On Thursday, the New York Times filed another piece cheering Barack Obama for making inroads in a traditionally Republican state -- Ian Urbina's "Both Parties Set Sights on Virginia in November."
Back on August 17, the state was North Carolina, and Obama's quest was greeted in the Times with an optimistic story headlined "Obama Backers Mobilize in Bid to Wrest State From Republican Grip." The Times hasn't followed up on North Carolina, perhaps because cumulative polling data show John McCain with a nine-point lead there (the August story quoted an average lead of four points in the polls).
In an unguarded moment in Thursday's piece, Urbina throws in a dash of liberal elitism while describing Obama's Virginia supporters in flattering terms. It's a reverse echo of the Washington Post's notorious "poor, uneducated, and easy to command" 1993 insult of Virginia-based televangelists Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson's conservative followers, in a paragraph on the state's voter demographics:
Mr. McCain is expected to draw strong support from the more rural and southwest areas of the state, particularly among white working-class men, in a region that Mr. Obama lost in his otherwise resounding victory in the Feb. 12 primary, Professor Sabato said.
Support for Mr. Obama is much stronger in the northeastern section of the state, especially in places like Fairfax County, near Washington, whose population is younger, wealthier, better educated and more diverse.
—Clay Waters is the director of Times Watch, an MRC project tracking the New York Times.
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"better educated"?
September 18, 2008 - 15:23 ET by UndercoverConservativeor "over-educated"
or most likely "over indoctrinated".
what was that famous quote about people being educated beyond their intelligence?
"to call an illegal immigrant an "undocumented alien" is the same as calling a streetcorner drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist".
"You spend your money anyway you want and respect other's rights to do the same"
"educated" on what
September 18, 2008 - 15:28 ET by TruthMonger"educated" on what exactly:)?
seems like they have incredible Bible illiteracy to me
the only way, truth, and life
Journalism is the opium of the liberals
And is "diverse" a code word
September 18, 2008 - 23:02 ET by motherbeltAnd is "diverse" a code word for "elite"?
Support for Mr. Obama is
September 18, 2008 - 15:27 ET by bigtimerSupport for Mr. Obama is much stronger in the northeastern section of the state, especially in places like Fairfax County, near Washington, whose population is younger, wealthier, better educated and more diverse.
I can't stop laughing!!! ...
Especailly the better educated line....hahahahehehebwahhhahaha...
Clay...You should of given us a spew alert....
Btw...Palin/McCain is 9 pts ahead in Mt. too...and the msm insists on keeping this in the pink shade....instead of RED!
I can't wait until the 4th of Nov.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
This is so tiring.
September 18, 2008 - 15:31 ET by MearlineFairfax. Northern Virginia. They are no better educated than the rest of Virginia except for the snobbery and rudeness which i personally credit to foreigners, liberals, and minorities that HATE this country. I mean really. They have chips on their shoulders and they are not happy. They are also ignorant and think that liberalism is where its at because it allows them to behave just the way they want. Believe me. The rest of virginia is not like this at all.
I must live and visit the
September 18, 2008 - 16:45 ET by ThatDudeI must live and visit the wrong parts of VA. In the DC area, people are certainly indoctrinated into liberalism. Fairfax and here in Prince William, blind conservative bashing is rampant. Then for the most part I visit friends at the many colleges in the state, which are so decidedly biased towards barack, that you cant go anywhere on campus or in the surrounding city without seeing an obama sticker. Charlottesville was especially bad from what I saw on my visit last weekend.
Let me say as a magna cum laude graduate of northern virginia schools that it is not an accomplishment, as the curriculum is so entirely dumbed down. The liberal lean in its schools seems to be more present than teachers who value intelligence and actual thought rather than mindless parroting. If fairfax schools represent the better educated of the country, then there must be alot of parrot praising because all the schooling is memorization and regurgitation. Very little actual application happens.
Sorry for the mini rant, but I naturally get bothered when they present twisted news relating to my area.
I just moved from Hampton Roads...
September 18, 2008 - 17:33 ET by BadassBuckeyeand I can tell you the indoctrination is complete there. The only thing that was keeping it balanced was us military people. The area is majority black and they blindly vote for well you guessed it Barack.
The best thing I have heard said was from an immigrant from Africa. Being in the Navy I worked along side shipyard workers quite a bit. Well one morning we are waiting for the work load and the Messiah was on CNN....the shop was pretty much all black. The yard dogs couldnt stop talking him up.....then the African immigrant spoke up and looked at all of them "Go to Africa if you want to be slaves of the government. I came to this country to be free and the blacks here want to vote somebody into power that wants to take it away. Get off of your i'm black in America self pitty. I'm black and I don't deal with any of the racist crap you all talk about everday. There are rude people but overall I have a good job, i can come and go as i please, and if I want i can start my own business." He then looke at the sailors and said "Now they will call me Uncle Tom behind my back....but I'd rather be an Uncle Tom and free then a slave to entitlements" He then looked back at them and said "The stuff isn't free....healthcare, welfare, foodstamps....we pay for it....with our money adn with our freedom......Go to Africa if you want to be government pawns..." He then asked who was working with him and left the room.....he was really pissed.
