Political Punch

Jake, thanks for mentioning this. The political biases built into our news reports become more blatant with time. I prefer unbiased reporting; that's why I read your posts. Unfortunately, the trend seems to be headed the other way. Newsweek, for example, wants to grab the Obama-friendly crowd as their audience. It reminds me of the clear slants of the various British "news"papers. We're headed down the same blind alley.

WEST VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY

THE TARNISHED PRESS has proven that it's broken.

Although this race is far from over, the media has been playing "taps" for HIllary ever since B O won North Carolina last week.

They choose not to remember that on that very same day, Hillary won Indiana, and that the week before, Hillary won Pennsylvania!

They choose not to tell you that 31,000 votes "FOR OBAMA" were Double counted in North Carolina.... not that it would have made a difference.

They choose not to tell you that 92 percent of black voters pledged for B O in North Carolina... or that 91 percent of black voters in Philadelphia followed the same pattern.

They don't want this to be played up because Obama's followers feel that telling the truth.... is racist.

But it IS appropriate to talk about the little blue dress and sling noxious. venomous off*topics slander at Hillary whenever they want because what THEY'RE doing... is not racist.... just cruel, arrogant, childish.

We all know that Hillary is the better, more seasoned, wiser candidate.

We have watched during the early debates how Obama's plans always mimicked hers. We have watched during the last debate, as Obama, with no one to imitate,appeared literally to be without words!

Hillary, as usual was unflustered and incredible in the depth and knowledge of her reponses.

The press disremembers too many of her achievements.... like procuring health care for 6,000,000 children.

Like bringing to the table a truly UNIVERSAL health care package which even Mrs. John Edwards has praised.

Don't let the that braggard Barack and the myopic media win.

Hillary needs your help!

She needs your vote!

Before the landslide loss of BO at Pennsylvania, Newsweek poll reported that BO was pulling ahead.

Darn it, BO lost by almost 10 points after bombarding the media with lies spending 11.2 million.

Newsweek and Times stink.

Lance: It's pretty pitiful that someone who wants to be President of the United States cannot give a speech without reading it off of a teleprompter. Hillary most certainly doesn't need one; my wife and I saw her at an event her in So CA, and she was brilliant. Bill Clinton didn't need one. The only Presidents that I've seen who needed a teleprompter were George Bush and Ronald Reagan. Need I say more?

Lance said, in defending Obama's inability to give a speech without a teleprompter: There are many modern politicians who cannot give a good speech without a teleprompter. It is the same with kids who are weak doing mental arithmetic because they rely on calculators. Same with teens who cannot remember phone numbers because they rely too much on their cellphones.

LANCE, you have made the case of those who are against Obama. We don't want someone who is "weak" mentally, or cannot remember how many states are in the union.

To---Truth, You hit it square on. Senator Obama is a radical that the majority of Americans can not trust and will not vote for. One must look into his background and associates rather than believe his political rhetric in speeches written by high-paid speech writers. He can't even give a speech without a teleprompter and can not think on his feet. Did you know that we have 57 (fifty-seven) states and stars on our flag?

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That seems borderline with paranoia than anything else. If he is so radical, how has he escaped all the intelligence by the US government? Don't you think that a bit childish?

There are many modern politicians who cannot give a good speech without a teleprompter. It is the same with kids who are weak doing mental arithmetic because they rely on calculators. Same with teens who cannot remember phone numbers because they rely too much on their cellphones.

McCain was in his 40s when he met Cindy. She was in her 20s. Twenty year age difference. Anybody else find that sleazy and disturbing?

Swiftboat ads were right-on; thence, no
Kerry response! Kerry had already proven himself an "outright liar" by his congressional testimony attesting to be an eyewitness to atrocities at locations where he was never present.

American voters lowered the bar by validating Clinton to the extent that anyone is now a viable candidate.

I find it disgusting that John McCain cheated on his first wife and dumped her after she became disabled in a car accident. He even had sex with female subordinates in the Navy, a clear violation of Military Ethics. McCain is not a man of character.

