Thursday, November 10, 2011

Political Improvisation

Here is the way the script goes these days. The question posed is something like this: “Is it true that you, Mr. Republican, Candidate, did or said something that was wrong.” The answer is “no, and it’s the fault of the liberal media.” It doesn’t matter that that same liberal media spent over two years reporting on whether or not President Obama was born in this country and a lot longer than that on Clinton’s sexual escapades. It doesn’t matter if the liberal media targeting them isn’t liberal at all, like Politico, who broke the Herman Cain harassment story. It doesn’t matter if the liberal media includes Rupert Murdoch, not exactly a liberal. It doesn’t matter if the leftist attorney and Democratic operative who is representing one of the women accusing Cain also brought down Anthony Weiner, who is very much a liberal. Logic doesn’t matter. If it did, no one would suggest that the decline of the print media is due to dissatisfaction with leftist reporters and publishers rather than the rise of the internet. If it did, no one would blame Republican rivals and the Democratic machine in the same breath. If it did, people would simply respond to allegations by saying that they weren’t true and explain why -or- by admitting that there was truth to them and telling us why they shouldn’t matter. Instead, it’s the fault of the liberal media that four women made allegations that Herman Cain made unwanted sexual advances. That, apparently, is what’s in the script. Personally, I think we need more improvisation.

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