Since we knew the media's pro Obama bias was overwhelming and since we knew the media would admit they went to far AFTER the fact... (This is their pattern and their plan. Admitting that they went to far after the election is over, or the invasion has begun, or the impeachment has occurred, is the last part of the game - in this way they attempt to absolve themselves, and restore some credibility, while hoping we forget the pattern in time for the next propaganda push.) ...I am not sure why stuff like what is linked below makes me so furious. It's not like I did not see this round of media confession coming. Usually, I love being proven right. But I'm sick of being one of the damn confessors for these jackasses. We are forced to watch them behave like frothy tin foil hat nuts for a season and THEN we are forced to hear their round of confession.
I, for one, DO NOT FORGIVE the media's sins.
Halperin even goes so far as to compare the Obama asskissing in 2008, to the pro Iraq invasion propaganda the media overwhelmed us with in 02 and 03.
Not big on posting stuff FROM campaigns. But this piece from McCain is so funny, painful and spot on - it is a must post - and must view. It is absolutely embarrassing how biased and childish the media is about Obama. And it is dangerous and destructive. The Whoring of the Media to Obama is doing damage to the country - and the media should be held to account. Esp when the object of the affection is a fraud on the level Obama is a fraud. When this is all over I do hope citizens with pitchforks and torches surround CNN and MSNBC in New York and demand justice. I would like to see women line up to slap Chris Mathews across the face.
Obama has injected a poison into the body politic of the United States. The ugliness Obama has stirred up is real and severe - all the more damaging because he is so charming. We are past now the dizzying, frothing, mindless adoration from Huffington and the Daily Kos. We are now past the snotty, childish attacks on Clinton by Olbermann and Caferty. We are into a new realm now. The hatred quietly coached and encouraged by Axelrod is now bubbling forth everywhere. The media has been taken by over by a hate filled sickness. The nastiness and bias against Senator Clinton is so severe at this point that it can only be called psychosis. Clinton bashing for sport has infected a huge portion of the media. This infection results in a fear of questioning Obama the man - not the hype. But mostly it is a fear to face the cold truth about how much we have willingly surrendered since 9/11. Which is, finally, our soul. This infection has a host. It is the Obama campaign.
The Obama campaign has no basis in reality. Nor does it want a basis in reality. This means anything can be projected on it. Hope, progress, better times, sexism, denial. The man leading this infection is profiting greatly from it. He is a skilled magician. Nothing in his history, and nothing about what he promises indicates an understanding of reality. This makes him the perfect post Bush man. Even questioning his most basic lies - that the Kennedy's brought his father to America - is off limits to those who hold the megaphone.
Our sickness serves them too. The infection is spreading:
Randi Rhodes called Senator Clinton and Geraldine Ferraro "fucking whores" on stage. Do the math with me on this one moment: a liberal female talk show host called the first female V.P. candidate on a major party ticket and the first viable female Presidential candidate "fucking whores".
For fun.
This is a symptom.
Obama supporters are rallying behind and defending Rhodes.
This is a symptom.
The Democratic Governor of New Mexico refused a a call from the Democratic President who appointed him to 2 cabinet posts.
This is a symptom.
Barrack Hussein Obama spent 20 years in a church that preached, bluntly, racial separatism. Yet, the national conversation on this has been stuffed by a media infected.
This is a symptom.
The Obama campaign is responsible for this. I include Olbermann and the rest of the Obama adoration society in the media as part of the BHO campaign. It began last spring with the "1984" video. Barrack Obama has run his campaign with misdirection. Because misdirection is all he has.
It did not have to be this way. He could have run an honorable campaign. But he is not an honorable man. William Ayres, Rezko, Rev Wright and his repeated lies prove this now - beyond doubt. He is a demagogue.
Those of us who have not been infected by the Obama psychosis can see those who are. We can see them clearly. I now hold out no hope that sanity will return. The media has determined that the electronic lynching of Senator Clinton must proceed. Facts be damned.
