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Obama on Dems’ Inability to Reach Voters: ‘Part of It Is Fox News
Posted on 11/30/16 at 7:57 am
Posted on 11/30/16 at 7:57 am
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Obama on Dems’ Inability to Reach Voters: ‘Part of It Is Fox News in Every Bar and Restaurant’
President Obama sat down for a post-election interview earlier this month with Rolling Stone‘s Jann Wenner, reflecting on Donald Trump‘s win and what Democrats did wrong.
Obama, who has done his best to move on from his criticisms of his successor, struck the same optimistic tone he has in the past few weeks, though he did have a lot to say about the current state of the media:
"The challenge is people are getting a hundred different visions of the world from a hundred different outlets or a thousand different outlets, and that is ramping up divisions. It’s making people exaggerate or say what’s most controversial or peddling in the most vicious of insults or lies, because that attracts eyeballs."
When Wenner asked the president if he still believes America to be a progressive place, he cited how many white working class people voted for him in the last two elections.
So what went wrong this time? Well, Obama again invoked the media (emphasis added):
In this election, [white working class voters] turned out in huge numbers for Trump. And I think that part of it has to do with our inability, our failure, to reach those voters effectively. Part of it is Fox News in every bar and restaurant in big chunks of the country, but part of it is also Democrats not working at a grassroots level, being in there, showing up, making arguments. That part of the critique of the Democratic Party is accurate. We spend a lot of time focused on international policy and national policy and less time being on the ground. And when we’re on the ground, we do well.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 7:59 am to cajunangelle
Do narcissists really believe their bullshite?
Oh yeah, liberalism is horrible disease & it must be stopped in our lifetime.
Oh yeah, liberalism is horrible disease & it must be stopped in our lifetime.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:00 am to cajunangelle
Let them keep misdiagnosing the problem with the democratic party...
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:01 am to cajunangelle
that man hasn't been in Normal bar or restaurant in 8 years.
Even if what he says is true, it is almost as if American is more right than he thinks.
Even if what he says is true, it is almost as if American is more right than he thinks.
This post was edited on 11/30/16 at 8:06 am
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:01 am to cajunangelle
It's balanced out by CNN being in every fricking airport.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:02 am to cajunangelle
That one conservative drop in an ocean of liberal media did us in.
Riiiiight.
Riiiiight.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:02 am to Dire Wolf
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Even if what he says is true, it is almost as if American is more right than he thinks.
It is....just check out the election map.....it's RED.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:03 am to cajunangelle
Whenever there is a cable news station on a tv in public, it's almost always on CNN in my experience, and I live in Texas... not some blue state like California.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:03 am to udtiger
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It's balanced out by CNN being in every fricking airport.
I know right....especially Atlanta airport.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:04 am to cajunangelle
It can't be the fact that the entire party has gone out of the way to trash white people and cater exclusively to minorities while moving to the far-left socialist positions of the Sanders/Warren wing of the party.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:05 am to cajunangelle
For being the "smartest president ever", he sure is a dumbass
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:07 am to cajunangelle
The ONLY way to fix this is to put a hate filled black Muslim in charge. That'll do it!
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:13 am to cajunangelle
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Part of it is Fox News in every bar and restaurant in big chunks of the country,
My take:
1. Even the Democrats need a boogey man to blame for their loss.
2. Obama should add CNN to the list. I think they did more to turn off potential voters than Fox.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:15 am to PrimeTime Money
North Texas person here and we see a lot of Fox News as well.
My company has 2 TVs in the entry to the building. They are Fox 99% of the time. The other 1% is a company logo of whatever client is visiting us.
My company has 2 TVs in the entry to the building. They are Fox 99% of the time. The other 1% is a company logo of whatever client is visiting us.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:16 am to TrueTiger
Obama will never be able to see that the republicans had a schism and FoxNews was on the wrong side of it. We call out our party, they don't. I firmly believe that Obama did indeed get rust belt and indy votes in 2008. In 2012 Romney sucked and Obama bussed in enough to win. Obama's approval numbers in polls are complete BS. Toto has revealed the wizard of the establishments and Humpity Dumpity can't put the democratic party back together again.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:16 am to Douboy
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The ONLY way to fix this is to put another hate filled black Muslim in charge. That'll do it!
FIFY
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:19 am to cajunangelle
Hahaha, After getting raw dogged in this election these fools still dont get it.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:27 am to cajunangelle
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Good journalism continues to this day. There's great work done in Rolling Stone.
Yeah, that UVA rape story was stellar! Great work, Rolling Stone!
Obama is such a dishonest turd.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:28 am to cajunangelle
We are reaching cognitive dissonance at levels previously thought to be unattainable.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:29 am to cajunangelle
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Obama on Dems’ Inability to Reach Voters: Our message sucks arse & we demonize those that pay the bills
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