Remember our old pal JakeD?

Like I said, if one commenter consistently gets the first word and that word is consistently trashy, you may have been “tagged” with a pro-troll.

And never forget, as a well-known blogger, “when they tell you you’re paranoid they’re probably out to get you!”

I signed up to host one of these meetings, and so far, it is by no means “the choir” signing up, it is a cross section of concerned citizens. It really seems as if some sore losers(R) are still convinced their mystery majority has been ignored. Wake up, right wingers, you need to stop complaining and obstructing and join the rest of the country in making a future we can proudly hand off to our children.

Stop whimpering like lost children and grow up.

Perhaps, Bob Casey and others who were effective advocates for Obama on the trail could get out there and sell this as well.

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZDA1MTkzYTc4NjA5MWQxOGNjMzU3YmZiYTJhZDQ5YTY

Which isn’t to say that yesterday was calming. And the boys and girls over at The Weekly Standard and National Review this morning sound like they’ve just emerged from a zesty dip in the Fountain of Cialis.

It’s difficult not to agree with many here that the Obama team has perhaps been taken by surprise by the breadth and depth (and apparent effectiveness) of the propaganda campaign waged against them – while we are only TWO WEEKS INTO OBAMA’S TERM and while the economic crisis is pounding on everyone’s front door like a gang of Mongol thugs. But we knew it was coming, or we should have. Likewise, Obama’s people.

But to be fair, PR is only one part of what a functioning administration needs to concern itself with if they are to be truly functional in this governance gig. It’s a necessary concern, no question, but it isn’t sufficient. And the problems of ethical, responsible governance now are complex (a serious understatement). Some significant percentage of Americans polled over the last few days hold the opinion that the stimulus bill is flawed. What percentage of that percentage is truly informed regarding these matters? I’m half-decently smart and I’m so far out of my depth in this sphere that I don’t express opinions even to my wife (who I can snowjob with little effort). Paulson and Bernake are out of their depth, for goodness sakes.

Folks like us, discussing these issues here on Greg’s blog and elsewhere, can get caught up in these day-to-day skirmishes in really much the same manner as the media people do (after all, that’s where many of us turn our attention immediately upon waking up…what’s this or that person saying?) But I think that in doing so, we can become part of problem.

When we decry “incompetence” in the Obama PR game or where we forward the notion that “the other side is winning”, we ourselves become instances of precisely that most fundamental propaganda meme which the Republicans are now trying to overwhelm other narratives with…”Obama is a wimp and an ineffective loser”.
Rant terminates.

what kind of message is that 2 weeks into a presidency?