By Brian Sidler – Former Music Writer for Chicago Music Magazine
(TCP)CHICAGO – It should be obvious to political opinion and NEWS junkies what Politico is, a direct propaganda arm for the Democratic Party. Much the same as The Huffington Post. It’s something liberals enjoy to read. It’s liberal entertainment. Certainly liberals can’t possibly think it’s a NEWS organization. Maybe they can. We don’t.
The conservative press, and the AM Radio talk shows are verbally killing the president with every word they write and breath they take . Obama and company is feeling the heat. Were we to believe the liberal minded polling organizations, Obama’s not too popular with the “folks” any longer. The glow wore off long ago.
Yes, he continues to rack up generous donations from the New York crowd and Hollywood too. They’re all pretty nervous, so their flooding the money into the coffers. They think they can buy the election too. Pelosi, his attack poodle in congress continues to blame The TEA Party for hanging up any legislation. So does his Alzheimer inflicted senate majority leader, Reid. Everything bad is because those pesky, staunch TEA Party reps make it that way. The first question is, what’s so bad about it? We’ll not labor about that here.
So here comes Politico once again with a smear piece about the GOP, all very concerned Ron Paul may win in Iowa. The title of this cheap opinion piece is called “Will Ron Paul kill the caucuses?” Obama is on the ropes, pretty much. That’s our opinion. So the entertainment blogs for liberals are doing everything they can to try and derail anything and everything Republican and conservative in the nomination race for the GOP.
Let’s parse this, ahem, article.
First paragraph:
“Conservatives and Republican elites in the state are divided over who to support for the GOP nomination, but they almost uniformly express concern over the prospect that Ron Paul and his army of activist supporters may capture the state’s 2012 nominating contest — an outcome many fear would do irreparable harm to the future role of the first-in-the-nation caucuses.”
First question: Who says so? Well…next paragraph:
“In spin rooms, bar rooms and online forums, the what-to-do-about-Paul conversation has become pervasive as polls show him at or near the top herejust [sic] weeks before the January 3rd vote.” When you follow the hotlink from the article for “polls show him at or near the top,” where does it take you? Why it takes you to a smear piece by Burns and Haberman. If you don’t follow the links, you think there’s polling supporting the previous assertions. Niiiiicccee, eh? Liberals, maybe they do, and maybe they don’t – but they read it, so it must be true.
Here’s our friends now -
Burns and Haberman from Politico - (TCP)CHICAGO
That piece is called “What Happens when you’re Number One.” That is a smear piece about Ron Paul being an anti-semite, fed as an opinion from The Weekly Standard and The New York Times. No polling there. They highlighted it, if you didn’t follow it, you’d think there were polls corroborating the assertion.
Next paragraph:
“Paul poses an existential threat to the state’s cherished kick-off status, say these Republicans, because he has little chance to win the GOP nomination and would offer the best evidence yet that the caucuses reward candidates who are unrepresentative of the broader party.”
“Say these Republicans?” What Republicans? The ones in the “spin rooms, barrooms and online forums?” Who says so? What, Politico is such a well vetted news organization, we should all just take their word for it? Riiiight. Oh yes, certainly we should.
Next paragraph:
“I don’t think any candidate perverting the process in that fashion helps [the caucuses] in any way,” said Iowa House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, adding that he didn’t know if that’s necessarily how Paul would win.”
Iowa House Speaker Kraig Paulsen is a Republican from Hiawatha, IA. Who knows what context Mr. Paulsen was speaking about, but we’re suppose to believe that the “well trusted” source of Politico is framing that statement in a perfect one to one comparison. He could have been talking about anyone. Well, you assume – he’s the Republican Speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives, he must be speaking for everyone. Too, the idea behind winning in Iowa is getting people to caucus and show their hands in person. A ground game is essential. Dr. Paul has had a strong ground game going on in that state the whole season. Where’s the “perversion?”
Next paragraph:
“While there’s no evidence of an organized effort, public polling shows that Paul’s lead is built in large part with the support of non-Republicans – and few party veterans think such voters would stick with the GOP in November.”
“Paul’s lead is built in large part with the support of non-Republicans.” “Few party veterans think such voters would stick with the GOP in November.”
We are led to believe, according to Politico, someone is “gaming” the causcus vote. Of course there’s no such thing as independents in Iowa. But Iowa also has an active student population, which we’ve cited in one of our opinions that these kids are disavowing Obama this time around. We think they woke up when the “hopey, changey’ thing didn’t really pan out the way they thought it should.
Next paragraph:
“They’ll all go back and vote for Obama,” predicted Beach.”
Well of course they would. Not. A prognostication. It means nothing until proven correct.
