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January 20, 2008
The Other Dinosaurs: Our "Liberal" Media
The dinosaur is back. Or maybe this is Stantis' attempt at imagining what the monster from Cloverfield looks like (this isn't it - but the monster that rips the head off the Statue of Liberty is pretty cool). I'm not really sure why Carmen would be surprised to get a dinosaur for a late Christmas present - wasn't she there when they were born last summer? Oh well, I guess this is what passes for continuity in the world of Prickly City.
Instead of talking about how lame PC has been lately, let's talk about how lame our "liberal" media has been while talking about the presidential campaign. Thanks to our wonderful DC insider talking heads, this is what I know about the campaign:
- The presidential campaign is just like a sporting event. Example: CNN's weekend coverage is called "Ballot Bowl 2008." No, that's not a joke.
- John McCain is a god. Maybe not THE God, but a god. He is teh awesome. Even though only a few months ago his campaign was dead, he was broke, and he was dropping out. Guess having a Mormon, an adulterer, and an Evangelical as your most viable candidates changes things. Even if McCain is also an admitted adulterer.
- There are only two viable Democratic candidates, but all of the Republicans have a shot (except Ron Paul).
- Who is this "John Edwards" that keeps showing up in the graphics? According to the media, he shouldn't exist. Nobody wants to vote for a guy who is against lobbyists and corporations. Doesn't he realize that they run the country?
- Everything is a good thing for the Guiliani campaign. Even when he comes in behind Fred Thompson. In every race.
- Mitt Romney winning in Michigan and Nevada isn't as important as John McCain eeking out a win in South Carolina. Never mind that Romney is actually leading all Republicans in the delegate count. Nobody can stop St. McCain.
- Somehow Hillary won Nevada, but Obama won more delegates. But the media doesn't have time to explain to me why that's the case. Something about culinary workers and rural areas. Run along, little voter - nothing for you to try and understand here.
- Women only vote for Hillary because she's a woman, and Chris Matthews was mean to her.
- Black people only vote for Obama because he's black.
- Hispanic people voted for Hillary in Nevada because...well, they haven't figured that out yet.
- Evangelicals vote for Huckabee because he's one of them (but the media refused to cover his saying that the Constitution needs to be rewritten according to God's word - had to find that myself on the internets).
- Guiliani's going to win this. Just you watch. Especially when he wins in Florida, which will magically erase the results from the previous five states.
- Why won't John Edwards drop out already??? He's not Hillary or Obama!
- Mitt Romney is an inconvenient candidate. He should bow down to St. McCain, like all the rest.
- Strongest Republican candidate outside of St. McCain: Ronald Reagan.
- Bill Clinton is kind of a dick sometimes, but that's okay because when Hillary is president he'll be calling half the shots.
- None of the Republicans really campaigned in Nevada, so there's no point in talking about how Romney won easily or Ron Paul came in second. I mean come on - the only states that matter are the ones where candidates spent millions of dollars in attack ads.
- If something doesn't go like the media predicts, its not their fault - blame the pollsters! Polls can never be trusted, unless they're right.
- Nobody wants to talk about Fred Thompson, even though somehow he keeps ending up third or fourth. Guiliani even gets more play than the guy, and he's barely beating out "uncommitted."
- Everybody wants change. Even the Republicans, even though they all pretty much endorse everything that the current administration is doing.
- And my personal favorite: none of the Republicans know who the current president is, since they all refuse to say his name.
Ultimately what I've learned is if 2006 was the year the blogosphere influenced the election so Democrats could take back the Congress, 2008 will be the year the mainstream media tries to prove its relevance by picking our next President. They want Hillary versus McCain, because McCain is the only Republican that beats her in the early polls, and they love them some Republican president. And so far, they're having their way. Nice to know that journalists stopped thinking their job was to report the facts and instead they exist to tell us what to think.
Comments
Furnace,
Hillary won the popular vote in Nevada, but Obama will receive one more delegate because of some obscure apportionment rules. The basis of that result is the fact that Obama won more counties: 11 to Hillary's 6.
I suspect that the main reason why Hillary won the popular vote is because she received the support of 64% of Hispanics, who probably did not support Obama because of his race -- sad fact. However, I wonder if the amount of Hispanic supporters Hillary had went down because of the Spanish-language radio attack ads that were being run by the culinary union that endorsed Obama. The ads accused Hillary of abandoning Hispanic workers.
Of course, Hillary would say that Hispanics voted for her not because of Obama's race but because of the way she connected with them. She ate a taco there, you know. It was muy bueno.
It's sad that the media is actively trying to ignore Edwards's existence, but I think it's equally sad that he only got 3.8% in Nevada. A candidate shouldn't have to pour money into a state to do well there -- but that's the way things are now.
McCain's win in South Carolina is good for him, but I agree that Romney is the real leader now, having won three states and the most delegates. South Carolina really hurt Huckabee and Thompson. Hunter is out altogether. Paul kind of got a boost from Nevada, though.
Interesting results all around. And a very bad comic today.
Posted by: Chris at January 20, 2008 11:42 AM
By the way, I think the only conceivable reason for this one-off strip even being made is to remind us that Carmen is a little girl (she wants a pony) and not a screaming member of the Bush administration. Stantis wants to make his neocon views seem more likable by having a little girl speak them, you know. So be prepared for a massive neocon rant by Carmen in the near future.
Posted by: Chris at January 20, 2008 12:30 PM
"The presidential campaign is just like a sporting event. Example: CNN's weekend coverage is called "Ballot Bowl 2008." No, that's not a joke."
Well, I think that it might have to dow with how everything's about the race, you know? It's all about who's gonna win here or there, and who's gonna get the biggest percentage, and who's gonna be damaged by the remarks they make, and who's gonna have something from their past dug up and used in an attack ad. But it's NOT about the issues. The war? The economy? Illegal immigration? Maybe the people in the states that the campaigns are in are hearing more about the candidates' positions, but as for the rest of the country all we hear is about the polls and who's winning and who's losing, not about what the candidates are saying about the issues. And that might be the MSM's fault.
"Guess having a Mormon, an adulterer, and an Evangelical as your most viable candidates changes things. Even if McCain is also an admitted adulterer."
Wait a minute...are you calling Giuliani a VIABLE candidate? Think again man, I think that he's not viable at all. I predict that he doesn't win a single state.
"Who is this "John Edwards" that keeps showing up in the graphics? According to the media, he shouldn't exist. Nobody wants to vote for a guy who is against lobbyists and corporations. Doesn't he realize that they run the country?"
The MSM treatment of Edwards is very unfair. I don't support him but they sure seem to be ignoring him in favor of Hillary and Obama. But it could be worse. He wasn't disinvited from debates after his New Hampshire results like Kucinich.
"And my personal favorite: none of the Republicans know who the current president is, since they all refuse to say his name."
Well naturally, no one wants to be identified with Bush. When Bush endorses someone he's giving them their death sentence.
"Hispanic people voted for Hillary in Nevada because...well, they haven't figured that out yet."
I'd explain it but Chris already did. See above. Speaking of which:
"Of course, Hillary would say that Hispanics voted for her not because of Obama's race but because of the way she connected with them. She ate a taco there, you know. It was muy bueno."
LOL Chris!
Posted by: Snowman at January 20, 2008 05:09 PM
MSM = Main Stream Media, for those of you who don't know.
Posted by: Snowman at January 20, 2008 05:10 PM
