[Common Tator]

Did you ever meet a sportscaster who did not like football, basketball and other athletic games? Did you ever meet a sportscastor was not a fan of athletic contests ... did not want athletic games to expand and increase?

Can you imagine some one thinking.. "I am not a sports fan.. I think there should be fewer atletic events. Therefore I will make my living covering athletic events."

Did you ever meet a newscaster that did not like goverment ... local state and national? Did you ever meet a newscaster that was not infavor or courts having great power?.... Did you ever meet a newscaster that was in favor of smaller government?

Can you imagine someone saying "I dislike government and would like to downsize it and therefore I am going to make my career reporting on government.

The media is biased because they are government fans. The like government and want to see it grow and expand.

How do I explain people like Rush? That is simple. Rush says it himself. If you ask Rush his profession he will not say he is a jouralist or newscaster. He will tell you he is an entertainer. He got into radio and had his early success as a D.J. His job was to entertain listeners. When the people Ronald Reagan's appointed to the FCC made political talk shows legal, Rush understood that ruling would allow political talk shows to become entertainment. The reason liberals fail to have hit talk shows is they fail to make their shows enteraining.

Al Franken is not enteraining because his leftist beliefs make his audience the butt of his so called jokes. People who are the butt of jokes rarely find them funny.

But make no mistake... you can only get unbiased coverage from entertainers whose purpose is to entertain. When entertainers try to become talk show journalists they fail.. everytime. And government fans (newscasters) fall very flat on their entertainment face.

To a Newscaster shuting down a government agency is like telling a sportscaster you want to close Wrigley Field and do away with the Cubs.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

To a Newscaster shuting down a government agency is like telling a sportscaster you want to close Wrigley Field and do away with the Cubs.

Republicans are the party of "the people" and Democrats are the party of government. Republicans are the party of people who believe in "the people," and Democrats are the party of people who think "the people" need a nanny.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Al Franken is not enteraining because his leftist beliefs make his audience the butt of his so called jokes. People who are the butt of jokes rarely find them funny.

I think that is an important point which needs amplification. If indeed Republicans are the party of the people, the people will not find "jokes" funny if Republicans are the butts. But a joke about government is a different thing. Or, as Rush's shtick is, a joke about the arrogance of journalism's pretensions to virtue.