A Media Generated Lie


Image descriptionHere at the convention, the story is how much the media is out to get Sarah Palin. The stories that are circulating:

  1. McCain did not properly vet her.
  2. She’s going to be tossed within 72 hours.
  3. The baby stuff caught McCain off guard

These are all media generated lies.

These stories are not coming from the McCain campaign. They are not generated from here.

The only story coming out of this convention is how psyched the base is over Palin.

Tomorrow, of course, Palin will prove the media wrong and the media will have mud on its face.

Remember, these are media generated lies designed to sell their story, not the real story.


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BeerCanDave Tuesday, September 2nd at 10:24PM EST (link)

Michael Savage said that she should be dumped. He said she’s a horrible pick and a disgrace. I think Savage is fast becoming irrelevant.

 

Guarantee She Stays On The Ticket

olderthangandalf Tuesday, September 2nd at 10:24PM EST (link)

I’m thinking of going over to InTrade and taking candy from some babies. No matter what, she will not leave the ticket.

I also believe the McCain campaign – and McCain personally – knew everything before the announcement. I suspect, however, that because of the speed with which this went from closely held secret to publicly announced, not everyone on the team knew everything right away. It takes a while for a fat stack of still confidential vetting docs to get into the right hands, while protecting them from the wrong hands. Some of the people who were going to be involved in presenting some of these facts ended up, I suspect, a half step behind fast moving facts because of the lag in information sharing.

Savage

justatron (Diary) Tuesday, September 2nd at 10:36PM EST (link)

Although I admit I listen to him from time to time, Savage comes across to me as someone who is just saying controversial things so that he will get some attention and not because he believes them. And if he does believe them, then he is a massive, towering narcissist. I don’t necessarily disagree with some of what he says, but he puts it across in such a manner that he kind of cancels out any truth to his points.

That being said, Palin is on the ticket and she will accept the nomination tomorrow night. End of story.

 
 

She just plain rocks!

Bigwavedave Tuesday, September 2nd at 10:45PM EST (link)

Its about time I started seeing video of my future VP putting lead downrange with an M4! I agree with both of you above re: Savage and no way is she leaving. By next week this time the doubters will be singing a different tune. She is amazing and soon everyone will see this as well.
The story about her daughter is also going to die, and BO has only helped this along with his remarks. All the BS “bad” intel is out this week and forgotten by next. Everybody in Alaska loves her, she damn near walks on water up there.

 

McCain knew and that's okay by me

KBDay (Diary) Tuesday, September 2nd at 10:47PM EST (link)

I guarantee you McCain’s on top of all this. It’s just in his nature. He’s an astute politician and tonight’s applause every time Palin was mentioned tells me he’s done the right thing.

I am crazy about Palin for VP. Thrilled would be an understatement. And she’ll do fine, you just wait and see.

McCain lit the torch and now we just gotta’ carry the fire home.

And we have to hold media accountable for what they’re trying to do to her.

Media is running scared–that’s the only time they get vicious. And they are scared their idol won’t win.

best to all (and glad to be back),
KayDay
The US Report

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“Good judgment seeks balance and progress; lack of it eventually finds imbalance and frustration.” (Eisenhower)

 

Erick, These Are Coming From Obama's Camp

Knox Haley (Diary) Tuesday, September 2nd at 10:51PM EST (link)

This is exactly what happened to Hillary. These smears are coming out of the dark corners of his campaign while he admonishes them in public.

KAH

Savage has been irrelevant for a while

Brian Simpson (Diary) Tuesday, September 2nd at 10:59PM EST (link)

We have no use for his kind. Leave the vile stuff to the Kos Kidz


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Michael Savage is NOT becoming irrelevant.

mbecker908 (Diary) Tuesday, September 2nd at 11:00PM EST (link)

he’s BEEN irrelevant for years.

 
 
 

If McCain was going to dump Palin he wouldn't have just emailed me a promo video for her.

MCM (Diary) Tuesday, September 2nd at 11:02PM EST (link)

The “Introducing Governor Sarah Palin” video would not have been sent this evening if there was even a glimmer of a thought of dumping her. It’s not happening.

