liberal media

There's been a fair amount of discussion about the fact that George Bush, errr... I mean John McCain, held a rally this morning that attracted a fairly large crowd (I'm hearing estimates ranging from 8,000 to 20,000 people). Of course we can expect the GOP to begin saying this large crowd means that it's clear they're going to win Virginia. The main problem with that is that there were many people who are undecided and others who actually were just attending the rally because they wanted to hear Sara Palin speak so they could see what the fuss was all about. People in both crowds were disappointed because all the GOP offered were carefully crafted speeches prepared by professional speechwriters.

To make things even worse, those carefully crafted speeches weren't even completely forthright with those who came to hear what the McCain campaign had to say. At a press conference just a short distance away from where McCain held his rally, for instance, Del. Kris Amundson pointed out that the American public simply wants to hear the truth but they don't seem to get that from the McCain campaign. Even the Wall Street Journal, which isn't exactly known as a member of the so called "liberal media," has pointed out how the facts don't support the stories Sarah Palin continuously tells on the campaign trail.

Crooks and Liars has an excellent analysis of the foiled attempt to shoot Barack Obama, United States Attorney of Colorado Troy Eid's attempt to portray this as a minor threat, and the media (all networks) simply not reporting on it at all or hiding the story as deeply as they can while giving token coverage and attempting to write this off as shenanigans by meth-heads.

Scant Coverage of Obama Assassination Plot; Irresponsible or Cautious? makes a pretty interesting read.

Of course Eid is a Bush appointee, but no... that really is not a part of this at all is it?