The stunningly cynical and stupid Republican National Committee PowerPoint pulled the curtain back on the sleazy culture of hyper-partisanship that is at the root of Washington’s dysfunction. But its impact extends beyond the Beltway…
These appeals have been deployed since before the election and they have, as the PowerPoint explains, caught on among the grassroots. We’ve seen their impact in protest posters, anonymous email chains, and talk-radio hosts’ talking points. But one grassroots expression of Obama Derangement Syndrome has not been properly anthologized. It’s the drivers’ PowerPoint slide: the roadside billboard. Read More…