via This Ain't Hell
The Wall Street Journal has a story up about the media's tradition of steamrolling candidates, such as Sarah Palin, that they don't like through ridicule, falsehoods, malicious innuendo and lies. This is the media that smirks about its power in the salons of urban oases amidst the crumbling jungle they helped create. Well, the power they hold so dearly is crumbling and as tin he last days of the Roamn Empire, we witness delusionary flights of power and self importance. Really, Sally "Bradley Bunch" Quinn and Elanor Smelanor Clift? How sad.
Here is a sampler of media comment on Governor Palin this week:
- Eleanor Clift, the McLaughlin Group: "If the media reaction is anything, it's been literally laughter in many places across newsrooms."
- Sally Quinn, Newsweek: "It is a political gimmick . . . I find it insulting to women, to the Republican party, and to the country."
- E.J. Dionne, Washington Post: "Palin is, if anything, less qualified for the vice presidency (and the presidency) than [Harriet] Miers was for the court. But there is one big difference: Palin passes all the right-wing litmus tests."
- Maureen Dowd, New York Times: "They have a tradition of nominating fun, bantamweight cheerleaders from the West."
- Ruth Marcus, Washington Post: "But as a parent in the media, I also know that the Palins assumed this risk. Anyone who watched coverage of the Bush twins' barroom exploits knew that the avert-your-eyes stance toward candidates' children has its limits."
- Charlie Cook, Beltway pundit, on PBS's "Charlie Rose": "I had a friend that had a young person tell them that they had three interviews to get a job as a server at Ruby Tuesday! So this is like putting a whole -- for someone that hasn't played on a national -- Geraldine Ferraro had more -- Dan Quayle had undergone more scrutiny, had played on a bigger stage than this. This is putting an enormous risk on someone he didn't know. And he has to just pray that it works!"
Our media has become a laughing stock. In a world of constant checks and balances done in giga bytes these losers are still bragging about buying ink by the barrel. What a waste of ink. What a waste of barrels.
