Posted on 10/02/2008 10:53:50 AM PDT by mojito
I'm posting because it is indicative of the anger in lots of reader email I'm seeing:
The Ifill issue is front and center. Last night on Brit Hume's program, the consensus was that they all knew Gwen and she is a swell person, and of course she wouldn't do anything partisan. Just where the hell are these people coming from? Day in and day out, out here in the real world we see obvious bias, obvious double standards and yet the Republicans and a lot of the "conservative" media either don't see it, or if they do, they let it slide.
A few examples. Obviously the current flap of Gwen Ifill, Tom Brokaw, Jim Lehrer as moderators for presidential debates but never an O’Reilly, Hannity, Limbaugh or Brit Hume. Why not?
A special prosecutor is appointed to investigate firings of 9 prosecutors but none was or will ever be appointed to find out why Clinton fired EVERY single prosecutor when he took office?? Republicans stand mute on this and it is infuriating.
Chris Dodd, Barney Frank, Waters and the entire Black Caucus defend the running of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and prevent the very reforms which might have avoided the mess we are in today. Yet the MSM and Republicans are silent. Why aren't these guys investigated, forced to step down and prosecuted as was Tom Delay?? Again silence from the White House, McCain and other Republicans.
These are just a few of the things that infuriate conservatives outside the beltway and New York City. We have the Republican Party asking us for money, yet I haven't seen a single penny spent on demanding the Democrats adhere to the same standard Republicans are required to meet. Being a punching bag for liberals who constantly lie about you, constantly use inflammatory language (hate speech in some cases) and use any means necessary to gain power is no way to win elections. Yet this is the path the Republican Party takes time and time again. To say I am mad as hell about the Dems and the response of the Republicans to these liberal attacks is an understatement.
O’Reilly has an article on his web site that says “Conservative group drops Ayers, Rezko and Wright from their ad.” Why I ask?? These guys are terrorists, crooks and as anti-American as they come, yet those in a position to speak out remain mute!!
Enough. I don’t give a damn if the Fox media folk know Gwen and say she is a swell person. I don’t care if McCain thinks the Dems in the Senate and congress are his “good friends”, they sure as hell aren’t my good friends. In fact they work day in and day out to destroy all I hold dear, and tax me to pay for those in society who are too lazy and/or stupid to care for themselves....
If the author of this email isn't a FReeper, he should be.
Sums up my frustration pretty well...
I will second your Amen!
You are kiding me. They have dropped Rezko, Ayers and Wright from the ads?
They are letting Obama win without firing a shot.
McCain’s camp is starting to look like those appeasers we all hate.
kiding=kidding. oops
Let Me Hear A BIG AMEN!!!
This article is dead right,it’s well past time that the media bias was taken head on.
They are NOT impartial and therefore should be treated and spoken to as political opponents.
Hail McCarthyism!
The left, without scruples, is playing to win. I’m not sure the right has the same fire in its belly.
Well, I’ve had it with those who haven’t had it with “conservatives” who haven’t had it with the Left.
And I’ll bet you’ve had it with me for hadding it.
i have NEVER seen a fair election debate moderator yet since the only moderators I have seen all come from the left. Lehrer’s most recent actually seemed the fairest.
Agreed.
Bingo!
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Republicans don’t stand mute.
We simply don’t have a media megaphone that focuses on the evil doings of the left.
Andrew’s mistake is attempting to categorize McCain republican party brokers and McCain media wonks on Fox News as any more conservative than McCain is. They might as well be attending a convention of the Liberal Colleague Admiration Society.
I know one place that still fights the Hard Left tooth and nail. Go to StopAcorn.org and sign their Petition to the President.
If I recall, the Democrats threatened to boycott any debate hosted by Fox News because they would be to partisan. The Republicans gain zero bipartisan points by agreeing to letting obvious left wing “journalists” moderate the debates. Obama book or not, Gwen Ifill has been hosting Washington Week on PBS for years and you only need to watch the first 5 minutes to see her lefty bias. Unfortunately, its a little late in the game to make a big issue out of this.
That being said, Give em’ hell Sarah!
There is an inaccuracy that must be corrected. I just went to O’Reilly’s website. It doesn’t say “Conservative group drops Ayers, Rezko, Wright FROM their ad,” it says it drops them IN their ad.
A quote from the linked article at the Politico says “The conservative Judicial Confirmation Network goes up today with an ad reminding voters in two key states about Obama’s ties to Tony Rezko, Bill Ayers and Jeremiah Wright.”
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