At the dying Boston Globe, producing partisan political propaganda is the paper’s primary mission. But does that mean we should ignore it?
Take a look at this work of art, for example:
Future GOP candidates shaking off dust from Obama landslide
Sarah Palin keeping door open for the 2012 election.
November 11, 2008
The 2012 tea leaf reading is well underway for Republicans.
Several pundits see significance in Mike Huckabee – the former Arkansas governor turned presidential candidate turned talk show host – starting his book tour in Iowa, where the first nomination contest will take place in January 2012.
Many expect vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin to run for the top job, despite harsh criticism from outside and inside John McCain’s campaign. Palin said yesterday that she would speak Thursday at the Republican Governors Association meeting in Miami, another high-profile appearance.
On Fox News channel last night, Palin said she can’t predict what will happen by 2012 and will rely on God to show her the open doors in her life. “If there is an open door in ’12 or four years later, and if it is something that is going to be good for my family, for my state, for my nation, an opportunity for me, then I’ll plow through that door,” she said.
Meanwhile, Charley Manning, a longtime adviser to Mitt Romney, poured some cold water on the former Massachusetts governor’s ambitions.
“I’d be surprised if Mitt ever ran again for president. . . . I sure don’t think it was the best experience of his life,” Manning said on WTKK radio in Boston, citing anti-Mormon bias in the Republican primaries. “There are other things he can do.”
On the other hand, Romney has been piling up political chits – both from his articulate and steadfast support as one of McCain’s top surrogates and from his raising money for congressional Republicans.
There’s no doubt Obama’s win was significant, we won’t try to take that away from him. But a landslide? Not even close.
At Wikipedia, there’s a flawed attempt at both a definition and historical list of “landslide” victories around the world. One contributor has tried to stick Obama’s electoral vote count into the mix, but that has been disputed by others, especially while final counts are still underway in a few states.
Here’s a partial list of real landslides:
* Lyndon Johnson’s 61.1% to Barry Goldwater’s 38.5% in the 1964 presidential election
* Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 60.8% to Alf Landon’s 36.5% in the 1936 presidential election
* Richard Nixon’s 60.7% to George McGovern’s 37.5% in the 1972 presidential election
* Warren Harding’s 60.3% to James Cox’s 34.1% in the 1920 presidential election
* Ronald Reagan’s 58.8% to Walter Mondale’s 40.6% in the 1984 presidential election
* Theodore Roosevelt’s 56.4% to Alton B. Parker’s 37.6% in the 1904 presidential election
As for “anti-Mormon bias”: if it were against their messiah Obama, we know it would be called “bigotry”. But when it hits groups unpopular with the left, it’s merely “bias”.
In the most recent survey, The Globies have lost 10% of their daily print circulation, now down to just 324,000 copies and dropping like a rock. Yes, web traffic is strong, but who could survive on that tiny revenue alone?
What have you done today to undermine our Globie enemies? Are you still buying the paper? Running ads?
What can you do to help finish off this miserable paper for good?