And it is increasingly frustrating to me that I even need to argue the point that the media is biased. I have to assume bad faith on the part of anyone ostensibly doubting that fact anymore. It’s like forcing me to argue that the sun is hot or the sky is blue.

 

I'm not so sure

BlowFish Tuesday, September 2nd at 11:06PM EST (link)

that McCain saw all of this coming. Even without Gustav, he should have known that the pregnancy story would overshadow the convention – and why would he do that purposefully? I’m left thinking that his team thought they could keep the issue under wraps until a more convenient time, but can’t imagine when that would be. The MSM smells blood in the water – I don’t think this week is going to be pretty.

You overrate the man

olderthangandalf Tuesday, September 2nd at 11:07PM EST (link)

While I expect any political campaign would be delighted to discreetly feed negative info on their opponent to friendly reporters, I don’t think that’s what’s happening here.

I think a lot of it is the blogosphere, which is mostly uncontrolled. Folks here, for example, might support McCain and might dig up stuff that helps McCain, but it would be way off base to suggest McCain is directing the masses here. It works the same way for the other side.

Second, the media live for controversies. They were handed a fresh face, and that means a chance to have some blood in the water. It’s what they do. Again, their own political biases undoubtedly play a big role in how they approach it, but for the most part I don’t think it’s orchestrated by anyone’s HQ.

In this case, I also don’t think Obama had any notion Palin was coming, and so I don’t think he had any negative information ready to pass on. I’m sure he wished he did.

I agree.

Wintergreen (Diary) Tuesday, September 2nd at 11:10PM EST (link)

Barack freakin’ controls the media.

From Andrea Mitchell to the guy who owns US Weekly, the media is 100% in it for Barack.

The same sources that refused to vet him and heaped praise on him are now engaging in all out baseless character assassination on her.

It’s a scary country these days.

There’s no doubt in my mind that Obama’s goons are pumping these lies out there while he publicly expresses no knowledge.

It’s time to get lawyers involved for slander.

If the media

Wintergreen (Diary) Tuesday, September 2nd at 11:17PM EST (link)

continues to trash her for her daughters pregnancy, it will only strengthen my support for her.

This is coverage is complete trash.

 
 
 
 

actually what better time?

RMJ (Diary) Tuesday, September 2nd at 11:24PM EST (link)

For all this to “come out”? The way and the timing that all this crap has come down the shute gives Mrs. Palin a chance to bury it tomorrow night.

If it had done a drip drip drip all through September and October everyone would have forgoten what she said back on September 3rd.

Don’t underestimate the McCain campaign in that regard.

 

The 'Angry Left' wishes that was the case.

truths Tuesday, September 2nd at 11:28PM EST (link)

So she should be run out because Todd Palin once looked at a moose funny 30 years ago? Yeah, right.

These “stories” are a great big nothing.

John McCain spent over 5 years being tortured as a POW. I don’t think he’ll have much of a problem blowing off these nerds who are spamming the internets with this stupid crap.

 

I Sure Hope So

Gary (Diary) Tuesday, September 2nd at 11:38PM EST (link)

I cannot believe how viciously they are coming after her. I would be lying if I said I wasnt concerned. It is scary the way these media outlets can control public opinion with outright lies and rumor. I have every confidence that she will deliver a knockout speech tomorrow that will pump the party up. Unfortunately I’m not as confident in my fellow Americans who dont follow this stuff closely enough. We live in a culture where internet rumors and gossip mags are the news sources for ALOT of people. I hope after tomorrow McCain can shift the focus back to Apollo Obamas deficiencys.

What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? ~Bible~

You know why there’s a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one. -Rush Limbaugh~

Only half the patients who go into an abortion clinic come out alive. ~Unknown~

 

Larry King - Demcorat Shill

FWGuy (Diary) Tuesday, September 2nd at 11:40PM EST (link)

I have never seen such a biased two week of supposedly objective media coverage of the conventions as Larry King has the gall to pretend to be.

They man is so obvisouly anti-GOP and anti John McCain it is unbelievable.

Just look at this guests these two weeks and how last week they glowed over Obama and this week they are ripping any and everything being said the RNC !!

