Sometimes late at night I can still hear her voice. That woman reporter from CNN, squealing with giddy glee as she watched a plane take off from the deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier on Day One of our misadventure in Iraq. She, a member of our nation’s famed “liberal” media, was not reporting. She was hyping. She was hyperventilating. Like a high-school cheerleader outside the team locker room. It was weird. And more than just a little horrifying. Maybe it was a glint off the cockpit window or the sheen off the pilot’s zipper that distracted her from the stony core of the story. Whatever it was, you can bet is was something shiny pulled from the vest pocket of the GOP.
Just like their new puppet and favorite distraction, Sarah P. She’s shiny all right. And right now singing her siren’s song and doing a dandy job of luring the press completely off the path. Away from the issues. Far from the top of the ticket. And down some dark hole. Where a group of neocon thugs is waiting to kick ass. Call names. And take the Dem’s lunch money.
All this made worse by the fact that, in a corporate tower somewhere, you can bet the shiny pate of Karl Rove glistens with the sweet sweat of anticipation as he rocks back and forth on his tiny feet. Rubs his chubby little hands together. Giggles with glee. And sounds every bit like a “liberal” CNN reporter.
Would somebody tell me I’m wrong…please.
September 10, 2008 at 12:42 pm
It’s not a liberal media, as much as it’s a mercenary media, pumping whatever they think will sell ads. Yes, Palin is the shiniest of objects, tossed out for the idiot public to paw over (actually I’m picturing a cage full of screeching monkeys). This shiny object has effectively shut down any discussion about the past 8 years, for now at least. I wouldn’t doubt that we see this woman from nowhere as the next vp and maybe the next president. Better eat your wheaties, McCain. For me the shine on Sarah didn’t last long, being that she loves to shoot animals for enjoyment. Just another American psycho running for office.