We all know what the media did to Al Gore in 2000. They literally began the rumor and kept it going that Al Gore was a Liar. We knew he was an honorable man but, they kept the lie going about Al Gore and he lost the presidency. We were stuck with the disaster that is George Bush.
In 2004 we almost won the White House again, despite the media helping the Swiftboat Veterans for Truth. They were a small group that did not get much attention until the traditional media picked up on it and promoted it as well as made it sound like these people were telling the truth about a cowardly Kerry. We knew they were so obviously a group out to destroy Kerry and that their charges did not pan out and yet, if not for the help of the media they never would have gotten traction or were seen as credible.
Now it's 2008.
We have had to suffer with 8 years of the disaster and the horror of George Bush's Presidency. Bush would never have gotten elected if the traditional media did not heavily promote him and cover up for him.
Now we have Free Ride McCain with his biography and image promoting him as a moderate, mainstream maverick being touted as the truth by the traditional media that refuses to tell the voters the truth about McCain.
They refuse to criticize him, talk about his continuing gaffes, his flipping on all the issues and more blatantly then Romney ever did and his outright lying.
They keep reminding the voters he is a war hero and POW and therefore is not to be criticized.
When have we ever heard nothing but, how Obama is so vauge and never speaking in detail, though it is patently false, they never say what it is that McCain even stands for outside of war and permanent tax cuts. They never cite that McCain has no real policies or details to the few he has.
Yet all we hear about every single day is how bad Obama is. How he is not performing adequately in the polls and how he is a disappointment to his party. How he only gives grand speeches and never does town halls or answers people's questions. They say people don't really know him.
In truth Obama has pages of addressing the issues, many issues in detail. more then most candidates have had.
He does alot more town halls then McCain does and goes into great detail about his policies and how he is going to achieve his goals.
Even with 27 years in the senate, we really do not know about McCain except for what he has released by his campaign. We don't know about who he really is or what kind of person he is behind the public mask.
We heard every day for the past 6 months how Obama has a problem with this group or that group and cannot do well with anyone but, college people and african americans. Nevermind that working class people in mostly white states handed victories of 25 points or better to Obama in the primaries.
Nevermind that he ran a flawless campaign. Nevermind that he is doing 2 or 3 to 1 over McCain with Latinos.
He still has problems with every group under the sun while McCain is appealing to everyone.
This weekend was the last straw for me. I feel like I am ready to go to every network and newspaper and scream bloody murder at them.
For weeks we heard about who would be the veep. Again Obama did a wise choice and used excellent judgment and picked Joe Biden. It was an outstanding pick.
But, instead of praising this choice and what excellent judgment Obama exhibited in his choice of Biden.
What we got was a weekend long campaign by the traditional media and I could swear was coordinated with the McCain campaign in talking only about Hillary, why he did not choose her, how she must feel insulted. How he slapped her supporters in the face and that the party is split beyond repair and how he was so stupid to not go with Hillary.
Nevermind that Obama was the one to win the nomination and it is his choice to pick a veep. It is his choice to go with someone he feels he can work closely with in a partnership. Nevermind that Bill's dubious business dealings and library donors would have sunk the campaign.
Nevermind that the republicans have 20 years of oppo research including about Bill's business dealing and lifestyle with other women.
No. We get the whole weekend dedicated to Hillary and her supporters and what a fool Obama is to pick Biden over Hillary.
This morning I was up early. I usually watch Washington Journal but, it was an hour before it. I decided to check out Morning Joe. I usually don't watch it because of Joe's nastiness. For the first hour, while they were broadcasting from the democratic convention, not one positive word was spoken about Obama. this was before Buchanan would be on for the second hour.
I flipped to CNN and all they could talk about was Hillary and the PUMAS.
If you want to know why Obama's numbers are falling then all you need to do is to turn on any cable network news and listen for awhile. You only hear good things about McCain and nothing but, negative about Obama. And when they are not bashing him directly they are obsessing on Hillary and the PUMAs.
Any low information voter who flupped on to these news programs would think Obama is the worst candidate that the democrats ever chose and what a hopeless man he is and that the country is better off with another republican who is worse then Bush.
The media is swiftboating Obama and hiding behind Hillary to do it.
I really urge all Kossacks to please, even if you think it will do no good and that the networks, ect., won't listen to us or read our emails, to try to send out emails. We need to let our disapproval and anger over the treatment Obama receives by the media be known. And we really need to keep doing it. Keep at them and keep demanding fair coverage for Obama. To let go of the divisiveness they are trying to do with the democrats by using Hillary to hide behind and to vet McCain and that we won't take no for an answer.
We need to make our voices heard.
The campaign against ap is getting noticed and we need to let the rest of the media that they are going to be held to account and they we are going to demand the same from them.
UPDATE: OMG!!!!! this diary is on the recommended list??!!? Wow. Thank you so much everyone. I never thought it would go much more then be on for a little while.
I am stunned.
thanks.