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Thanks, Joan, for your comments about how biased the media (and, I would add, blogs) coverage of the Dem. campaigns have been. Obama can do no wrong, Clinton no right. It's like the Goofus and Gallant show.
Even worse, Obama acolytes cry "racist" and worse whenever someone says anything less than a hearty hosannah for their guy. It is all very depressing, not just because I think Clinton is the far superior candidate, but because our electoral politics looks more like some weird Survivor/American Idol/Oprah show hybrid. We're not looking for real talent, we just want to have someone make us feel good.
Obama may very well be an excellent president, and I will certainly vote for him if he is the nominee (will the Obama people stick with the Democrats???), but it would be nice to have a campaign with an level media/blog field. Well, one can "hope" for "change."
Couldn't have said it better myself. The pick of Palin horrifies me on many levels. She's certainly welcome to be who she is, I have no problem with her choices for herself - it's her choices for ME and this country that scare the sh*t out of me.
...like every other newspaper. This post was particularly pertinent, since we (I'm a Gannett employee, obviously) just got notice that they are shaving 10% of workforce company wide. That's almost 100 people where I work. The landscape is really shifting, that's for sure.
