Posted By: Jonathan Colb on Friday, August 15, 2008
Conservative, status-quo Republicans are just such big victims in America, aren't they? Give me a break! There's no shortage at all of speculation on this little Edwards story. And yet, right-wingers like to bellyache about media silence on the topic. Am I just missing the point, or is there a bizarre contradiction at work here?And if the nation's news outlets don't cover Edwards' affair as obsessively as the GOP would like, could it be that there are many much more important stories happening? Or is it always a left-wing conspiracy every time the media doesn't faithfully obey the GOP?
Posted By: geoff on Friday, August 15, 2008
Yeah, & the NYT's Judith Miller was also channeling the voice of the White House to get everyone clued in on the big lie about Saddam & WMD, Saddam & 9-11.I'm just wondering, though: when did the US gov't take over the media? Don't people actually have a choice, any more? Is there a law forcing them to watch FOX or CNN? they have no choice in what newspapers they buy? Seems to me that Rupert Murdoch guy isn't really much of a lefty...Or is Phil OD'ing on hyperbole again (nice to see he's forgotten the "global warming hoax" for the second straight week! wow! must be a new record for him!)?It's nice to know, though, that the war in Iraq "is now all but won." Does that mean that the troops will all come home, soon, or will this maybe turn out to be another of those "Mission Accomplished," "light at the end of the tunnel," "turned a corner" moments that will look so embarassing on second thought?And yes: John Edwards' sex life is definitely the most serious problem facing the world today.
Posted By: geoff on Sunday, August 17, 2008
Interesting view from an editorial called "The Candidate We Still Don’t Know":"Most Americans still don’t know... that on the campaign trail “McCain frequently forgets key elements of policies, gets countries’ names wrong, forgets things he’s said only hours or days before and is frequently just confused.” Most Americans still don’t know it is precisely for this reason that the McCain campaign has now shut down the press’s previously unfettered access to the candidate on the Straight Talk Express."To appreciate the discrepancy in what we know about McCain and Obama, merely look at the coverage of the potential first ladies. We have heard too much indeed about Michelle Obama’s Princeton thesis, her pay raises at the University of Chicago hospital, her statement about being “proud” of her country and the false rumor of a video of her ranting about “whitey.” But we still haven’t been inside Cindy McCain’s tax returns, all her multiple homes or private plane. The Los Angeles Times reported in June that Hensley & Company, the enormous beer distributorship she controls, “lobbies regulatory agencies on alcohol issues that involve public health and safety,” in opposition to groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving. The McCain campaign told The Times that Mrs. McCain’s future role in her beer empire won’t be revealed before the election."Etc.Rest here: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/opinion/17rich.htmlJust keep spinning, there, Phil. You seem to have bought all the lies about how "War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strenghth."