King, you are disgrace retire and get you old and extremely biased face off the air waves !!!

Fast becoming irrelevant?

Jeff Weimer (Diary) Tuesday, September 2nd at 11:47PM EST (link)

I briefly tuned in to him but stopped to him 5 years ago, one can only take so much.

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.
-Voltaire

 
 

Sarah Palin involved with AIP?!?

AmericanPatriot4Real Tuesday, September 2nd at 11:56PM EST (link)

Let me just begin by saying I am a new member of this blog. I have been an avid John McCain supporter since he started his presidential bid. Even when it looked bleak, and he was a out of money, I stood by him and donated.

I have agreed the status of the pregnancy of Palins daughter should not be our concern or the media’s. That is a personal private family matter.

However, today we learned that Palin was a member of a fringe group in Alaska seeking independence! My God people, do you know how severe the repercussions from that can be? Forget about calling Obama unpatriotic, Palin supposedly at one time supported independence for Alaska!!!

I can’t vote for a ticket, no matter how much I admire McCain, if he has a secessionist on the ballot. Has anyone else heard about this? And if so, what do you think? Tell me, please, it must be some crazy liberal lie! If not, I might consider (gasp) voting for Obama.

AmericanPatriot4Real is a Troll I think

Erick Erickson (Diary) Wednesday, September 3rd at 12:03AM EST (link)

Considering the McCain campaign has released her entire voter registration file from 1982 to the present and she’s consistently been a Republican, we can say that’s a lie.

Who will stand on either hand and keep this bridge with me?

You *really* must be tired, Erick.

Moe Lane (Diary) Wednesday, September 3rd at 12:09AM EST (link)

The username alone was a dead giveaway. Compensation issues on his part, you understand.

americanpatriotmya**

HerbC (Diary) Wednesday, September 3rd at 12:13AM EST (link)

omg. like. for real? come outta the valley
of the despots. learn to read voter registration
cards. S. Palin has never been a member of the AIP. These trolls must really think we can’t
read and don’t know how to do a little bit of research. omg. like. I just can’t believe it.

AIP

Kate_Shanahan (Diary) Wednesday, September 3rd at 12:15AM EST (link)

debunked, I believe. Palin states she was never a member, and AK voter registration shows a continuous registration as a Republican since 1982.

She would have had to changed her registration, and she did not.

Kate

“It is the American vice, the democratic disease which expresses its tyranny by reducing everything unique to the level of the herd.” Henry Miller

AIP

Kate_Shanahan (Diary) Wednesday, September 3rd at 12:15AM EST (link)

debunked, I believe. Palin states she was never a member, and AK voter registration shows a continuous registration as a Republican since 1982.

She would have had to change her registration, and she did not.

Kate

“It is the American vice, the democratic disease which expresses its tyranny by reducing everything unique to the level of the herd.” Henry Miller

Riiiight

RedFox84 Wednesday, September 3rd at 12:33AM EST (link)

And I bet you “agree with Rush Limbaugh 99% of the time, but…” too, hm?

The truth be told

CountryFirst Wednesday, September 3rd at 12:45AM EST (link)

Too many of us, Republicans and conservatives are sordidly behaving like unpatriotic hypocrites whose only goal in life is to win at all cost.

We should not be GOPs who just for the sake of winning jump crazily into supporting a radical AIP (Alaskan Independence Party) member, Palin is an AIP Trojan horse masked as a Republican.

The Palin family is AIP‘s mole inside the Republican Party, their ticket to removing Alaska from our union is assured.

Abraham Lincoln’s bones are rattling in his grave. What is happening to us?

YOUTUBE, videos of AIP’s head honcho clearly states that fact about the Palins.

As Alaska’s Governor, Palin addressed their meetings in a very cooperative way.

Neither she nor her husband had ever publicly denounced and renounced their proud membership in AIP, that wicked secessionist party

The AIP’s sole purpose is to break away and separate Alaska from our country.

Talk about putting country first hothead McCain.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The truth be told

CountryFirst Wednesday, September 3rd at 12:55AM EST (link)

If the head of the family is AIP, then the whole body is AIP. If it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck, its just can’t be an elephant.

