Quote from Fractals 'R Us:
Nobody pays much attention to the media or the internet attack minions on either side of the aisle... I know people that switched sides very recently because they saw their own belief system and ideals expressed in Sarah Palin. Some anecdotal garbage wherein she supposedly did some heinous things is not going to make a difference to anybody...
I agree, however her ongoing ethics investigation is not anecdotal.
in fact, it is a rare election indeed that is swayed by the VP choice at all, McCain is indeed not from the conventional wisdom school of thought, he did sway voters hugely with a VP pick, there is hope for the US yet and it does not involve socialism.
The US is a mixed economy, not a purely capitalist economy, and by definition a mixed economy involves some socialism.
I think that California Governor Schwarzenneger is the new role model for the Republicans. He finds something to agree with across the aisle and gets his work done. He went with the global warming thingy, it's relatively harmless and good for business, so it's a hoax, likely to be disproven soon enough, so what... and he gets things done without spending his entire political capital every time because of that.
One thing that has resuscitated his career is that he has refused to appear in public with George Bush, Dick Cheney, or other Federal Republicans. His polls have gone up.
The far left bias of the press is obvious to everybody nowadays. They covered up the John Edwards affair for a year and still don't report on it, Oprah is endorsing Obama while "not endorsing anybody", yeah right...
This constant theme among Republicans that "the press is unfair" is simply 'gaming the ref.'
In fact, "The Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University in Virginia, which has studied network news since the 1980s, analyzed content on ABC, CBS and NBC news shows and found that when reporters and anchors expressed opinions they were significantly more negative toward Obama and more positive toward McCain, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday."
You can read about the study here:
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/07/27/Study_Media_rougher_on_Obama/UPI-43191217211564/
We have substance versus image, no substance on the left, all image manipulation on the left, it is not new at all, it's business as usual for the left...
Well we have two candidates, one who has spent his entire career in government, the one who has a mix of public and private experience. One candidate graduated at the bottom of his class, one graduated at the top of his class. One candidate has released a 60 page policy paper on his policies, the other has not and uses generalities.
