Inverted Things
Avelaval
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« on: December 02, 2012, 12:59:11 PM » |
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« edited: December 02, 2012, 05:21:47 PM by Thanks for all the fish! »
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Surprised a perceptive guy like you needs to ask. People demonize politicians. It's as simple as that. Right now, Hillary Clinton is not holding elected office, running for elected office, or commenting much on elected officials, and so she is not demonized. If she runs in 2016, watch that change.
As an exercise, look up some newspapers from the early Reagan years, and note how poor his public perception was. Do the same for Bush Sr. and Clinton. They're all fairly popular nowadays.
McCain hasn't been keeping his mouth shut, so he doesn't get this effect. Same with Cheney. If Palin had faded away post election, she would probably elicit considerable pity from the public for being thrust into such a high pressure situation. As it stands, she's not getting a popularity boost. Bush Jr. may never be popular, but he's keeping quiet which will help his general perception in years to come.
On the democrat side, Kerry is respected somewhat more these days than when he was running. Gore's kinda neutral at this point: he was vocal for a while but quiet now (plus the added popular support for global warming kinda helps his case). Carter was never shy about commenting on sitting presidents, so he continues to have a negative perception.
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