re: #291 Gus 802

Clueless. Obama’s not going to be specific in a speech. No president was ever specific on these issues when giving a speech. Are they really that stupid?

Nope. Politically, they are brilliant.

They are talking to people who would never listen to the speech themselves, so they can pretend it says whatever they want it to say, and Fox, the only source of information for most of the right, will back them up on it.

None of this makes sense until you realize that the right exists in a media bubble. Everything outside the bubble is lies and distortion. Anything that disagrees only reinforces the impression that this is true. In propaganda terms, Fox doesn’t just lie, it inoculates the viewers against contrary facts.