I see the USA is going to arm Lebanon's army- maybe I read it in the NYTimes.//
On Oct 25, 3:59�pm, "Keith In Tampa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Posted: 4:08 am > October 22, 2008 > > http://www.nypost.com/seven/10222008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/biden... > > Barack Obama's choice of Joe Biden as his running mate prompted a small wave > of warnings about Biden's propensity for gaffes. But no one imagined even in > a worse-case scenario such a spectacular bomb as telling donors Sunday to > "gird your loins" because a young president Obama will be tested by an > international crisis just like young President John Kennedy was. > > Scary? You betcha! But somehow, not front-page news. > > Again the media showed their incredible bias by giving scattered coverage of > Biden's statements. > > There were a few exceptions. On MSNBC's "Morning Joe," co-host Mika > Brzezinski flipped incredulously through the papers, expressing shock at the > lack of coverage of Biden's remarks. Guest Dan Rather admitted that if Palin > had said it, the media would be going nuts. > > So what gives? > > The stock answer is: "It's just Biden being Biden." We all know how smart he > is about foreign policy, so it's not the same as when Sarah Palin says > something that seems off. > > Yet, when Biden asserted incorrectly in the vice-presidential debate that > the United States "drove Hezbollah out of Lebanon," nobody in the US media > shrieked. (It was, however, covered with derision in the Middle East.) Or > when he confused his history by claiming FDR calmed the nation during the > Depression by going on TV, the press didn't take it as evidence that he's > clueless. > > And Biden is the foreign-policy gravitas on the Democratic ticket, so his > comments are actually even more disconcerting. > The outakes of his Sunday remarks don't begin to capture the magnitude of > what he said. After warning the crowd that there would be some sort of > international incident - Biden could think of four or five scenarios - he > told the donors: "We're gonna need you to use your influence, your influence > within the community, to stand with him. Because it's not gonna be apparent > initially, it's not gonna be apparent that we're right." > > What does that mean? Obama's election would provoke an international > incident because of his inexperience and even Obama's biggest supporters > won't be reassured by his response? > > Then there were Biden's predictions on the economy: "I promise you, you all > are gonna be sitting here a year from now going, 'Oh my God, why are they > there in the polls? . . . Why is this thing so tough? . . . I'm asking you > now, be prepared to stick with us. Remember the faith you had at this point, > because you're going to have to reinforce us. > > "There are gonna be a lot of you who want to go, 'Whoa, wait a minute, yo, > whoa, whoa, I don't know about that decision.' " > Biden is teling us that, at a time when Americans need to feel confidence in > their government, they will be going "Oh my God." Not a great message. > > Needless to say, if Sarah Palin said this about a McCain administration, the > media world would be exploding. > Whether you believe Biden is exaggerating, as he is known to do, or is > providing real insight, the double standard in the media does even more > damage to their lagging brand. > > Part of the problem is their "Obama love," but we're also seeing the media > elite's belief - prejudice - that anyone with an R behind their name is > dumb. So, if they say something dumb, they must be dumb. A Democrat, like > Biden, can make wildly inaccurate or outrageous comments and they are > ignored because the TV and press insiders feel they "know who he really is." > > On the stump recently, Sen. Biden declared he had "three words" for what the > nation needs: "J-O-B-S." > > Lucky for him, his name isn't Dan Quayle, or that would have followed him > for the rest of his career. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
