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The Future

I have to say, I completely agree with Digby's prediction of what will happen to the next Democratic president, whichever candidate it turns out to be. And the number one reason it will be difficult to get anything done is the "liberal" media.

That's the same media that accused Democrats of crazy pointless obstructionism in the Senate anytime they blocked a judicial appointment or war bill when they were in the minority. Now that Republicans are in the minority, it is just an accepted fact that it takes 60 votes to get anything done in the Senate, and anyone who says otherwise doesn't understand they way things work in Washington.

I wish I knew how to solve this. My best guess is that it is going to take some super-rich liberal equivalent of Rupert Murdoch to start up a network opposing Fox. Kind of like Air America, only with actually enough money to get time on stations with decent signals in all major markets, not to bankrupt every six months, not to mention to own a TV channel of their own and bribe cable companies to carry it.

Then maybe it'll be shown in all government offices and other public places in blue states just like Fox News is shown on every public TV in red states (often with the sound turned off which is why they take such care to display headlines attacking Dems all the time, regardless of what is actually being talked about).

Posted by Observer at December 16, 2007 09:48 PM