Posted on 07/28/2008 9:00:12 AM PDT by rhema
John McCain has figured out that one way to build enthusiasm among conservatives is to confront his former best friends in the liberal media. As the media glorify Barack Obama the “statesman” on his trip abroad, with the three network anchors lining up for interviews like a gaggle of smitten fan-club presidents, the McCain campaign suddenly acquired a surprising “Annoy The Media” flavor.
Like many Obama-loving press outlets, Newsweek has reported that McCain's campaign is struggling against an Obama crusade that seems “blessed by destiny." This spin is maddening. The Obama campaign has been blessed by a media that arrogantly aspires to be the manufacturers of our destiny, and make history by beating the electorate senseless with glowing Obama coverage.
McCain is learning that the best way to fight the “destiny” makers is to take them on directly. The Drudge Report revealed that after The New York Times published an op-ed by Obama on July 14 laying out his thoughts on Iraq, McCain submitted an op-ed in reply. But the Times rejected it. David Shipley, the deputy editorial page editor, suggested that McCain's article wasn't constructive enough to publish.
“It would be terrific to have an article from Senator McCain that mirrors Senator Obama's piece," Shipley wrote. “To that end, the article would have to articulate, in concrete terms, how Senator McCain defines victory in Iraq. It would also have to lay out a clear plan for achieving victory — with troops levels, timetables and measures for compelling the Iraqis to cooperate."
Republicans and conservatives quickly smelled that Shipley -- a former Clinton aide and New Republic executive editor -- wanted McCain to resubmit an article that “mirrored” Obama's views. But what the Times really refused to tolerate was any criticism of their precious prince Obama. Announce your own plan for Iraq, fine, but don't try to grace our pages by saying Obama “mangled the evidence” and has “learned nothing from recent history," as McCain's rejected op-ed stated. McCain's piece would be rejected for prose disparaging Obama's position: “In 2007 he wanted to withdraw because he thought the war was lost. If we had taken his advice, it would have been."
But Shipley had no problem publishing Obama's article, which bashed McCain for bad judgment in voting for the “grave mistake” of war in Iraq, and claiming that McCain wanted permanent bases in Iraq, like our presence in South Korea. While Shipley demanded McCain recommend a timetable for withdrawal, McCain was clear in his rejected article that he thought a rigid timetable was unwise, even dangerous.
The New York Times is out of control. On a regular basis, the news department makes headlines for outrageously biased non-news, such as the incredibly scummy story in February alleging that McCain had a sexual relationship with lobbyist Vicki Iseman despite the paper's utter lack of proof. Even their advertising department has gotten into the act. Recall how they made a sweetheart deal with MoveOn.org to slam Gen. David Petraeus as “General Betray Us." Now it's the op-ed department, refusing to give McCain the opportunity to respond to Obama because they don't like the response, period.
Meanwhile, over in TV land, the network anchors lined up for their chance to boost Obama's adventures. In the first days of the trip, it led all the network newscasts, and they praised him aggressively, down to the jump shots he made playing basketball in Kuwait. Now compare that to their coverage of McCain when he went abroad. On a trip in March, the networks amassed four stories in the entire week. CBS gave McCain's trip ... 10 seconds, 31 words.
When McCain went to Colombia and Mexico a couple of weeks ago, ABC beat him up. Five times over the course of two segments on July 2, various “Good Morning America” hosts, reporters and analysts emphasized that McCain's trip might result in voters thinking he didn't care about the domestic economic situation. Robin Roberts began her interview: “So, why is Senator McCain abroad when Americans are focused on the economy here at home and losing jobs, more and more jobs?" McCain said the drug trade in Colombia is a serious issue for Americans. But Roberts just plowed ahead, and asked again why on Earth he would go to South America. ABC didn't want an answer. ABC wanted people to resent McCain for leaving the country.
McCain's campaign is now running Internet ads mocking Chris Matthews for his “thrill up the leg” comments about Obama and other assorted media goo, complete with Frankie Valli crooning “Can't Take My Eyes Off You” in the background. It's quite clear that the media are hypersensitive about any mockery of Obama. So mocking his pitter-patter valentines in the media may be the best hardball he can throw.
Why is it that when I hear (or read) the name John McCain and “Destiny” in the same phrase, I automatically think of a Spanish-speaking,third-world country?
I don’t like that picture - it makes Katie look almost attractive. And we know that isn’t true.
Here they go with the “bi-racial” child accusations again...
...What? “Destiny” is not a PERSON? Oh, sorry. My bad.
Why don’t they ask the NE Patriots how that ‘destiny’ thing played out?
aka "The Three Blind Mice" .........
On the other hand, making the election a referendum about nobama rather than about Bush is an advantage for mcC.
Hussein = Megalomaniac - A person with a psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of power, wealth or omnipotence. An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions.
The Operative Term is ‘Hubris’
American Thinker, by J.R. Dunn
Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad. - Euripides
He has a seat on his campaign aircraft marked ‘’president’’. He has taken a shot at creating his own presidential seal, complete with Latin motto. He has laid claim to personal control over the world’s oceans and seas. He has repeatedly attempted to dictate how and on what level he, his ideas, and his activities may be discussed. He has encouraged a portrayal of himself as a messianic figure, including a portrait of himself as Christ, complete with halo.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/07/the_operative_term_is_hubris.html
“It’s quite clear that the media are hypersensitive about any mockery of Obama.”
The msm and his worshippers are taking their cues from the nomighty One, who is just a thin-skinned, phony, marxist creep.
McCain has gone from being the Dole Campaign to aspiring to being the Bush 41 Campaign. Great.
McCain needs to propose AN AGENDA!!!! He cannot get to 50% without actually providing a real alternative to Obama. If Obama gets to decide what everyone talks about then its a matter of running out the clock.
He needs to hit Obama on the economy because that is where Obama is oblivious. And stop this ‘back of the bus’ BS which allows every evenings video to be of you in the back of the f’ing bus!!! Obama is standing in front of a group of flags or throngs of (nutty) people and McCain is sitting in a bus with a cup of coffee in his hand.
McCain doesn’t have a campaign. He just has a bus driver and a company who produces his ads. There is no ‘campaign’ since there is nobody creating a message, a strategy and an organization which will turn out voters. I live in a ‘battleground state’ and I see no signs of the McCain campaign except for the weekly phone calls I get from a boiler room somewhere in Georgia trying to use some Zig Ziglar script to get me to give them money.
McCain seems to be unaware that he is not running for Mayor somewhere. He has been milling around for 6 months already as though he wanted to be the most popular guy at the local VFW or King of the Town Hall(meeting). At some point, he will need to make it clear that he actually has assembled the people necessary to run an entire government and not just an insurgency against the existing one or against the GOP (which can make you only soo famous). God help him because he appears not to be aware that he needs it.
I’ve seen exactly one McCain yard sign and one McCain bumpersticker. The bumpersticker was on a car parked in front of the house with the yard sign.
The media’s plan is to completely ignore that McCain is running against Obama. They’ve got their guy and they are in luv. Of course, McCain is running a terrible campaign so that doesn’t help. At this point it ain’t looking good.
So true. The press seems to think that they have already anointed Obama POTUS, and that it's simply up to the voters to rubber-stamp the decision.
The media is such a whore. No better yet, they forget their responsibilities and run like scared dogs in a pack — should somebody write something different from the pack they may be attacked. And poof... there goes their career, a career which they had to spend years toadying, grovelling and sucking up for. And yet, I’m wrong because they mostly come from well to do families that finds a place for them to work, but it probably doesn’t hurt to refine the flattering, sycophantic abilities as well.
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