Media Interested in Murkowski When It Embarrasses Palin, But Not When It Embarrasses Murkowski
The media seems to take an exceptional interest in Senator Lisa Murkowski when she’s uttering liberal talking points on ‘compromise’ or when she’s blasting Sarah Palin as being ‘not worldly enough’ for the office of the Presidency.
Case in point, as NewsBuster Brad Wilmouth pointed out, CBS recently highlighted Murkowski’s claim that she believes Palin lacks the ‘intellectual curiosity’ to run in 2012. And the rest of the main stream media ran with it, as reports on the ‘intellectual curiosity’ slap began cropping up at MSNBC, the Washington Post, the New York Times, ABC News, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal, etc.
Then of course, there is the Anchorage Daily News (ADN), who’s seemingly made a living in coming to Murkowski’s aid. In fact, it wasn’t long ago that they were reporting on a Republican letter urging Tea Party candidate, Joe Miller, to start answering questions about his background, and offered their own editorial suggesting that personal matters are indeed fair game in an election.
So the MSM feels that an insult to Palin’s intelligence is legitimate news, while the local media in Alaska believes that past personal matters involving Joe Miller are legitimate news.
Yet, neither the national or local media saw news value when a story started circulating in the blogosphere prior to the election, pertaining to Murkowski’s alleged intellectual curiosity for cocaine.
In mid-October, blogger Dan Riehl was reporting on a second instance of Murkowski being confronted with claims of cocaine use and abuse; allegations which her campaign manager did not respond to.
The first instance came in 1998, when attorney Richard J. Helms said he ‘received many calls back then alleging that Ms. Murkowski used cocaine in substantial amounts for a prolonged period of time.’ According to Helms, when he confronted Murkowski with these accusations, she did not outwardly deny their accuracy.
Thus, two separate but similar tales of cocaine use, both of which went unanswered. Neither of which was of any interest to the media.
These are just allegations however, and surely not substantiated enough to warrant further investigation. After all, where else have you seen a candidate for a significant position smeared in the media over unsubstantiated cocaine allegations? Oh wait…
Another aspect of this that the media will not tackle, is the hypocrisy of somebody like Murkowski calling anybody’s intelligence into question. The Politico, via McClatchy Newspapers, revealed last month that Murkowski had failed her legal bar exam multiple times.
After graduating from Willamette University's College of Law in Oregon in 1985, Murkowski failed the bar exam four times until she finally passed the test in November of 1987.
Fortunately for Murkowski, her intellectual curiosity revealed itself on the fifth attempt at the bar exam.
But that’s not nearly as funny as somebody calling Sarah Palin stupid.
Because the target of Murkowski’s disdain was Palin, the media has been salivating at her comments without bothering to question the source.
Rush Limbaugh, on the other hand, has offered this counter-thought to the traditional Palin-haters in the media:
“Sarah Palin has the intellectual curiosity to figure out that Obama is destroying the country and has to be stopped, which makes her more intelligent than Lisa Murkowski.”
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Murkowski
Submitted by merlin61 on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 12:43am.
Hooray for Rush. Sarah Palin has more intelligence in her little finger than Ms.Murkowski will ever have. Of course the media won't investigate the cocaine use. Theyr're enjoying this farce of a write-in campaign.
Sleeza MurCowpoopski and Cootie Curic
Submitted by williamhenley on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 2:37am.
don't have enough brains between the both of them to wipe Cootie's butt after having her brain reamed on TV during a Colonoscopy. Nough said!
William
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 10:24am.
You put that so much more eloquently than I could have. Bravo!
Murkowski vs. Miller
Submitted by big.league.slider on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 3:37am.
All we heard about from the RINO establishment was how the Tea Party candidates like Miller, O'Donnell, Angle, and McMahon could not win in the general election. But here's an irrefutable fact: If Murkowski had gracefully stepped aside after losing the GOP senate primary, and supported the successful GOP candidate, Miller would have easily won that election.
2010 was just the start. 2012 will be the real deal.
Senator Murkowski is exactly right
Submitted by goldwaterfan on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 5:18am.
Sarah Palin doesnt't enjoy governing, she is not qualified to govern, and she has no intellectual curiosity whatsoever. Sarah needs to stick to her reality show and her incoherent Fox News appearances.
Amanda Carrington
Goldwaterfan? How About Troll?
Submitted by GeneralAl on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 7:14am.
Sarah Palin doesnt't enjoy governing, she is not qualified to govern, and she has no intellectual curiosity whatsoever. Sarah needs to stick to her reality show and her incoherent Fox News appearances.Please explain to the rest of us: A. Qualifications for President B. Intellectual curosity C. Disqualifications for President D. Compare your beloved Murkowski to Barry Goldwater, whose name you use in vain. I believe you're a Liberal troll trying to dupe us with your "Catchy" identity! E. Go ahead and insult me as that is the usual way you libs respond when confronted! F. If I've got you all wrong, prove it and I will gladly apologize! http://www.generalpatriot.com
"Old Soldiers never die, they just fade away"!
Don't sweat him, Al.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 11:39am.
The fact that goldwaterfan is up at the crack of dark (4 AM) fretting about Sarah Palin, and diddling his computer says it all!
qualifications have fallen
Submitted by beanervt on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 6:33am.
