Another great advantage of this approach is that we will also see that there are many more conservatives that we thought. It will also give us a place to discuss our ideas and develop strategies that fit our communities. It is the place where news can be vetted and pressure can be brought on the outlets that are unfair as well as the advertisers that support them.

I honestly feel that unless we get more organized from the bottom up we will eventually lose this battle to the superior organization that the left has. They will divide and conquer us by making us think we are outnumbered even though it is not true.

Hawthorne on October 25, 2008 at 9:21 AM

Rock on. Time to get off our computers and in the faces of first, the drive-by media. We need to mobilize and develop a strategy of exposing the lies, omissions, and subliminal negative reporting so prevalent in today’s MSM.

I stopped at our local McCain/Palin campaign office to pick up yard signs, etc., and was asked if I’d be interested in joining our local Republican Women’s Association. I said “you betcha.” Let it start with me.

Can anyone produce a valid birth certificate for the Messiah?

Why doesn’t some one dig that up?

TheSitRep on October 25, 2008 at 11:22 AM

It has been dug up, but some people are still suspicious. Personally, I’m more concerned about fraudulent voting and fundraising on the part of the Obama camp.

Clarified to avoid confusion.

TheSitRep on October 25, 2008 at 11:22 AM

Read the entire article. You’ll find that Malone states that what was wrong here is that the media did not do the same thing to Obama and Biden–his main contention is that the media has deliberately shirked its duty in objectively reporting the campaign.

Bradky on October 25, 2008 at 10:50 AM

What an arrogant twit! It’s so typical of meddling liberals to make idiotic comments and then blame the reader for having poor reading comprehension skills. Has it ever occurred to you that it is your writing and thinking skills which need improvement? Let’s review shall we?

You said:

You do have to admit though, having the Obama campaign sending letters threatening to pursue the broadcasting licenses of television stations that played NRA ads is pretty damned chilling.
It is not a good thing.
Bradky on October 25, 2008 at 12:40 AM

I responded like this:

How about coming right out and saying that it’s a horrible, unthinkable thing?

As for all your ideas, the problem that conservatives face is that we are vastly outnumbered in the field of “education” (indoctrination) and in “community organizing”, and if Obama wins, we aren’t likely to play catch up anytime soon, particularly since they will be in charge of funding.
Buy Danish on October 25, 2008 at 12:52 AM

Your response?!

Well there are these internet threads to vent at….
As for the education angle if you choose to abrogate your duties as a parent in teaching your children critical thinking skills the education system is the least of your worries.
Bradky on October 25, 2008 at 12:56 AM

I then went on to explain to you that it is not my child who is at risk, but the children of parents who have no idea what they’re in for when they send then off to be “educated” by people like Ayers, Dorhn, and Khalidi. Being the clueless dunce that you are, you ignored that and proceeded to dole out even more parenting advice to me – which makes you a horses’ ass.

This is the Big Leagues, and if she wants to suit up and take the field, then Gov. Palin better be ready to play.

Oh, so it is okay that they dig through her garbage but not Hussain Obama’s?

You only get scrutinized by the machine if you are a Republican.

Can anyone produce a valid birth certificate for the Messiah?

Why doesn’t some one dig that up?

I can imagine just what kind of rude petulant children you must have as well as their behavior in public.

Bradky on October 25, 2008 at 10:50 AM

Wow. Not only are you a closeted moderate with “conservative views”, and not only do you appear to be virulently anti-gun to the point of continuously mocking others who suggest people exercise their second amendment rights, but you’re so vindictive you attack other posters’ families.

You’re a parent and you’ve been haranguing others with insults. Sure, you don’t let them watch South Park(one of the most conservative shows on television, I might add), but I wonder how you would react if someone was talking to your children the way you are talking to others.

Hawthorne on October 25, 2008 at 9:21 AM

Looking for another Reagan is not going to be the answer. Reagan represented a set of values commonly held by a lot of people. You won’t see another Reagan until the grassroots renew those values at large.
If your opinion is that another Reagan is the only answer I think you will always be waiting.

Buy Danish on October 25, 2008 at 10:20 AM

I can imagine just what kind of rude petulant children you must have as well as their behavior in public. YOU decided to take a general comment personally — in other words YOU look for reasons to be aggrieved.
Now you have a REASON to be rude to someone (at least in your mind). It also gives ME a very good basis to make a judgment on the types of values you REALLY convey to your kids.
Regrettably, your limited reading comprehension coupled with your desire to be a victim in an internet thread make it glaringly apparent that rational discussion is not your cup of tea.

Bradky on October 25, 2008 at 1:41 AM

You know, this is not a parenting forum, and in any case I really don’t need your entirely unsolicited, and astonishingly presumptuous advice on how to raise my child. Like, gosh, it never would have occurred to me to sit down at the dining room table and eat dinner together as a family without your sage suggestions.

Next you’ll be telling me how to set my thermostat and to be sure my tires are properly inflated.

My advice to you is to shut up before the image of a horses’ ass is indelibly etched in my mind whenever I see your name here at Hot Air.

The answer is to organize ourselves. Not on the Internet, but as a strong and viable political force. We need our own community groups and turnout efforts. They should start in the conservative strongholds to gain the most traction as the left does… honestly feel that unless we get more organized from the bottom up we will eventually lose this battle to the superior organization that the left has. They will divide and conquer us by making us think we are outnumbered even though it is not true.

Hawthorne on October 25, 2008 at 9:21 AM

This is key, but at the same time, we must always remember our most important principles hinge on the concept of the rational individual in the abstract. We must not fall into the same mass politicization trap that the left has–the subjugation of the individual into the group or collective.