Remember how all the news stories kept saying that first dude is not all that kosher and he attends almost all her official government business.

Bye, bye Alaska?

46 minutes

RedFox84 Wednesday, September 3rd at 1:05AM EST (link)

Nice to see you so gravely concerned about the continuing of the nation’s union. Guess you feel compelled to make up for that fact that you Democrats were on the wrong side in the Civil War, hm?

(imaginary blam goes here)

1 hr 58 min...

lonebeagle Wednesday, September 3rd at 2:18AM EST (link)

Wow! Do you really think that anyone here is that stupid?

Troll, go back to kos.

Don’t feed the Trolls, they just end up leaving droppings all over the place.

 
 
 

MY FAMILY HATES BIG MSM! THEY'RE LIKE BIG OIL... OLIGOPOLISTIC!

Rod_Patrick (Diary) Wednesday, September 3rd at 2:23AM EST (link)

Meaning, they can never be fully trusted.

SUPPORT LOCAL MEDIA!

You can easily go to the local news outfits and question their errors.

That's not even good mobying.

Achance (Diary) Wednesday, September 3rd at 2:28AM EST (link)

You don’t have the vocabulary of either the Republican Party or the AIP down.

The AIP is a whacko fringe group in Alaska though at times many Alaskans may flirt with breaking the mystic cords that bind us to the fruits and nuts of the Left Coast and the Northeast.

Palin is closely associated with former Governor and US Secretary of the Interior Walter Hickel. Hickel was elected using the AIP as a flag of convenience in ’90. Hickel’s Republican credentials are, however, impeccable – he even got fired by Richard Nixon.

In Vino Veritas

That's our goal. Make Democratic Party and all parties as CONSERVATIVE.

Rod_Patrick (Diary) Wednesday, September 3rd at 2:37AM EST (link)

It is our responsibility to cleanse our own Party for reform and better America! Never mind the Democratic Party which must remove all their leaders to copy our NEW brand of reform.

Corruption has no party at all! It’s a temptation not just to parties but to everyone else.

We don’t hate (i.e., wanting to kill) people! Never! But we must KILL wrong policies and principles that are detrimental to our country and our people! McCain/Palin is reaching out across the other parties.

DO THE SAME! FOLLOW THE LEAD! UNITE AND FIGHT CORRUPTION IN WASHINGTON!

Thank God that my President Bush remains “uncorrupted” despite the people that surround him. Those corrupt people in DC are the ones destroying the names of our Good Republican President.

That's our goal. Make Democratic Party and all parties as CONSERVATIVE.

Rod_Patrick (Diary) Wednesday, September 3rd at 2:38AM EST (link)

It is our responsibility to cleanse our own Party for reform and better America! Never mind the Democratic Party which must remove all their leaders to copy our NEW brand of reform.

Corruption has no party at all! It’s a temptation not just to parties but to everyone else.

We don’t hate (i.e., wanting to kill) people! Never! But we must KILL wrong policies and principles that are detrimental to our country and our people! McCain/Palin is reaching out across the other parties.

DO THE SAME! FOLLOW THE LEAD! UNITE AND FIGHT CORRUPTION IN WASHINGTON!

Thank God that my President Bush remains “uncorrupted” despite the people that surround him. Those corrupt people in DC are the ones destroying the name of our Good Republican President.

 
 
 
 

Palin wrong choice, am concerned

jbgreen Wednesday, September 3rd at 3:43AM EST (link)

as a mother & business owner, I think Gov. Palin seems to have an REAL issue with family management/mismanagement and since she will be a heartbeat away from the Presidency I feel uncomfortable with the possibility of her in the Oval Office. If you can’t guide and manage your family in making responsible choices how can you manage the country? I think McCain (or campaign team) showed poor judgment in choosing Palin. There are so many better choices he could have made if he wanted someone that had “Executive” experience, such as Gov. Blount of Missouri, or if he wanted a woman on the ticket why not Gov. Linda Lingle of Hawaii, she has more experience as an “Executive” than Palin. Sorry but I don’t think Gov. Palin is a winner for Senator McCain.

