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grantcart

(53,061 posts)
Thu Oct 10, 2013, 07:13 PM Oct 2013

Chumming for sharks, the media turns on the GOP

Chumming (American English from Powhatan[1]) is the practice of luring animals, usually fish such as sharks, by throwing "chum" into the water. Chum often consists of fish parts and blood, which attract fish, particularly sharks owing to their keen sense of smell.


The President has been dicing and slicing the Republican idiocy and leaving the parts in the water. Now the media sees the "jaw dropping" change in the polls.

For those of us watching it hour by hour you will have just noticed that the media has now turned. It now feels almost Watergate like (for the old folks).

You will see the media growing more and more hostile, especially with these silly little pressers where they answer only one question and then run away after going over their talking points with shaky voices.

Boehner is about to face a shitstorm, including open hostility from Wall Street.

You can feel the change. Democrats are united AND relaxed. The media senses a wounded animal and now with the peoples anger quantified have started hunting the bastards down.
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Chumming for sharks, the media turns on the GOP (Original Post) grantcart Oct 2013 OP
Please let it be so. Please please please please, God... Hekate Oct 2013 #1
Please... ejbr Oct 2013 #54
Yes, that one! Hekate Oct 2013 #58
reverse it. pansypoo53219 Oct 2013 #59
a lot like Watergate.... tulsakatz Oct 2013 #2
What feels so familiar is the media herd turning. grantcart Oct 2013 #4
They always do when they smell blood in the water. IrishAyes Oct 2013 #30
Very true, and it should be Dem policy to make sure there is Pub blood Nay Oct 2013 #56
One side can't play nicey nice if the opponent is fighting mean and dirty with low blow after blow DonRedwood Oct 2013 #61
that's true.... tulsakatz Oct 2013 #65
me too! tulsakatz Oct 2013 #67
yes, it is tulsakatz Oct 2013 #66
When I see John Lennon and Yoko Ono in the audience... barnabas63 Oct 2013 #64
I think Boehner has already been receiving hostility from Wall Street LonePirate Oct 2013 #3
Great observation and description of the mood/vibes changing... liberalla Oct 2013 #5
K&R Tarheel_Dem Oct 2013 #6
You're funny.. this is the kind "shark" story I Cha Oct 2013 #7
It's 3 dimensional flamingdem Oct 2013 #29
Ja Vol! Cha Oct 2013 #38
Das ist gut flamingdem Oct 2013 #39
Cheers! Cha Oct 2013 #40
The look on Biden's face... He's ready to kick some GOP ass. freshwest Oct 2013 #42
Tis true! Cha Oct 2013 #43
Dude. You really shouldn't be posting perverted shit like that here.... madinmaryland Oct 2013 #8
DIRTY BIRD! ffr Oct 2013 #9
Now read it again, slowly IrishAyes Oct 2013 #31
Better late than never. Thank you Mr. President. The peoples president. ffr Oct 2013 #10
Nice poster! nt flamingdem Oct 2013 #28
The Republican Party is a Terrorist Organization. blkmusclmachine Oct 2013 #11
Charge them with violation of the RICO Act. L0oniX Oct 2013 #50
I only wish Mr.Bill Oct 2013 #12
I wish I had some fly potion. lonestarnot Oct 2013 #17
I'd settle for a liquor kiosk near Boehner's office. AtheistCrusader Oct 2013 #52
You'd only need one customer - Bonner. santamargarita Oct 2013 #57
Is this the strategy Obama has pursued all along? randome Oct 2013 #13
Less a plan, more the media picking up that he really won't back down on this... JHB Oct 2013 #22
I hope you are right Flatpicker Oct 2013 #14
I do, too. calimary Oct 2013 #51
K & R! lonestarnot Oct 2013 #15
Wall St owns the MSM so this makes sense SHRED Oct 2013 #16
All I'm hearing from the local teabagger queen is whining about the "librul media" mountain grammy Oct 2013 #18
I always think it's funny that they brag about Fox News' ratings Mr.Bill Oct 2013 #19
They have no reasoning skills; didn't you know that? IrishAyes Oct 2013 #33
Republican tears pscot Oct 2013 #20
Even Chuck Toad OldHippieChick Oct 2013 #21
Really. So many have his number. Cha Oct 2013 #44
I love it gopiscrap Oct 2013 #23
K & R SunSeeker Oct 2013 #24
Chum away, Mr. President Blue Owl Oct 2013 #25
I hope Rethugs have learned there lesson and don't try this shit for the next three years. Auntie Bush Oct 2013 #26
I could really go for that. IrishAyes Oct 2013 #34
YES!!!!! all that gerrymandering should be illegal. Auntie Bush Oct 2013 #37
Well, it IS illegal or at least was. Very much so. IrishAyes Oct 2013 #47
Music to my ears.... blue14u Oct 2013 #60
3 Dimensional Chum!! flamingdem Oct 2013 #27
I think it's... tallahasseedem Oct 2013 #32
President Barack Hussein Obama has jumped the GOP shark IrishAyes Oct 2013 #35
lol grantcart Oct 2013 #36
It's going to be glorious. joshcryer Oct 2013 #41
yep grantcart Oct 2013 #45
What! You mean the media finally understands that it's not "both sides are equally to blame." Lex Oct 2013 #46
Yep. Centrism is just another ideology in the spectrum, Eleanors38 Oct 2013 #68
will this feeling last until next November?? a kennedy Oct 2013 #48
You are right, it shouldn't however if they keep going for short term arrangements grantcart Oct 2013 #49
Loving the dem party unity Politicub Oct 2013 #53
Here's to bigger boats!! Scurrilous Oct 2013 #55
A wounded animal should be rescued... AAO Oct 2013 #62
The Baggers have dragged the GOP into uncharted waters... SHRED Oct 2013 #63
Cynical response... salin Oct 2013 #69

