And They Think Tea Partiers Are Nuts
OK, let me begin with a few caveats.
1. I'm not American.
2. I was involved in the policy-making process for many years and, having seen how it's done, I have very little respect for most politicians.
3. My Bachelor's degree is in Broadcast Journalism.
4. I have actually worked 'in the field' before, and I have less respect for journalists than I have for politicians. (One day I'll have to share my story of my one encounter with CNN's John Roberts. Perhaps in my next post.)
All that being said, I believe I'm on fairly safe ground when I say that, Fox News notwithstanding, the American media enjoys picking on Republicans far more than it enjoys picking on Democrats. As a rule, the most extreme individuals are trotted out as being representative of the entire Republican Party.
Generally, Democrats get a pass. When Robert Byrd died four months ago, he was eulogized for his 'progressive' voting record. His having served as an organizer/recruiter for the Ku Klux Klan in his youth went unmentioned.
Quotes like this were forgotten:
"I shall never fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side ... Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds."
Rather ugly, don't you think?
But then again, Sen. Byrd worked pretty damn hard to put his past well behind him. Perhaps he earned that 'pass' from the media after all.
But then we have people like this:
Meet Kesha Rogers, Democratic candidate for Congress in Texas' 22nd District.
Notice anything wrong with this picture?
She's a nutjob. A Lyndon LaRouche supporter. She wants to impeach Obama. She also received fifty-four percent of the vote in the Democratic primary, and did not make even the slightest attempt to hide her views from voters.
Oh, and her campaign slogan?
"Help send me to Congress, and we can send our grandchildren to Mars!"
I get the feeling she's already been.
So where are all the stories about loony Democrats? There are plenty of them, after all. I can think of half a dozen Democratic Party embarrassments off the top of my head, but none of them seem to be getting nearly as much airtime as everyone's favorite Tea Party poster-girl, the ever-chaste MILF, Miss Christine O'Donnell.
Am I just watching the wrong channels?
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