What's up with the Tomasky attack. He explained it all in 2010 in a commentary titled GOP wrecking:
As I've written many times, Democrats in general still tend to think that you win political fights by having superior arguments. This of course is manifestly not true. You win political arguments by framing the question the media decide to take up. That means being aggressive in your framing, creating conflict (which the media love), and making sure that reporters will go to the other side and ask them well, how do you respond to this?...You see, you ignore the response that Raimondo gave, which demolished the charges. You just repeat and repeat the charges, true or not, replied to or not. Frame the question, so that the media focus on that question.
As Tom DiLorenzo points out the Smear Memo has gone out:
The neocons are in a Code Red State of Alert over the fact that Ron Paul is in a dead heat with Newt "I Love Freddie Mac" (and apparently Big Macs too) Gingrich in Iowa. So they are doing what comes naturally to every neocon, namely lying about Ron's political position.From left to right, from Paul Krugman to Bill Bennett, the government apologists are out in full battle gear in an attempt to stop Dr. Paul.
Here's DiLorenzo with a report with what went down on the Rush Limbaugh show, today:
. . . because Ron Paul is tied for the lead in the polling in Iowa just weeks before the Iowa Caucuses. Like all their neocons today, Limbaugh is completely unhinged over Ron's tremendous popularity. He said today that Ron's supporters are "uninformed TEA Party conservatives" who support Ron's "Waco nut job things" he says about foreign policy (i.e., a foreign policy that defends Americans and not foreigners). And of course Rush repeated the Neocon Lie of the Day that Ron Paul has said that 9/11 was "an inside job." Of course, Ron never said any such thing. Rush is lying, just like his buddy Blackjack Bill Bennett did last night with Hannity.But, while the state apologists are on attack, the feedback from "the street" is completely different.
A lawyer with an office down the hall from me, who I have always thought of as a bleeding heart liberal, said to me, "You know I kinda like Ron Paul."
The cashier where I get a bagel in the morning brought up Ron Paul. He said that he thought Ron Paul could win.
The people, despite the media attempt at blocking his message, are getting to learn about Dr. Paul, and they like what they see. This looks to me like the start of a powerful groundswell for Ron Paul, and a roomful of Krugman, Limbaugh,and Bennett with their propaganda machines are not going to be able to stop that.
