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Now the AP Does It
I guess I'm destined to play media critic today. Via Kathryn Lopez at NRO, I see that the AP is out with a horribly biased story, not even listed as analysis (and therefore by definition treated as "straight news"), that tries to downplay GOP success IN ADVANCE of tomorrow's elections, so that if Republicans or conservatives win, the media can treat it all as no big deal. The objectionable parts of this Liz Sedoti story are legion. The headline starts right in: "GOP victory Tuesday won't erase party's problems." Says who? Well, says Sedoti.
"So even if political winds start blowing harder behind them and even if they can capitalize on Democratic missteps, Republicans still will have a long way to go over the next year because of their party's own fundamental problems — divisions over the path forward, the lack of a national leader and a shrinking base in a changing nation.
The GOP would overcome none of those hurdles should Republican Bob McDonnell win the Virginia governor's race, Chris Christie emerge victorious in the New Jersey governor's contest, or conservative Doug Hoffman triumph in a hotly contested special congressional election in upstate New York."
There's a factual error here: "Similar hand-wringing happened in the GOP ahead of the 1994 midterms. Just weeks before those elections, Republicans came up with the Contract with America — and ended up taking control of Congress." Uh, wrong. This makes it sound as if the congressional GOP did some sort of rush job to create the Contract. But they didn't just "come up with" the Contract in 1994; it was well over a year in the making, suring which time the House GOP was hardly involved in "hand-wringing." I was there; from VERY early 1993 on, the House GOP was amazingly unified, perhaps for to the largest degree ever, before or since.
Then there is this nonsense: "very real split between conservatives who want to focus on social issues — which tend to work best during peaceful, prosperous times — and the rest of the party, which generally wants a broader vision, particularly given recession." Excuse me, but it is the conservatives who have been driving the bus recently, and it has been mostly on economic issues, with Tea Party protests specifically focused on government spending and the planned takeover of one-sixth of the economy. Meanwhile, it's not as if social-issues conservatives and economic ones are at war right now: Indeed, they have been mutually supportive again this year to a greate extent than they have been in years, and it's not as if social conservatives have a "narrow" vision. This idea of social issues concerns being somehow not "broad" is in itself a bad bias of the culturally leftist media.
Then there is this old trope: "Fiery talk show hosts like Limbaugh and Glenn Beck have become the angry white face of the party." If I hear one more mention of "angry white" people, I may gag. And does Sedoti ever listen to Rush? His tone is almost never angry. It may be mocking, and it may be flamboyant at times -- but angry? Nope.
And so on and so forth. This whole article is wishful thinking and editorializing disguised as news. With almost no attribution to other sources, either. For shame.
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Pingback| 11.2.09 @ 3:52PM
Twitter Trackbacks for The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : Now the AP Does It [spe links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
Conservative Bob| 11.2.09 @ 3:59PM
I think there is great value in being misread and underestimated by our adversaries. Given the margin of victory on 11/4/08 in both New Jersey and Virginia a GOP victory in those races is going to send an important message to the Blue Dogs and the Moderate Dems in the Senate regardless of what the press should decide to print.
They can proclaim it a strategic victory for their team if they wish; I would hope they actually believe it…
People that need to be instructed will be listening and learning now matter how hard they try to pretend otherwise.
Reading the blame game and clarifications relating the NY 23 I think that the message is being here in the upper circles of the GOP and they really don’t want to hear it either..
Quartermaster| 11.2.09 @ 4:29PM
Quinn, this is much better than some of your more recent efforts. We were starting to wonder about you.
SoCon| 11.2.09 @ 5:14PM
The AP is in the tank for Democrats? Gee, who knew?
Ken (Old Texican)| 11.2.09 @ 7:33PM
Quin
Tomorrow, (Tuesday), is a big day.
Tomorrow may very well determine the shape of our entire future here in the US...thus the world.
We at Team America have made our effort, along with a lot of others.
Now we shall get a preview of 2010.
Will the fake ballots carry the day, or will decent elections... and accurate vote counts be the rule?
For the "minority victims groups" I sincerely pray for the latter.
If and when the vast majority of Americans begin to decide that elections are rigged, oh my.......
Personally, I do not hold much hope for the New Jersey races. The corruption is so widespread, and of such long standing there; decent people are crushed and too discouraged to even vote.
Most of the country is not New Jersey yet, thank goodness.
But what if? What if the idea takes root across the country that Acorn and SEIU are falsifying elections across the country?
What happens if the Democrats continue to stick their despicable labels on us and our neighbors for refusing to kneel?
In 1860 it was supposedly about slavery, but you and I both know that it was Industrial vs. agricultural, and slavery became the rally cry and the "unintended straw on the camel".
Well, slavery is no longer an issue.
Instead, it is communism versus freedom. Many of us equate communism to slavery as you might recall.
The vast majority of Americans will not accept slavery, even if the ballot boxes lie.
So.
I do hope the Spectator will do more than "spectate".
I hope you guys have the courage to make a "footprint" before you are shut down by the communists.
They cannot afford you guys, you know. You guys and many of we guys...are simply "terrorists" in their eyes.
...Can't happen here?
Sir, it IS happening....right before our eyes. The real question is whether or not you folks cringe or stand tall for liberty.
It will be fascinating to watch, but you know, I believe if our vast majority begins to despair of clean elections...God help us all.
Pingback| 11.3.09 @ 7:08AM
The B&R Tuesday Edition | Black & Right links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
Oldefarte| 11.3.09 @ 3:49PM
These Sedoti, etc MORONS obviously don't GET IT. It's not the Republicans-----it's the CONSERVATIVE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS, stupid! As to their 'angry whites' BS, it's a shame that these idiots can't refrain from weeping and nashing when their houses are burglarized, their relatives are assaulted/raped/mugged/murdered,etc by their beloved non-racist, diversity-oriented ANGRY NON-WHITES, huh??????
long| 11.10.09 @ 2:34AM
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