Posted by
Andrews on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 9:27:08 AM
After asking
so many times why Obama gets a pass
on so many gaffes, the
Washington Post is now writing about gaffes... McCain's.
Now, readers have commented that the gaffes are simply the product of being under 24 hour scrutiny, and, to some degree they are right. Many of the "Bushisms" the left loves to claim are signs of stupidity are really just the flubs normal to being watched constantly. However, the press does not see it that way. Flubs from Bush are signs of stupidity, from McCain signs of senility and from Obama, unfair attacks by the right wing smear machine.
The other thing that disturbs me is that many of the flubs from all three are flubs, but some from Obama, such as plans to attack Pakistan, are not mistakes, they are policy. Bush may have created the word "misunderestimate", McCain may hav esaid Israel is Israel's friend, but Obama REALLY WANTED to attack Pakistan to get good PR for catching Osama.
So, if they are going to cover flubs, rather than pretending McCain's slips of the tongue show senility, why not mention, just once, that Obama may have some dangerous policies? I know it would detract from the recent 24 hour love-in, but I'm sure they could do it if they forced themselves.
POSTSCRIPT
At least Kurtz does mention that there is a non-stop love fest going on, I will give him that. But he then proceeds to quote people who actually say the media is
TOO CRITICAL of Obama. What? The man who forced an apology for being asked tough questions in a debate? The man whose trip abroad has preempted all other news? The man whose every act is watched by official media augurs to divine our collective future? Mr. Messiah? He has been getting
TOO MUCH critical press? The only thing I have seen even approaching critical in the press are sentences starting "Critics say he is inexperienced, but Barrack Obama..." followed by ten minutes of gushing love letters from the news readers. Am I too take that opening, and dismissed, criticism as being too harsh?
I can only say, if he thinks this is critical coverage,
his ego's as big as his ears.