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Thanks MSM or Olbermann does us a solid

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:32:40 GMT

clipped by: sillysam
clipper's remarks: By the end of the week, after Palin's tour de force in St. Paul, the liberal media were so befuddled that they were reduced to complaining that conservatives aren't being narrow-minded enough. Thus, Hanna Rosin--who has covered religion and politics for the Washington Post, and has also written for the New Yorker, the New Republic, and the New York Times--lamented in a piece for Slate: "So cavalier are conservatives about Sarah Palin's wreck of a home life that they make the rest of us look stuffy and slow-witted by comparison." I suppose it was ungenerous of conservatives, in our broad-mindedness and tolerance of human frailty, to have let Ms. Rosin down, just when she was counting on us to bring out the tar and feathers. But she gives us too much credit when she suggests we make the liberal media look stuffy and slow-witted. They do that all by themselves.

Clip Source: www.weeklystandard.com

Third: A special thank you to our friends in the liberal media establishment. Who knew they would come through so spectacularly? The ludicrous media feeding frenzy about the Palin family hyped interest in her speech, enabling her to win a huge audience for her smashing success Wednesday night at the convention. Indeed, it even renewed interest in McCain, who seems to have gotten still more viewers for his less smashing--but well-received--presentation the following evening.

The astounding (even to me, after all these years!) smugness and mean-spiritedness of so many in the media engendered not just interest in but sympathy for Palin. It allowed Palin to speak not just to conservatives but to the many Americans who are repulsed by the media's prurient interest in and adolescent snickering about her family. It allowed the McCain-Palin ticket to become the populist standard-bearer against an Obama-Media ticket that has disdain for Middle America.

The Election is about McCain

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:00:53 GMT

clipped by: lp97702
clipper's remarks: I've been very guilty of over-Palinizing. Mickey Kaus is right...forget her, it's about McCain.

Clip Source: opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com

If there were some sort of tacit liberal MSM conspiracy — a hypothetical! — Plan 1 was to knock Palin off the ticket out of the box with various unvetted home state scandals. Plan 2, the plan currently in place, is to force Palin to submit to “real interviews” where she will supposedly reveal her embarrassing unpreparedness for the office.

May I suggest to my fellow conspirators that we move directly on to Plan 3: Forget Palin. Stop writing about her. If we make the election about Palin, we will lose. She’ll probably win her debate and will almost certainly handle the interviews well enough (to the satisfaction of the voters, at least, if not the experts). The election’s not about Palin. It’s about McCain. We can beat McCain. …

Tags: palin, mccain

Pakistan Furious Over U.S. Insurgency

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:56:07 GMT

clipped by: blueridge
clipper's remarks: Everything that Bush accused Russia of (not respecting sovereignty of Georgia) suddenly does not apply.

Every invasion of Bush's imperial storm troopers (or under Clinton too for that matter, like Kosovo) is always justified, and any other country acting in self-defense or to defend their jurisdictions (e.g. Russia-S. Ossetia) is condemned.

And for you hypocritical democrats who want Obama, he already stated he would do the very same thing, invade Pakistan for the "war on terrorism"! (Objective commentary based on principle must spare none who violate it).

The hypocrisy is self evident, yet the MSM does not expose it.

The wars will NEVER end until the people make the government stop and refuse to support ANY leader who violates the very restrictive principles of just war and the Constitution.

Clip Source: www.reuters.com

Pakistanis furious over U.S.-led border raid

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan is determined to defend its territorial integrity, the country's foreign minister said on Thursday, as anger mounted over a raid by U.S.-led troops on a remote border village.

The pre-dawn helicopter-borne ground assault on the village of Angor Adda on the Afghan border on Wednesday was the first known incursion into Pakistan by U.S.-led troops since the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.

Twenty people, including women and children were killed, officials said, and a new civilian government, more sensitive to public anger than the previous government, summoned the U.S. ambassador to lodge an angry protest.

Foreign Minister Shah Memood Qureshi said the raid was a shameful violation of rules of engagement agreed with U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan.

"We will not compromise on any violation of our sovereignty," Qureshi told the National Assembly.

Tags: bush, pakistan, war on terorrism, national sovereignty

Sexism and Sarah Palin

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:33:22 GMT

clipped by: n2sooners

Clip Source: womencount.org

It started Friday afternoon with John Roberts on CNN, and then in a slow build over the weekend it became clear what the leading sexist charge would be against Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin: Is it appropriate for her to accept the vice presidential nomination given the magnitude of her current family responsibilities?

