[JohnHuang2]

Thursday, November 28, 2002 -- Happy Thanksgiving!

Quote of the Day by Rain-maker

[JohnHuang2]

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! God bless our President, our troops and God bless the United States of America!

[SkyPilot]

"And pretty soon, they'll start baiting the mainstream media for allegedly ignoring the story they've pushed into the zeitgeist."

Uggh!

Al's literati pals are trying to make him sound intelligent again.

John--the most pathetic thing I read this week was Tipper, telling NBC:

"We won the election, but the Supreme Court wouldn't let us serve."

These people are beyond ridiculous, they are scary. To think they were in power for 8 years is mind-boggling. I also guess Tipsy think living in a mansion, having servants, cooks, gardeners, and chauffeurs on the taxpayer dime as "serving others."

Oh well, God has delivered us from these vermin.

Happy Thanksgiving John--to you and your family!

[Nick Danger]

the mainstream press has no mechanism to bring back Americans brainwashed by conservative outlets.

See, look at that. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Gore is right: the mainstream press has no mechanism to "bring back" the people who aren't watching or reading them anymore.

Al thinks the conservative outlets must be brainwashing people. If there was any brainwashing going on, none of this would have happened. What Gore calls the "mainstream press" has been cheerleading for the Democratic Party for as long as I have been alive. It has been so blatant in recent years that I frequently have to laugh out loud when I read it. If it was possible to brainwash people with media, the Democrats would have 100% of the House and the Senate, plus the White House. And Fox News in its current format would never have gotten off the ground. Rush Limbaugh would have fallen flat on his face.

In fact it is not possible to brainwash people with media, with the consequence that after decades of would-be brainwashing by a media totally dominated by liberals, all conservatives had to do was show up. The audience was there for it. It had always been there. As soon as there was an alternative to all-liberal, all-the-time media, the so-called "mainstream" media outlets found themselves losing share at an unbelievable rate. CNN, with a 20-year head start and many more cable operators signed on, has already lost the ratings war to Fox. And Fox is still coming, adding more cable operators every month because carrying Fox is good business. A huge audience -- bigger than CNN's -- wants it.

This is what Al Gore is crabbing about. He's angry and upset that private citizens, operating their very own remote controls in the privacy of their homes, are not choosing liberal media outlets anymore. He apparently thinks that something ought to be done about that. He can pound sand.

He's right about another thing, too. Now that liberals can no longer control the "zeitgeist" with a 100% monopoly on what people can see and read, liberals are going to have a Hell of a time winning elections. The "media" is no longer going to decide which issues are important, and so tilt the playing field toward the Democrats in every election. That game is over. Democrats will still have the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, and all the broadcast networks with which to trumpet their issues. But whether Democrats like it or not, the Republicans will get their issues on the table. They will have their speeches covered. The public isn't going to hear only the Democrats' side of things.

We will never see another campaign like the one in 1992, where every day's television news featured a tape of an animated, jocular Bill Clinton speaking to a cheering crowd, followed by a still photo of George Bush in the background while the news anchor summarized what he did that day. That kind of news management on behalf of the Democrats is a thing of the past... and good riddance.

Al Gore doesn't like it? I'm not surprised. But I don't care, either. To Hell with Al Gore. For the first time since the advent of mass media, there are conservative outlets to counter the liberal ones. We will have debates in this country, instead of one-sided management of the news on behalf of the Democratic Party. That can only be good for America. It's probably not good for Democrats.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Gobble-gobble. A mind is a terrrible thing to waste, if you have one. I love the pic Fox News used of Gore last night on "Special Edition." Gore looks like an evil, mad professor. It's a very good likeness.

Happy Thanksgiving JohnHuang2!!

[monocle]

Just a thought. All the news anchors at the big three broadcasters are nearing the end of their careers - could the Democrats be mounting a campaign to ensure that their replacements are of the liberal persuasion?

[GailA]

John, this is one of your best. LOL

[johnny7]

Al doesn't like it being out of political office.

Al doesn't like it that their book is not fit for country toilet paper.

Al doesn't like it that the DNC shuns him.

Al doesn't like it that he's not raising much cash.

Al doesn't like talk-radio.

Al doesn't lke you driving an SUV... but he drives one.

Al Gore doesn't like too much these days. By 2004, he'll be ready for a straight-jacket.

[Cacique]

BUMP

[MissAmericanPie]

Happy Thanksgiving JohnHuang2

Here's a song by the Little River Band for old lonesome Al who has so little to be thankful for.

Have you heard about the lonesome loser
Beaten by the queen of hearts every time
Have you heard about the lonesome loser
He's a loser, but he still keeps on tryin'

Oohoohooh .... oooh ....

Sit down, take a look at yourself
Don't you want to be somebody
Someday somebody's gonna see inside
You have to face up, you can't run and hide

Have you heard about the lonesome loser
Beaten by the queen of hearts every time
Have you heard about the lonesome loser
He's a loser, but he still keeps on tryin'

[freedom1st]

Thanks for your 2-cents today. Reading your commentary is a very good way to start my Thanksgiving Day. Have a Happy Thanksgiving and a joyous Holiday Season.

[bert]

...have you forgotten right-wing Mara Liason....

Do you mean the lanky brunette NPR White House reporter rumored to be the mother of Clinton spawn? Is that the one?

You left out SORELOSERMAN!

Happy Thanksgiving

[nicmarlo]

the mainstream press has no mechanism to bring back Americans brainwashed by conservative outlets

I think Gore meant to say, "the mainstream press has no mechanism to reprogram Americans who have been obtaining the truth from conversative outlets."

[Doctor Raoul]

Well, guess who's side 'right-wing' Van Susteren's hubby trial lawyer represented? You got it -- fellow fire-breathing "right winger" Hiatt Steele, the Judas Iscariot who sold her soul to "right-winger" Bill Clinton.

BREAKING NEWS: Greta is in a "gay marriage" with Nancy Luque".

[woofie]

Yep, a few dozen more Gore votes from semi-dead Floridians and we would all be in really deep doo doo. Happy Thanksgiving