From Skeptic's Dictionary newsletter #95 (political)
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:04 pm
by Bob Carroll
"Anyway, don't look for this precedent-setting, historical election to involve clean campaigns, and don't expect the media and the pundits to be fair and unbiased in their coverage. I would have said that the media has already picked Obama as our next president until I watched the lack of anything resembling a critical commentary on McCain's choice of Palin as the one to become president of the United States should McCain die or become incapacitated while in office. Talk about the fast track. She could go from mayor of an unknown small town in Alaska to president of the most powerful nation on earth in less time than it takes most college valedictorians to find a job after graduation. The media tried to make something of the fact that Palin's husband had a drunk-driving conviction 22 years ago and her 17-year-old unmarried daughter is pregnant, but the Republicans are suddenly the party of forgiveness and grace."
"Anyway, don't look for this precedent-setting, historical election to involve clean campaigns, and don't expect the media and the pundits to be fair and unbiased in their coverage. I would have said that the media has already picked Obama as our next president until I watched the lack of anything resembling a critical commentary on McCain's choice of Palin as the one to become president of the United States should McCain die or become incapacitated while in office. Talk about the fast track. She could go from mayor of an unknown small town in Alaska to president of the most powerful nation on earth in less time than it takes most college valedictorians to find a job after graduation. The media tried to make something of the fact that Palin's husband had a drunk-driving conviction 22 years ago and her 17-year-old unmarried daughter is pregnant, but the Republicans are suddenly the party of forgiveness and grace."