A joyous Easter to all who celebrate, and a very happy Spring! Spring is a time of change, when we escape the harsh winter and look with hope for signs of life and renewal. But despite the reminder of spring that we can make a fresh start, change isn't an easy thing. Often we have to make our way through truly difficult times before the desire for the familiar is overtaken by the realization of the need for something different. First, though, we have to know what we need to change from. In politics, that's the job of the media, to give us the whole story, equitably, so we can make an informed decision about where we are and where we want to be.
As every word out of the mouth of Barack Obama and anyone he's associated with is parsed, every sound byte clipped and analyzed and distorted, some really scary stuff is getting a pass in the media.
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Is John "Bomb, bomb Iran" McCain, who the Clintons seem only too happy to promote repeatedly over our own likely nominee, just a doddering old man who can't tell Sunni from Shi'a? Maybe. Does that make the prospect of a McCain presidency any less terrifying? Hardly.
Except for his honorable service in Vietnam, McCain is Bush III, but worse. He's supported and enabled many of the administration's most egregious policies, despite having been thrown under the bus in the most horrific way by the very same people in 2000. He seems OK with the prospect of spending another 100 years in Iraq. He admits to knowing little about the economy, the country's number one concern. His violent temper is legend, though the media has chosen to ignore it. He's sought out the endorsement of a virulent anti-Catholic preacher, and yet there is relative silence. And it will remain that way until we have a nominee.
Obama has all but locked up the Dem nomination, and if the media has the guts to report on the latest Clinton controversy, she doesn't have a chance. It's time for us to focus on McCain, and let the American people know that after eight years of Bush, the last thing we need is more of McSame.