I believe that will stick in my head for long lng time....he's a good hardworking man trying to bring his wife and son over too. But the rest of the guys are typical of the area.
Amen to all that. If only
September 18, 2008 - 18:06 ET by ThatDudeAmen to all that. If only more would speak out so bluntly. African immigrants impress me so often with their work ethic and world views. It's funny how often people confuse intelligence, wisdom, knowledge, and being educated. You can have all those things in your favor and still lack the common sense to see that communism, socialism, and the left all represent nothing more than slavery.
dude,
September 18, 2008 - 18:38 ET by BadassBuckeyeHe never held back his opinion thats for sure. Especially when it came to politics. We called him Mike....his real name was to hard to remember. He did work his butt off. There was also an immigrant from Jamaica that worked with us, but he was a sailor. He felt the same way but was less outspoken about it. He didn't say stuff to the shipyard workers but when us sailors were talkig politics his views came out...its amazing how even though they were black...they talked about thier views of America in a much different way.....
He sounds
September 19, 2008 - 10:04 ET by NorthCoasterHe sounds like some of my relations who immigrated from the Middle East. They have the same story and opinions about the US. as this fellow. Elitists like Joe Biden will make fun of them because they own and operate 7-11s. My relations and their family and friends that we have met are ecstatic over the opportunities that exist here.
I say welcome home to the "Melting Pot of The World"!
Let's see
September 18, 2008 - 15:37 ET by Prester JohnDo I live in northern VA? Check, live 25 miles outside of DC
Am I well educated? Check, have an BA and MA and read just about everything I can get my hands on.
Have I lived overseas and do I have a more sophisticated view of the wordl? Check, have spent a total of over 7 years in Europe.
Do I speak a foreign language? Check, Russian and some German.
Am I considered wealthy by Obama in terms of income and net worth? Very much so.
Am I younger? Not really, but not an old fart either (well, my son may say I am).
Then I must be voting for Obama!!!
Uh, no.
Must have something to do with being white, spending 22 years in the Army, and owning part of a business.
Is Fairfax county REALLY so diverse?
September 18, 2008 - 15:43 ET by JeffC...My guess is that the Tidewater area would be "more diverse" than Fairfax County, considering all the Navy people there from all over the country. Young people, too.
But those people don't count to the MSM--if they were "wealthier" and "better educated," they wouldn't be in the Navy, would they?
Yes, I would say that any
September 18, 2008 - 17:34 ET by BDYes, I would say that any military base would qualify as more diverse than anywhere in the blue states.
Last Election
September 18, 2008 - 15:48 ET by deerjerkydaveI'm pretty sure last presidential election George Bush, Jr. got the majority of the college educated vote, and John Kerry got the majority of people with advanced degrees.
It's pretty misleading by the liberal media to act as if all "smart" people are voting for Obama. Why don't they point to the uneducated poor who vote for Obama in large numbers?
I could argue that people with advanced degrees frequently fall prey to elitism which is why they tend to vote Democrat.
I am sorry NBers
September 18, 2008 - 15:54 ET by well99You just dont understand Obama.As luck would have it someone on Youtube has translated Obamaspeech for all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhWKtsEdoB0&sdig=1
Worth the look.
w99... Thank you... I'm
September 18, 2008 - 16:04 ET by bigtimerw99...
Thank you...
I'm passing this on.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Thanks for the link. That
September 18, 2008 - 16:47 ET by motherbeltThanks for the link. That is great.
Copious Dissent is the same guy who did this.
He is talented, and has an amazing sense of humor...and parody!
MB
September 18, 2008 - 18:45 ET by well99Yes he is very talented.He also did the Lying King.Jon Daily doesnt have half his talent.balboa ...balboa...paging balboa
Keep it up, guys and
September 18, 2008 - 16:41 ET by motherbeltKeep it up, guys and gals.
The more you insult those as not "our kind" (to use a high-society phrase), the more independents are going to tell you and Obama to take a flying leap, and vote McCain.
Northern Virginia?
September 18, 2008 - 16:48 ET by Chris Norman"Better educated and more diverse" - my fanny. It's more like totally dependent on a constantly growing federal government for their jobs.
McNotObama '08
Better educated?
September 18, 2008 - 17:08 ET by ThisnThatBetter educated? Maybe.
More intelligent? Not on your life.
Stable? Family- and community-oriented? Nice? Pffffttttt.
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Diverse snobbery
September 21, 2008 - 01:58 ET by KansasgirlDoes the NYT really think this type of reporting is going to help Hussein?