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To be fair, the Newsweek credo was only the latest and perhaps most shameless phase of the pro-Obama liturgy in the media. Some cable TV channels prostrate themselves nightly before him. Most newspapers worship at the altar. They have already set up a neat narrative for the election between Senator Obama and John McCain in November - the Second Coming versus Old Grouchy, The Little Flower of Illinois up against the Scaremongering Axeman from Arizona.
There's a special irony here. Senator McCain is the Republican who has received probably the single most favourable treatment from the media in the past 40 years. He has been a favourite because he conformed to the first law of contemporary political journalism: the only good conservative is a bad conservative. His willingness to defy his party on everything from taxes to global warming, to take on George Bush, has earned him at least an honourable mention in the martyrology of American politics of the past 40 years.
But now that he's up against Oh! Bama! he will have to be recast in the more familiar Republican mould of villain and scaremonger-in-chief.
But now that he's up against Oh! Bama! he will have to be recast in the more familiar Republican mould of villain and scaremonger-in-chief.
IMO he's thrilled to be recast in "the more familiar Republican mould" and will live out the role with relish until the election is past. Of course, there's more to the role than just being the scaremonger-in-chief. But as the Times suggests, he's rewriting himself as a "traditional republican" as fast as he can. Remember, many in the party were not happy to give him the nomination. There were many people who swore they would vote for a democrat before voting for a "liberal" like McCain. Now the party will happily unite behind their candidate... since he's been recast.
The million-dollar question is what will happen after the election (if McCain wins). Will he continue in the "more familiar Republican mould" or will he bounce back to his original self?
(Of course, I don't think we'll never find out. Obama's gonna win it anyway. IMO.)
The London Times is published by a subsidiary of News International. Guess who owns New International?....Rupert Murdoch's New Corp. Nuff said.
Well, at least you're consistent. You whine about sources (especially POLLS) unless and until they say what YOU want, then you splash the board with them.
Well, at least you're consistent. You whine about sources (especially POLLS) unless and until they say what YOU want, then you splash the board with them.
The OP is based on an opinion piece coming from a Murdoch owned outlet. All I'm doing is informing other posters of some rather relevant information. They can make their own judgments...or would you rather they just took the OP at face value?
IMO he's thrilled to be recast in "the more familiar Republican mould" and will live out the role with relish until the election is past. Of course, there's more to the role than just being the scaremonger-in-chief. But as the Times suggests, he's rewriting himself as a "traditional republican" as fast as he can. Remember, many in the party were not happy to give him the nomination. There were many people who swore they would vote for a democrat before voting for a "liberal" like McCain. Now the party will happily unite behind their candidate... since he's been recast.
The million-dollar question is what will happen after the election (if McCain wins). Will he continue in the "more familiar Republican mould" or will he bounce back to his original self?
(Of course, I don't think we'll never find out. Obama's gonna win it anyway. IMO.)
What we have here is interesting. The Repub nominee is centrist-leaning and the likely Dem. is a hardcore lefty. The Reagan Dems are likely to become McCain Dems for a different reason -- the REPUB has more experience and is a moderate while the Dem. is an inexperienced but strident left-winger.
Advantage: McCain.
Last edited by teatime; 05-18-2008 at 01:54 PM..
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