Posted on 04/14/2008 2:05:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said that media in the U.S. have abandoned any pretense of neutrality in the Democratic presidential race and are heavily biased toward Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton.
In an interview with Britain’s Financial Times, Rendell — who has endorsed Clinton in the upcoming Pennsylvania primary — said the bias against the former first lady is the worst instance of favoritism “I have seen in my 31 years in politics.”
He added: “The media has drunk the Kool-Aid with Obama … They have fallen in love with the message and the messenger…
“They don’t even pretend to be objective. The media dislike the Clintons and harbor a lot of resentments against them.”
Rendell, a Democrat, cited an instance when an NBC reporter confessed he found it hard to remain objective given Obama’s “infectious” appeal.
He also joked that Keith Olbermann of MSNBC “has to be on the Obama payroll” and that MSNBC is the “Obama campaign’s official channel.”
The Obama camp disputes allegations of media bias and points to the press’ harsh scrutiny of his relationship with controversial Chicago pastor Jeremiah Wright, the Times reported.
But Rendell maintained that the media are far more forgiving of Obama’s mistakes than Hillary’s.
He’s just bitter :)
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Fast Eddie is the lowest form of Democrat shill, but even shills like Fast Eddie can stumble on to the truth and have it pass through their lips.
Exactly, Mrs. Clinton the wife of the impeached ex president, now knows how it is to be treated the way the Republicans have been for years by the msn..
Amazing. Decades of media bias towards the Democrats and he has the nerve to complain about favoritism in the media. Tell him to wait until either Hillary or obama wins the Democrat nomination and the media will once again bash the Republicans. Now he knows how it feels to be a Republican.
Final Nail In The Coffin Alert!
I have not had this much fun watching an election since Ronnie curbstomped Mondale in '84.
Final Nail In The Coffin Alert!
Hillary camp claims media bias in favor of Democrat candidate. The irony is strong enough to stick to a refrigerator magnet.
Favoritism toward a DEMOCRAT, no less.
She still gets better coverage/treatment than ANYONE with an (R) after their name. Rendell can go sh•t in his hat.
Our most pitiful excuse for a governor needs to go get another cheesesteak. Then he won’t talk so much.
Barry: "So it's not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."Vlad: "It would be bourgeois narrow-mindedness to forget that the yoke of religion that weighs upon mankind is merely a product and reflection of the economic yoke within society."
Man you nailed that one.
Hmmmm, I think I know who will be “Worst Person in the WOrld=” tonight on Olberwoman’s show......
Hear, hear!
boo hoo! BJ appointed rendell’s wife to a federal court, they’re waiting for hillary to appoint her to the supremes.
Can anyone ask about this quid pro quo.
sheesh!
I just wish we Pennsylvanians could appoint Fast Eddie to another state or maybe even another country!
Now, if only George Soros would buy an American Indian woman her own senate seat, then her entitlement to victimhood would trumpt Osama's.
For ever and ever democrats have been praising the republican/conservative hating media as fair, balanced and even-handed. Now that some media favor Obama over Hillary, partisans are crying foul. lol
A better approach would have been to invite them to leave the Commonwealth for New Jersey and take Eddie with them.
In the general election however, when Clinton supporters close ranks and support Obama, they will have no problem with the media being a mouthpiece for Obama.
“even shills like Fast Eddie can stumble on to the truth and have it pass through their lips”
Oh contrare...My sow of a governor stated that “He’s too honest to be a VP for hillary” That’s about as truthful as you can get for a democrat. As slimy, corrupt, criminal, arrogant, low-life, petty, tow-bit, shill of a rat that he is, he’s still too honest to be a VP for hillary.
Headquarters USMC.
Thats about it though.
Eddie gonna show us how to deliver a state. Obama, you going down in PA! Maybe, maybe not by a lot, but down. Fast Eddie? Fast Eddie so slick, he could make Lassie come out on top in the primary.
And let this be a lesson to you, young master Obama. When somebody from Philly says, "Where's the street money?" You had better have the street money. The man in Philly be named Street. There be a reason for that. He own it.
bye-bye-- better luck out West.
I think it was Judge Napolitano on the radio today who asked Joe Lieberman if Obama is not just liberal but Marxist. Lieberman’s answer was something like “that’s a good question.”
LOL.
The punchlines are too long.
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