Posted on 08/24/2012 3:04:47 AM PDT by iowamark
The media keeps showing its rear end. Let me just make that clear. If you are a competent reporter, I’m not sure how you cannot be embarrassed by the majority of those in your profession right now covering politics.
From Mark Halperin, to Jake Tapper, to Chuck Todd, more journalists are actually now admitting just how pliable the media is when it comes to Barack Obama’s spin. All week long, as the economy deteriorates, most every anchor at most every news outlet, most every editorialist in most every paper, and most every “centrist” and liberal pundit has been pointing out the GOP’s extremist abortion position.
Few, if any, have pointed out that Barack Obama’s abortion on demand position is extreme. Few, if any, have pointed out how most Americans favor restrictions on abortion. Few, if any, have pointed out that Mitt Romney’s position is actually more mainstream than Barack Obama’s. Few, if any, have wanted to go beyond Politifact’s ham-handed cover for Obama on infanticide and get into what Barack Obama actually said in 2002. Hear him come out for infanticide yourself right here. Remember, the media is hiding behind the left-leaning Politifact (and yes, it does lean left) to avoid having to deal with this.
They cannot help themselves. But why are they doing it?
They are doing it for the exact same reason Joe Biden is claiming the GOP will put black people back in chains and why Barack Obama would rather talk about uteri than jobs — they all know Barack Obama is losing this thing.
Hysteria creeps into campaigns when the campaigns know they are losing. When George H. W. Bush saw the election slipping away in 1992, he took to referring to Bill Clinton and Al Gore as Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. The invective went up as his poll numbers went down.
Barack Obama and the Democrats are going to throw in the towel on the tradition of sitting on the sidelines during their opponent’s political convention. In the past, the parties did this with each other. Not now. The Obama campaign cannot afford to. It is too close and polling is about to shift from registered voters to likely voters, which will generate negative numbers for him. He must surrender another tradition to engage in more hyper partisan mudslinging because he is losing.
More and more polls are showing Mitt Romney trending upwards in swing states. More and more polls are showing Americans growing more pessimistic about the economy. More and more economists are starting to worry about the economy. Gas prices and milk prices are going up while take home pay is going down.
The hysterics we are seeing from the Democrats come as reality hits everyone. Even I have been convinced that Romney was going to blow this thing. The stupid statement about the Soptics not having the fate they had if they were in Massachusetts could have been game over.
But then Paul Ryan became the veep pick. He has now given Romney purpose. He has defined the campaign. He has put Barack Obama on defense. Consider this — the sage voices of the GOP were convinced the GOP could not win the fight on budgetary and entitlement reform. They were convinced Paul Ryan would sink the ticket.
Then the Democrats tried to define Paul Ryan and failed. They have been failing ever since. Their attempts to define Mitt Romney didn’t do enough and they have yet to settle on a narrative to define Paul Ryan. They are grasping at straws. Now they’d even fight the Associated Press style book to try to go after Paul Ryan.
And that gets us back to the media. At what point will they finally start asking if Barack Obama needs a campaign shake up? Because if it was Mitt Romney in the same boat, they sure as hell would. In fact, there have already been two different media cycles about Romney needing a campaign shake up and not one about Barack Obama.
Why? The simple truth remains the vast majority of the media is more sympathetic to and friendly with Team Obama and would hate to ruffle the feathers of friends. It’s one of the greatest thing Mitt Romney has going for him right now.
Even a few of the media members are now starting to turn against Obama, the recent Newsweek mag cover has proven.
I disagree with Erik. The press would be helping BHO if he were up 10 points in the polls. The evidence supporting Erik’s claim is inferential and anonymous.
To me it looks as if the MSM has concluded that Obama is too stubborn to take their advice, and will flame out despite their best efforts. Hence they are starting to distance themselves from him.
I agee with Eric, Obama is losing this election big time!!! And....the media is, by cuddling, rthe anti-American, Obama is helping to move the Obama loss along. the loss is goingeriod to be massive, and it will also take doan, politically scores of complaint Democrat officeholders with it. Obama is poison, period, not only for himself, his political party, but for millions of Black Americans that will support him, and go into the abyss with him for along time to come.
