Letters to the Editor
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The consequence of a lapdog press
It seems more than obvious that the Tucker Carlsons and Tim Russerts of the world are why the media gave Bush and Company a free ticket to lie and distort to the press about the war. Russert has never admitted his shameful role in the Valerie Plame ordeal...why is he afforded this right not to come forward and fess up? In turn, the media have been treating Obama with kid gloves, only after SNL made fun of him, rightly, did they begin to even consider going after his very spotty, very scattered record.
I have seen media types try to excuse this academic's less than respectful comments about Hillary Clinton. They pointed out that she is not familiar with the world of politics and the ebb and flow of a heated campaign...bullshit...we have seen contemptibly misogynistic comments from bloggers, whole websites steeped in hate (Huffingtonpost comes to mind) as well as wild rumors about Obama's background. The level of discourse in this campaign has sunk to new depths...and Obama supporters, supposedly sunny optimists, have shown they are hypocrites, reveling in cheap name calling and tactics they supposedly loathe in the Clintons.