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2008-11-18 Home Front: Politix

5 Myths About an Election of Mythic Proportions

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Posted by anonymous5089 2008-11-18 11:16|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Perhaps a quibble, but the "8 years of the Bush administration" were so bad they produced Bush's re-election and an atypical pick-up in House seats during his first mid-term election. So it wasn't 8 years - it was 1 or 2, maybe 2.5, starting in 2005.

Plus, gotta love this MSMer casually referring to the "poisonous" atmosphere facing the GOP. Gee, guy, who do you think was responsible for a major part of that poison?

For all of Bush's failings (limited, but important), and his utter and inexplicable refusal to defend or explain his policies or, really, engage in politics while in office, it is the outlandish distortion and bias of the media that are the more important and more enduring problem. We're now essentially conducting an experiment on how a modern democratic society operates when it has limited access to accurate information or analysis. First result - the empty suit president-elect.

Aside from all that, the treatment of Bush by the media, and more broadly by the society (and not just the cultural or educational swamps - but the electorate), has been a contemptible and inexcusable thing, and has forever changed my feeling about the country.

And I'd argue you can't separate the casual and despicable slander of Bush by so many public figures from the ease with which our military is slimed and insulted.

Posted by Verlaine 2008-11-18 21:42|| 2008-11-18 21:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Mccain was also not helped by the angst of many Arizona and SW US Voters on the steady rise and influx of illegals into the region, as coupled wid the "virtual border/border fence" fracas = voter-perceived lack of willingness on the part of Public Govt to even try to [seriously]stop the illegals. LOCALS > IFF MCCAIN, RICHARDSON, + OTHER POLS CAN'T RESOLVE SERIOUS PROBS OR ISSUES AFFECTING THEIR OWN AREAS, HOW CAN THEY PER THE NATION AND WORLD? This kind of Voter anger played well to the already anti-Dubya/GOP MSM.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-11-18 22:34|| 2008-11-18 22:34|| Front Page Top

#3 It's the exact same slander, Verlaine, not merely connected: the besliming of those who sacrifice to protect and serve the rest of us instead of choosing to advance only themselves.

Posted by trailing wife 2008-11-18 22:39|| 2008-11-18 22:39|| Front Page Top

#4 That's a really good point, JosephM.

Posted by trailing wife 2008-11-18 22:48|| 2008-11-18 22:48|| Front Page Top

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