Everyone remembers how on the day Barack Obama announced his presidential candidacy, the MSM was awash with stories of how he is on the "far left" of social issues. Or not.Not only does Obama support partial birth abortion, as an Illinois state senator he twice voted against the Born Alive Infants Protection Act. Read the disturbing details here. Though Obama's record clearly puts him to the extreme port side of the political spectrum on social issues, I challenge readers to cite any MSM description of Obama as "far left."
But it's a whole different MSM ball-game when it comes to labelling Republicans. Literally within minutes of his official announcement this morning, MNSBC applied the "far right" tag to Mitt Romney. MSNBC host Chip Reid's had as his guest to kibitz on the announcement former Wonkette Ana Marie Cox, who according to her Wikipedia entry was once an editor of an online Marxist magazine.
View video here.
Said Reid: "He's a flip-flopper. He was pro-choice, and he was to the left of Ted Kennedy on gay rights in Massachusetts, and now he's to the far right."Reid prefaced his observation by saying: "He's barely out of the starting blocks and I'm going to go right for his knees." Give Reid full marks for candor. But where is the fairness? Again, when is the last time the MSM labelled any of the major Dem presidential candidates "far-left" on anything?
Aside: as you'll note from the screencap, Reid's "going for the knee caps" comment provoked considerable mirth and hilarity in Cox.
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Liberals
February 13, 2007 - 10:10 ET by iveseenitallThe media is nothing more than a 527 for the Democratic party. The Republicans will have to fight their illegal, dishonest advertising throughout the next campaign. They keep "chipping" away at them. Disgusting.
NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal
How can he not-be? A fiscal
February 13, 2007 - 10:12 ET by sarcasmoHow can he not-be? A fiscal conservative named Ron Paul clearly doesn't exist...And has anyone here YET heard Dr. Paul's name, even once, on ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, Fox News, CNN or CNN Headline News? I didn't think so...
JMR
Ron Paul is a freakin embar
February 13, 2007 - 13:53 ET by American InfidelRon Paul is a freakin embarrassment to Republicans and politics in general. Check this out. What a freakin moonbat!
Congressman Ron Paul has accused the Bush administration
of attempting to set in motion a militarized police state in America by
enacting gun confiscation martial law provisions in the event of an avian
flu pandemic. Paul also slammed as delusional and dangerous plans to invade
Iran, Syria, North Korea and China.
This is but one instance of this guys delusions.
We've finally given liberals a war against fundamentalism, and they don't want to fight it. They would, except it would put them on the same side as the United States.
Ann Coulter
Read the whole article, ins
February 14, 2007 - 07:17 ET by sarcasmoRead the whole article, instead of the out of context part quoted. Executive Orders have been a problem for liberty since before Clinton started signing them like mad, and this one exists. Then read the date on the article, and try to imagine being me, politically. I see Republicans (supposedly supporters of the second amendment) letting the Bush FEMA bureaucrats oversee a gun-grabbing disaster after Katrina in silence, in direct violation of that Amendment. Unlike Dr. Paul, most Republicans were as silent on that (and now, things like this!) as...Well...As most Democrat feminists were when Slick had his sexual escapade with an intern in a blue dress. To me, there's almost no difference between the parties because of issues like this, and to me, the idea of banishing Dr. Paul's voice from the "debate" is why I constantly have to put quotes around the word "debate" these days when it comes to politics... Hmph. "Moonbats" now apparently actually read the Constitution, rather than just blithely swearing to uphold it every few years, but if this guy's truly that-bad, wouldn't he be easy to "debate"?? And by the way, apparently the doctor -- not the politician -- is right about the threat of bird flu...
JMR
Reid on Romney
February 13, 2007 - 10:55 ET by Smitty of LebtuckyWhen did anyone take "Scarey Reid" seriously? It has never been about fairness with the LIBS, only their self serving mission of gaining or keeping their power.
immediately after romney anno
February 13, 2007 - 10:57 ET by buddycimmediately after romney announcement this morning i looked at the various major media's online coverage
abc minimal
nbc nothing
cnn 3 lines down story splayed with candi crowleys framing him as a right wing flip floper
cbs minimal
fox comparable to what they gave obama.
we conservatives are in a war with the media. newt and morris were correct when the said that the libs had a formidable machine consisting of hollywood, main stream media and the unions.
Poor Mitt. If only he was 5
February 13, 2007 - 11:18 ET by CaringwhiteguyPoor Mitt. If only he was 50% black instead of 100% LDS. Maybe if he had bigger ears . . . . .
If the DimLib geniuses at M
February 13, 2007 - 11:14 ET by Dave RIf the DimLib geniuses at MSLSD (sorry, stole that from Michael Savage) think Mr. Romney is occupying a position on the far-right, then that puts me about twelve steps to the right of Atilla the Hun and Alexander the Great.
Is it just me or is the DimLib MSM trying to redefine the entire political landscape? I mean, they are now calling The Hildebeast and Teddy K. moderates, which they clearly are not, and Romney and Rudy are now far-right type people.
I wonder how they would describe Barry Goldwater if he was around today?
