Posted on 08/25/2004 10:35:09 AM PDT by BJungNan
Two days after a democrat mayor in a key election state (Ohio) and in the heart of union country announces his support for Bush I can find nothing in my media search for a story on this endorsement.
Okay FReepers. Here is the press release from the Bush Cheney 04 campaign. Where is an article on this very significant endorsement appearing in any daily newspaper?
Monday, August 23, 2004
Democrat Youngstown Mayor George McKelvey Endorses President George W. Bush
YOUNGSTOWN, OH - Earlier today Mayor George McKelvey, Democratic mayor of Youngstown, Ohio, announced his endorsement of President George W. Bush in his reelection bid. At a press conference in Youngstown, McKelvey was joined by Bush-Cheney ’04 Ohio Valley Regional Chair Jo Ann Davidson and said that as a Democrat he is proud to work toward President Bush’s reelection in November.
"Although I have never publicly endorsed a presidential candidate, the significance of this election - an election which I view as the most important of my lifetime - has motivated me to acknowledge my support for President Bush.
"I support President Bush’s proactive approach to the war on terror. He has demonstrated the strong leadership necessary to strengthen our national security. He understands that the war on terror is a war we must win to protect our freedom, for our children, grand children and great grandchildren.
"I support President Bush because I believe that our economy is experiencing a recovery, and that it will continue to improve. It is unfair, at best, to blame President Bush for the devastating impact 9-11 had on the American marketplace. Furthermore, I cannot agree with those who criticize a tax policy which allows the American people to keep more of their own money, allowing them, not the government, to decide how to best spend their money," McKelvey said.
He continued, "Senator Kerry reminds me of the traditional politician who will say anything you want to hear to get elected…This Democrat is proud to call President Bush his friend, and honored to have the opportunity to work with him on his reelection as president of the United States of America."
MSM may have ignored this story but it has been posted on this board several times.
Well, it was posted this time as a call to find an MSM article on it. Obviously the posts before mine did not do the trick and I note, by the way, you have not come back with one either.
No more of this "the dog ate my homework" business. You have your assigment.
Funny you mention dogs.
The dog catcher in Mt Vernon, Ohio (a long time democrat) has also endorsed GWB, and the mainstream media has also ignored that.
"No more of this "the dog ate my homework" business. You have your assigment"
I don't have to do any homework on this at all. Of course the MSM ignores it.
You know, when you put it that way, I guess the MSM has ignored a bunch of Democrats that will support Bush. Think about. If the polls of likely voters are running 50/50 and a majority of registered voters are Democrats, then many Democrats have already endorsed Bush when the pollsters called to get their opinion.
Maybe we should change the assignement to everyone trying to get as many Democrats - dog catchers and all - to endorse Bush. What do you think?
This guy sounds like a Republican to me.
Youngstown is not a large city, this endorcement would not have made news outside the local market, perhaps made the AP wire, but likely not picked up anywhere. Its just not news that a politician in a small town in a swing state endorced a canidate of the rival party. That would be like expecting the Mayor of Monroeville to endorce say Kerry if the mayor was a Republican and then get worked up because the national news didn't mention it.
Funny you mention Monroeville. I always sort of thought of Youngstown as a suburb of Pittsburgh. It would be nice to pick up a few "endorsements" from that town--to bad it won't catch on there.
Dunno but have disseminated to everyone in my email address book across the country.
Youngstown has about 90,000 people city, maybe 500k metro. Not tiny but not large.
90,000 is small my friend, not a town that's going to warrant national news coverage of who the heck the mayor endorces.
Well, its small in that sense.
It depends on perspective. To someone from a town of 900, its big, to someone from New York, its small.
Its definitely less significant than the mayor of St. Paul coming out for Bush!
Youngstown may be a smaller city, but it is a bastion of Democrat labor. A Republican may have been elected there at one time, although, I can't remember when. Youngstown as much as any other city is at the supposed heart of the Kerry vote.
These voter and political demographics, despite the smaller size of Youngstown, makes this national news, or at least it should be. I do not agree with your assessment on this.
BJ,
Sorry, not by any stretch of imagination is the mayor of some 90k town in eastern Ohio endorcing any canidate wether it is of his own party or the other party a national newsworthy story.
If there were a succession of dem mayors across Ohio that all endorced Bush then yes the national news might do some sort of human interest or "what's going on here" story.
However the mayor of one 90k town endorcing a presidential canidate of the other party I don't care what state its from is NOT something that is ever going to be picked up by national news outlets.
Folks that think it is are just partisan dreamers.
I never said it would be picked up by the national news outlets. The question is, should a story like this be picked up.
Population rank
1 Columbus 728,432
2 Cleveland 461,324
3 Cincinnati 317,361
4 Toledo 308,973
5 Akron 212,215
6 Dayton 161,696
7 Parma 83,861
8 Youngstown 79,271 (Mayor endorses Bush)
9 Canton 79,255
We won't list the rest of the cities in Ohio but we will be on the look out for a trend city by city.
And again I disagree with you on the significance of the endorsement from Youngstown. I know that town. It is a significant development.
Let me put it this way. Even if every other city mayor in Ohio endorsed Bush, a Youngstown mayor would be expected to be a lone hold out and encorse the Democrat candidate. Is this a break in the damn. No, but it is a serious fracture in Ohio support for Kerry.
Imagine that stupid Hannity and Combs Show. Wow are they off base. Can you believe they actually had a segment on the Mayor of Youngstown's endorsement for Bush. Don't they know this is not a national newsworthy story?
Hannity and Combs are a political commentary & talk show, or perhaps you missed that.
If you think Hannity and Combs are a news outlet then you really do need some help.
It is all in the realm of national discourse my friend. You are a tough one to get an admission out of. That's okay, though, you can save that crow for when I find this story in the MSM.
So that I come back to you with something that will finally get you to concede, will AP, Reuters or one of the other wire services qualify?
There is nothing to admit, I said this story is not a story that is going to be picked up nationally by the press. If you think it is you don't understand how the press works.
Newspaper and tv news etc are locally market driven, you have the national news such as the broadcasts and the NY TIMES and The LA TIMEs and the USA TODAY, these are somewhat National in their scope, and this story is not one that is going to be picked up by any of them... at the very best it would be one of those 3 sentance left or right column tidbits if any of them bit on it, but its not something they are going to bite on, a mayor in a town of 90,000 endorcing a canidate one way or the other is NOT national news.
All other papers and news are local in scope, and its not going to matter one iota in Pioria Il. if some mayor of a 90k town in easter ohio endorced Bush. Even if the story got onto the AP wire the likelihood of it being run in any markets other than Ohio is next to nill... perhaps some blurbs in some politico only papers in DC, but that's really it.
Will talk radio talk about it sure? Will cable and politco talk shows talk about it? Sure. However you are absolutely dillusional if you think this story rates time on Network News, or in National Press... its not to that scope and will never be viewed as such. People in Tampa don't give a hair rats butt that some Mayor in OH endorced Bush.
As I said before if you had a pattern of Democratic Mayors and Elected Officials of reasonably high stature across the state of Ohio or PA or both suddenly endorcing Bush yes, the national press would run stories like "what's going on here?" However one mayor in one town of 90k in Easter Ohio going against his party is not going to be something the national news is going to pick up and run with.
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