Posted by
Andrews on Sunday, May 11, 2008 1:04:16 PM
Remember
John McCain's Middle East "gaffe"? Despite the fact that what he said may not even have been incorrect, the press played it up for a while, trying to portray him as out of touch and just as ignorant of foreign affairs as the inexperienced Democrat candidates.
How much is anyone willing to bet that
Obama's 57 state gaffe will not get the same amount of press?
POSTSCRIPT
Just to be clear, I am not saying the press should ramble on and on about a simple misstatement by Obama. What I am saying is that they would had the speaker been a Republican. Somehow what is a "simple mistake" for Obama is "proof" that McCain is old and tired, or ignorant. My request is that the press simply ignore such silly mistakes, whether from Obama, McCain or the sitting president.
However, we know how well that will work out. Liberal "pundits" have made a fortune by filling books with Bush's slips of the tongue. For some reason liberals find them terribly amusing.
So, as that is apparently the environment in which we find ourselves, I ask that the press belittle Obama for his mistakes every bit as much as they belittle McCain and Bush. Anything less would be a bit biased, would it not? And the press claims to be the fair, unbiased, objective purveyors of the truth, do they not?
ADDENDUM
As "Real American 4 Truth" thought my comment referred to another supposed "gaffe" by McCain, I suppose I should clarify my statement. I thought the link would make it clear, but just in case, I will specify the statement here.
I am not talking about McCain's statement about energy policy that the left claims is "proof" that the war was all about oil.
I dealt with that elsewhere. First of all it assumes McCain is somehow part of the Bush administration, instead of a senator, just like the Democrats who also voted for the war. It also makes the statement say something it does not. (And, to be honest, I think McCain is simply wrong in his thinking on this one, but that is not relevant here.)
I am speaking about
McCain's statement about Iran assisting al Qaida. Of course, there is evidence he was perfectly accurate, but the left crowed about his ignorance for saying shiite Iran would help sunni al Qaida. (Though the left acknowledges they do help Sunni Hammas.) But one could assume that McCain meant Hammas, not al Qaida, making this a "gaffe" on par with Obama's 57 states.
Hopefully that makes everything clear.