I hate newspapermen.....I regard them as spies.....If I killed them all there would be news from Hell before breakfast. -Gen. William T. Sherman
Dave R, the MSM would simply repeat what they said about
February 13, 2007 - 11:23 ET by acaiguanaDave R, the MSM would simply repeat what they said about Goldwater when he was still around. He was a wild eyed dangerous nuclear button pushing fanatical right-wing nut. Remember?
I've always admired Atilla. More references should be made to his genius.
:-)
ACA
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Hillary Clinton says: "I want to take those profits."
Atilla
February 13, 2007 - 13:40 ET by Dave RI've always admired Atilla. More references should be made to his genius.
aca,
Yeah, I watched the History Channel special they did on him a while back. He came across to me as a get-it-done kind of guy.
I hate newspapermen.....I regard them as spies.....If I killed them all there would be news from Hell before breakfast. -Gen. William T. Sherman
I absolutely agree with you a
February 13, 2007 - 13:48 ET by bulletproofI absolutely agree with you and the following post by G.H.
The MSM are sell-outs to the para-pseudo-psychology of incanting reality (ie-remind your child daily that they will never achieve any success, and you will make it prophetic most of the time). So on and on they drone about what is not reality (because not enough hold them accountable and they lack respect for all else) in the pretense of living it as reality so that one day it will be.
Never use your gun to pistol-wip a Liberal. That could mar the finish.
Mark. It's all very simple
February 13, 2007 - 11:42 ET by Gary HallMark. It's all very simple. One merely needs to wear the hat of your generic MSM journalist for a few minutes and look out.
From where they stand on issues, vision, history, etc., the Democrats (notably for today, the current candidates) are to the right of where the media stands. None of the candidates stand where the media stands. From the media's point of view - the Democrat politicians are all more conservative than they are. Hence, they get labeled as moderates or centrists.
All Republicans are right wingers, with some being to the right of mainstream Republicans. They are extremists or neocons. Those to the left of mainstream Republicans are simply conservatives.
My point is not meant to be humorous. I'm dead serious. A related case in point, is the view, especially from the activist left, which rants that the MSM is not only controlled by conservatives, but delivers the news from a conservative point of view.
Consider. The activist left spends much time listening to NPR, Pacifica Radio and the like. Their daily reading includes The Nation, Mother Jones, The LA Weekly, Rolling Stones, etc. During the 90's, there was much deep critism of the Clinton administration - they were even anti-war on the Clinton Iraq ops, Kosovo. They strongly opposed the sanctions, welfare reform. Wanted Kyoto passed, etc. From their point of view, the LA Times, the NY Times and the Washington Post is very conservative - as well as the network news.
My man, Mitt!
February 13, 2007 - 12:09 ET by Six String SpiffMitt Romney is going to TRAMPLE the MSM. He is not one of these push-over RINO's *caugh* McCain!! *caugh*.. No.. He will dissasemble the press and slap down any accusations of being a flip flopper backed up with solid evidence. What exactly did he flip-flop about anyway..? Being that he WAS my Governor I should know if he waffled on issues. Now, the TURD that took over.. well, he's only "hedging his campaign promises" according to the Boston Socialist. These MSM pieces of garbage are going to have to realize that some day they will need to present this thing call EVIDENCE for their false accusations. Mitt Romney has the potential to be Mount Rushmorian.. Not these sissies in Congress.
Sure, I watch the MSM... Through a pair of crosshairs.
There is no fairness on MSNBC
February 13, 2007 - 12:30 ET by sembyThere is no fairness on MSNBC they are all radical liberal bashing anti-American idiots who are misfits and get a job on a channel that is of stature!
Aw come on, George Soros is t
February 13, 2007 - 12:49 ET by truth_missileAw come on, George Soros is to the right of the MSM.
Mitt Romney is the only real threat to the Democrats, he has a powerful money raising campaign going, oodles more money than Hillary, and is the only real conservative in the race. They have to destroy him quickly. Look for a manufactured 'macaca' moment soon. The MSM is salivating for a Guliani or McCain candidate, they have dirt on these guys ready to go.
Like Mitt Romney, I am a me
February 13, 2007 - 14:38 ET by DyneLike Mitt Romney, I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, better known to everyone else as the "Mormons." And the ignorance that people have in regards to the church in general are already dissuading their vote simply because he's a "Mormon." The MSM will play on that, interview these ignorant people, and defame Romney by bashing the church. The fact that these guys endlessly defame and bash the names and reputations of good, religious institutions just so they can push their political agenda makes me sick!
"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone." - Bill Cosby
Anyone to the right of Fide
February 13, 2007 - 13:47 ET by American InfidelAnyone to the right of Fidel Castro would be considered "far right" to Ms. Cox.......and pretty much the entire MSM.
We've finally given liberals a war against fundamentalism, and they don't want to fight it. They would, except it would put them on the same side as the United States.
Ann Coulter
Why does the MSM never say "f
February 13, 2007 - 15:11 ET by muh-oonWhy does the MSM never say "far left"? I have to assume that they are so far left themselves that when they look to the left they don't see anybody. Everyone is sitting to their right and people like Mitt Romney appear to be "way over there on the right."
way too clean
February 13, 2007 - 13:50 ET by foolnomorecome on "mitt"
if you came out with a bottle of booze,a'couple of "lines"on the table, a pizza deliever in a "blue-dress",,
you would'n or could'n have some real "head lines"