tulsakatz

(3,122 posts)
2. a lot like Watergate....
Thu Oct 10, 2013, 07:20 PM
Oct 2013

the longer they tried to deny, obstruct & lie, the worse it became for them! This is similar because it will only continue to get worse from here....

Yesterday they had historic lows of 28%, today they're at 24%! I'm beginning to wonder if they're trying to see how low they can go....

Nay

(12,051 posts)
56. Very true, and it should be Dem policy to make sure there is Pub blood
Fri Oct 11, 2013, 01:59 PM
Oct 2013

in the water whenever it is needed. Up until now, the Dems have been unwilling to draw blood, but I'm glad to see it's finally happening.

DonRedwood

(4,359 posts)
61. One side can't play nicey nice if the opponent is fighting mean and dirty with low blow after blow
Fri Oct 11, 2013, 03:23 PM
Oct 2013

But, the odd thing is, they are fighting themselves and doing all the damage to themselves.

We are just getting watch.

tulsakatz

(3,122 posts)
65. that's true....
Fri Oct 11, 2013, 10:54 PM
Oct 2013

....even during Watergate, some republicans thought Nixon should be impeached!

In today's situation, it's like they're all in the same club....afraid to say something that criticizes other members of the club!

tulsakatz

(3,122 posts)
66. yes, it is
Fri Oct 11, 2013, 11:01 PM
Oct 2013

I saw Carl Bernstein on O'Donnell's show the other day & he made the important point that, unlike many political arguments, this one is not to be blamed on both parties. Then yesterday when that devastating poll came out, that seemed to bury them!

Unfortunately, some conservatives are still too stupid to realize they've already lost!!

LonePirate

(13,386 posts)
3. I think Boehner has already been receiving hostility from Wall Street
Thu Oct 10, 2013, 07:25 PM
Oct 2013

Those thieves on Wall Street are scared the nutbags in the House will actually permit a default next week, which would obviously negatively affect their own portfolios. Those bastards may love to gamble other people's money; but when their own net worth is threatened, they scream bloody murder.

liberalla

(9,166 posts)
5. Great observation and description of the mood/vibes changing...
Thu Oct 10, 2013, 07:43 PM
Oct 2013

Man, it's about time! Sometimes the media is so slow to catch on.

I'm going to enjoy this. Hopefully this leads us to a successful 2014 retake of the House.

Cha

(295,926 posts)
7. You're funny.. this is the kind "shark" story I
Thu Oct 10, 2013, 08:35 PM
Oct 2013

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can get behind. So they finally smelled blood in the water after those fell on them?

Random relaxed pic of POTUS and VPOTUS out among the people in DC..



mahalo grant

madinmaryland

(64,920 posts)
8. Dude. You really shouldn't be posting perverted shit like that here....
Thu Oct 10, 2013, 09:00 PM
Oct 2013


Oh, nevermind. I read it too fast without my glasses.
 

randome

(34,845 posts)
13. Is this the strategy Obama has pursued all along?
Thu Oct 10, 2013, 09:43 PM
Oct 2013

I'm not one to think he's playing eleventh dimension chess or anything but I'd say it's possible he knew all along that if he showed anger, the media would be just as likely to turn on him.

If he remains above the fray, the media will attack whoever they perceive to be the more wounded animal.

Right now the GOP is gravely wounded and the lighting is just right for the cameras.
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JHB

(37,132 posts)
22. Less a plan, more the media picking up that he really won't back down on this...
Thu Oct 10, 2013, 10:04 PM
Oct 2013

...plus the headless nature of the Republicans (and, IMO, a lot of highly-paid media people and owners worried about their own portfolios) has given them some "permission" to not fret about looking "liberal" by being harder on the Republicans.

Flatpicker

(894 posts)
14. I hope you are right
Thu Oct 10, 2013, 09:45 PM
Oct 2013

I don't see how the press could slip their masters leash for too long.

Some false equivalencies will have to be brought to the front to keep the status quo. Just give them a day or so.

If the media had done their job, this never would have come to pass as the Teabaggers would have not gotten legitimate airtime.

calimary

(80,700 posts)
51. I do, too.
Fri Oct 11, 2013, 12:12 PM
Oct 2013

But I don't underestimate the stupidity of the American media OR a fair number of American voters. After all, many of them have seen fit to vote the louie gohmerts, ted cruzes, mitch mcconnells, boners, and michele bachmanns into office.

