The Nappy Cat Chronicles

Marin Cogan writes:

Democrats may scratch their heads over why [the reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine] has lately become a right-wing obsession, but the paranoia is not without precedent. The prospect of being in the opposition often brings out the worst in conservatives–paranoia and self-pity. Plus, when the conservative coalition seems threatened, there’s no better way to unify the party than scaring up liberal bogeymen.

One thing that Democrats need to keep in mind is that, with the Republicans now the minority party, it will not be the typical liberal bogeymen syndrome, per se. Though all traditionalists are progressive when convenient (and vice versa), right-wing traditionalists believe that left-wing progressives are exceptionally coercive. Obama has already been framed as the farthest left senator in the history of everything. Hence, the coercive progressivism meme coupled with the center-right nation myth will become the frame through which right-wing pundits will view any federal intervention that the Democrats will support during the next four to eight years.