Dear Lord. I just listened to NPR interview Steve Inskeep did with Lady MacBeth this week. Her capacity for bold and shameless lying is truly remarkable. After listening, I think have a concussion from banging my head against the wall.
She says that she never claimed that McCain is more qualified than Obama to be president. You can check it out here. It is just after the 3-minute mark, surrounded on both sides by other HRC whoppers.
She completely contradicts what she says in this clip, which marks the moment where I took the vow that I would never, under any circumstances, vote for her:
Her capacity for lying and doublespeak is chilling. This homemade ad from last year was so spot on:
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Wright and Wrong
The media firestorm over the preachings of Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's pastor and long-time friend, is appalling, unbalanced, and stunningly unfair.
To be sure, many of the things Wright said are offensive, repugnant, and representative of a strain of thought outside mainstream American political thought.
Is it fair game for the media to question Obama about this? Yes. But only if the standard is applied equally. McCain has gotten some heat about Rev. Hagee and some of the other right-wing preachers he has courted -- but nothing like media mania over Wright's comments. His "God Damn America!" screech is getting as much play as Howard Dean's ill-fated scream did 4 years ago.
And what of Romney? He was asked about some tenets of the Mormon faith -- but not with this fervor. His questions came with the comparatively tame implication that he needed to distance himself from some teachings of his faith, but not actually denounce or quit the church.
A more telling example of the unbalanced media standard is the treatment of Roman Catholic politicians. Shouldn't Ted Kennedy be pressured to denounce the Pope for his mysoginist or anti-gay teachings? Shouldn't Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa be asked why he does not repudiate Cardinal Roger Mahoney for his enabling attitude toward pedophile priests? For that matter, shouldn't all Catholic politicians be asked how they can remain members of a church that tolerated and covered up generations of sexual abuse of minors?
Of course not. This isn't about faith or about speech. This is about the mainstream media narrative: build him up, and then tear him down with ferocious glee.
To be sure, many of the things Wright said are offensive, repugnant, and representative of a strain of thought outside mainstream American political thought.
Is it fair game for the media to question Obama about this? Yes. But only if the standard is applied equally. McCain has gotten some heat about Rev. Hagee and some of the other right-wing preachers he has courted -- but nothing like media mania over Wright's comments. His "God Damn America!" screech is getting as much play as Howard Dean's ill-fated scream did 4 years ago.
And what of Romney? He was asked about some tenets of the Mormon faith -- but not with this fervor. His questions came with the comparatively tame implication that he needed to distance himself from some teachings of his faith, but not actually denounce or quit the church.
A more telling example of the unbalanced media standard is the treatment of Roman Catholic politicians. Shouldn't Ted Kennedy be pressured to denounce the Pope for his mysoginist or anti-gay teachings? Shouldn't Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa be asked why he does not repudiate Cardinal Roger Mahoney for his enabling attitude toward pedophile priests? For that matter, shouldn't all Catholic politicians be asked how they can remain members of a church that tolerated and covered up generations of sexual abuse of minors?
Of course not. This isn't about faith or about speech. This is about the mainstream media narrative: build him up, and then tear him down with ferocious glee.
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