Our illustrious media strikes again, like clockwork in time to get this campaign off the issues and down in the slop.
I am seething as I write this. The television media once again plays into Karl Roves playbook with this lipstick nonsense. Every major morning show led off with this faux outrage story. Obama thrown off his game...forced to respond.....wanted to talk about education but had to respond went the talking heads. Hell I came home from work today and they were still leading with it. Well talking heads whose fault is that that we cant talk about the issues? Because this is the crap you report as news, this is the non-issue your going to milk all day. Is this what you people(the media)went to journalism school for? To talk about BS faux outrage over a putting lipstick on a pig comment, the same one McCain has used numerous times himself? Somehow folks its only a issue when a democrat uses it.
The republicans are masters of manipulating the media. Somehow after bogus WMDs, after every piece of crap Bush and the republicans were proved false on, I had hope this time would be different. This wouldnt be the go along to get along, Judy Milleresque cowtowed media since 2000. Hell the republicans did this in 2002 with the faux outrage over the Paul Wellstone funeral, in 2006 it was the faux outrage over the botched Kerry joke. Hello media.....your being played like a violin. While we in middle America are struggling to pay the groceries, fill up our tanks, send our kids to college, and to pay this winters heat bills you give us lipstick. While were in 2 wars, you give us lipstick. While Bush is blowing Americans future financial well-being with sky-rocketing deficits, you morons give us lipstick.
The comment wasnt even directed at Caribou Barbie. It was directly at McCain, the media knows this but doesnt care. They run with the talking point from the McCain campaign that poor little pitbull, baracuda, Sarah is being dissed. Mean while Palin keeps regurgitating the same talking points over and over from her Bushs speechwriters convention speech and the media swoons.
Now heres the media's slick double standard. Republicans and their hacks can accuse Hillary of mudering Vince Foster...but dont pick on pitbull Palin. The media can accuse Bill Clinton of running drugs through the Arkansas airport but dont pick on Palin. The media can turn Hillary into a monster over firing people in the travel office but Palin firing/rehiring a town librarian is a non-story. The media can accuse Hillary of disrespecting Arkansas statetroopers but leave little Sarah alone while she spits out the same 5 bogus talking points daily. Obama has to answer for everything in his church, give a major speech to the nation, but we wont cover Palins church, sorry folks youll have to dig deep in the internet to find her sitting in church while a guest speaker explains how jews deserve terrorism for not accepting jesus christ as their personal savior. Meanwhile were going to show Reverand Wright on a continuous loop for a month. Obama has to answer about wearing a flap pin, from a woman we only weeks later find out, works in a flag pin factory, McCain doesnt wear a flag pin---no story there only when Barack doesnt were one.
Well I not taking it. I wrote every television network about this load of crap. Im middle class with 2 kids and not a lot in the bank but I just sent Obama my first hundred bucks. Ill probably take on overtime so I can send more. To the media I say as Obama says, not now, not this time. We democrats arent going to take this. Get motivated, get pissed, get involved.