Posted on 07/02/2011 7:24:41 PM PDT by curth
I can recall that very thing being blindingly apparent to me, during the 2008 campaign. Obama was getting nothing but softballs from the media, while Palin was being drilled with complex policy questions.
Even worse, the media didn't even give that level of scrutiny to McCain!
Anyone watching, who possessed a scintilla of intelligence, could plainly see that the media were trying their best to demolish Palin in the public eye. In another age, I think those hateful monsters would have pulled real knives on her.
For years my brother alerted me to the bias in the media. I had a hard time seeing it. Even after I began to see it, I still had a hard time because they were so subtle and crafty in hiding it.
They aren’t subtle any more. They aren’t even trying to put up a pretense of objectivity anymore. They are transparent. Anybody who today can’t see the extreme left bias in the US media is willfully blind to it. No othe reason. None.
I know what you mean. I grew up in the '60s and '70s and was unaware that there were people with certain viewpoints who received all the media attention, while others were ignored or villified.
I think if someone checked, you would find more negative column inches written about Sarah Palin than there was ever written about Adolf Hitler.
If the woman is supposed to be so vacuous then why this unholy, psychopathic hatred? If she is an empty suit then why do they dedicate their lives to destroying her? If no one is voting for her than why the endless,intense coverage of her every move?
What happened to Palin’s family actually outdid the hideous assault on Judge Bork and his family, it used to be “Borked”, now it is “Palinized”!
Very few of the Palin criticisms actually were valid. There were gaffes, but Biden and Obama have plenty of them. These long drawn out attacks from the likes of Andrew Sullivan and people of his ilk have gone no where. Frankly - they were made up or exaggerated, and never got any purchase. Tina Fey did more damage, at the end of the day.
They read 24,000 emails and found NOTHING! I wouldn’t want someone reading 24,000 of my emails!
Well done, I will have to get this book.
She’s still standing proud- after taking the abuse. She took it straight to the enemy all though this, from the days after the election to right now. Most conservative men were ducking for cover for the first year.
You can’t kill her message. She may not be the most polished, or the most “credentialed” or the most conventional-machine oriented, but she has the Truth on her side.
1 COR 1:27
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
Gibson should have asked 0bama: “In the 2000 election cycle the Democrats said we needed someone with ‘gravitas.’ In the 2004 election cycle the Democrats said we needed a veteran, a war hero. You have neither qualification and your opponent has both. Will you now give John McCain your endorsement for president and ask all other Democrats to do the same?”
I do not see a lot of Republicans defending her. Where’s the GOP?
The audacity of dopes.
Good question. She has more spunk than 98% of the Rep. men.
Well said.
I always say, “I voted for Palin”.
This is something that’s bothered me for awhile. Specifically, where are the MEN in the GOP? These pantywaists never defend conservative women who are attacked by the media. I’m not suggesting that women can’t take care of themselves, but I’ve got to believe if the men presented a united front against the press when the press employs this kind of tactic, this crap would stop.
Wake up. The GOPS are part of the problem. The logic of what you say should be self evident. They are in Cahoots with the RATS. I bet Sarah goes 3rd party.
I agree that Sarah is a special case and the GOP wants to see her destroyed as much as the Rats, but what about other conservative women? The press seems to think it is OK to declare open season on any outspoken conservative woman. And what is the response of GOP men.....(crickets chirping)? Are they just a bunch of spineless, gutless wonders who have no sense of chivalry? Are they afraid defending a conservative might negatively affect their own pathetic political careers? What’s your explanation for this?
By the way, starting your comment with “wake up” is rather rude. I was asking for your input on a question that has been bothering me. No need to be insulting.
Whups. Sorry. My explanation is simple. The GOP is collaborating with the RATS. Your premise is wrong. You think the GOP is something they are not and can not understand why they do the things they do. Does that explain it? In other words you are expecting them to be something they are not. Sorry if I offended. I did not intend to.
>> Ever wanted to compare ABC News anchor Charles Gibsons fawning interview with Obama to his condescending inquisition of Palin?
No. The dick defined his character without necessity of comparison.
I hate what the media has become. It wasn’t always this way. Its about power and money and corruption. Idealism and agenda are what moved the news—not the truth.
Same here.I think back on the half-assed opinions I held of people like Reagan and get steamed thinking of the crap we were fed here in Oz about him.I've since woken up somewhat but still get steamed reading articles like the above.
If the media there hate Sarah that much (and they sure as hell seem to!) then she has got to be good for your country! I've got to get me that book.
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