My father tells me that Chris Matthews just had his ass handed to him by Ben Stein. Anyone have details, a clip, or a transcript?
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Now To The Important Stuff
Enough of the trivial stuff like politics- my election is over, and if Kerry wins, we will survive. Every time there is an aberration like Carter, a Reagan comes along to clean things up.
But now on to important stuff:
My beloved Pittsburgh Steelers absolutely manhandled the Patriots 34-20 (and it wasn’t that close) yesterday, and I have been floating ever since. I really have a lot of faith in this team, and Ben Roethlisberger has exceeded my wildest dreams. He is going to have abad game or two and lose us some games, but so far his play has been spectacular.
As for the rest of the team- look at some key statistcs from yesterday:
221 yards rushing
196 yards passing
34 pts
Time of Possession: 42:58
4 forced turnovers
The Pats rushed for 5 yards.
You can’t single out any player from the team for praise- this was total domination.
It Took A Study???
What a waste of time and money this study was:
Sen. John Kerry has gotten the white-glove treatment from the press, garnering more praise from journalists than any other presidential candidate in the last quarter-century, according to a new analysis of almost 500 news stories released today by the Center for Media and Public Affairs.
“It’s not just that John Kerry has gotten better press than President Bush before this election, he’s gotten better press than anyone else since 1980. That’s significant,” said Bob Lichter, director of the D.C.-based nonpartisan research group.
“Kerry also got better press than anyone else in the days before the primaries as well,” Mr. Lichter added.
In October alone, Mr. Kerry had a “record-breaking 77 percent positive press evaluations,” compared with 34 percent positive for Mr. Bush, the study states.
Unprecedented, untrammeled accolades for Mr. Kerry were more than debate-related bounce, however. Since Labor Day, he also had a total of 58 percent positive stories, with just 36 percent for Mr. Bush.
The only upside to a Kerry victory is that once the press realizes what they have done- elect a marginal candidate who is, in the words of Howard Fineman, a ‘phenomenal phony’, they will turn on him with a viciousness that will be just disgusting. That leaves me with mixed feelings, because a failed Kerry Presidency does none of us any good, but it will be nice to see the Democrats getting what they deserve.
However, the behavior of the press has been shameful for the last four years. If Bush is re-elected, he will have done so despite fighting three wars- one against Al Qaeda and the Taliban, one against Saddam Hussein’s Ba’athist regime, and one against the media.
If you doubt the bias in the press regarding Kerry, just look at this quote from a Brokaw interview that has received NO ATTENTION:
Brokaw: Someone has analyzed the President’s military aptitude tests and yours, and concluded that he has a higher IQ than you do.
Kerry: That’s great. More power. I don’t know how they’ve done it, because my record is not public. So I don’t know where you’re getting that from.
But I thought you released all your military records, Sen. Kerry?
Swift Vets
Check out this must read Dean Esmay interview of Steve Gardner.
Classy Until The End
Driving to and from Kroger with my friend Tammy, I witnessed a bunch of Kerry supporters at a crowded intersection. As usual, they were up to their normal antics.
They had signs that begged you to honk to show support, and if you didn’t, they jeered you.
If you had the nerve to have a Bush sticker on your car, they jeered you, yelling either: “Fuck Bush” or “You’re gonna get drafted.”
It sure does make you think twice about voter suppression if that is what it is going to take to keep these jerks out of power.
A Ray of Hope
Sure, they both made some jabs. Sure, Bush stated that he thinks he is better to run the war on terror. Sure, Kerry repeated the ‘outsourcing’ nonsense regarding Tora Bora. Still, I found a ray of hope in their statements regarding the new Osama video:
“Let me make this very clear,” Bush said in Toledo, Ohio, standing next to Air Force One. “Americans will not be intimidated or influenced by an enemy of our country. I’m sure Senator Kerry agrees with this.”
And agree Kerry did:
Kerry, too, said, “My reaction is that all of us … are completely united.”
Even at the height of the silly season, we will come down on these terrorist thugs with a unified hammer. And they just don’t get it.