In their latest article analyzing the extramarital affairs of the deplorable Governor of South Carolina, Mark Sanford, the Associated Press demonstrates once again that the word ‘logic’ has somehow become lost in translation.
In a piece entitled, Sanford’s extramarital affair a problem for GOP, the AP gleefully discusses the topic of Sanford’s misdeeds and their potential effect on the Republican Party – a valid analysis. However, it takes no more than two paragraphs before the author dispenses with the aforementioned term ‘logic’, and decides instead to inexplicably link and attack several other GOP governors who have nothing to do with this affair.
First up in the crosshairs of the AP is Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, whose worst transgression seems to be that he dared formulate a response to President Obama’s first budget address. The article reads:
From Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's cringe-inducing nationally televised response to Obama's first budget address…
If only Jindal had prepared by carrying an entourage of 12 teleprompters, perhaps he would have been less cringe-inducing than the ever eloquent Obama. Hindsight, as they say, is 20/20.
Next target, Texas Governor Rick Perry:
…to Texas Gov. Rick Perry's suggestion that his state might secede…
Then, using Dissociated Press reasoning, Perry and Jindal are lumped into the same category as the adulterous Sanford through this statement:
GOP governors — including those said to be eyeing a potential 2012 presidential bid — haven't exactly looked like the political grown-ups many party strategists had promised.
As far as I can tell, Jindal and Perry have been dubbed non-grownups simply for voicing their opinion. How that equates to adultery, currently escapes me.
The AP article then goes for the early knockout blow by attacking the liberal media’s favorite source of derangement syndrome – you guessed it - Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. She gets hammered (and remember this is supposedly an analysis of the Mark Sanford affair) with this blast:
And none has had a rockier go of it than the party's best-known governor, Alaska's Sarah Palin. The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee has been dogged by ethics complaints and has engaged in public feuds with Levi Johnston, the former fiance of Palin's teenage daughter, Bristol, and the father of Bristol's infant son, and with late-night comic David Letterman.
Palin, whose vice presidential bid sparked a devoted grass-roots following across the country, has also angered GOP leaders in Washington for poor communication and for canceling appearances at party events and fundraisers.
Finally, in the fifth paragraph, the AP decides to actually start analyzing the Sanford affair; almost as if they felt it mandatory to interject the Jindal/Perry/Palin derangement early on in the article.
More appropriate links could have been made, but NewsBusters isn’t a forum willing to stoop to the AP’s level, listing off every Democratic Governor who has confessed to an affair in an attempt to turn the spotlight away from the actual issue. It is merely an opportunity to point out that if the MSM wants to analyze Mark Sanford's affair, then by all means, the man deserves such treatment. But throwing others into the fray because they have the word ‘Republican’ prefacing their title simply defies logic.
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No, people who lost their
June 25, 2009 - 00:25 ET by RR GOPNo, people who lost their jobs or fear losing them or face higher taxes don't really care who's sleeping with who (m?).
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).
Omerica
June 25, 2009 - 01:04 ET by vote24It is amazing to me that these America hating networks are still standing. IN AMERICA! If the average viewer believes everything they're told, and all they're told is lies, we get what we will put up with. I really wish people would play the liberal policy ideas out to the end. It ends badly every time.
Damn You, AP !!
June 25, 2009 - 01:21 ET by DoktorFrankenI posted in Lucianne within the last day that with Sanford's little peccadillo the media would lay off of Gov. Palin for a day or two. Yet, I am not surprised. Just peeved.
However, Rusty.. it would be a good bit of fun to do it..
June 25, 2009 - 01:39 ET by Gary Hall.. stoop to the AP’s level, listing off every Democratic .. well, let's not limit it to sex scandals... not when we have rampant corruption at all levels in the Democratic machine.
Where do we start? Tax evasion: Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, Congressman Charles Rangel, Former Senator and Health Secretary nominee Tom Daschle, congressional candidate Scott Murphy (NY-20), husband of Labor secretary nominee Hilda Solis, chief performance officer nominee Nancy Killefer,
Indictments, Congressional investigations, recent convictions obvious creeps, and current trials: Former LA Rep. William Jefferson; Former Fannie Mae head Franklin Raines; former Obama advisor Jim Johnson; Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich; Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.; Tennessee State Rep. Mike Kernell's son who hacked into Republican VP nominee Gov. Sarah Palin's personal e-mail account, Baltimore Mayor Dixon indicted on perjury charges; Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (guilty of perjury, obstruction of justice and official misconduct on Monday stemming from a sex scandal); contractor Kado, a friend of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's father, Bernard, paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks; New Jersey, Mayor Sharpe James and co-defendant Tamika Riley guilty of property fraud; Pennsylvania State Senate Vincent J. Fumo, guilty on all 137 counts of conspiracy, fraud, obstruction of justice, and tax violations; Oklahoma state senator Gene Stipe has been sentenced to five years probation for perjury, conspiracy to obstruct a Federal Election Commission investigation, and conspiracy to violate the Federal Election Campaign Act (and he had friends); Speaker DiMasi is the third Massachusetts speaker in a row to face indictment; Alan Mollohan (D-WV.