GWFan must have missed the memo, you don't need no stinkin qualification to goveren no longer. Only need media cooperation and non vetting to apply.
Lisa Murkowski is a disgrace and an embarrassment.
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 6:55am.
She is another perfect example of the ego and arrogance of our representatives.
How this woman got elected as a write-in, I will never know. But good luck, Alaska, you're stuck with her again.
Lisa Murkowski criticizing anyone else's intellect is just too funny for words.
Daddy gave her his Senate seat . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 10:49am.
. . . and there ain't nobody gonna take that away from Princess Lisa. :-p
Can someone define what
Submitted by Newsbusterbrown on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 8:22am.
Can someone define what "intellectual curiosity" means? Sounds like "act like a liberal/progressive" to me. If that's the case, I don't want to be intellectually curious then.
“There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
Too late. You just
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 8:38am.
Too late. You just were.
Jer
Heh. That type of
Submitted by Newsbusterbrown on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 10:42am.
Heh. That type of intellectual curiosity is a different story, Jer. :-)
“There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
Is it the new lib expression
Submitted by ricklail on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 10:10am.
Is it the new lib expression for gravitas? That was big at one time.
Examples of intellectual curiosity . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 12:10pm.
"We have to pass this bill to see what's in it." - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, talking about the health care reform bill.
Paraphrasing Sen. Max Baucus who "authored" the Senate version of the health care reform bill: "I didn't read the bill. It has a lot of legal jargon that's too hard to understand."
THAT'S what they mean by INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY.
"intellectual
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 8:06am.
"intellectual curiosity"?
It's an ODD meaningless phrase isn't it.
We all know that's it's leftist/liberal done code for "that conservative doesn't believe the shite we believe, he must not be curious intellectually." QED.
But honestly, have you ever met anyone LESS INTELLECTUALLY CURIOUS (using their definition) than a LIBERAL?
Take President Obama.
Anyone seriously think this man has had one intellectually curios moment in his life.
Did he ever challenge himself on the rubbish he did as a "community organizer" No.
Was he ever "intellectually curious" about the Reverend Wright.
Or has the guy had his m ind made up for him by the commie and leftists he has been surrounded by his entire life
Intellectually curious my arse.
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
Exactly,
Submitted by Newsbusterbrown on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 8:20am.
Exactly, Jack.
"Intellectual curiosity" is a just a bat used against conservatives and nobody else.
“There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
Jack
Submitted by ricklail on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 10:13am.
Do you mean like " no controlling legal authority?"
Intellectual curiosity.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 11:44am.
Isn't that what we used to call navel gazing?
It looks like Daddy's Little
Submitted by fitzfong on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 8:14am.
It looks like Daddy's Little Cokehead is going to be stealing more taxpayer money to fund the kind of white elephant projects that the welfare queens of Alaska have become greedily addicted to. Well done, parasites. Now that this has happened, due largely to the arrogance and gutlessness of establishment Senators like Cornyn, Graham and, especially Hatch, it's time to primary their asses...starting with Orrin "Good Taste" Hatch in 2012. These tone-deaf, obnoxious jerks need to start paying for their Beltway cowardice. Any Republican who had time to become close friends with Ted Kennedy (as Hatch did) has been grifting off the taxpayer dime for far too long. Show more guts than the Bridge to Nowhere crowd in Alaska...send him packing, Utah!
"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered." -George Best
I saw it a bit different.
Submitted by ricklail on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 10:07am.
I saw it a bit different. Adding Miller's and Murkowski votes together and you get about 75%. The Dem only got 25%. If it had been a 2 horse race the Dem's total would have been higher. I would be willing to bet that lot of Dems voted for Lisa baby. What makes me so mad is she thinks she is something special. I really think if you look at the numbers the Dems put her back in and are going to want something for it.
All "intellectual curiosity"
Submitted by Chris Norman on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 10:08am.
All "intellectual curiosity" means (when used by critics of conservatives) is that the conservative in question hasn't explored and adopted the liberal political philosophy.
. . . at which point it is no longer advisable to ask questions
Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 1:35pm.
The Left prefers that we don't think.
If she wins, she'd be listed as an independent.
Submitted by no tingly legs on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 10:33am.
Who wants to bet she caucuses with the Dems? Just like Joe Leiberman.
Perhaps
Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 1:43pm.
She may well declare herself an independent. If she does that, her best position is not to caucus with anybody. It may cost her a chairmanship if (when) the GOP takes control of the Senate, but it would have both Parties coming to her for her vote, offering pork for her state.
Caucusing for the Dems at this stage could cost her in 2013 if the GOP rules the Senate, because they might just exclude her if she attempts to come back to them -- provided the GOP is confident is doesn't need her vote.
Don't ya just love it
Submitted by dirtydan64 on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 10:51am.
When everyone who didn't Vote for her in the Primaries are now backers of her in the Election when she decides to go rogue as a write in, WOW !!! No different than any Politcian who says they were against something before they were for it !!!
Well at least the lame street
Submitted by Barack_must_go..... on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 10:56am.
Well at least the lame street media has stopped picking on the Palin children.........for the time being anyway.
Barack_Must_Go.....
Who said Alaska was a conservative state?
Submitted by virginia republican on Wed, 11/17/2010 - 1:21pm.
If this idiot wins, they'll continue to have two liberal Senators.