It’s Their Fault

Okay, we are split on issues, political and cultural.  That’s fine.
So can’t we make this an election about competence?

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From Fallows:  since the younger generation is the only one that values respect:
…the GOP ridiculing of the Obama’s “community organizer” experience will resonate poorly with many in the under-35 crowd.  If they continue that attack line they will likely lose a large number of young voters (which they are struggling with anyways).  Conservative and liberal [...]

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It’s all too much, so, unfortunately for my hit count, I have stayed mum. There are plenty of other places to find your dirt.
Though I do predict the latest affair stuff (the accused “other man” Scott Richter’s very conspicuous filing for the sealing of his divorce records below) won’t only be proven to [...]

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Apparently now a Republican mouthpiece, here’s the New York Times: the headline and lead on the nytimes.com website article about Obama’s speech:
Campaigning Starts With Running Mates in Tow
By ADAM NAGOURNEY and JEFF ZELENY 18 minutes ago
John McCain’s choice of running mate was a surprise, and — as designed by Mr. McCain’s advisers — eclipsed the [...]

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Below find the transcript of an enlightening chat with a reader.
Me: i think there’s a good chance obama has settled on clinton for VP.
Itstheirfault.com Reader: no f—ing way. that would be the WORST move EVER
Me: i don’t know…he could be thinking that the main case against hil was that it fires up the [...]

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Some Google search results:

“Obama Slams McCain” - 33,900 hits
“McCain Slams Obama” - 315,000 hits

“Obama Pummels McCain” - 8
“McCain Pummels Obama” -247

“Obama reacts to McCain” - 387
“McCain reacts to Obama” - 127

“Obama defends against” - 55
“McCain defends against” - 4

“Obama cowers” - 215
“McCain Cowers” - 19

Sure McCain is running a more attack-oriented campaign, but these are [...]

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Let’s look at how the Times screws up its portrayal of McCain and Obama every day, in an arena that journalists are supposed to be obsessed with (and that is perhaps more influential than any content): language. It’s the one place where fairness can be judged, and one in which the Times’s susceptibility to [...]

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Creeping into the comments section of a recent Salon article, I found an insane collection of responses.  Maybe I just am not familiar with Salon comments, but these seemed particularly horrid.  Is it a reflection of  America’s true reaction to poverty , or just of Salon readership?  In either case, it’s ugly.

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Can’t help posting one more great link:
Marty Kaplan succinctly describes exactly what has went wrong with media today.
More analysis on this to come.

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Get your fix.

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