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Thursday, November 7, 2013

Conservative and viral: I did it - why can't the party?

By: Quin Woodward Pu

While Republicans continue to search for the reason we keep losing every PR opportunity handed to us—the government shutdown is a good example—the answer is glaringly obvious, and it isn’t based in statistics, logic, or political theory. Low-information or high-information, everyone loves a good story. Our messaging isn’t organized. The difference in digital competencies between our team and our opponents is no longer simply problematic. It’s now catastrophic and deal-breaking in terms of our survival.

Currently we have a sitting president who has told boldfaced lies to us. We have a very likely 2016 contender responsible for the Benghazi murders who has somehow dodged accountability enough to consider even running for the highest office in the world. How have we gotten to this point? Through demagogues spinning remarkably brilliant stories and mistruths that sound appealing to the average American who longs for a resolution and doesn’t want to believe any evil actually exists.. | READ MORE »

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