Mental Distortion

Is it any surprise that many people find personalities such as Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin to be leaders of the Republican party? The media is partly at fault for trumpeting every single little word they utter, overplaying their importance in the real world. For example, the media’s coverage of the Tea Party’s anti-tax day rally in Washington D.C. in which only 1,500 people showed up, illustrates this perfectly. The constant attention to these people over time create the impression that to be a “real” conservative one has to bash community organizers, see starbursts at rallies with Sarah Palin and Michele Bachman, and question President Obama’s origin of birth. A very sad state, indeed…

Originally posted as a comment
by iggyviola
on The Atlantic using DISQUS.