You wrote: “The tactics they used on Sarah Palin were first used on Newt and for the same reason; Elected Conservatives Must be Destroyed.” bttt
Evan Thomas (Newsweek 2004: “.....there’s going to be this glow about them that some, is going to be worth, collectively, the two of them, that’s going to be worth maybe 15 points.”
NewsMax estimated that the liberal media’s coverage essentially gave Kerry a $2 billion “in-kind” donation through their liberal coverage.
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NewsMax
Sunday, July 18, 2004 12:50 a.m. EDT
Newsweek Big: Media Bias Worth 15 Points for Kerry-Edwards
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/7/18/125224.shtml
The American press has dived so deeply into the tank for Sen. John Kerry’s presidential bid that they don’t even bother concealing their pro-Democrat bias anymore.
“Let’s talk a little media bias here,” Newsweek’s assistant managing editor Evan Thomas told PBS’s “Inside Washington” last week, reports Sunday’s New York Post.
“The media, I think, want Kerry to win. And I think they’re going to portray Kerry and Edwards - I’m talking about the establishment media, not Fox, but - they’re going to portray Kerry and Edwards as being young and dynamic and optimistic and all, there’s going to be this glow about them that some, is going to be worth, collectively, the two of them, that’s going to be worth maybe 15 points.”
Newsweek’s July 19 issue “certainly backs up Thomas’ contention,” notes the Media Research Center, which first uncovered the amazing admission.
“Over a smiling photo of Kerry and Edwards on the cover, Newsweek ever hopefully asks, ‘The Sunshine Boys?’”
Thomas’ comments also support NewsMax Magazine’s special report “The Media War on Bush.”
http://archive.newsmax.com/adv/june04/
In that report NewsMax estimated that the liberal media’s coverage essentially gave Kerry a $2 billion “in-kind” donation through their liberal coverage.
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Rush Limbaugh
Thought We Wouldn’t Fight Back?
August 5, 2004
“.... I’m going to tell you what. You liberals, everybody is trying to understand you, and it’s very difficult to understand you because you defy logic. Some people say, “Ah it’s a religion, and religions are based on faith, and you can’t challenge their faith. Nobody is going to give up their religion.” That’s partly true, but I think liberalism is a psychosis. I think it’s a psychological problem. .....
“...What do you libs think? You think we’re just going to sit here and keep bending over forward and grab the ankles while you get away with a balsawood-constructed foundation on which you’re standing? You think that we’re going to sit around and let you get away with this tripe from that bloated bigot, Michael Moore? You think we’re going to sit around and just let Richard Clarke and Sandy Berger and Bill Clinton and your willing accomplices like Evan Thomas at Newsweek who says the mainstream media is going to give Kerry a 15-point bounce? .....”
My take on the differences between Marxists and American conservatives. Note that both systems have the same goals, a just society. However their views of a just society are vastly different.
Marxists believe man is inherently evil, by evil I mean greedy and a willingness to do anything to gain power over his fellow man. To keep his evil in check it is necessary to have a big government that can provide each and all the things required to survive. By having all men equal in there material processions mans' greed is kept in check.
American Conservatives view man in a more biblical context. A basically good but flawed creature. To keep man good requires a mostly religious citizenry with a government just big enough to defend society from foreign enemies and right the injustices that are bond to occur.