Maybe we would live in a different environment today had the press done such a thorough job on investigating Obama's actions prior to his run for the presidency.....
Seems like an awful lot of trouble to go through for someone that hasn't announced a candidacy yet.
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OK I guess but wouldn't it be a bit unfair just to single out Obama when the statement could also be ...
Maybe we would live in a different environment today had the press done such a thorough job on investigating Bush's actions prior to his run for the presidency.....
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Maybe we would live in a different environment today had the press done such a thorough job on investigating Reagan's actions prior to his run for the presidency.....
Both apply equally, as would including Clinton, Bush I and other names.
The press has always been skewed, it will always be skewed but today there is more to the press then Huntley and Brinkley or Rather.
W was investigated, vetted, or whatever they call it and all his dirty laundry was aired for public viewing - they even invented some dirty laundry that didn't exist.
The Slick One was investigated too, but instead of outrage the MSM just presented him as a likeable rascal whose transgressions (like the
-hopping and money laundering) were minor private stuff - "personal matters" that didn't affect his job performance. Of course Juanita Brodderick, Kathleen Willy and perhaps others might disagree with that, but they were just "little people" whose victimization couldn't be allowed to hinder someone as important as Slick Willie.
In Barack Hussein Obama's case, there was nothing to investigate. A community organizer and a 2d rate lecturer at U. of Chicago prior to being elected to public office, he never accomplished anything as a member of Congress having voted "present" most of the time. As the Jr Senator from IL, he barely had time to move the furniture into his office before he started running for president. The media could have put more emphasis on his associations with radical liberals and his scant record that established his as the most liberal member of the senate, but that wasn't part of the template.
Fortunately, Obama does have a record in office now and it will be the albatross around his neck for the entire campaign.
Just a parting thought - how often to we see the adjective "radical" applied to "liberal" by today's MSM? Seems like it only precedes "right-wing" or "conservative" these days.