I have a few random thoughts on the election coming up in November. I'm sure this will not be my last post on the subject, but I do have some random thoughts (generally speaking, I have a random brain).
The Republican brand name has been severely damaged by the media coverage of George Bush since he became President. Go back and look at the press reports on George Bush beginning in December of 2000. The press has successfully destroyed a number of Republicans who had bright futures--Newt Gingrich, George Allen, Trent Lott, and I'm sure there are others I'm not even aware of. However, the power of the mainstream news media has been weakened over the past few years because of talk radio and the internet. That is why Nancy Pelosi is moving to bring back the "fairness" doctrine to kill talk radio. In the next two months you will see those attacks aimed at Sarah Palin. Next week I am expecting to see a number of articles in the mainstream media criticizing the Assemblies of God Church (because she is a member). Church analysis is not my forte (and I can assure you it's not the forte of the mainstream media either), but why is it that religion is an issue with Republican candidates, but rarely mentioned with Democrats (other than Nancy Pelosi's recent dustup with the Catholic bishops)?
One of the important issues in this election (for me) is truth. The lies are flying fast and furious. US Magazine has on its cover "Sex, Lies, and Scandel". As far as I can see, the only lies told were the rumors in the media that Sarah Palin's youngest child was her grandchild, but yet the smear is aimed at Sarah Palin.
The bias continues on Oprah. She will not invite Sarah Palin onto the show. I guess that's not a surprise, as she has openly supported Barack Obama, but it's definitely not equal coverage (Oprah is not a news show, but she's an opinion leader).
Our job as voters is the check the facts. What were the economy figures under Clinton? Is it better to fight terrorism as a law enforcement matter (as Clinton did after the first World Trade Center attack) or to go after the countries supporting it? Did you know Saddam Hussein was paying $25,000 to the families of suicide bombers in Israel? Why haven't we been attacked since 2001? What has been stopped by the Patriot Act, etc? Why wasn't terrorism mentioned at the Democrat convention?
More random thoughts will follow at various times. Have a good weekend. Stay safe from the coming hurricanes.
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