It must also be understood that this will take time–a great deal of time. Patience and perseverance are key here. The struggle to retake our education, our culture, and the media might not be won in our lifetimes–we are beginning a struggle that might have to be carried on by our children and perhaps even our grandchildren. Give the devil their due–the 60s radicals such as Ayers and Van Dohrn understood this well. Also, we will face far greater obstacles than the 60s radicals because they know the playbook and they will be far more thorough and ruthless about crushing dissent–both through direct and indirect means–make no mistake about that.

If Obama wins–and remember, that’s still a BIG IF–then we might well find ourselves at the beginning of a very long dark tunnel. What light we find will, for a long time, be dim and light that we ourselves provide. But first, let’s do what we can to prevent this from happening–let’s stop Obama NOW through the ballot box on November 4.

Bradky on October 25, 2008 at 1:17 AM

I think you have missed the problem entirely. The conservative movement is a true grass-roots effort. Whatever gains it makes are from a disjointed effort by many thousands of people like me that each chip in a bit. Every once in a while somebody like Reagan (or maybe Palin) comes along to galvanize us into a force. They give voice to the many things that we all think.

The political left is organized. They start with community groups to get their vote out and take much better advantage of their voter base. The left fears a big turnout more than anything because that implies that more of the conservative or moderate people actually showed up at the polls. I feel this is what drives the many articles that imply that the race is not close and all but decide already. They are discouraging the voters that are not such a sure thing. This makes their turnout efforts and organization more of an impact.

The answer is to organize ourselves. Not on the Internet, but as a strong and viable political force. We need our own community groups and turnout efforts. They should start in the conservative strongholds to gain the most traction as the left does. This will greatly offset their advantage.

Another great advantage of this approach is that we will also see that there are many more conservatives that we thought. It will also give us a place to discuss our ideas and develop strategies that fit our communities. It is the place where news can be vetted and pressure can be brought on the outlets that are unfair as well as the advertisers that support them.

I honestly feel that unless we get more organized from the bottom up we will eventually lose this battle to the superior organization that the left has. They will divide and conquer us by making us think we are outnumbered even though it is not true.

EITHER

The FlatLine Media thinks they can – as they have so often in the past – build someone up, only to knock them down later and, hey, it ALL sells papers, so…what’s the prob?

OR

The FlatLine Media is SO cynical, that the RECOGNIZE the threat and are resigned to the fact – and quite jolly comfortable with it – that they would then become an integral part of the Obama power system (i.e. Federal Government)

…calling Joseph Goebbels!!!

Eeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwww….

Where do you differentiate yourself from someone such as Bill Ayers?

Mostly on motivation. After all, I’m quite sure that the British soldiers didn’t refer to the Patriots as “the Founders”; terrorists is more likely.

Or does anyone think that pouring boiling tar on someone, then dusting them with feathers, was a non-fatal event?

How about burning down the homes of Loyalists, with the families inside? The mass exodus to Canada wasn’t spontaneous.

Bottom line: the Founders were well aware that part of pledging their sacred honor involved being willing to commit fairly dishonorable acts as required for their purpose. They decided the cause was just and acted. And even though they were a minority, they had the will to prevail, no matter the cost.

If the Democrats had really believed all the lies they spouted about Bush, they would have rebelled. I know that Obama and the people he agrees with (Ayers, Dohrn, Wright) are serious about imposing a tyranny, and I will rebel.

it is the traditional media’s fault, for it alone (unlike the alternative media) has had the resources to cover this story properly, and has systematically refused to do so.”

The big question that no one seems to be asking is ‘why’. Normally when there is complacency of this magnitude, the answer is ‘follow the money’. So how is the media benefiting financially from this obviously transparent effort to influence the election of an unqualified anti-American candidate to the presidency.

CK MacLeod on October 25, 2008 at 3:24 AM

She was stone cold…anybody catch her looking off camera just before the end…maybe she was reigned in.

CK MacLeod on October 25, 2008 at 3:24 AM

Wow. A little alternate universe there. That’s the way McCain and Palin get treated by the MSM about 80 per cent of the time. You can see Joe was not used to it.

No ideal dies. Journalism is no different. This is a correction, a transition.

DFCtomm on October 25, 2008 at 3:36 AM

I agree that the principles of impartial journalism will continue in other locations and times, but here and now it is practically dead at most news organizations, and nothing ensures the continued application of those principles. For example, they weren’t/aren’t practiced in the USSR, Venezuela, China and Saudi Arabia among many other locations throughout history. Even here in America it’s presently on life support in the broader sense. Science would be easier to practice in an unfriendly environment than impartial journalism because publication of scientific findings outside of the scientific community isn’t essential to it’s function, whereas underground journalism is useless for informing the general public.

Of course in this case the media has chosen sides voluntarily rather than by force, but competition is limited and the left seems inclined to utilize law/regulation to force some or all of their ideological competition, if not underground, then at least into the closet.

Biden getting questioned about Obama’s Marxism and socialism. Very odd, somewhat nightmarish and yet somewhat amusing TV news interview from Central Florida.

http://www.wftv.com/video/17790025/index.html

CK MacLeod on October 25, 2008 at 3:24 AM

WOW.

Gutsy anchor there. Joe Smiley didn’t know what to do with those questions except ask if they were jokes or challenge the person who wrote the questions. He knows full well that Obama spoke of spreading the wealth, yet he passed it off as something that Bush would do and Obama wouldn’t? And they gave QUAYLE hell?

Good grief.

http://www.wftv.com/video/17790025/index.html

CK MacLeod on October 25, 2008 at 3:24 AM

Yikes, they’re going to plumb her down harder than they did Joe if this gets any national attention.

I agree with Sean Hannity….Journalism is dead. RIP.

HornetSting on October 24, 2008 at 10:03 PM

No ideal dies. Journalism is no different. This is a correction, a transition.