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McCain and Obama Bring the Funny

E!! — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:39:36 +0000

When you have a little time to spare, treat yourself to the video from the Al Smith Dinner, a Catholic charitable event at which Sen.s McCain and Obama spoke. (Link goes to a Kuo & Joe blog post at Culture11 which contains 4 clips from the dinner.)

I agree with David Kuo:

“Watch these videos. They are extraordinary, truly extraordinary. We are ridiculously blessed to live in a country where two men who are fiercely opposed to one another are nevertheless able to set it aside for a night and laugh. It isn’t quite a miracle, but it is certainly a marvel. And if you have had to see countless political ads and three presidential debates, you owe it to yourself to watch these videos.”

McCain’s cracks about the Clintons are priceless (and hilarious), and Obama’s speech was funny from begining to end. Bravo to the very gifted writers who put both presentations together.

Musings from CLC: Media Bias, FCC, The Fairness Doctrine

E!! — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:41:25 +0000

Days after the cessation of the Conservative Leadership Conference 2008, remembrances float up…

…Seton Motley’s talk on Media Bias and the unFairness Doctrine (sponsored by the Media Research Center)…clip after clip of such biased “reporting” (commentary and emoting) that one is heartily laughing and throughly appalled all at once…

…Chris Matthews (MSNBC), Keith Olbermann (ditto), Brian Williams (NBC), Ann Curry (ditto), John Roberts (CNN), Campbell Brown (ditto), Charlie Gibson (ABC), Terry Moran (ditto) and more…

…the observation that some so-called journalists and major media outlets are now eschewing ratings and “sacrificing the bottom line to ideology”…sacrificing viewers (do they say “good riddance”?) in order to push their increasingly obvious agenda…

…the concept of Bias by Omission (what is not reported that should be)…

…the three upcoming vacancies on the FCC (February) and who will seat them (McCain or Obama) and do the vetting…

…the new “code words” for the Fairness Doctrine that are springing up in activist organizations posing as non-partisan groups: “localism,” “media democracy,” “media reform,” “universal access”…which you can see in action here…

…the effect the Fairness Doctrine (and other limits on media) would likely have: the mass migration of conservative talk radio personalities to satellite radio, increased internet podcasting, vlogging (blogging via video clips), and other New Media forums/outlets…

…a comment by a young mother in attendance that Nickolodeon attempts political indoctrination of children via their “kid reporters” (who covered the DNC, but not the RNC)…

Analyzing Campaign ‘08

E!! — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:05:32 +0000

And now for a serious look at this year’s campaign season (turn speakers on; page load time is worth the wait).

More on Palin

E!! — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:53:20 +0000

Here’s her speech. And here’s some video from an interview with Newsweek earlier this year. And nice, detailed piece on her from the Anchorage Daily news from 2006.

And then there’s this cute/funny tribute by my friend @ PragmaticallyPolitical: 10 Things I Love About Sarah Palin

PS The graceless statement put out by the Obama camp re: Palin this morning was uncalled for. McCain went out of his way to congratulate Obama on a historic nomination last night; Obama should have done the same for Palin. But he didn’t. And so Mr. Self-Proclaimed Non-Partisan shows us just how little class he really has.

Not Going Home

E!! — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:43:30 +0000

Here’s some video footage from the press conference that followed the Republicans’ attempt to reconvene the House on Friday. At one point it was stated that the Republicans are not going home until the Dems agree to re-adjourn and vote on energy – or until W. orders a Special Session. I hope they stick with it. Nobody in Congress has any business taking a vacation until the People’s business is done.