Day: October 15, 2004

If you do any regular travel at all, this stuff happens a lot. But, if you’re a vice presidential candidate, it turns into an emergency and front pages across the world scream the story.

64% think Kerry’s comment was inappropriate. How long before we see a public apology from flipper? (WaPo reg. required)

Democrats are wetting themselves over the airing of “Stolen Honor” on Sinclair Broadcasting owned stations, but showing Fahrenheit 9/11 at a polling site is A-OK!

Don’t go to Apostolic Christ Cathedral if you plan to talk shop.

Uh, yeah.

Despite repeated statements by various administration officials denying a future military draft, John Kerry STILL insists that their “might” be one if Bush is re-elected. Outrageous.

I’m confounded by the purpose of polls like this. Sure, this one is driven by the ASSociated Press, and is designed by them to amplify the liberal view of how Bush has screwed up our reputation throughout the world. Beyond the fact that these polls mean nothing (the polled can’t vote for heaven’s sake!), I am frustrated with stories like these because I know that the people being surveyed no NOTHING about America. They see us through the eyes of their media. Lets take the European media for example. Most of the press in France, Germany, the UK and The Netherlands are extremely left-wing. They paint the US as being led by a bully, a cowboy who listens to no one. On a daily basis, the public is pounded by stories focusing on the American government (BushWorld) being evil, misguided, stubborn and misleading. So naturally, the citizenry reflect that bias. Meanwhile, the same leftist media promote American Democrats as intelligent, even-minded people who are led by a charismatic war hero named John Kerry. The same John Kerry who had the guts to protest the Viet Nam war and sacrifice himself as a martyr when he returned from the conflict.

It is very simple actually. Conservatives = bad, liberals = good. That’s what the European people hear, that’s what they believe. It’s also what makes polls like this worthless 18 days before the US election. Responsible editors of the MSM should see these for what they are – leftist propaganda.

On NPR this morning, Scott Horsley reported that President Bush made a “rare” visit with members of the media while on Air Force One yesterday. The president commented on his outlook for the remaining weeks of the campaign and spoke positively about his experiences on the trail. Unfortunately, Bush’s upbeat remarks were diminished by Horsley’s focus on the “rare” part of the visit. He commented that Bush’s impromptu meeting with the press could be a sign of “concern” amongst the campaign that Bush has suffered irreparable harm due to his debate performance and that he now had some spinning of his own to do.

When was the last time John Kerry had an interview with the press corp? And if he did so today, would it be “spun” by the media as an act of desperation? The simple answer is NO.

Need I remind everyone that the taxes we pay go to fund a huge portion of NPR’s budget? We might want to send them an email suggesting they allow Horsley to attend a “fair and balanced” reporting seminar. He could even study online.

UPDATE: The folks at the LA Times push the same crap. (reg required)

…it must be Krauthammer. (WaPo reg. required)

Today’s Zogby has Bush pulling even further ahead, 48% to 44% for Kerry. Meanwhile, Rasmussen sees movement too. Bush is up now at 49% verses Kerry with 46%.