Silence on Palin's real mockery of Obama; faux outrage for Obama's common phrase.

[GOPBasher]

At the Republican Convention, Governor Sarah Palin openly, and very sarcastically, mocked Barack Obama for having been a community organizer. She mocked him for being a man who turned down potentially very lucrative jobs as a top Harvard Law graduate in order to help people find work on the south side of Chicago. We heard barely a peep out of the media, and this convention speech gave the GOP their bounce and current lead in polls.

Fast forward a bit. Barack Obama talks about issues – yes, actual issues that affect our lives – and uses a very common metaphor to describe John McCain’s policies, the media has a field day, insinuating that Obama called Palin a pig. Of course they all knew what Obama meant: McCain’s faux embrace of “change” is only superficial, as his policies are almost exactly the same a President Bush’s. But Republicans don’t want to talk about that. They want to talk about anything except the issues, so they lie, distort, distract.

And of course, plenty of Republicans have used this phrase as well. But the media doesn't find that very important either.

[Kitty Herder]

1. The media makes their bias obvious.

And yet the Reich wingers still talk about the "liberal media" and people believe them. You should hear my uncle go on and on about the "liberal media." Why are people so willing to believe what they are told rather than what they can see with their own two eyes?

[firedupdem]

3. I've been attempting to watch various news shows all day

and all I'm hearing is this pig shit. They say Barack needs to stop debating this pig thing and talk about issues! WTF! When he doesn't respond he's chicken shit..when he does he's not sticking to the issues. They fuck us every time!

[classof56]

2. Well, McCain (or someone on his staff) did say the campaign would not be about issues

It would be about personalities. Gee...I guess they meant it. Amazing they told the truth for once.

Tired Old Cynic

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

4. the repukes should concentrate on cleaning their own house

I mean, 2 repukes using the word "uppity", they have no room, i mean no room to speak to anything concerning slurs.