Numerous potential conflicts of inerest and scandals with the likes of Reid (real estate deals); New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey; New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer; Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards; Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (husband's corporate dealings - conflict of interest); Sen. (a long list) Murtha; ILL Senator Roland Burris; Countrywide Financial's friends - Sen. Chris Dodd, Sen. Kent Conrad, former Sec of HUD Alphonso Jackson, former Sec of HHS Donna Shalala, and former U.N. Ambassador and Assistant Sec of State Richard Holbrooke; Rep. Barney Frank; Detroit City Council President Pro Tem Monica Conyers - ongoing FBI investigation into City Hall corruption, also under investigation is political consultant Sam Riddle, a former aide to Conyers.
.. a problem for Democrats? Doubt it.
(;~/ Gary
culture of corruption
June 25, 2009 - 04:50 ET by m1xramCome on Gary, don't leave out the mayors... Detroit MI, Atlantic City NJ (11 people), Newark NJ , Orange NJ, and that's just in 2008.
It was bound to happen, one in fifty. It's probably the non standards vs standards ratio.
NOTE: Wow, went over to the MSNBC comments, there's some serious BS there. Check out this ridiculous list. He has a county commissioner, former aide, a Utah retailer, former Eagle Scout and candidate, prosecutor, city councilman, talk show host, etc. Wtf? If we list all the immoral liberals it wouldn't leave any room for other comments.
"Alaska's Sarah Palin. The
June 25, 2009 - 02:28 ET by merkava"Alaska's Sarah Palin. The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee has been dogged by ethics complaints"
From *one* person. It's clearly not about "ethics" at all, merely a personal grudge.
Many of Palin's biggest
June 25, 2009 - 03:08 ET by RR GOPMany of Palin's biggest detractors are in the Republican Party!
They have their own agendas and ambitions and they see her as a threat. They will attack what I see as their (our) brightest star for the sake of selfishness. They would rather piss away another election just to make it to at least the nominee stage, than get behind someone who truly is conservative and is popular.
Look, we've tried the middle of the road, RINO, moderate candidate and though he did come close or ahead in the polls at various points, it didn't work. In fact, I don't think in the last election a true conservative could've won either, and would have lost even bigger.
Since Sanford is out of the picture, the other names that seem to be out there are Romney (he just looks so presidential!) and Pawlenty. Why folks want to rally around more RINOs while still complaining about McCain is beyond me. Jindal I still think would be a great candidate but he doesn't seem to be itching to get in there in the next cycle, but who knows?
Palin is definitely the one who scares the bejeezus out of the Dems. They simply aren't going to get any more dirt on her, and the personal life of her oldest daughter has been pretty much exhausted by the Dems and the MSM. But I don't think most voters will want to hear it two years from now when the campaigning gets going anyway.
My dream ticket would be Palin for Pres and Jindal for VP at this point.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).
Do you forget Cheney? She
June 25, 2009 - 13:37 ET by Dan The Man 2Do you forget Cheney? She seems to have her head screwed on right and very knowlegable and quick on her feet. No telepropter for that gal. Perhaps Palin/Cheney ticket, boy bet the femnazis would go wild. Jindal seems to be ok but his presentation was stilted and not as fluid or persuasive as it should have been.
I guess...
June 25, 2009 - 05:01 ET by Jman449...we don't even need a "Name That Party" on this one. Hell, these jackasses were so pumped up writing another "Republican Demise" column, they almost forgot to mention the Guest of Honor, Sanford.
BTW, does anyone know if Mrs. Conyers is a Democrat? I couldn't find out in any of the AP articles.
Palin
June 25, 2009 - 08:28 ET by rowdygirlI would think that by now, even the liberals would be tired of all the Palin bashing... Especially when she has NOTHING to do with the current target at hand.
I expect this type of behavior from grade school kids, but coming from grown ups, in positions of power and influence, is just pathetic.
How do they explain their actions to their own children or grandchildren? lets see.... it's ok to pick on someone if they don't agree with you, and you can continue to do it forever and ever?
jessieH They
June 25, 2009 - 10:08 ET by jessieHjessieH They had to throw in Sara Palin because the liberals fear her. They should fear her. She is going to be the next President of the United States. She should have been in office, indtead of Obam-bam. P.S. Bobby Jindal as vice President would make a good team...........All Sanford did was pull a " Clinton"...
Nothing going on in this
June 25, 2009 - 11:38 ET by RD Kingcountry right now makes any common sense or has any logic to it to me. The rad muslim osama obama with help has been continually destroying the American economy since the late 90's and the press and too many people here in this country just put up with him or are over in la la land. How many more businesses have to taken over by govt or put out of business by the bamster and how many more of us have to lose our livelyhood and income before America wakes up to the fact it's time to pack him up and throw him out of DC.
Keep bamslamming the bamster until he is gone.
I heard John Kerry...
June 25, 2009 - 11:43 ET by GecksMade the comment (paraphrasing) "Too bad it wasn't Sarah Palin who dissappeared".. Of course he would love for her to dissappear, every time he thinks of her,he gets a major woody. Not good when your married to the horror of a woman that he is married too.
"The government is not responsible for raising your children!" -My Mom
No mistakes for Republicans
June 25, 2009 - 11:49 ET by nkviking75If you're a Republican, every misstep, whether major or minor, totally and completely disqualifies you for the Presidency. If you're a Democrat, you can step in a pile of manure again and again and again, hang out with criminals and terrorists, skirt the law, chase skirts, break up your marriage and call yourself a "Gay American", or almost anything else, and it makes no difference. Certainly Obama and Biden wouldn't be where they are if they were held to the same standards as Republicans.
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.