is Tina Fey's portrayal of Palin on SNL. At first it was fun, because Fey is such a good impersonator and actor. But then, we started seeing that real voters actually thought Palin WAS the moronic caricature that Fey created by repeating, "I can see Russia from my house!". Then real voters started believing Palin doesn't read books or newspapers because she refused to dignify with a response, the condescending, belittling question by Katie Couric, PhD in who-knows-what.
I think really, in a lot of cases, people are voting for the caricature they have seen in brief blips by the media instead of for the person they've watched performing their duties on the job for a long time or in town hall meetings where they can speak without a pundit "moderator" cutting them off after 30 seconds and right when they start the substantive answer.