Lord, American Black folks deserve a better deal then this Flim/Flam con artist and America hater, Obama and his ‘dirt bag” Democrat Party. Obama is no friend of Black America. Never has been and never will be!!! Wake up, Black America, you are cutting yourselves to be “adrift at sea” for a long, long time, placed there by your own hand and stupidity!!!
Reggie Love.. what a name. If Saturday Night Live lived up to its reputation for cutting edge satire, it could have a field day with a 70s character named Reggie Love, complete with a sequined outfit, an Afro, and platform shoes.
Disclaimer: Of course I'm just joking, and the above isn't any call to action whatsoever, but rather just literary fiction.
I don’t have a candidate. Romney’s lifelong LOVE of abortion and RomneyCare will never get my vote.
Wow! Good going USS! That’s awesome. We can fix America one voter at a time.
I am thrilled over what you did.
We march on to win another battle!
REC stands for the Republican Executive Committee and 9-12 is a teaparty group. Every county has an REC. This is the group that puts at all republican candidates on the local level and they elect a person to represent them in the county. The board of the REC has access to State Republican party and National.
It all starts with your county REC.
9-12 is a group that is non-partisan and they are sort of watchdogs with local things that are happening. ie Fighting Atheists who try to stop pray at school board meetings. They also teach different skills. Canning, Concealed Permit classes, how to survive if the world crashes and burns so to speak. They also do
Patriotic things and have different speakers come in and talk. At least that’s what the one’s in POLK County do. Great group of folks.
Thanks for posting this. I had to go off to work and glad you helped.
I think you are correct in this assessment.
Just not a popular thing here to support Romney as the candidate. But it is all we have, and to be quite honest, I like Ryan and know he is not perfect, but he is focused and can be molded into a great VP and later a possible Presidential candidate.
I agree with you that there should have been a greater push to stop voter fraud.
Always seems like a little too late on the voter fraud subject.
Honestly I have not on the local level. I will start asking though!
Thanks for stepping up to the Plate and volunteering! It is rewarding knowing that you can at least do something to help and fight back. God Bless you and your wife! I was there with you in DC as well. We were a fine few thousand weren’t we!! LOL!
We have all not left our beliefs in the teaparty but got involved in a way that makes sense to us.
I actually know someone in Niceville! Small world.
The inference that should be drawn from all this is that you’d better have an answer for social issues because they are a legitimate campaign issue. Since our rights do not come from government but rather from God, social issues cannot simply be swept under the rug. I’m sorry if that’s inconvenient but it is the truth.
I’ve said for years that conservatives can and must multi-task. How do we know Zero’s economic policies are wrong? Because our values say they are wrong.
How do we know Zero’s wealth redistribution is wrong? Because our values tell us they are wrong.
The issues are inseparable. If you want to talk about the economy and win, you’d better be able to tell the voters WHY the liberals are wrong, not merely that we think they are.
I am so humbled by your response. You won’t be sorry, because you will meet people just like yourself who want the same things. Thank You!
Few, if any, have pointed out that Barack Obama’s abortion on demand position is extreme. Few, if any, have pointed out how most Americans favor restrictions on abortion. Few, if any, have pointed out that Mitt Romney’s position is actually more mainstream than Barack Obama’s. Few, if any, have wanted to go beyond Politifact’s ham-handed cover for Obama on infanticide and get into what Barack Obama actually said in 2002.
My problem is not with the pundits not talking about that stuff. It's with the %$*&!#$ GOP NOT TALKING ABOUT IT!
You’re welcome. So, what is a REC? Please also reply to Ann Archy.
and yet in his obsession over abortion-on-demand Willard was willing to fall on his sword over Akin...
an insignificant unknown in the state of MO, a state where Willard was ahead and now has tossed that lead under the bus with pro-life pro-life Akin
Why ???
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