The obvious retort is whether anyone would ask the same question of the father of a four-month-old with Down Syndrome and a pregnant teenager. We think not.

The very notion that Sarah Palin should not have accepted this nomination because she is a mother with demanding challenges underscores just how far we have to go.

WomenCount was born of the passion its founders had for Hillary Clinton’s clear view of social issues and progressive values. We cannot pretend that Governor Palin meets any standard of progressive politics or social values.

But regardless of the candidates’ ideology, we will work to stamp out sexism when we see it on the campaign trail.

Tags: palin, women, election, politics, msm, media, bias, sexism

Fred Thompson Slams Media Bias Against Palin as 'Abysmal'

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:26:45 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: Fred Thompson slams MSM on Palin coverage

Fred Thompson will forcefully defend the selection of Sarah Palin tonight in a speech Republicans are characterizing as “red meat.” He will argue that the feeding frenzy over Palin’s is the result of “panic” from the Democrat-friendly mainstream media.
“What a breath of fresh air Governor Sarah Palin is. She is from a small town, with small town values, but that’s not good enough for those folks who are attacking her and her family. Let’s be clear, the selection of Governor Palin has the other side and their friends in the media in a state of panic. She is a courageous, successful, reformer, who is not afraid to take on the establishment.”

http://www.savethegop.com/2008/09/02/fred-to-slam-msm-on-palin-coverage/

Clip Source: newsbusters.org

Former presidential contender and senator Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) told bloggers today that the bias against Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) was "abysmal."

At the RedState.com-organized and Google-sponsored breakfast, Thompson demurred when asked if he'd accept a Cabinet slot in a future McCain administration, joking that he's ready for more work in Hollywood, which would be a welcome break from the duplicity and insincerity of the media on the campaign trail.

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Tags: fred thompson (r-tenn.), google/red-state.com breakfast

Israel Behind Georgia's Invasion of S. Ossettia

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:19:40 GMT

clipped by: blueridge
clipper's remarks: This in Israeli press, but not in the U.S. MSM. Of course it was a Hezbollah leader who has exposed this truth and of course will be denounced. But the facts remain true and easily verified. Israel (and the neocons, Cheney had a man in Georgia prior to the war) were behind Georgia's invasion (and murder of civilians) of South Ossetia who declared independence from Georgia over a decade ago.

What the Hezbollah leader says (mocking Israel) is true, they stopped Israel's (unjust) war against Lebanon (bombing 70 percent of the country's infrastructure in a "disproportionate response") which was part of a neocon-Israeli plan for a "new middle east". Russia stopped the neocon-Israeli plans for the recapture of Ossetia.

Clip Source: www.haaretz.com

Nasrallah: 'Failed' IDF generals caused Georgia defeat in war

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday asserted that "failed" Israeli generals had caused Georgia's defeat in its current war with Russia.

"Israel exported failed generals in order to train the Georgian armed forces, including general Gal Hirsch, and we all know that the Georgian army was defeated by the Russian forces," Nasrallah said in a speech to mark two years since the end of the Second Lebanon War.

Brig. Gen. (Res.) Gal Hirsch was the commander of the Israel Defense Forces' Galilee Brigade when reservists Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev were abducted by Hezbollah on the northern border, sparking the Second Lebanon War. He operates a privately-owned Israeli military contractors that recently trained Georgian security forces .

Related articles:

Nasrallah: Lebanon war crushed U.S. vision for 'new Middle East'

Tags: georgia, russia, israel, south ossetia, war, neoconservatives

Barney Frank says Palin family fair game

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:54:26 GMT

clipped by: n2sooners
clipper's remarks: Seems the liberal blogs and the MSM are on Frank's side on this issue. Wonder why they don't have as much interest in Biden's children?

Clip Source: news.bostonherald.com

WASHINGTON - Rep. Barney Frank is among the first Democrats to publicly say Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s family background, including the pregnancy of her unwed teenage daughter, should be fair game for campaign discussion.

"They’re the ones that made an issue of her family," Frank, D-Mass., said Tuesday in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.

"Apparently she’s a great favorite with the conservative social movement," Frank said. "They have said that it’s liberalism and liberals who have undermined families — same-sex marriage has been a problem, they don’t want gay people to adopt ... This helps undercut those arguments."

