oh, and he is a social worker, not a shrink. thats even worse. get some sleep man!

I have seen Sarah Palin in particular so ravaged by blogger and media nonsense that it borders on political rape. This country ought to hang its collective head in shame for what we have allowed ourselves to become.

I know that some will claim that political battles were even more fierce a century or more ago; but, for the love of God, have we not learned anything over the ensuing years? We cheapen the very offices to which our candidates aspire. George Washington would have taken one look at us, given the country the finger, and gone back even quicker to Mt. Vernon. Except for the fact that she is critical to her party’s ticket, I am sometimes tempted to advise Sarah to do that very thing and go back to Alaska, where at least the air is clean. No one should have to put up with the kind of verbal grief she and her family have suffered just because she wishes to serve her country.

If our current level of highly personalized political discourse can be used as a yardstick, this country appears to be increasingly sick unto death. We have become a mob of political goons and bullies with scarcely a decent, charitable thought in our heads. And I will admit that I sometimes catch myself going in that same sick direction. The only thing that checkmates my own wanderings is to remember what France became in the late 18th century, when hateful political discourse devolved into street barricades, bloodshed, and summary executions virtually every day of the week. It was almost inevitable that the chaos was followed by a seizure of power by a man on the proverbial “white horse.” We damn well better start looking at ourselves real quick. Whatever comity we once had as Americans appears to be dissipating very fast. We are getting increasingly ripe for our own downfall.

You want to say WSJ, National Reveiew, The Weekly Standard, and Talk radio counters all that I will laugh at you, loudly. That is a farce.

It used to be mainstream journalist came from all walks of life. Some started selling papers on the corner, and worked their way up, others where businessmen who dabbled, some where English majors with a taste for writing about reality. Now, they are almost invariably journalism majors. Go check it out. You WILL find exceptions, but the culture in the newsroom is invariably LEFT.

you confused me with mr. whiskers! the fact repubs have won elections suggests it, but it’s more the fact that almost every talk radio show is right-wing that shows if anything there is a conservative bias in the media.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmRXH7RkCZQ

She just needs to be herself, expect a few hardballs that do not need to be hit out of the park. She just needs to get a piece of them..