Genuine bipartisanship assumes an honest process of give-and-take, and that the quality of the compromise is measured by how well it serves some agreed-upon goal, whether better schools or lower deficits. This in turn assumes that the majority will be constrained — by an exacting press corps and ultimately an informed electorate — to negotiate [...]
Posts Tagged ‘bias’
Don’t Blame Us For The Bias, McCain Campaign Sucks . . .
Thanks to Drudge for the headline (and link). If you haven’t yet had your recommended daily allowance of self-righteous, clueless drivel, I recommend this article on Politico.
Simply Astonishing
And more than a little depressing. I am referring to the media’s self-appointed role as protector, cheerleader and advocate for Barack Obama’s candidacy. I have previously written in some depth about how I see the media’s present biased ‘reporting’ in the historical context of pure partisan journalism segueing into an idealized ‘neutral’ journalism, and then [...]
The Single Most Important Question Asked So Far This Election Cycle
Finally, could I just say, where are we in America where a candidate for president comes to a person’s driveway, he asks him a question, doesn’t like the answer, and all of a sudden he’s savaged by the candidate’s people? Savaged by them. Here’s a guy who’s a private citizen. What’s that all about? Sen. [...]
Obama’s Ayers Obfuscation
Although some conservative pundits are upset with John McCain for focusing on Obama’s attempts to hide the extent of his relationship with Bill Ayers — as opposed to playing up the terrorism angle — I think it is probably for the best. When the ‘news’ media persists in downplaying Ayers’s signficance by characterizing him as [...]
Racist! No, Wait, Wrong Candidate
Apparently it is racist to mention Obama’s current (or at least recent) relationship with a former domestic terrorist and current radical. And it is irrelevant, because, you know, he bombed stuff a long time ago (sshh, nevermind that he said in 2001 that he wished he would have bombed more stuff). Oh, and its just [...]