"Well, hers is a family in great turmoil," added Frank. "She fired the state police commissioner because he wouldn’t fire her sister’s ex-husband. She has a daughter who became pregnant. That’s not her fault."

"I think people’s families are off limits and people’s children are especially off limits," Obama said Monday.

Tags: frank, hypocrisy, politics, liberals

How out of touch is the mainstream media?

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:25:29 GMT

clipped by: n2sooners

Clip Source: newsbusters.org

Newsweek's Eleanor Clift disclosed on the McLaughlin Group

that John McCain's selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin for VP was greeted by “literally laughter” in “very many newsrooms.”

ELEANOR CLIFT: This is not a serious choice. It makes it look like a made for TV movie. If the media reaction is anything, it's been literally laughter in many places across news-

JOHN McLAUGHLIN, TALKING OVER CLIFT: Where is that? See that?

CLIFT: In very, very many newsrooms.

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Clip Source: www.rasmussenreports.com

There have been significant changes in perception of John McCain in the two days of polling since he named Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. Since then, 49% of Republicans voice a Very Favorable opinion of McCain. That’s up six percentage points from 43% just before the announcement. Also, 64% of unaffiliated voters now give positive reviews to McCain, up ten points since naming his running mate.

There has been little change in perceptions of Obama since his Thursday night speech and the Palin announcement

Tags: msm, media, bias, obama, mccain, palin, election, politics

US economy sees surprise 3.3% spurt

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:23:05 GMT

clipped by: jatfla
clipper's remarks: It's not really a "surprise". I believe that the MSM and certain politicians promoted their suppositions hoping for a Democratic win.

Clip Source: www.breitbart.com

US economy sees surprise 3.3 percent spurt

The US economy outpaced expectations as surging exports fueled a second-quarter growth spurt at a 3.3 percent pace, according to data Thursday that analysts say makes recession less likely.

The Commerce Department revised upward last month's estimate of a 1.9 percent annualized pace of growth in gross domestic product

The figure was much better than the average Wall Street estimate of 2.7 percent and showed a strong acceleration from the 0.9 percent rate of the first three months of the year.

The latest figures, helped somewhat by a massive economic stimulus package, suggest the world's biggest economy had more momentum than previously thought by analysts, many of whom anticipated recession.

"For a recession the economy is certainly growing very quickly," said Avery Shenfeld, senior economist at CIBC World Markets.

Kerry backstabs McCain, msm says he settled score

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:24:52 GMT

clipped by: n2sooners

Clip Source: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

AFP & Yahoo: Lurch Settles the Score

Umm. No he didn't.
He lost... Remember?
And, he still hasn't released his military records or apologized for his shameful Ghengis John smears.

Oh... And, maybe the AFP forgot but Senator McCain-- the one Lurch attacked last night-- defended Kerry in 2004.

And, finally, he's still a liar.

Tags: kerry, mccain, election, politics, hypocrisy

Kucinich Rocks The Convention Best Speech Yet MSM Won't Show You..!

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:24:53 GMT

clipped by: TJColatrella
clipper's remarks: Kucinich speaks to, for and from the heart of America..!

Clip Source: www.alternet.org

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Tags: kucinich, democratic convention, progressives, impeachment, bush, cheney, speculators, social security, mccain, republicans

"You Furnish the Pictures and I'll Furnish the War"

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:12:09 GMT

clipped by: sahara
clipper's remarks: Both repeatedly called for armed intervention, then later, all-out war.
The atrocities General Weyler committed in Cuba were massively hyped and sensationalized in the US newspapers, then engaged in a practice known as "yellow journalism". The two kingpins of the press at the time were William R. Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, who were embroiled in a vicious circulation war, in which Hearst even "stole" Pulitzer's most popular writers by convincing them to defect through promises of money and positions. Hearst's major publication was the New York Journal and Pulitzer's publication was the New York World. In order to grow their circulations, both men were willing to go so far as to make up stories.
The Spanish-American War was not the height of Hearst's power. Afterwards, he continued to grow his media empire for several decades, and even successfully ran for a seat in Congress. Hearst was the rough basis for the wealthy journalist-baron in Orson Welles' Citizen Kane.

