Mark Steyn: America's liberal media bias does their darling Democrats no favours whatsoever

The Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | 11/08/03 | Mark Steyn

[LibertarianLiz]

Hubby & I were just having a conversation about the "Clinton Effect" the other day. It was after I had read the story about the Seattle Hebrew Academy having a fund raiser, paying Clinton to come to it as a pull, and losing money on the deal. I opined that it really is hard, the media being what it is, to actually know if Clinton is the "big draw" that they are all yammering about; but, this incident tends to tell me he's not.

Could there have been a more perfect format for him: ultra-liberal Seattle, Jewish voters in ultra-liberal Seattle, young, impressionable school age children. He should have had a packed house. Instead, they lose money. (And, honestly, he takes money from a school fundraiser?)

Whenever I hear that Bubba is campaigning for someone, I just laugh. They consistently lose wherever he shows up.

[MarkL]

Missouri = Mississippi. So Steyn's not perfect.

I was sitting here thinking, "How the hell did I miss voting against Bob Holden?" lol

Mark

[irv]

They are BUBBLE PEOPLE. And every work day I get to be around them.

I sympathize. I work for a newspaper. Need I say more? (Besides that I have nothing to do with the news division, so DON'T BLAME ME)

[cookcounty]

Mark's a marksman. Can you get him to write something again tomorrow?

[jaime1959]

ping for later read

[maxter]

Speaking of the "Clinton Effect" did you catch O'Reilly tonight and the segment on kids having oral sex in the school classroom?

[not-an-ostrich]

Hey Mark! Shhhh!

[nwrep]

Everyday my wife and I go into town. We are surrounded by liberals.

Hah!! Same here, so I can understand how you feel about the Portland liberals.

[cardinal4]

None the less, The Daily Telegraph, in a curious editorial that sounded as if my colleagues had been up all night snorting Democratic talking points

Vintage Steyn..

[MeekOneGOP]

And on a Friday evening, who could disagree!

I'll drink to that !!

Oddly enough, all these non-trends seem to trend the same way: November 2002 - Democrats lose control of the US Senate; October 2003 - Democrats lose the California gubernatorial race; November 2003 - Democrats lose the Missouri Mississippi and Kentucky gubernatorial races.

And a whiskey chaser for ole terry ! ...

I can't wait for November next year !

[lainde]

Thanks for the Steyn fix!

[MeekOneGOP]

ROFL !!

Well, it's true even Democrats can find good news if they know where to look. In my town in New Hampshire, a Democrat neighbour recently got elected cemetery commissioner, which may prove useful experience, the way things are going for her party.

[nicmarlo]

I love that movie! : )

[MeekOneGOP]

For those that haven't seen this, a great Mark Steyn article:

Mark Steyn: America's liberal media bias does
their darling Democrats no favours whatsoever

Excerpt:

As for Bush merely solidifying his base, Kentucky hasn't elected a Republican governor since 1967 and Missouri has elected only two in the past 125 years. In the swing states, the change in voter identification since September 11 is all in one direction - Florida: Republicans up six points; Minnesota: Republicans up eight points; Michigan: Republicans up nine points; Iowa: Republicans up 12 points; Arkansas (home of the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library): Republicans up 15 points.

Doesn't sound that polarised to me. But, driving around the other day, I heard a radio reporter taking refuge in a favourite recent formulation: "Despite polls showing increasing public unhappiness over Iraq, the President continues to insist."

That crazy Bush, eh? Flying in the face of what some guy told some pollster over the telephone! Why not try the same formulation with some actual votes?

"Despite losing three governorships in the past month, Democrats continue to insist that their strategy of running every election as a referendum on Bush is working." Even if it costs them a fourth governorship in Louisiana this week.

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[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[maica]

They are BUBBLE PEOPLE. And every work day I get to be around them.

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I feel your pain!! And I love your phrase.

BUBBLE PEOPLE

I will be using it from now til next November.

[maica]

I wonder if the British readers of the Telegraph understand our politics and media enough to comprehend the truth of Steyn's points.

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The readership of the Telegraph is very well educated and generally well informed with conservative leanings.

[FlyVet]

Who are these voters? They seem to be young, hitherto natural Democrats who aren't as hung up as their wrinkly parents on Vietnam nostalgia.

Um, bingo. A lot of my "wrinkly" relatives are still sitting in front of the boob tube in the evening, listening to Dan Rather while reading the local lib rag newspaper, and since it's "in the news", it's true. After all, they wouldn't LIE, or TELL HALF-TRUTHS, would they? Their children, and now their grandchildren, are a little more skeptical of what they hear on TV. Add the Internet and talk radio into the equation. It's seems to be having an effect.

[suzyq5558]

I used to work with the bubble people at the local rag here in eugene .
im not sure which area is worse for bubble people,portland or eugene.
but they are trapped in their little enclaves because outside of these two cities oregon is quite a conservative state.
well ashland is infested with bubble people.
as each day goes by the bubble people are becoming more and more irelevent and this is a GOOD thing!

[Brian Allen]

<< Sixty years of Western nations excusing and accommodating the lack of freedom in the Middle East did nothing to make us safe - because in the long run "stability" cannot be purchased at the expense of liberty. >>

Thus, as Mr Steyne so artfully -- and as subtly -- notes, has United States of America's President and Armed-Forces Commander-In-Chief, George Walker Bush, declared total war on Our Nation's most loathsome, fearsome, persistent, efficatious and far and away most insidious enemy -- EVER! -- the United States Department of State!

Way to go, President Bush!

God save our President.

God save Our Beloved FRaternal Republic!

Blessings to all y'all -- Brian

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