Posted by
Tadpole on Friday, January 04, 2008 3:52:04 PM
Rush is all in a lather this am about the MSM supporting Huckabee because they want to defeat conservatism. While I have no doubt that most in the MSM would like to see conservatism greatly diminished, it is not why Huckabee is all over the air waves. One, the media loves a story - when Huckabee was coming up in the polls he was a story so they put him on the air. When Huckabee's numbers started to decline because of Romney 'contrast' ads they had him on as well. Two, he's easy on the eyes and ears (think Ron Paul - yikes!). And three, he seeks to get the time on every radio and TV show he can get on. He's working hard to make his money stretch - and people like that.
When McCain started rising in the polls he was the story - the press doesn't care who it is, they only care if they can build a story around it. Polls going up - fine. Polls going down - fine. Can we get an entertaining piece of video or audio - get it. Americans love the underdog story and news agencies know it.
Rush is now saying that Huckabee is in favor of amnesty - which he is not - based on his advocating scholarship eligibility for children of illegal aliens (but forgot to include the provision that application for legal immigration was part of the deal) and then goes on to say all the terrible ramifications of amnesty. Rush's dishonesty is apalling - there are so many other things to rake Huckabee over the coals about (CEO salaries, closing Gitmo, and even scholarship eligibility for the children of illegals - but do it honestly for Pete's sake.