Posted by
KsReaganite on Friday, November 07, 2008 11:18:38 PM
The election results are not unprecedented, as painful as they maybe. And most of the prognosticators you can dismiss…they said the same thing about structural problems in the Democratic Party in the aftermath of the 2004 elections.
Now then, the election results were torturous and we all want to see some light at the end of the tunnel. That means autopsying the results without hyperbole of one kind or another. Towards that end I will offer short commentaries on several elements of the 2005 and 2008 disasters and the possible approaches to solutions. Here is the first commentary -not inappropriately- focusing on the media. .
We can wish and whine all we want but the mainstream media is not going to be neutral. By its inherent biases (geographic location, demographic of journalists etc), it will always be hostile to conservatives candidates. That said, what conservatives can do is avoid providing the press hounds with candidates whose biographies are red meat for the liberal baiters. It is unfair and patently absurd but the fact is that in our youth obsessed, technology worshipping, ‘talk it out’ pop culture, a candidate who seems aged, who is unfamiliar with gizmos like iPods and GPS, who cannot talk the glib language of an over-therapied suburban society, is open prey for the journalist class. That is not to say that elegant sounding youthful Republicans will be treated fairly by the East Coast reporter class; but a ‘hip’ conservative will make the liberal journalists more likely to look for policy and issues to bash the conservative about. A small difference but then that saves the conservatives the small margin of energy that can be used elsewhere to fight.
Next commentary over the weekend. Until then,
Keep The Faith
PS: If any of your liberals ot moderates think that the talk of a biased media is hyperbole, here is the word from that icon of liberal media, the Washington Post itself.