The Shape Of Things to Come?

The Logical Husband and I were watching This Week with George Stephanopoulos and I think I caught a glimpse to the future. While discussing the results of the Nevada Caucus and the the South Carolina primary votes yesterday, round table panelist Katrina vanden Heuvel commented on the media's fascination with Senator John McCain.

One thing I'd like to add one thing...John McCain...the media darling...I think we need to step back for just a moment and know but that there's a dissonance between what the media says about this straight talking maverick and who John McCain is. This man has deprived Rudy Giuliani, in my view, of a rational for his campaign - the national security candidate. But John McCain puts a polite face on warmongering - this is a man who has said we will keep our troops in Iraq for 100 years. He has advisers who are ready to go to war with Iran tomorrow. So I think we need to look at that. Finally The Nation reported two weeks ago that the man who stood up to the Swift Boats, who defined smearing, is now taking money from them. John Kerry, who is an admirer of the previous John McCain, said he is taking dirty money which is smearing the vets that he claims to love. I think that these are important factors...in looking at the media...the disconnect between the media and reality.

This has long been one of the pitfalls for ANY conservative that courts the media favor. The media is fully vested in defeating Republicans - ANY Republican! The sooner Republican candidates realize that the dead tree media is not their friend the better off these candidates will be! There is no such thing (in the eyes of our friends in the so-called main stream media) as a "good" Republican....only a defeated on.

Currying favor with the New York Times, the Washington Times, ABC News or the Star Tribune will bring you nothing but grief in the end!