tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post8627381834880418554..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: MOST BELTWAY INSIDERS STILL HAVE NO LEARNING CURVE REGARDING GOP EXTREMISMSteve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-70896222083932612942015-08-05T03:02:14.101-04:002015-08-05T03:02:14.101-04:00You really have to imagine it was the same dynamic...You really have to imagine it was the same dynamic when fascist regimes took power in the 1920s and 1930s. Nothing like that had ever been seen before-- strong arm tactics, brown/blackshirts, parliamentary maneuvers, etc. The "professionals" had no idea it was as serious or catastrophic.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03845393765924795383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-74362498089667433352015-07-30T23:14:56.709-04:002015-07-30T23:14:56.709-04:00Steve, if there were a learning curve for them, wh...Steve, if there were a learning curve for them, what would it bend toward? <br /><br />• Would it approach, "Both sides don't it, only one side is really doing it."? <br /><br />• Or would maybe they aim at the Jay Rosen Press Think rubic of "Savvy," "Sphere of Deviance," etc?<br /><br />• Or worst of all, is there no curve possible for them at all ever, like the Seinfeld Show lens of, "No Hugging, No Learning?"petrillihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17889489779105405703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-65405862243208121102015-07-30T19:54:54.503-04:002015-07-30T19:54:54.503-04:00There is also simply the fact that the media don&#...There is also simply the fact that the media don't care about policy. So the fact that Trump is for the same immigration policy as the rest of the Republican field doesn't matter. (Actually, he may be much more reasonable.) The outrage over Todd Akin wasn't about what he believed -- that was fairly standard in the Republican Party. It was about the words he used to discuss it. A common thing we hear now on the left is that the difference between the Tea Party and the Republican Party establishment is media training. That's true. But it wouldn't fly if the media cared about substance rather than just decorum.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02416505753371676587noreply@blogger.com