On Media Polemics

Last night, Obama aired his infomercial filled with sob stories and vacuity. This 30 minute cliche was greeted as holy writ by the paleolithic media. ABC's Terry Moran had a candy-eating grin as he waxed delight about Obama but turned dour when discussing McCain. Elizabeth Vargas behaved as a if a skunk had entered her tent with an expression of contempt on her face as she interviewed personable, approachable, earnest, and capable Sarah Palin. Network media flacks must sit in front of mirrors to practise the countenance of antipathy for Republicans and the smiling visage for Dems. President Bush is greeted with dripping sarcasm and overt hate by entertainers such as Letterman and his audience. For those who follow Judaism, the name Haman from the Purim holiday evokes hisses and the use of a rattle noisemaker to show him as the embodiment of evil. So, it is with Bush. There is a conditioned response that Bush is evil incarnate. The media has so poisoned public perception that the leader who has kept us safe since September 11 is regarded as a dunce. Obama who is hailed by Terry Moron-not a typo, Stephanopolous, and the rest is no genius. He said there were fifty-seven(57) states. He clearly does not understand that his tax increases will stifle any chance at economic recovery. He said in his ad last night that to improve education he will spend more and pay teachers better. What needs to be done to fix education is to restore discipline to the classroom and accountability to teachers. Allowing competition to government schools with vouchers will also help. Republicans are not perfect, but Obama is no Messiah.

Venom and Vendetta

Obama claims he will unify the country, but his surrogates have viciously attacked journalists or even citizens who have asked him (Joe the plumber) or Biden (Florida reporter Barbara West) questions that are not as servile as most of those the Democratic ticket has faced. If Obamites are this vindictive before they monopolize power, think how dangerous they will be once they have. The government records of an everyman Ohio plumber have been accessed in an attempt to discredit him. This tactic is not rare for Democrats. In my home state of Tennessee, a politically connected highway patrol officer was caught using similar shenanigans. Somehow Barbara West's familial relations become grist but this was never the case when Ted Koppel's daughter worked for a Democrat campaign or for the many other mainstream media lackeys with deep and longstanding Democrat connections. Can you say Stephanopoulos? In New York and Hollywood, entertainers praise Obama on high, but should they deviate and enunciate conservative opinions, they had best do it quietly or look for work in another field. It is reminiscent of the USSR where you did not have to be a member of the party, but you did not have to eat, hold a job, or not be sent to a gulag either. Can you trust a fox to guard a chicken coop?

Scorpions and Snakes

Yesterday's missive discussed factors damaging the GOP. Another instrument in the party's decline has been the neo-con movement. These interlopers do not share the cultural values of the mainstream but are marked mainly by their allegiance to furthering the interests of Israel. They are in the main fiscally conservative as well, but they can not be counted on. The neo-cons were at the forefront of the push to war with Iraq, but when our efforts did not go smoothly, they were the first to gainsay the enterprise. A handful of liberal Republicans such as the female Senators Collins and Snow from Maine have sapped the party. More moderate Senators such as Graham of South Carolina and our Presidential nominee have diminished the coherence of the party's conservative message. Many Republicans also feel revulsion when the Log Cabin Republicans (a homosexual interest group) enter the big tent. Not that the GOP can afford to be picky now with dead people, double voters, felons, foreigners, and the non-existent all casting ballots for Obama. Governor Palin appeared on Saturday Night Live. Why do Republicans grovel at the feet of people who hate them?