Thank you for sharing. nt

Achance (Diary) Wednesday, September 3rd at 3:47AM EST (link)

nt

In Vino Veritas

 
 

Begone, troll.

NightTwister (Diary) Wednesday, September 3rd at 3:49AM EST (link)

Sarah Palin has great family management skills that you will never achieve in your lifetime, which will be much longer than your virtual lifetime on this site.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. – Winston Churchill

I know I hit reply to... -nt-

NightTwister (Diary) Wednesday, September 3rd at 3:54AM EST (link)

-nt-

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. – Winston Churchill

I'm concerned about who's gonna make the Coffee in the Morning...sweet dreams

speciallist (Diary) Wednesday, September 3rd at 3:57AM EST (link)

The names you mentioned didn't fight the status-quo politics. They are products of the same.

Rod_Patrick (Diary) Wednesday, September 3rd at 4:00AM EST (link)

Good night!

 
 
 
 

Media bias in plain sight

John_Wayne (Diary) Wednesday, September 3rd at 10:10AM EST (link)

I am really jazzed about Sarah Palin. I have high expectations of her, and I don’t think I will be disappointed. I told my wife this morning that this whole media frenzy will most likely benefit the McCain/Palin ticket. I believe that there will be a huge backlash from fair-minded voters against the leftist smear machine, which includes the MSM and the sycophant leftist bloggers. It is plain to see that they are visibly and unashamedly in the tank for Obama. When the dust settles, I think Sarah will dust herself off and continue on stronger than before. At her feet will be the vanquished MSM media lying lifeless in a pool of their own self-created irrelevancy.

“Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the War Room”
President Merkin Muffley

Go ahead, cast that stone!

John_Wayne (Diary) Wednesday, September 3rd at 10:47AM EST (link)

So you have never known of an instance where a teenage child from a good family makes a bad decision? I am the father of 5, and I think I can speak to this personally. You do your best to raise your children to have good moral values and decision-making abilities, but in the final analysis, teenage children will do what they will do. When a teen makes mistakes, it is not so much a reflection on how the child was raised, but rather a demonstration of poor decisions made by someone who is somewhere between being a child and being an adult. In spite of our best efforts, most teenagers can be quite irrational and irresponsible at times. I suppose your children have never made any bad decisions? If not, you must keep them locked up in a closet or heavily sedated. I think your comments show you to have little empathy for others. I’m not sure you are even a parent, or at least not the parent of teenagers. I could be wrong. Maybe you are a perfect person who has raised her children in the perfect way.

“Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the War Room”
President Merkin Muffley

 
 

Sarah Palin has been disqualified

CountryFirst Thursday, September 4th at 2:19AM EST (link)

Is Sarah Palin the Alaska Independence Party supporter and sympathizer really a true patriotic American?

Sarah Palin maybe weak minded and clueless without her husband , since her husband participated in every official meetings she had in Alaska.

Obviously none of them had enough time for parenting, look at what happened to their children.

Given that her husband, the first dude of Alaska, was a prominent card carrying member of that secessionist anti-USA AIP party,

one should conclude that because of his seemingly big influence over her and given her sympathies, she would not hesitate to help liberate Alaska from our union, if she becomes President of the United States of America.

As a preemptive stipulation, if a person and their immediate spouse freely joined, supported and sympathized with any party that clearly abhors and seeks the dissolution of our union,

then that should be grounds to disqualify that person from obtaining the highest office in our land, period end of story.

moby

virgil Thursday, September 4th at 2:24AM EST (link)

Bring the Raid Moe. More Cucarachas.

stang (Diary) Thursday, September 4th at 2:34AM EST (link)

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“Whenever the legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any farther obedience, and are left to the common refuge which God hath provided for all men against force and violence.”

John Locke

Terminology - troll vs. moby

gensec (Diary) Thursday, September 4th at 2:40AM EST (link)

A moby tries (usually very unconvincingly) to pass himself off as a Republican/conservative. This fool is just a garden variety troll.

If in doubt, “moron” is the term that covers both ;-)

Thanks

virgil Thursday, September 4th at 2:48AM EST (link)