19Sep Time-Blog Writer Karen Tumulty should be sacked
I am trying to keep up with all of the idiotic partisian crap flying around the 2008 Presidential Campaign, and I certainly expect most of the mainstream press to slant their stories to favor the Democrats (in fairness, I expect Fox to slant things a little to the Republican side of the house). Today I came across a Time-Blog.com posting from Karen Tumulty.
John McCain’s campaign has begun lambasting Barrack Obama over his choice of advisers, in the ad Tumulty references, they are going after Frank Raines (Former Fannie Mae chief). In Tumulty’s “report”, Tumulty alleges that the McCain ad is displaying ” Sinister images of two black men, followed by one of a vulnerable-looking elderly white woman.”
Tumulty uses the image of a smiling Barrack Obama and a somewhat sinister picture of Raines as evidence that the McCains ad “Plays the race card”. What a bunch of political bullsh*t. Go figure that Time-Blog.com is “In partnership with CNN”. I am more balanced in my own made up blog than this idiot is.
Tumulty says “Let me stipulate: Obama’s Fannie Mae connections are completely fair game. But this ad doesn’t even mention a far more significant tie–that of Jim Johnson, the former Fannie Mae chairman who had to resign as head of Obama’s vice presidential search team after it was revealed he got a sweetheart deal on a mortgage from Countrywide Financial. Instead, it relies on a fleeting and tenuous reference in a Washington Post Style section story to suggest that Obama’s principal economic adviser is former Fannie Mae Chairman Frank Raines. Why? One reason might be that Johnson is white; Raines is black.”
Umm, McCain has ads going after Johnson (which she notes in the bottom of her post as an “update”). So apparently if Obama is advised by a black idiot and McCain points it out, he is playing the race card, however if Obama is advised by a white idiot and McCain points it out, that is okay with Tumulty. Next, I am sure Time-Blog/CNN will try to spin this as “McCain was forced to come out with a Jim Johnson ad due to pressure related to race”, or some such crap as that.
Tumulty’s report is completely bias and ridiculas in nature. Since I have ripped on her, in fairness, read her original post HERE. At least I try to be balanced.
September 20th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Hello Ted, something that has struck me with the coverage we are getting over here on your Presidential election is the number of people who are supporting Obama because it would be good to have a black President of the United States. Therefore they are supporting him because he is black. If someone was to say they were supporting McCain because he is white they would be called a vile racist, I somehow fail to see the difference.
The same is true of Sarah Palin when she was announced, she would appeal to women voters. Why? Surely whether or not they are the best man/woman for the job is the only criteria regardless of race, gender etc.
When Margaret Thatcher was first elected she was asked “what’s it like being the first woman Prime Minister” she said she’d rather be known as the first Prime Minister with a science degree. That’s more the point don’t you think?
September 21st, 2008 at 11:38 am
Here in the states, it does not quite work like that. Since Palin is a conservative, it is okay to make her look incapable of taking office because she has younger children. If Palin was a liberal, all of the woman’s rights organizations would be activist for Palin, now they are ignoring her at best and vilifying her at worst.
I believe our politics here in the states are a bit more hypocritical. In the UK, you all tend to be more “in your face” with your political rhetoric.
Palin has definitely upset the standard political rhetoric. All of the liberal pro-women groups are caught in a very telling position. Their basis towards liberal politics is clearly showing with their lack of support for Palin. The liberals are very excited about Obama since he is black (not so much on his qualifications), but Bush has never received accolades for having TWO black Secretary of States (The first and second black Secretary of States).