I hope you're right, grantcart! This is what SHOULD happen.

mountain grammy

(26,571 posts)
18. All I'm hearing from the local teabagger queen is whining about the "librul media"
Thu Oct 10, 2013, 09:49 PM
Oct 2013

That's how I know the tables are turning. To me, they look like the same old low information, half the story media.

I swear that woman was a Nazi prison guard in a former life (the teabagger queen.) I just have to get that off my chest, our local nut cases are raging.

Mr.Bill

(24,104 posts)
19. I always think it's funny that they brag about Fox News' ratings
Thu Oct 10, 2013, 09:53 PM
Oct 2013

being so much higher than MSNBC's, then they claim that the media is controlled by liberals.

Auntie Bush

(17,528 posts)
26. I hope Rethugs have learned there lesson and don't try this shit for the next three years.
Thu Oct 10, 2013, 10:32 PM
Oct 2013

I hope the next person running for president openly campaigns that they will not negotiate with anyone regarding the debt ceiling and expect it to be honored without exceptions... maybe make it law that it will be automatically paid without any bribery or "conversations".

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
34. I could really go for that.
Thu Oct 10, 2013, 10:50 PM
Oct 2013

Plus, I'd like to see these illegally gerrymandered districts redrawn along more ethical lines and the law(s) against gerrymandering ENFORCED, FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD!

Auntie Bush

(17,528 posts)
37. YES!!!!! all that gerrymandering should be illegal.
Thu Oct 10, 2013, 11:02 PM
Oct 2013

What kind of democracy do we have if someone can't be voted out of office? I can't believe we are stuck with those Rethugs till 2020.

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
47. Well, it IS illegal or at least was. Very much so.
Fri Oct 11, 2013, 10:22 AM
Oct 2013

But the GOP has been wiggling its way around restrictions like a snake. Unless (and even if) the law got changed when I wasn't looking, it needs to be tightened up or reinstated, and then enforced severely.

blue14u

(575 posts)
60. Music to my ears....
Fri Oct 11, 2013, 03:15 PM
Oct 2013

When I saw that going on ... about Feb of 2013.. I was fuming mad!!!

That should be illegal and we must change it asap!!!

joshcryer

(62,265 posts)
41. It's going to be glorious.
Fri Oct 11, 2013, 12:32 AM
Oct 2013

They've been having a hard time painting the Republicans in a neutral light so far, and now the polls, as you astutely observe, are going to make them simply take an objective view. They want what sells and the American people don't want to hear a neutral message.

Lex

(34,108 posts)
46. What! You mean the media finally understands that it's not "both sides are equally to blame."
Fri Oct 11, 2013, 10:12 AM
Oct 2013

This was their go-to story for so long about everything political that most people who casually observe politics actually believed it.

 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
68. Yep. Centrism is just another ideology in the spectrum,
Fri Oct 11, 2013, 11:35 PM
Oct 2013

with no more claim to a "higher morality" than any other ideology; in the case of MSM, centrism has become bi-polar myth.

I hear that "both sides" crap, I turn to something more grounded in reality.

a kennedy

(29,467 posts)
48. will this feeling last until next November??
Fri Oct 11, 2013, 10:27 AM
Oct 2013

doubt it. The voting American public has the memory of a nat...... I hope what they're feeling will last until next voting cycle, but past experience......nope, they ain't gonna remember this at all, JHMO.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
49. You are right, it shouldn't however if they keep going for short term arrangements
Fri Oct 11, 2013, 10:31 AM
Oct 2013

and keep doing the same tactics it will.

There is an immediate benefit however, candidate recruitment.

We will be able to recruit a better class of candidates in Republican districts.

They, on the other hand will find it increasingly impossible to recruit non Tea Party type candidates to run in districts currently held by Democrats.

Politicub

(12,163 posts)
53. Loving the dem party unity
Fri Oct 11, 2013, 12:44 PM
Oct 2013

On DU and across the country.

I know thus thread is about media, but our party solidarity is having a huge impact on the news.

 

AAO

(3,300 posts)
62. A wounded animal should be rescued...
Fri Oct 11, 2013, 03:23 PM
Oct 2013

Unless it's a rat, or a shark, or a one-celled virus, or a republican.

 

SHRED

(28,136 posts)
63. The Baggers have dragged the GOP into uncharted waters...
Fri Oct 11, 2013, 03:44 PM
Oct 2013

...now the Wall St sharks are going to make the GOP pay dearly.

salin

(48,954 posts)
69. Cynical response...
Fri Oct 11, 2013, 11:48 PM
Oct 2013

The issue of corporate conglomerate media ownership still exists. While the news coverage is not so tethered on the other networks as it is on Fox per the companies views, there is an influence.

The tea party, and the ceding in the GOP to the whims of the tea party now present a potential greater threat to corporate profits than does the prospect of returning to preBUsh2 levels of corporate taxation. Hence the encouragement of the shift that we see - that does appear as you describe as analogous to throwing chum into the waters for sharks.

Not related to any concern for citizens or the health of the country - more related to taking fetters off in order to derail the now much greater threat to corporate profits of the conglomerates owning the networks.

YMMV

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