XXXXX wrote:I completely disagree again. For the 5th time (Please try to read it this time)....Bush is entitled to running his "playful" negative ads because the mainstream media is so liberal and dedicated to getting him out of office. As such, he has to strike back with ads, and strike in a way that gives him the most bang for the buck. I would not say this if the press was not liberal.
Again, I say, what liberal media? To you, liberal appears to mean anyone that questions or disagrees with the President. NEWS ALERT: Most people have questioned or disagreed with every President at one point or another. Also, I wouldn't call them "playful" negative ad's, they are pure attack ad's, but, hey, it's not just Kerry he's attacking. He attacked John McCain in the 2000 primaries, one attack was calls made to Southern States and they said "Remember, when you go and vote, John McCain has a black baby." In other attacks, they were questioning John McCain's ability to lead the country, after being a POW in Vietnam.
XXXXX wrote:Neither of us know for sure why the Fox ratings are so high, but my suggestion is that people are sick and tired of getting censored news. It is not perfect, and leans towards conservative (which is fine, since it's the only one doing it)...but it does make a sincere attempt to be "fair and balanced" on many occasions. They have Juan Williams (Mr. Liberal PBS), for balance on a panel. Alan Combs to balance Hannity, etc. None of that happens on CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, MSNBC.
Well, I can't tell you about fair & balanced on CBS, NBC, or ABC, as I never watch them. FOX news is hardly at all balanced. For CNN, you have James Carville & Paul Begala for the left, and Bob Novak & Tucker Carlson for the right on crossfire. I've watched it once or twice, and it doesn't get more balanced then that. FOX News, FOX News... hardly balanced, hardly even made an attempt to be fair and balanced, FOX News is about as balanced as, oh, ABC, which isn't very balanced either. Again, I only watch CNN because they are balanced, and they present the news, not analyzed propoganda from either side.
XXXXX wrote:No, they actually have already defined him...beyond trying.....in part because they make fun of things like his flip-flopping that he has so aptly and repeatedly demonstrated....so they hit home.
If you look at it, Bush's attacks have not been sucesful at all, neither have Kerry's fewer attacks been sucesful. There's an old saying that goes like this "Every time you attack your opponent by mentioning thier name, your just giving them free advertising" with that being said.
I Thank You, George W. Bush, for all the free advertising
They want to get the idea of Flipper the Dolphin, this flip-flopping thing in people's heads, but it's not working. It's funny though, because I've been calling George Bush the "morph-master" for quite a while now, before he started calling Kerry a "flip-flopper" and before some dfl'ers were calling Bush the "flip-flopper in chief"