A Government-Media Complex Without Conscience

By Victor the Contractor

Its time to realize a sobering fact. I am speaking about the mainstream media, academia, opinion writers and spokespersons for many organizations who claim to represent public opinion, deliver news or administer governance across this great nation: they have an agenda.

Now, to most readers the obvious reaction to that simple idea is: duh! But there are tens of millions of 'average Joes' who turn on the news in the morning and believe what they see or hear. They actually buy, albeit with the requisite tablespoon of salt, that a raft of spending programs will shrink the deficit and that only the Government can create jobs. Or maybe the new insight that putting off a breast exam will lessen health care costs in the long run. Whatever. My point is this: When a communications system is overwhelmingly controlled by those who advocate for a decidedly liberal doctrine there is little room for contradiction, alternate opinions or outright rebuttal.

That is not to say that there are not so-called 'voices in the wilderness' who can seem more powerful for their uniqueness, but the masses will receive a daily indoctrination of a slanted agenda unless they opt for a different voice. And people, like all sentient beings on God's ever warming planet (heh), are creatures of habit. That's why a radio talk show host can dis' an entire race and have a new show in six months: because his listeners will follow him to the new broadcast. Both sides of the political spectrum count on this inertia during an election to bring out the faithful. Indeed, it is their life's blood. How many people vote for on particular party because their father and grandfather voted for that ticket? It happens more than you think, even with self-identified independents.

The real battle is for the moderates of both parties. That middle ground where presentation and policy platforms can sway public opinion. And don't forget the scandal! Ah, scandal. Just the sound of the word makes one take note. I'll never forget a certain silver-haired defender of all things far left who breathlessly told us all of now former President Bush's National Guard AWOL charge from 'reliable sources' and broke the sobering news that this scandal would effectively end his bid for the Presidency.

Can you imagine the chagrin in the Democrat party when the news didn't put Bush's polling in the basement? It is a strange aside that the story virtually ended the career of a broadcaster thought by so many to be 'balanced'. But when outed as a true Liberal, his party, the public and more importantly, his employer threw him under the proverbial bus. One occasionally still hears him on talk shows, churning among the wheels, suing for the truth of the story, a victim of somebody's conspiracy, after all!

That sordid tale bring me to a grim reality: conservatives can not expect a balanced hearing from a press that, for the most part, was born after the sixties and desperately wants to rekindle that spirit of camaraderie that comes from burning draft cards and protesting adulthood and the responsibilities it brings. They abhor a sober and considered life and advocate for a sociopathic existence of 'I, Me, My', all while preaching the need to feel guilt for any achievement and goal attained.

Most of us consider a college degree, a wedding, or the building of a career to be talismans of a life in process; not reason for guilt, self-loathing, or pity for the less fortunate. But the press has a tendency to drape their hateful concepts in a language that sounds reasonable and pious, if I may used that forgotten word.

They make empathetic arguments for extending health care to those in this country illegally on the grounds of compassion and the reasoning that we are so wealthy and somehow owe the lawbreakers something. Or they take the offensive and claim that recognizing gay marriage is akin to the civil rights struggles of the sixties and that our collective hate and fear is bound up in the denial of such a 'basic' human right. Its always like killing a mosquito with a shotgun with these fellows. 'Republicans want to kill your babies' anyway, so why don't we just get on with life and ignore the very liberal press.

Here in lies the rub: A populace who wants considered representation is being fed a steady diet of, might I say, lies. These 'untruths' or 'misstatements', as the press is so fond of minimizing, are designed to frame the argument and change the subject. An effective tactic to achieve stalemate when losing an argument is to change the subject, introduce an emotional plea or simply go on the attack about a myriad of other issues that strike a chord in those witnessing the debate. The result is, at best, a draw. Some can and do take from the spectacle that neither side has argued effectively and no one is right. This process is never more exposed and patently evident than during an election.

We just had an election where a very liberal-leaning press helped pick an extremely weak Republican candidate to run against an 'ABB' (Anybody but Bush) Democrat. And with the economy hemorrhaging jobs and banks failing, nobody would fault a change of party mentality. And yes, the New York Times advocated for John McCain, a great patriot who is more moderate than Republican. Some would say RINO, but not me. Such a reasonable and accommodating statesman did not fare well because of an economic perfect storm the press played like a Stradivarius. While Senator McCain was painted as part of the problem, Candidate Obama showed us why the old shell game is still the best in town for suspense and surprise endings. When his teleprompter is on he is the most articulate man I've ever heard. When its off he pauses a lot. He looks like he's 'considering,' but he's really grasping for words.

