Democratic Establishment Appreciation Thread

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66. prog wing/'left' as well as the establishment have royally fucked up ignoring talk radio

when obama finally got it and mentioned talk radio, getting the stimulus package passed by chastising GOP senators for listening to rush limbaugh, as well as referring to it in two SOTU speeches, dem activists etc ignored or ridiculed it, maybe with prompting from russians, as anti free speech, old school low tech out-of-touch, or turned it into attacks on limbaugh himself instead of on the propaganda operations that's been kicking dem ass for 30 years.

none of this trump disaster could have happened without limbaugh leading chorus of a few hundred liars on 1500 radio stations.

whether dem establishment lives in cities and has no clue rw radio has been dominating 40 states with 80 senators for 30 years or maybe some might like it as it enables corporate interests, it has been a monumental fuck up for the progressive wing and the 'left' in general, and ALL progressive activist groups, to keep ignoring it as it almost singlehandely pushed the country 15 points right. instead, dem establishment ignored it too.

if trump/putin paid $1000/hr for radio then 1200 stations x 15 hrs a day are worth $5BIL/year

dem leaders like the clintons and the obama admin could not have ignored talk radio if students had been protesting the 87 universities that support 260 limbauhg stations while they deny global warming and attack progressive candidates and totally disrupt any national discussion on any major issue.

the talk radio monopoly is extremely vulnerable now with artificial intelligence enhanced transcription and the possible well deserved departure of limbaugh. it is not part of the free speech sspectrum and it is not an expression of 'market demand' for hate and global warming demand and racism. the ad industry has to adjust for the possible loss of limbaugh on 600 major stations, many already artificially supported. any real activism aimed at rw radio will force the aad industry to start adjusting preemptively and without talk radio trump and the GOP are total fucked.

then the dem party will have to go 15 pts left.