And we have an industry devoted to stoking and channelling resentment and suspicion, a creature of modern media that must be taken into account.
Gingrich channeled resentment felt by some whites about political correctness with a salvo aimed at President Obama, followed by a high-minded summary of his own ideals.
Mr. Boughton was the co-founder with Steve Levy, a county executive on Long Island, of Mayors and Executives for Immigration Reform, which sought to channel suburban resentment through harsh — but costly and ineffective — crackdowns.
It fits Mr. Romney's strategy of trying to unite Republicans through shared hostility to Mr. Obama, and to channel the resentment of middle-class voters against increasing economic stress in recent years.
Mitt Romney's formulation of what distinguishes him from Mr. Obama fits his strategy of trying to unite Republicans against Mr. Obama, and to channel the resentment of middle-class voters against increasing economic stress in recent years, but it exposes him to political risks from Democrats and Republicans, John Harwood writes.
In a nation that has been enjoying halal meat for years in curries, kebabs and shawarmas, the halal debate has distorted and hijacked the welfare dimension, in order to channel nasty resentment that a minority you don't like is being accommodated.
Bottom Line: "This ad is trying to channel our resentment over high oil prices to Mitt Romney.
The most candid members talked of channelling public resentment against those seen as enjoying unfair perks in hard times, such as welfare recipients or public employees with generous pensions.
No doubt the president was trying to acknowledge and channel the resentments in his own party — and in the country — when he told CBS's Steve Kroft during a "60 Minutes" interview, "I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat-cat bankers on Wall Street".
When Rebus notes Fox "sliming" around HQ and reflects that he seems more like "middle management in a plastics company", it's clearly what Rebus would think about the interloper, but also usefully channels a resentment that Rankin readers must inevitably feel about the loss of their favourite cop.