Next few paragraphs:
“The most troubling eventuality that Iowa Republicans are bracing for is that Paul wins the caucuses only to lose the nomination and run as a third-party candidate in November — all but ensuring President Obama is re-elected.”
“If we empower somebody who turns around and elects Obama, then that’s a major problem for the caucuses,” said Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa).”
“Leading Republicans, looking to put the best possible frame on a Paul victory, are already testing out a message for what they’ll say if the 76-year-old Texas congressman is triumphant.”
“The short version: Ignore him.”
Are we to trust Politico that King made this statement? “Ignore him.” Imagine, a Republican party leader saying, ignore at Republican Party candidate. Does King endorse this statement?
“People are going to look at who comes in second and who comes in third,” said Gov. Terry Branstad. “If [Mitt] Romney comes in a strong second, it definitely helps him going into New Hampshire and the other states.”
So, three Republicans, so far. Beach, King, and Branstad.
Limbaugh has been saying all season that some mainstream Republican’s are wringing their hands because they’re afraid of anything but a moderate Republican will surely hand the election to Obama. They’re afraid of another ’64 Goldwater campaign defeat. He’s also said, “it’s nonsense.” Even Ann Coulter is wringing her hands during her radio and TV appearances, so if the firebrand Coulter is saying this, it must be so. Well, “fuggedaboudit.”
The Democratic Party organ, Politico, may have a sense that if they fan this flame, it will actually become so. Well, it’s worth a try, right? Anything to get the statist Obama in again, even if it is bad for the country. Call out the “bashers, nay sayers, and name callers” because they can’t run on the record. That’s the playbook.
Next paragraph:
“The Paul rise comes at a moment when many Iowa GOP elites are already angst-ridden about their beloved quadrennial franchise. The fretting began four years ago when long-shot Mike Huckabee cruised to an easy caucus win, only to lose the nomination to John McCain, who finished fourth in Iowa after ignoring the state for much of 2007.”
Here Politico tries to frame this election, as the last election.
Next paragraph:
“The concern has only grown in this election cycle. Romney has kept the state at arms-length for much of this year; Michele Bachmann won the Ames Straw Poll only to quickly recede to single-digits in state and national polls, raising questions about the future relevance of what is a fundraising bonanza for the state party.”
“The concern has only grown in this election cycle?” This is pure conjecture. Here they try to legitimize a four year old fact, as yet another new fact. If you’ll remember, Huckabee lost. Iowa figured to be nothing at all.
But let’s get people thinking the Republican’s are on the ropes folks, that’s what they need. Republican’s won’t show up to the polls and we’ll win. Not this time kids, no one figured on something called The TEA Party.
Next paragraph:
“Further, the decline in the number of candidate events here — and the prominent role debates and cable TV have played in this year’s election — have sparked difficult questions about whether Iowa’s retail-heavy traditions are a thing of the past.”
Well that’s quite a statement. This is another preposterous assertion. The debates do what they always do, they give something for the media pundits to chew over, otherwise they’d be out of a job. TV isn’t doing the job it used to. The web is ascending in retail politics importance. The web is personal TV without the excessive commercial channel chatter.
Last paragraph:
“Paul officials note that they’ve embraced the Iowa way. And even establishment Republicans like Branstad concede that the congressman has done it “the old-fashioned way” and enjoys the best organization of any of the candidates.”
Grammar statement; they started a sentence with the word “and.” Great journalism guys. Continuing…”Republicans like Branstad concede that the congressman has done it “the old-fashioned way” and enjoys the best organization of any of the candidates.”
So, Paul has the “best organization.” Why shouldn’t he win?
I’ll bet the liberals think they’ve got this one in the bag. In our opinion, not by a long-shot. We’re of the opinion back here, there’s going to be a landslide. That landslide will be ushered in by The TEA Party. Know why? There’s a lot of “closet” TEA Party folks out there. More than they’re presently accounting for. This election, we believe that 50% of the kids that swung for Obama last time, are looking the other way. The “Facecrook” crowd, won’t show up Democratic.
AM Radio has been doing a great job. And we own those airwaves. Limbaugh, Levin, Hannity, Medved, Praeger, Hewitt, Savage and all the rest…have turned this nation conservative. Some of that is still in the closet about their change in attitudes. They’re not going to be letting up any time soon.
One last thing. There’s a side panle in this article showing a video window. When you play it you hear a Politico interviewer speaking to Governor Rick Perry and trying to repeatedly goad Perry into bashing a fellow Republican. Perry denies him the pleasure.
This piece by Politico, is actually the way that The Democratic Party “wrings their hands.” That’s our opinion and we’re sticking to it.
I’m Brian Sidler and I write about music, et al. @ 00:19 HRS CST 21 December 2011