Whether this means they will turn on him once the nomination is settled or it means BHO is truly the Manchurian candidate I do not know.
I do know we their will be a post Obama moment. A point when those left standing will see clearly what happened. We won't stay unconscious forever.
In a follow up interview on a Philly radio station after his "transendent and nuanced" speech on race Senator Obama referred to his grandmother as "a typical white person, who, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn't know, well there's a reaction that's in our experiences that won't go away and can sometimes come out in the wrong way."
The intrepid Maureen Dowd sees the problem with this soundbite and recommends that he not do it again. She's certainly not going to castigate him for saying it the way she would, if say, Senator Clinton called any African-American a "typical black person."
Ms. Dowd also refers to Senator Clinton as the "Terminator" because she just won't lay down at the feet of the great one and get out of the way of his ascendency. According to Ms. Dowd, Senator Clinton will have to use the Super Delegates to win because she won't have enough regular delegates. She doesn't say that the same holds true for Senator Obama. She also doesn't bother to point out when talking about Governor Richardson's endorsement that he went against the will of the people of his state who voted for Senator Clinton (in a caucus) two to one.
Remember back at the beginning of this campaign, what, ten, fifteen years ago, when the talk on Senator Obama was that he wasn't black enough? You would imagine a REPORTER of news might have tracked down the Reverand Wright story. Or perhaps his links with William Ayers as John points out below. The media decided not to look into Senator Obama or, if they did, decided not to report it.
Senator Clinton said from the onset that we know all there is to know about the bad stuff on her and she was right. Has there been any new scandals associated with Senator Clinton? Sure, some old stuff has been dredged up but compared to what has been brought to light on Senator Obama it's a non-starter.
Senator Obama campaigned with complete confidence knowing that the Reverand Wright story was out there. Reverand Wright said in 2007 that perhaps Senator Obama would have to distance himself from the good Reverand if he got the nod. But where did that confidence come from? He had ties to an indicted slum lord, links to an unapoligetic Black Panther, plagerized speeches and still he acted as though butter wouldn't melt in his mouth. The press went along for the ride and gave him a pass every step of the way. Whether it was a fear of being called racist, a dislike of Senator Clinton or just wanting to keep the narrative going of a tight race they didn't do their jobs.
So what are we left with? Neither candidate is going to have enough delegates to win the nomination outright unless we count Florida and Michigan. Senator Obama's supporters in the Michigan state house blocked a revote. Oh, you didn't hear that in the news? Shocking! There's a law suit here in Florida to get our delegates counted since the States get to decide when they vote, not the party. What the super delegates need to look at is who won the states we need to win the general. Then they need to vote for Senator Clinton.
Why has no one in the press asked Obama about his William Ayers connection? It is possible that there is very little to the connection. But shouldn't we know? What is the press thinking? How have they ignored this story as Obama has made his run? Is it that they INTEND to make McCain President? William Ayers is an unrepentant serial bomber who was on the lamb for a decade. Obama has accepted a small contribution from Ayers and has chosen to appear with both he and his wife, Bernadine Dohrn, at numerous public and private events. Dohrn said this after the Sharon Tate murders: "Dig it! First they killed those pigs, then they ate dinner in the same room with them. They even shoved a fork into the victim's stomach! Wild!"
My God.
Is this not worth a mention on MSNBC? Imagine if the wife of a Clinton contributer had said such a thing? Obama sat on the board of the Wood Foundation with Ayers - since the turn of the century. They have collaborated. Ayers said this after 9/11: "I don't regret setting bombs. I feel we didn't do enough"
Why is Obama even choosing to be in the same room as this man? Again, like staying in that church for 20 years Obama's bad judgement is scary.
Obama has chosen to associate himself with this couple on numerous occasions. Where is the media? Another chose Ayers quote: "Kill all the rich people. ... Bring the revolution home. Kill your parents." I don't care when Ayers said this - Obama sat on a board of directors with him. When will someone confront Obama about this?
