Barack Obama is complaining to Glamour Magazine that some Americans have criticized Mrs. Obama's public speeches:
... the apparatus of conservative columnists, blogs and the like. Talk shows, talk radio....When you see in the span of two or three or four weeks essentially the same talking points being used on a whole variety of shows or a whole variety of columns, over and over again....Hillary Clinton was subject to this, others have been subject to this in the past...It is part of our political environment that I'd like to change.Does Obama seriously expect to change our political environment so that citizens don't criticize campaign speeches made by surrogates of a presidential frontrunner? Is that kind of "change" either desirable or consistent with American values and history? Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at July 17, 2008 06:23 PM | Email This
"Fair" means fair, not "favorable."
Posted by: Politically Incorrect on July 17, 2008 06:34 PMTheir quest for political correctness will surely bring about troubled times. Maureen Dowd's op-ed piece says it well and she is left-of center. "Change for the worse we can believe in..." indeed !
Posted by: KS on July 17, 2008 06:56 PMMy pre-nomination comparison of McCain to the character in "A weekend at bernies" is unfortunately turning from a comedy into a tragic reality right before my eyes. My advice? Get a Veep that can sell McCain...ahem ROMNEY..and do it now!! Time's a wastin'
Posted by: Rick D. on July 17, 2008 08:30 PMPerhaps his moneymen like George Soros could buy a nice little network for him and Bill Ayers, a sort of Pravda-from-Chicago, to shovel his revealed truths out to the public.
But until the 'progressives' managed to completely subdue the First Amendment (with the help of silly inattentive goodthinkers like John McCain), poor lil' Obama might have to take it as well as dish it out.
Posted by: Insufficiently Sensitive on July 17, 2008 08:38 PMIn addition to being a hypocritically lying empty suit, Oliar would be well-served to occasionally look in a mirror if he's so concerned about "changing the discourse."
Posted by: hinton on July 17, 2008 11:07 PMDon't worry... Americans are quite used to conservatives having a complete lack of tact and class!
Posted by: demo kid on July 18, 2008 12:35 AM..uh huh, kind of like Barack Obama's resume, right?
The true Obamaphiles will carry B-uh-rack's water no matter what facts are presented to them to the contrary. It's called the "cult of personality"
From Webster's on-line:
cult of personality
-noun a cult promoting adulation of a living national leader or public figure, as one encouraged by Stalin to extend his power.
I seriously doubt Mrs. "Hope and Change" can boil water, let alone cook a meal for her family. Quite typical of the Stalinist types who espouse the "do as I say, not as I do" creed. The Obamas literally ooze the snobbery of leftist elitism, tossing crumbs and cliches to the poor as their limo speeds off.
Posted by: Saltherring on July 18, 2008 07:04 AMWhy is it that the DalaiBama gets three three main anchors on tour with him overseas and McCain gets two minutes total between the three?
I tell my Code Pink buddies that Obama is about to change his position on Iraq when he comes back to the States. They see it as a sign of maturity and intelligence and the ability to change. I about threw up. Folks, this is what we are fighting.
The wife and I are trying to figure out where we can put our modest retirement money (we don't have wonderful retirement programs like many) if the DalaiBama gets elected.
Posted by: swatter on July 18, 2008 07:36 AMConsidering he's tied with Obama in the polls (was down 15 points just a month ago), why should he do anything?
When your opponent is imploding and self-destructing by all means necessary do NOTHING. Don't draw attention to yourself or give your opponent something to fixate on and potentially save themselves.
The best thing McCain can do right now is what he is doing - raising more funds than Obama, building his organization, and keeping his mouth shut. Let Obama have the spotlight for now because it's doing nothing but hurting Obama.
Posted by: Shanghai Dan on July 18, 2008 07:40 AMDid she really go to Princeton? Or what that the Princeton Technical College in New Brunswick?
Posted by: John Bailo on July 18, 2008 10:28 AMThe Obama campaign simply wants to stop any "discourse" it doesn't like and they've been trying to do that since day one by "inoculating" any subject they consider harmful by declaring it shabby and out of bounds politicking or the "same old right wing attack style politics". They need to inoculate his wife and soon. Her "makeover" might not be sticking.
At this point the right is doing all the howling but the left should be howling right along with them. The "Fairness Doctrine" will harm, dilute or kill their message too. There is a "Fairness Doctrine" in China and it is total control of the Internet and the airwaves making sure that nothing is said that the regulators don't like. And if you think it can't happen here you haven't been listening. Government is on a hiring binge and there soon will be plenty more to monitor what is being said and by whom. The "Fairness Doctrine" is simply the establsihing mechanism for future expansion into what you can and cannot say.
What also worries me about the "Fairness Doctrine" is how it will affect blogs like SP, HA. Although I haven't heard anything to the contrary, some wag somewhere will mention that the "Fairness Doctrine" will have to be "updated" for the 21st century. We are it.
And that's the kind of regulation that Obama believes in.
Politically Incorrect @ #2. "If the Fairness Doctrine means that Stephanie Miller and Thom Hartmann have to live under the same rules they want to impose on Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, then I'm all for it." With thinking like that you haven't been paying attention. When the government starts regulating, whatever is regulated turns into a political football whos control is at the whim of whoever is in power and . . . who is paid the most by . . . lobbyists. If that is how you'd like your information disseminated to you, filtered through a few million dollars in the hands of a corporate, NGO or foreign government lobbyist, slid under the table, than more power to you but leave me out of it. I like to hear all sides of every argument, unfiltered by those that know what is "best" for me. We also have the problem of who decides what you'll hear. Who will be the opposite opinion of Stephanie Miller? Who decides that? Trust me, it sure won't be you.
"Fair" means fair, not "favorable." May I suggest that you read "1984" and then "The New Thought Police"? "Fair" means whatever they want it to mean and you'll have nothing to say about it.
Apparently, accurately quoting spokesmen for Democratic candidates is now defined as a "smear". Welcome to the brave new world of NewSpeak.
Posted by: Frank Black on July 18, 2008 11:33 AM"Don't worry... Americans are quite used to conservatives having a complete lack of tact and class!"
Look at yourself in the mirror before you make statements like that. You can get away with that nonsense on Moveon or Huffington, but it isn't going to fly here. Clusiana is correct about liberal web sites, and if you've ever been to one, you know it's the truth. Liberal sites are not only ugly and mean spirited; they will pull posts that prove their liberal propaganda is baloney. Have you ever had your drivel censored here? Furthermore, pay careful attention to the news around next election time. Tally up the instances of vandalism perpetrated by liberals against Republican campaign offices, and then come back here and tell us how classless conservatives are. You might also want to research the history of the Democrat party before making charges of racism against Republicans. The Ku Klux Klan was an arm of the Democrat party. Democrats were responsible for Jim Crow, black codes, lynching, and oppression of blacks. Kid, you are either uneducated, blind to the truth, or brainwashed.
Primarily spoiled brat moonbats like yourself would use this rant on those who disagree with the self-righteous progressive agenda.
Posted by: KS on July 20, 2008 09:19 AM