Political Polarization
Why it is More Prevalent Than Ever
On the flip side lets say a democrat has been caught up in a scandal. The paper will make a mention buried deeply on page eight and most of the time wont even mention what political affiliation he's in. This is just one example of biased reporting. Scooter Libby is in jail because of a memory lapse about a non crime issue, while Sandy Berger is out free and about to be reinstated his security clearance (in 08' how timely for Hillary) after receiving a veritable slap on the wrist and small fine for his involvement in covering Clinton's rear by "sloppily stuffing archive papers in his pants" at least that is how his actions were explained away by the "main stream media". I understand why conservatives are held to a higher standard, and it's because we as conservatives hold ourselves to a higher standard and moral convictions. Once the new media has expanded through Fox and talk radio, people who were of like mind finally realized that conservatives are not the minority but the majority.
Proof is in the numbers. Rush Limbaugh and others like him are not brainwashing people as the left would have you believe, but rather they are confirming the very thoughts that a conservative feels already. Why do you think conservatives don't have to be "activists"? They don't have to hold protests, sit-ins, and other forms of civil disobedience to force their agenda to the forefront. They have families, jobs and other things to worry about. Air America was going to be the answer to Conservative talk, and it, as the ny times and other biased news agencies are going by the wayside. Their listener numbers, and paper readerships are low and dropping rapidly. They can't find advertisers and basically no one wants to hear the anti American rhetoric that comes out of their mikes and printing press'. The hatred and vitriol that is spewed by the left would have been the only thing one heard in the past when main stream media was king. If it wasn't for the new media, hypocrisy of the left would not be exposed.
The past speeches of politicians would not be brought up to hold one accountable and expose the flip flops. Conservatives have core beliefs, they are not poll driven. Democrats....well I don't really know what their beliefs are because they try to be everything to everyone while being nothing to anyone. They are focus group oriented and whatever is good at the time, that is who they try to be. I firmly believe that it was because of the advent of the new alternative media's existence is what prevented America from falling into the hands of Kerry and Edwards. America is waking up and realizing that what this great country was founded on is being slowly eroded because of liberalism. I'll end this opinion by asking you this. On your commute home, look at bumper stickers, count how many you see with "Kerry/Edwards for president, then count how many of the same cars have an American flag or troop support ribbon next to it too. In my experience as a trucker, you wont find not one.
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Post a CommentBobby, he was in Pendleton, but now he's in a Houston base. I'll check out yor article
Slasher, where's your son stationed? I know you're very proud of him. Have you seen the TV drama-documentary "Path to 9/11"? It goes into detail on what Clinton knew. I wrote an article about it on here.
Bobby, Bush's biggest problem is and always was, opposition from the left. They accused him of being a dumbass, then other the other hand they're saying he masterminded 911. Then they call him a liar, while the entire inteligence agency and the world was all in agreement, clinton said the exact same thing when he was in office, except he never acted on it. It takes conviction and will power to see this through and not poll driven descision making. I can't make myself any clearer on this subject. These are my convictions, my boy is in the Marines, and while I fear for him. I know we are doing the right thing.
(cont.) That's how they think (the Islamists). They don't look at Iraq and say hooray for the positive things that have been done there -- hooray for ousting Saddam, having elections, etc. They look at American intervention as an imperialist occupation by Satan himself, and they will most likely remember the deaths there for a long time.
If a nuke went off in an American city, which may well happen according to today's papers, I would say the Administration didn't do enough of the right things. I am not trying to be overly critical of this Administration, but it seems to me we should have been focusing on working with Pakistan to eradicate the terrorist cells there, and we should definitely have been doing more to secure our borders.
I read in the paper today that all 16 U.S. intelligence agencies agree that a future attack IS being planned by Al Quaida, which is still alive and well in Pakistan. Why are we still allowing Pakistan to harbor the Al Quaida? And I know you may not believe in the theory of "blowback," but like it or not the Al Quaida is going to say that their future attacks are in response to deaths in Iraq.
Libertarian is good, as long as you don't become isolationist. We can't put our heads in the sand to make islamic terror go away. Let me ask you this. If a nuke went off in any one of our cities here in the states. Would you blame America for it? Would you say Bush didn't do enough or did too much?
Slasher, the more I read your comments it seems like you think everyone who disagrees with you is a communist liberal leftist. That includes anyone who criticizes the Iraq war or the Bush Administration (in your thinking). But what will you do when this trillion-dollar war bankrupts our economy and makes us weaker in the eyes of foreign enemies like Iran? Maybe you could admit that some people who criticize our present policies actually do it because they love our country and don't want to see it wrecked financially. I find the liberal-conservative spectrum pretty dumb myself. To criticize a Republican does not make one a Democrat, nor vice versa. I actually lean closer to Libertarian myself.
Deez, it sounds to like you are happy that the dems are in power. What have they done since winning in 06, except run interference and undermining our prez's policy at every turn. Seems to me they got more accomplished when they were the minority. Oh, and heads will roll not role.
Oh and you can bet I believe in everything I said about wagon circling. I've got a perfect example, but have to "roll right now. When I get back, I'll slam dunk your argument.
True that, my problem is this. The media gives a pass to the left, the left circles the wagons, the right get villified and run out on a rail, we as conservatives don't cover for and protect the guilty party.
feinstein-directing hundresds of millions of dollars in contracts to her husbands companies, she had to step down from her commitee, william jefferson democrat louisiana, 90,000 dollars in a freezer, Theres more but I have to get back to work.