Posted on 11/01/2004 5:57:30 PM PST by Mike Fieschko
Of all the outrageous aspects of this year's presidential campaign, nothing exceeds the Old Media's overt mission to defeat President Bush. They've always been biased, but this year, they barely tried to hide it.Because of their bias, a large number of people remain in the dark about who John Kerry really is, which is alarming. I dare say that if they had not sheltered Kerry's past and his official record, if they hadn't conspired with Democrats to bring down President Bush, Kerry would be lucky to receive 40 percent of the popular vote.
Why do I say that? Simply because Kerry's left-wing beliefs are drastically out of step with a substantial majority of Americans. The only reason our elections have been so close in recent years is that the Old Media has helped to conceal that the liberal fringe has overtaken the Democratic Party. It is the party of Michael Moore, Howard Dean and, yes, John Kerry.
If the nation were truly divided along ideological lines, John Kerry wouldn't have to go to such lengths to conceal his support for gay marriage, his unabashed support of abortion, his discomfort with America's autonomy over its own national security, his aversion to national defense, his persistent opposition to the CIA, his consistent sympathy for Communist regimes and his commitment to punishing earned wealth and productivity.
Kerry's liberalism is not all the Old Media have hidden. They have shielded major portions of his past and sugarcoated others. They have deliberately ignored bona fide allegations against Kerry, some of which are substantiated by his own damning admissions. They've not only abrogated their duty to investigate Kerry's conduct, they've often refused to report it at all.
Credible claims have been made that John Kerry: cavorted with the North Vietnam enemy in Paris; was present at a meeting in Kansas City in 1971 where serious discussions occurred among his close anti-war confidantes about assassinating U.S. senators; perjuriously testified of alleged atrocities "routinely" committed by American troops in Vietnam; suborned other perjurious testimony in furtherance of his antiwar agenda; grossly exaggerated his own combat exploits and injuries and shamelessly lobbied for medals.
Kerry's own statements prove he committed war atrocities himself; that he wasn't in Cambodia during Christmas despite the experience being "seared" in his memory, and that he couldn't have been entitled to at least one of his Purple Hearts because no enemy fire was involved.
Any of these things alone would be sufficient to disqualify a Republican candidate for office. Taken together, they are devastating. But the Old Media remain uninterested.
Their response to a quarter of a thousand decorated Vietnam Swift Boat heroes decrying John Kerry's Vietnam record and anti-war activities has been to slander them and attack their credibility based on tenuous and unsubstantiated alleged connections between them and certain Republican groups. In stark contrast, they have pursued the non-story of President Bush's honorable National Guard service at least five separate times.
Even worse, the Old Media have been sordid coconspirators with Democrats throughout the campaign. Dan Rather and CBS participated with Democratic thugs in a forged documents scandal against President Bush and, when caught, unrepentantly stood by the "accuracy" of their fraudulent story.
ABC's political director Mark Halperin issued a memo directing his staff to be tougher on Bush than Kerry in their debate coverage. Newsweek's Evan Thomas boasted that the Old Media would deliver Kerry some 15 points in the popular vote. The New York Times and CBS did an October hit piece on the mythical missing explosives at al-Qaqaa. "Sixty Minutes" delivered another preposterous last-ditch hit on President Bush Sunday before the election alleging he hasn't properly equipped our troops in Iraq.
Worst of all, the Old Media have refused to insist that Kerry respond to any of the allegations about his Vietnam, antiwar or Senate records. They have participated with him in a cover up of Watergate proportions about these and his failure to sign Form 180 to release his military records.
They have exhibited a striking incuriosity concerning credible charges that there is something fishy about Kerry's medals. And now, as unfathomable as it may seem, they are ignoring potentially serious questions about the history and status of Kerry's discharge from the Navy.
Can you imagine the lengths to which these "objective pursuers of truth" would have gone had just a fraction of these credible charges surfaced against President Bush?
Only after the election will we learn the full truth about John Kerry, whether he wins or loses. And I suspect it's going to shock the daylights out of America.
Even if Bush is reelected, there must be no letup in the drive to expose the truth about Kerry. He must be driven from public life, to teach the 60s antiwar Boomer generation that they are finished, that we will never again put up with their lies and betrayals. I would be willing to donate to the Swifties or any other group which pursues that goal.
Both David and his brother are talented men and true patriots. God bless them
'And I suspect it's going to shock the daylights out of America.'
wow - maybe there's even MORE we don't know about this sKerry...
bttt
What will shock many Americans will be the fact that the media they trusted to keep them informed, didn't live up to their jobs. I've had a very bad feeling about Sen. Kerry for a long time, and won't be at all shocked.
The Limbaugh family can be justifiably proud of David and Rush, patriots both, who've made an enormous impact on this country...and just when she needed them. As for Kerry and the MSM, no matter who wins, they'll cover up for Kerry. This will be an internet, few lone souls in print driven story. America needs to hear the truth about the scandalous MSM and the traitor Kerry.
Ditto and Amen to everything you said.
"Only after the election will we learn the full truth about John Kerry, whether he wins or loses. And I suspect it's going to shock the daylights out of America."
Pray.
Indeed, we must continue to expose him for what he is. Even if he is no longer a threat to the presidency, he will continue to be a threat to the Senate. And he sits on some important committees. He must be exposed for what he truly is.
Actually, the general public doesn't have any idea that Kerry was a traitor to this country, is a communist supporter, a liar, and etc. etc. It isn't the media they will be shocked about, they will be stunned to see the real Kerry that has been hidden from them.
It will be a while but the truth will start to come out.
Didn't we once say the same thing about Clinton, only it was to be after he left office?
The Old Media raised this crop of Democrat politicians and they aren't going to cull them now.
Great column by David Limbaugh. Really sums it up succinctly and to the point.
I am willing to donate as well. The truth must see the light of day and with the truth the corrupt media needs removed. There is a difference between Freedom of the Press and outright lying to influence the election of the United States President. The media has crossed the line and they need to be held accountable!
The decline of network viewership and the cyncism that now greets each "story" trumpeted by the networks are testaments to its near irrelevancy.
The bigger question is precisely what will emerge to replace it. I am optimistic and hopeful that preference-based media (the internet and satellite radio with selector switches for right and left talk channels) will set the agenda. Monopolies--networks and major metropolitan newspapers--naturally degenerate and lose journalistic ethics and the role of the public trust in furtherance of agenda (the absolute power corruption theory). Larger competition for audience will change all that, although it isn't hard to imagine sensationalism creeping in (a la Drudge).
However it turns out, it will certainly be better than what people have been force fed the last 40 years. Thank you Jayson Blair, Dan Rather, and the other purveyors of deceit. You have been found out and are being shunned.
I just saw the Brokaw / Kerry interview on Hardball. They edited out the line where Kerry says his military record is not public. I couldn't believe it. This was blatant partisanship by Matthews and Co.
I agree with the initial post completely. If Kerry does actually manage to steal the election tomorrow, I think America will wake up with a huge case of buyer's remorse, and they will be looking to the mainstream media to find out why they refused to report on these serious issues.
I partially blame the Bush campaign. Had they focused on any of these issues, then the msm would have been forced to address them. Instead, they choose to take the high ground and let the 527s do all the dirty work. It was easy for the msm to ignore 527s. Kerry's campaign had no qualms about hitting the low road, attacking Bush whenever possible, and the msm followed along. Sticking to the high road is a tough strategy when your opponent is constantly taking the low road.
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