Media Malpractice?

CNN  “Conservative”   Reporter Admits to character assassination and cruel treatment of Sarah Palin during 2008 elections. –>

….he did get (Kathleen) Parker to brag about her leadership in the character assassination of Palin….

Then revises story–>

After asserting that she “led” the charge against Sarah Palin in 2008 the day before, Kathleen Parker revisited her comments and the greater media bias against Palin last night, adding a few revisions. For one, she didn’t really lead the charge against Palin– “the liberal media” did– and did treat Palin, in some instances, “cruelly, and partly because she’s a woman.”

More on the story at this link : The Story Behind Kathleen Parker Boast

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Mitt Romney’s Real Adversary – Religious Bigotry

I am not going to pretend that I know whether RNC Michael Steele’s  comments about Mitt Romney was a dig, an analytical assessment or a personal revelation from God. I did not or have I viewed the interview in which they were stated. I have only read some of the analytical comments of Steele’s commentary by commentators. Of what I have read – I have no problem if they are meant as an assessment of Romney’s electibility. That is his job. Here is the rub as I see it. I have no problem with Mitt Romney as a conservative, accepting him as a pro-life candidate (George Bush Sr. was pro-choice until he became VP) or the fact that he is Mormon. But I am not most people. My biggest problem with the Romney campaign was that he came across as the preppy rich kid you could not stand to be around in high school and that does not sell in most places. Still one glaring problem came out before the election and that is – just like JFK had to overcome cultural objections to his Catholic heritage- Romney or any other Mormon candidate will face an uphill climb in being accepted by the USA voting public. If you read the blog commentaries across the blogosphere there was no lack of negativity pointed towards his Mormon heritage. A nationwide across-the-board bigotry towards Mormons was also exposed in a 2008 Yahoo!/AP poll in which 50 % of those responding would have some or great reservations voting for a Mormon. The overall results did kind of surprise me considering how supposedly unbiased liberals most of the Internet population tends to be. Still Mitt should not feel too picked on. The Internet masses were considerably more bigoted towards Muslims (74% would have some or great reservations voting for), Older Americans (63% would have some or great reservations voting for) and Gay Americans (54% would have some or great reservations voting for).  In contrast the cultures which gather the most media headlines about facing bigoted voters in an election women and blacks saw a considerably lower intolerance factor in the poll – Women (25% has some or great reservation about voting for) and Blacks (19% had some or great reservations about voting for). For Mitt Romney to be accepted as a candidate he is going to have to find a way to win over not just Republicans, conservatives and moderates he is going to have to find a way to overcome the religious bigotry held by about fifty percent of All USA American citizens. Mitt Romney’s real adversary is not the liberals, moderates or even fellow conservative politicians. Mitt Romney’s real adversary is the bigotry still held in the hearts of many Americans towards the Mormon faith that crosses the whole political spectrum.

They Have All Flown Over The Cuckoos Nest

As late baseball announcer Harry Caray would say, Holy Cow! The tension created by the Republican and Democrat parties in this 2008 election has twisted so many people in knots they have lost all sense of reason! Take a lesson from literature and remember the importance of humor in creating a break in the action, while easing some tension and allowing the audience to take a breath and relax. Please at least take a dramatic pause of silence. Some of you need it. Over on the CNN political ticker they wrote a cute little story about some transportation problems the press corp had during their campaign trailing. Geesh, sorry for them having a life; but if you read the comments section to the story readers are raking them over the coals for not offering up some blood letting sacrificial story for them to tear each other apart over!!! Hey people it is alright to laugh and feel easy once in awhile. Life is not all about being a samurai warrior 24-7. Somebody cut off their caffeine NOW! Perhaps a round of electro-shock therapy, some Valium or maybe a bottle of Jack Daniels for them all, SOMETHING PLEASE, before they slaughter each other!!