Geevill, The truth, S.valenti,

Why don't you read the piece by Newsweek before making up your minds. In the same issue they asked a legitimate question as to wether Nixon was the father of today's dirty politics.

I think lot of news organizations over the years agree with the fact that the Republicans have used wedge issues and 527s to win elections. It is not just Newsweek.

If Newsweek was so wrong about Republicans, how did it happen that the head of the RNC apologized to African Americans in 2005 (before the NAACP) for using racial politics during elections?

Do you remember the words "MACACA MOMENT"?

To---Truth, You hit it square on. Senator Obama is a radical that the majority of Americans can not trust and will not vote for. One must look into his background and associates rather than believe his political rhetric in speeches written by high-paid speech writers. He can't even give a speech without a teleprompter and can not think on his feet. Did you know that we have 57 (fifty-seven) states and stars on our flag?

It seems to me these days that hard core Republicans are very nervous and of course, they should be, considering the way they have destroyed this country.

Check your link to Salter's letter above. It's incorrect and since it's referenced and leads to nothing it's misleading.

I already posted the correction here but it was deleted.

You might also want to change the first word in the second to last paragraph from "Herr" to "Here."

I love the way republicans disclaim negativity by bring up negative comments. Like McCain decrying an Obama/Hamas link in the same sentence that suggest one. Two faced, you bet. I'd call McCain a bad name, but he already calls himself the worse I can come up with, REPUBLICAN.

s. valenti: I applaud you for canceling your subscription to Newsweek. I think that all of us who have been disaffected by the Democratic Party elite should do that same thing to them; in other words, do anything we can to assure their defeat in upcoming elections. Of course, this starts first with Obama.

I cancelled my subscription to Newsweek due to their over the top bias for Obama. It's embarassing how they pass off opinion as fact.

The elites in the media are going to wake up to the fact that there is a direct connection between readership and their salaries.

All we ask is that they report the news. Hear that, Alter?

The media, the DNC and the Democratic Party elite has tried to shove Obama down our throats for many months now. In spite of this, Hillary is still fighting hard to protect this country against the most deceptive and divisive candidate in modern history. Dean, Pelosi, Kennedy, Kerry and the rest of the party establishment are going to get a big surprise in November, should Obama be the Democratic nominee, when he is soundly defeated by voters crossing over to McCain from their own party. We Democrats who will not sit idly by and let this dangerous wing of the party seize control will fight on, because we love our families and our country more than the Democratic Party, which is now only a shadow of the party of hope and promise it purports to represent.

I think I just figured it out. ABC isn't pro-Clinton, they're pro-Republican.

They're trying to get themselves out of the ratings hole by becoming the new Fox News.

In my lifetime there has never been a candidate as scary as Barack Obama. or a candidate's spouse as scary as Michelle Obama.

Well, I wasn't a voting adult when the previous Republicans were elected, but can there be any doubt that Bush's entire strategy consisted of this type of fear-mongering?

Anyone remember 2004? The primary reason voters went for Bush, in spite of 4 years of collosal failures, blunders, and corruption, was fear.

Bush's arguments were that changing presidents in a time of war was too dangerous, that Kerry wasn't as known a quantity as he was, that Kerry wouldn't hold the line on the war, that Kerry would allow gays to marry and overrun society, that Kerry would select liberal activist judges to destroy their faith, that Kerry would take away the tax cuts for the wealthy that were supposedly going to save the economy.

These points were not just fear-mongering, they were all DEAD WRONG.

Every. Single. One. Wrong.

Now, read what I just listed, and compare it to McCain? Any similarities?

You bet they're trying to do it again. That's why McCain supporters have been quoted as planning to attack Obama with "Swift-boat times ten".

I agree, Jake. This is a deplorable tactic of the Obama campaign. He plays as dirty as they come, all the while elevating himself to the status of a new kind of politics.

McCain is falling into a dangerous trap. Thank goodness for 527s.

You have to be deaf and blind to not recognize the impact of the Swiftboat ads, the Willie Horton ads, etc. They're extremely powerful, extremely negative, and extremely disgraceful.