Comments on: HAS THE TIDE TURNED IN COVERAGE OF OBAMA?

By: Gayle Miller

Gayle Miller — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:31:05 +0000

As to The Spawn of Satan, she is adept as always at trying to give evil a pleasing face - in other words, she’s only about 52% effective. The mask just insists on slipping!

By: Gayle Miller

Gayle Miller — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:28:49 +0000

The additional dynamic at play here is this thing called the blogsphere. The “old” media really cannot afford to follow their typical patterns this time because we are out there ever-vigilant and trying to keep them marginally honest. Most of the “revelations” about this gigantic humbug (to use P.T. Barnum’s favorite phrase) named Barack Hussein Obama have been ferreted out by members of the alternative media.

Combine that with their circulation numbers that are now in total free fall and they may have found themselves forced to show at least a teensy measure of real even-handed coverage.

If all of us (including the candidates) would focus on the fact that we should not just be encouraging the trifling word play that passes for political speech these days and remember that this election year is no less than a job interview for the position of someone who will protect our nation from enemies - both foreign and domestic (including the U.S. Congress, the most dangerous enemy of all at times).

I guess what I’m basically saying is that I wish both political parties and any fascinating wee splinter parties as well would just get serious about the dangers facing our nation and the world and come up with some suggestions we could all discuss! Without rancor and without name calling! What are we still 5-year olds on the playground?

By: Headhunt23

Headhunt23 — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:45:38 +0000

It doesn’t matter.

It just doesn’t matter.

It just doesn’t matter how softball the press coverage is of Obama. There is no way he can win in November over McCain. Go to this website: http://www.270towin.com and spend some time looking at the electoral maps. Then try to figure out a way that Obama gets to 270 electoral votes.

The task is almost impossible. You can wring your hands all you want, worrying about the prospect of a president Obama, or how the media is in the tank for him. Not me. I’m going to sit back and watch the Democrats horror as they realize the Dukakis-Bush race was a cliff hanger.

By: bobwire

bobwire — Tue, 06 May 2008 04:14:31 +0000

Where is your love for McCain? Or is it easier just to hate Obama? You, who are so independent and smart, can you only pummel the opposition while failing to get behind the feeble, feckless McCain? You must feel good about yourselves because you can swallow self-loathing. Love McCain is not the same as hate Obama. Ask anybody. why do you hate Americans? I will see you all in hell…

By: mannning

mannning — Tue, 06 May 2008 03:11:43 +0000

Let us ask Obama if he supports the Black Liberation Movement: Yes, or No.

By: HE HATE ME

HE HATE ME — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:21:12 +0000

I think Obama would be an unmitigated disaster as President, worse than even Jimmy Carter. I find Clinton loathesome but would prefer she whip B. Hussein for the dem nomination even if it means she ends up POTUS.

#1 I don’t think nuclear energy is the all-encompassing evil that the Green wackos make it to be. It supplies nearly all of France’s electric needs, for one thing. Isn’t something like 40% of oil used in America spent on generating electricity? Just START building some new plants and a few new refineries and crude prices would fall. Of course windbags NIMBYs like Teddy K. would oppose it as he does wind power because it affects his own sailing and scenic views. But I suppose self-aggrandizing pols deserve to be accomodated rather than the American consumers.

By: PrestoPundit

PrestoPundit — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:47:39 +0000

“the real failure of the press corp” — how about these options?

– the press corp is lazy

– the press corp is packed with mediocrity when compared to the education, intelligence, and skill level of most other professions.

– the press corp is corrupt, full of people who trade access for softball coverage, most usually when they are fellow Democrats

– survey says the press corp is 95% plus left of center partisan Democrats

Just a start on a list which could be much longer.

By: Brainster

Brainster — Mon, 05 May 2008 23:01:41 +0000

There’s a pretty good article in New York Magazine on how the media are in the bag for Obama, ironically written by an Obama supporter who admits that he’s never rooted for anything before in his life:

http://nymag.com/news/imperialcity/46658/

By: vnjagvet

vnjagvet — Mon, 05 May 2008 23:00:46 +0000

Krauthammer opined on Fox News tonight that the Red Witch is finally enjoying herself on the campaign trail because she has figured out how to make hay against BHO. Go to the right of BHO on “values” issues like guns, religion, family values, etc. This opening peresented itself with the Wright/Ayers thing and the San Francisco comments to his “elite” contributors.

Even though it may be too late, she is getting traction with the new strategy, and enjoying herself much more.

“Found her voice” as it were. I must say it is a far better voice than her former “whiny bitch” schtick.

By: LE

LE — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:45:44 +0000

There are at least ten reasons to not vote for Obama, that do not include his lack of judgement in choosing Wright as a pastor:
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1)Obama refuses to speak to reporters/walks out of conferences. He is not a transparent politician.
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2)He was involved with Tony Rezko, who was indicted for influence peddling and is a corrupting influence in Illinois politics. Tony Rezko got millions of dollars from the government to create affordable housing in Obama’s district, now 11 of the buildings he was supposed to fix are boarded-up and are unlivable. ?

3)Obama supports nuclear power even though radioactive nuclear waste is a problem no country has solved, the added terrorist threat that nuclear power poses, and the history of accidents such as Three Mile Island and Chernobyl. Obama supports nuclear power because he was bought off by the nuclear power utility industry. He has taken a lot of money from them.

4)Obama voted “present” hundreds of times instead of taking a stand because he did not want to offend contributors, like Robert Blackwell, who Obama helped obtain state grants for. ?

5)Obama chose as his mentor Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn, who are terrorists who detonated bombs on US territory and they helped him start his career.

6)Obama lied about filling out a questionnaire that details his stand on many important issues like abortion, the death penalty and gun control. It has his handwriting but he said a staffer filled it out. Obama also lied about the Kennedy family helping his father.

7)Obama also has acknowledged that he “voted by mistake” many times?! ?

8)Obama made a statement that said his grandmother is “a typical white person” who has a “reaction bred” into her when she sees someone she does not know. ?

9)Obama made a statement that small-town Americans are bitter and cling to guns, religion, and anti-trade sentiment.

10)Obama lies about the Clinton economic boom, if you go to FactCheck.org, you will see that Clinton is credited for passing the 1993 budget that helped create the boom of the 1990s.

Watch the videos here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAUJeeKohNA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvoGAcG0vZ0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5l6oAD5d-s