Frustrated Democrats complain of media bias (Sniff Sniff!)

Hill News ^ | 7/15/03

[areafiftyone]

Oh and what are they putting Bush thru now? The liberal media and the Democrees are focusing on one line in the state of the union speech ad nauseum.

[Support Free Republic]

See that good looking dude on the left? He's got FAR BETTER THINGS to do than conduct Freepathons! Come on, let's get this thing over with.

[FreeTheHostages]

Bias *this*: TAG LINE CONTEST over here!

WINNER GETS A FREE COPY OF THIS (the book, not the girl, stupid)

[goldstategop]

The Democrats have nothing positive to say. I love their whining. Let em keep it up.

[Semper Paratus]

The rat media monopoly is over and they don't know what to do about it.

[skeeter]

Contrast the b*tching & crying over perceived bias on the part of the democrats with the taboo the GOP still has on discussing actual liberal media bias.

Makes me wanna slap the snot outta one of these bed-wetting whiners. Any one'll do.

[COBOL2Java]

This is breathtaking. I guess it's the natural result of outcome-based thinking. In other words, since Bush is not getting the same outcome as Clinton did, then the process must be biased. Never mind that it had anything to do with what was done in office! No! Once must focus entirely on the outcome!

Cry me a river...

[ken5050]

Ironically, they fall victim to thier own issue..because the beltway media bleats incessantly about the 16 words in the SOTU, the Dem think they're getting traction with this issue...well, they ain't..

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Good news! And good post!

[Sunshine Sister]

Wah wah wah!

[EdReform]

Bump & Ping

[hobbes1]

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) said: I believe the press seems to have a different standard for Mr. Bush than for Mr. Clinton.

Hmmmmm.....Lets See, Clinton Campained on a middle class tax cut, then rammed thru a democratic congress the largest tax increase inte history of man, also Clinton got caught in , shady land deals with a corrupt S&L partner, an endless stream of bimbo eruptions culminating in a public Rape accusal, COmitting what would be considered sexual harassment in the least in corporate america in the Oval Office, Perjury before a Federal Judge, Bombing an aspirin factory on the eve of impeachment on scantier evidence than the uranium, (actually NO evidence...), and pardoned terroists to help his wifes senatorial campaign.....

I would respectfully assert that the difference in coverage is directly linked to the difference in Behavior.

[Billthedrill]

Well, for one thing the Dems have been hoist on their own petard with regard to the Campaign Finance Reform bill they were screaming for. For a long time now they've portrayed their party as in favor of the "little guy" and the Republicans as slaves to corporate interests, which is fine demagoguery but risky to actually believe, which they clearly did in passing the CFR bill. It turns out that the real weight of the "little guy" political donations was heavily toward the Republicans, not the Democrats, and their nominal solution for the image didn't address the reality. Too bad.

But I wouldn't be leaning too heavily on the "different standard" argument if I were they - were Bush to gather personal FBI information on 1000 leading Democrats under the auspices of the Homeland Security Act I suspect they wouldn't want it whitewashed as it was under their boy Clinton. As with the CFR bill, they ought to be careful what they ask for.

[DeFault User]

Democratic strategists fear that by next July the national Republican fundraising committees will have raised close to twice as much as their Democratic counterparts.

Well, looks like Campaign Finance Reform will have to be reformed again. Hehhehheh....

[JoeSixPack1]

The conservative talk show circuit is really got these morons flustered. And without the clout of controlling the WH press corps, their daily talking points are rebutted before the fax paper leaves the machine.

I'm deeply saddened. :-)

[cardinal4]

Clinton was an ass*ole, Bush is not. Maybe thats why the media is giving him the perceived pass..

[Exit148]

HUH??????

[Redbob]

Incredible!
It's mind-boggling that they can't figure out that Bush isn't "weathering the scandals" that plagued Klintoon because Bush doesn't behave in a scandalous fashion!

[eureka!]

What funny, spiteful, dishonest little people they are...

[ravingnutter]

the Department of Homeland Security is broken and needs to be fixed.

Geez...it has only been in existence since Jan 2003, you can't reorganize a complete Govt. system overnight. Also, it would probably be alot easier if those Departments did not have the added burden of responding to Democrat investigations over perceived wrongs that have no factual basis .