Selling fear; selling hope

At SLANTblog the messages of the two Democratic presidential contenders are compared. …As the two Democrats’ political messages get cooked down to bare bones, through the repetition of stump speeches, sound bites and commercials, the propaganda flowing out of their camps this far into the process has to all be on-message. Their themes have been reduced […]

At SLANTblog the messages of the two Democratic presidential contenders are compared.

…As the two Democrats’ political messages get cooked down to bare bones, through the repetition of stump speeches, sound bites and commercials, the propaganda flowing out of their camps this far into the process has to all be on-message. Their themes have been reduced from pithy paragraphs, to high concept, down to one word each: Clinton is selling “fear.” Obama is selling “hope.”

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