Betrayal isn't a framework identified with the far right, though it may be a framework frequently employed by them. Just because their frame may be compatible with one employed by the far right doesn't mean the frame is compatible with a far rightist ideology but not with other ideologies. For example, Taibbi et al's Obama betrayal frame is perfectly compatible with a moderately left ideology; they say leftists should feel betrayed and should act with that background knowledge, act more wisely, in their future political efforts. Perhaps, just maybe, such moderate leftists will act on less naivete about the influence of massive amounts of campaign cash delivered to Obama by the corporate elite? That's a ideologically lefty kind of enlightenment, I think, and is compatible, I suppose, with the betrayal frame.


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