Clip Source: www.u-s-history.com

"Yellow press" was a term applied to the popular, frankly imperialistic newspapers of New York City, circa 1890s. Today, "yellow journalism" refers to lurid publications that emphasize the sensational side of news stories

In the 1890s, a bitter circulation war erupted between Joseph Pulitzer's New York World and William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal. In an spiraling contest of outrageous journalism, the newspapers used all means to attract readers—heavy doses of murder and sex, banner headlines and colored supplements

Pulitzer introduced the first comic strip, The Yellow Kid, drawn by Richard Outcault. The character became immensely popular and inspired the name for the sensationalist press of the era

Both Hearst and Pulitzer played leading roles in molding American public opinion about the conflict between Spain and its Cuban colony

The papers reported Spanish atrocities in exaggerated detail, but neglected to mention Cuban misdeeds

Tags: newspapers, media, msm, propaganda

Lou Dobbs: Media 'in the tank supporting the Obma candidacy"

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:28:00 GMT

clipped by: n2sooners
clipper's remarks:

HANK SHEINKOPF, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: Good for democrats, not so good for the nation in the long term. Barack Obama is interesting, he's new, therefore he is news. OK. The fact that a black man can reach that pinnacle of success, raise the amount of money, run this kind of organization, beat Hillary Clinton is big news. At some point there has to be some fairness in the discussion. The problem here from the beginning is from day Obama showed up, I was wondering when the reporters will start chiseling his face on to Mt. Rushmore and the guy hadn't even won the nomination yet. That's the danger here, Lou. And people know it and they're not stupid. Average guy says wait a second, I want news and he isn't getting it.

Clip Source: newsbusters.org

LOU DOBBS

My colleagues in the national media are absolutely biased, in the tank supporting the Obama candidacy while claiming the mantle of objectivity.

Well, I think the way the national media in this country right is performing, is disgraceful.

"The Washington Post" has put Barack Obama on the front pages of the Washington Post three times as many times as Senator McCain.

"Time" magazine has run seven covers with Obama. McCain two.

I mean, this is not close, folks. And it is ugly. It is nasty. And I guarantee you, we are watching a shift in the way in which the media in this country, which is already reviled by the public, I believe it's going to be even worse.

When these news organizations are doing this and trying to pretend cloaking themselves in the mantle of objectivity, you know, they're silly, (trulish), absolutely in my opinion, despicable phonies.

Tags: dobbs, media, msm, bias, obama, campaign, politics

The Biden media whitewash has begun

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:53:30 GMT

clipped by: n2sooners

Clip Source: newsbusters.org

The Friday evening version of Joe Biden's Wikipedia entry remains firmly ensconced in a Firefox tab on my desktop, so it can be compared to its current form as Obama-Biden's busy bees brush it up. I'm doing comparisons as time allows, and there isn't much of it at the moment.

Amazing. Where did 2004 go?

You'll just loooooove what got deleted:

Now we get to hear Joe Biden tell us why John McCain shouldn't be president.

Joe Biden thought that John McCain would be perfectly qualified to be Veep on the Democratic ticket in 2004, and thus fit to serve as President if something should happen to John Kerry, his party's nominee.

Incidentally the two footnoted links in the 2004 picture both work (here and here).

But, "oddly enough," all that remains of the footnote relating to McCain is a headlined article at MSNBC with no text:

What are the odds that anyone in traditional media will take any interest in the ongoing whitewash? Or is it really possible that they're participating in it?

Tags: biden, obama, msm, wikipedia, whitewash, politics, election

The New 7 Dirty Words

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:48:19 GMT

clipped by: willhelm

Clip Source: www.intellectualconservative.com

New Seven Dirty Words that must be avoided when engaging in proper dialogue in the 21st century.

1. Wrong. As in, “You are wrong.” This is a narrow, judgmental, bigoted swipe at people who have their own equally-valid definitions of morality (or choose not to have any morality at all).

2. Patriotism. As in, “I disagree with your policies,” which of course to a Democrat or the MSM means, “I question your patriotism.”

3. Jesus Christ. Or, the more generic term God.

4. Human Being. As in, it’s not a “choice” or an “undifferentiated tissue mass.” It’s a “human being.”

5. Win. As in, “We need to win the war before we withdraw our troops.”

6. Proof. As in, “exactly what proof do you have that man is responsible for global warming?”

7. Hussein. As in, “Barack Hussein Obama.” Sure it’s his middle name. And sure you could ridicule “George Herbert Walker Bush” as an out of touch politician with a patrician-sounding name