Is the Medium the Message? Probably. Right wing media boils down to misinformation and hate, delivered mostly via old, niche mediums -- talk radio and cable television -- and their new echo chamber, the right's blogosphere. There are only two kinds of right wing blogs -- far right, and further right. A place where facts go to die, replaced by "feelings" and "suspicions" that would make Joe McCarthy, J. Edgar Hoover, and Richard Nixon wonder if they hadn't gone far enough.

Meanwhile, the GOP continues to hold contempt for the "not-real America" that the 75%+ of us live in, instead of delivering a message. But all they can muster is the usual "B. Hussein O-bomber, The Magic Secret Muslim Negro who pals around with terrorists and will outlaw the sale of all guns on Jan 21st, 2009 and will raise everyone's taxes to pay for his socialized medicine" drivel, completly devoid of issues and items of substance.

Their tech summit shows they still don't "get it" -- Paperboy 2.0 with Obama tossing out wads of cash? Did they miss the real life game of Risk the GOP has played *POORLY* since 9/11? They risked and lost the lives of thousands of American troops, many more Iraqi lives, and TRILLIONS of dollars and have NOTHING to show for their game. To say nothing of moving troops from the real terrorist threat in Afghanistan to "concentrate" on the Iraqi theater quagmire with *two* mercenary armies -- Blackwater and the US armed forces, bribed with huge re-enlistment bonuses and lowered requirements (no High School diploma? No problem!). To say nothing of the no-bid contracts with direct ties to VP Cheney and others. Where was the "fiscal discipline" back then, when Republicans controlled both houses of congress and the white house? Nowhere.

To say nothing of the money that was not toss out when it was needed *cough* Katrina *cough*.

The GOP *has* communicated the following -- regulations are the cause, not the solution to the banking/financial crisis, we need to tax corporations and the wealthy even less, and the lower 80% of wage earners should work harder (if their job hasn't been offshored or downsized by GOP policies of unchecked global markets) for less wages vs. inflation *and* continue to pay more for gas, healthcare, housing, higher education, etc. Which is probably not a good idea, but by now people are choosing to ignore, not shoot, the GOP's messengers.

Im normally not one for Bible quoting but "The truth shall set you free" holds a lot meaning for most liberals.

After the lies continued from the right wing for 8 years people woke up and started looking at what was being said in relation to the claims these extreme right wingers said.

I personally believe one reason that Caribou Barbie wasnt taken seriously was the amount of time she spent bashing the mainstream media for being a tool of the liberals-a claim frequently made by right wing radio but not reflected in reality where both parties have long had equal representation.