Can The Press Really Elect McCain?

[kpete]

Sunday :: Apr 6, 2008
Can The Press Really Elect McCain?

by paradox

It’s old news by now that Election 2008 isn’t the perfect storm for Republicans, its Picket’s charge. As an analogy perfect storm ends in the correct state of necrosis, but implies far too singular a singular experience for ship or crew. When the United States of America is losing two wars and suffering from a severe recession with high food and energy costs as a sweetener the Republicans are lining up, en masse, for an indiscriminate pitiless slaughter, futility and failure their only results.

Their brave leader is an old, doddering, confused ranting militarist kiss-ass, an alleged maverick who embraced the very felons who so sleazily gutted him before. Through sickness and health, this stalwart Republican family values man ditched his first wife after she became disfigured and never did find any American tenet, no matter sacred, that he couldn’t rankly betray or sell out to his entire career since then.

Yet serious, immensely wise voices insist this chump political corpse has a true viable chance, John McCain really could—in spite of the galactic scope of forces arrayed against him—be our next president. Our chattering, virulently contemptible “journalism” corps apparently is completely infatuated with him and yes, they really do have the power to somehow wipe away all the chaos, shame and pain to elevate this creep to the presidency. Can that possibly be true?

Many difficult, painful answers spill out of that question (both nationally and personally), so much so that it blocked me yesterday morning, which has happened twice in four years. Only our foul, manipulative, craven journalists stand in the way of a Democratic presidency and possible escape for the insane failure everywhere, it is of absolute importance that liberals and Democrats understand this issue and act accordingly, the risks are horrifying if we get it wrong.

much more at:
http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/012285.php

[shadowknows69]

1. I'd refer that question to the dumbfuck in chief at Pennsylvania ave.

[AndyTiedye]

4. His Presence At That Abode is the Answer to the OP, Unfortunately

[goldcanyonaz]

2. They've helped to make Obama the nominee, so sure, why not...

[Warren Stupidity]

3. I don't know but they sure as heck will give it their best.

[McCamy Taylor]

5. If they are united behind him, sure. However, Time-Warner/CNN and Disney/ABC

have had serious problems with him over A La Carte cable in the past, and there is a very real possibility that they will not be biased in favor of him. Indeed, they might be slightly biased in favor of a Democratic administration.

ABC deliberately screwed up its "The Path to 9/11" imo. It agreed to produce that piece of propaganda in 2005 so that the Bush administration would get McCain to back off on A La Carte cable. However, the final work was so poorly produced and its release made it so obvious to the world that it was propaganda (the pre-screening by right wingers only) that ABC might as well have pointed a great big "Do Not Believe Anything You See Here" sign at it. The documentary on another channel got more ratings, I believe.

And then, a month later, ABC news broke the Mark Foley scandal, making sure that the Dems took Congress, which ensured that A La Carte cable would never happen.

In retaliation, Martin at the FCC has been attempting to regulate cable through administration decree while he deregulates the rest of the telecom industry by administrative decree. I suspect that this will be the straw that breaks both camels---Time-Warner and Disney--backs, and they will be rooting for a Democratic administration.