Ted Rall's cartoons and opinion pieces were all the rage when he was attacking George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and American soldiers.
But now that there's a man in the White House the press absolutely adore, the once syndicated polemicist claims he's having a hard time getting anyone to publish his work:
Now there' s a new cause for refusal: Too tough on the president.
I've heard that from enough "liberal" websites and print publications to consider it a significant trend.
A sample of recent rejections, each from editors at different left-of-center media outlets:
· "I am familiar with and enjoy your cartoons. However the readers of our site would not be comfortable with your (admittedly on point) criticism of Obama."
· "Don't be such a hater on O and we could use your stuff. Can't you focus more on the GOP?"
· "Our first African-American president deserves a chance to clean up Bush's mess without being attacked by us."
I have many more like that.
What's weird is that these cultish attitudes come from editors and publishers whose politics line up neatly with mine. They oppose the bailouts. They want us out of Afghanistan and Iraq. They disapprove of Obama's new war against Libya. They want Obama to renounce torture and Guantánamo.
Obama is the one they ought to be blackballing. He has been a terrible disappointment to the American left. He has forsaken liberals at every turn. Yet they continue to stand by him. Which means that, in effect, they are not liberals at all. They are militant Democrats. They are Obamabots.
Indeed they are and have been since the moment the former junior senator from Illinois tossed his name into the ring in February 2007.
The behavior of the media has been an absolute disgrace as it pertains to the current White House resident, and calling them Obamabots isn't harsh enough.
Not even close.
Those that can stand it should review NewsBusters' past articles about Rall's work. This is an America-hating radical who recently called for a violent revolution in this country.
His cartoons and articles were all the rage when Bush was in office.
Put a Democrat in the White House that's beloved by the media, and he becomes persona non grata.
Can we even pretend that we have a "free press" any more?
(H/T Big Hollywood)
