We at the dailykos, and many in the blogosphere in general, once upon a time recognized that the Right Wing Corporate Media (RWCM) - was THE problem in stopping the election of Democrats. As documented amply by the likes of Paul Krugman and George Lakoff (to name a few), since the Civil Rights Movement, the right wing has been pouring money into conservative 'think' tanks, and the training and cloning of attack dogs (e.g., Coulter, Limbaugh) for talk shows and newspapers. We on the left were caught out by this as early as the 1990s. The media destruction of Gore and Kerry, and our own favorite - Howard Dean - by the RWCM, are three viciously painful reminders.
Obama needs to step up to the plate on behalf of the Democratic Party.
Fast-forward to 2008 - the RWCM is at it again, tearing down one of the most qualified female candidates in the Democratic party, Hillary Clinton, not satisfied until she is ripped bloody limb from limb. The latest attack against her family is the modus operandi of the Mafia institutionalized in the likes of MSNBC hosts Tucker Carlson and David Shuster. The RWCM is succeeding in splitting the left - do we not see what is happening?
The progressive blogosphere and all the candidates need to wake up and protect ALL our candidates from this slander. Democrats and progressives need to unite against the RWCM immediately if we want to win the White House in 2008.
To this end Obama in particular, and his supporters, in general, need to take a stand against the treatment of Clinton by the RWCM. If Obama cannot find the decency to do so out of progressive team values - he needs to do it out of enlightened self-interest. He is fooling himself to think that he will be spared similar attacks by the media if he ever tries to carry out progressive policy such as reforming healthcare so that ALL Americans have it. It is time for Obama to stand against the RWCM rather than bask in its adoration - otherwise he is indeed the RWCM's dream candidate and we will see McCain in the White House.