Posted on 01/05/2015 3:58:50 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Political attacks have really gone to the dogs.
They used to have more style and substance. It was considered bad form to just weave an attack out of whole cloth, counting on the fact that the mark was so despised by a segment of society that people would be anxious to believe the worst.
It used to be that when you wanted to sling mud at someone whose politics you didn't agree with -- chiefly as a way of making them look bad and yourself look good by comparison -- you'd try to dig up dirt, find a skeleton in a closet or challenge the person's integrity.
These days, you don't have to work that hard. The whole process is do-it-yourself. You just go to Facebook and see what embarrassing family photos can be linked to the person you intend to slime. The target doesn't even have to be in the photo. Just the fact that they posted it, or thought it was humorous, or in any way condoned the act is good enough.
In our narcissistic look-at-me-and-mine culture, social media networks are veritable treasure chests of blunders, blushes and blemishes. Even with our best efforts to use these sites to showcase our best features, there is plenty of embarrassment to go around.
Once you find the photos, you do a little cut and paste. Then you can scribble a few sentences about how shocked -- shocked! -- you are that people could behave in such a manner. Be sure to include a line from the head of some nonprofit that raises funds by advancing the idea that, without a group like theirs, our entire society would be in dire straits....
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Holy Cow!
Did CNN just commit a random act of journalism?
I’ll put it down to chance.
Dang, not bad..
Yer gonna make me say something nice about CNN, aintcha?
Or, in the case of CNN, you'd just call your contact in the DemocRAT Party and see what they had to dish for that day.
Sarah is a lot smarter than the majority of the MSM.
And she is a whole lot smarter than Dorkbama.
No, I’m not even coming close to kidding.
I think its funny how a bunch of ‘concerned’ posters on the threads about it are now literally to the LEFT of CNN.
Speaking of dish, I note that the CNN article doesn't mention the 'Resident eats dog angle to the story, but, still kudos to CNN...
“... standing barefoot on his new pet dog — a black labrador oddly named Jill Hadassah — so he could reach the kitchen sink and wash his dish....”
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Well, for a CNN Online Opinion page article written by a Washington Post writer, this is a very reasonable document. But, because it is CNN, I have to be picky and find some minor thing to gripe about. “Jill Hadassah” is not a particularly odd name (even for a service dog) — Hadassah was Queen Esther’s birth name as many devout Christians and Jews will remember.
OK, now that I have my obligatory “dig” in, props to Ruben Navarrette for a well written piece.
“Sarah is a lot smarter than the majority of the MSM.
And she is a whole lot smarter than Dorkbama.
No, Im not even coming close to kidding.”
An easy way to think about that. If you were starting a business, organizing a major charity event, coordinating a major disaster relief project somewhere; who would be the best to run it?
Palin in a landslide over Obama.
IIRC, I read that she has Jewish ancestors. BTW, Trig, as well as her other children and husband are Eskimo/Native Americans. Has PETA and the rest of the left no shame? RACISTS!! LOL
The author left out some of the good stuff Sarah said, like “at least he didn’t eat the dog” (referring to Obama) so maybe (s)he won’t get fired.
Wow, nice catch 2DV. Someone at CNN defending Palin. Even if it is in the opinion column.
Ruben Navarrette is a CNN contributor and a nationally syndicated columnist with the Washington Post Writers Group. Follow him on Twitter: @rubennavarrette. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.
Ruben Navarrette is a CNN contributor and a nationally syndicated columnist with the Washington Post Writers Group.What a shame that the CNN editorial board lacks the integrity to put something like this under their own name and own it.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.
LOL! GMTA!
Something I just picked up in the article that I didn’t know. CNN in our schools?! The brainwashing is worse than I thought.
I've read some decent stuff in the past from Mr. Navarrette.........
FWIW-
Is it really a leftist position not to teach kids to stand on a dog’s back?
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