Conversely, Sarah Palin is the most dangerous politician on the planet, bar none. She is articulate, clean and well spoken (to quote a certain politician who is known for his gaffes and who was actually describing his impression of the current President). Sometimes politics is like poetry: it really is. There is something infinitely more striking about her that sends shivers up and down the spines of the soothsayers on the left (but no tingles up their legs) and has the mainstream press attacking her relentlessly even as she is now a private citizen on a book tour: She is plain spoken and has common sense. Oh, horrors!

A potential candidate who channels the same kind of no nonsense friendly frankness that made Ronald Reagan so dangerous in debate and so effective on the campaign trail. Whatever you do, don't play her talking, unless to berate and mock her mercilessly on the cable network. This is all great for ratings on cable as the liberals seem to dominate fifteen networks that are all fighting for their lives -- and only a limited pool of viewers who can actually afford the products they hawk. The Republicans have one network and have embarrassingly high ratings for a 'right-wing splinter group.'

There is a case for undoing 'Change'

When Sarah Palin speaks the twenty percent swing-vote -- who have values and are not afraid to vote on them -- take notice. The media is chomping at the bit to tell us how unqualified she is to be CINC and that her heartfelt religious values are a dangerous departure from mainstream tolerance and probity. Really? I think the current President has proven you can wreck the economy with the help of, say, 535 other people and still be qualified to lead.

Or maybe one could not do worse than to travel the globe apologizing for being American and showing weakness and fecklessness at every public gathering. And, oh yes, how about the style and grace associated with giving a shout out to 'whomever' and in the next few breaths comment on the largest terrorist attack directed at this country since 9/11 at Fort Hood, Texas? Nice. And, though the President could not give voice to the words, it was indeed a terrorist act by a Muslim extremist.

Men and women, I am as qualified to be President as this man. Judging from his behavior this first eleven months, one would think President Obama hates this country and everything it stands for. I think, no, I'm certain that Sarah Palin could do a better job in the White house.

Political commentators are desperately trying to frame the argument against her. They're using the same hackneyed approach that worked with Newt Gingrich: beat the candidate with 'hate-speech' and 'no compassion' arguments until he or she apologizes for some comment and you've won the whole war in one battle. Then the press can bludgeon them with proof they were wrong for the balance of the campaign and force apologies from every Republican who appears in public while polls sag. Newt Gingrich got two million for a book and was pummeled for years. His big mistake? Not ignoring the attacks and forgetting to stay on message.

Palin has to stay on message and know that with rising polls, the attacks will only grow as the Democrat power-base in Washington grows frenzied at the threat she represents. We have a golden opportunity to elect a candidate who, at least, seems more concerned with us than world opinion. What's the alternative? Re-electing a proven lightweight who wants to curry favor with dictators and murderers? Jimmy Carter is still seen by most as the weakest modern President for the same reasons. We have a repeat of the Carter White House right now, except the Liberals are more emboldened and transparently craven about wanting to dismantle the American way of life.

So let us start supporting the only real option for the 2012 White House now, not later. Sarah Palin may be many things, but she's not a far left radical. And that's far better than who we have now.

There is a storm brewing. An election that will foreshadow the next presidential election is less than a year away. And this time Democrats have much to fear. They ran on a populist platform with anti-business overtones and now they are reaping the whirlwind: nobody can or will hire while they are afraid of Government dictates on health taxes and energy fees. They have stalled the economy through draconian policies and are crafting legislation that will sap drive and kill initiative. And we have nothing in America if we don't have a work ethic. Wealth can all disappear if you don't work to protect and strengthen it. "A little sitting, a little folding of hands and poverty will come upon you like a thief," (Paraphrased from Proverbs 20).

In November of 2010 we have an opportunity to show just who the American people really are. I'm talking about a change of leadership in both Houses, not just a mere trimming here and there. Democrats have had the unmitigated gall to presume to dictate how we should live, work, and what doctor we may visit. I say no! We will not go quietly into that dark night of scarcity and rationing the press trumpets as compassion but is truly socialism. We will not surrender more and more of our paychecks to feed the growing beast of entrenched bureaucracy while our children are indoctrinated to accept mediocrity and dependency.

We must, simply put, throw out all of the bad actors who vote for bailouts, porkulus packages, health care 'reform' and bills that legalize previously illegal behavior. And I know we can do it! The Democrats are making this so easy for me I should feel a bit guilty, but I don't. They are sowing the seeds of their own election losses every time they appear to condescend and belittle the concerns of the taxed. They work for us and they need outplacement services. So I'm voting them out and working to get Sarah Palin in.

America is a place where you can make millions or live in the gutter. But I get to chose my lot, not some bureaucrat who has a savior complex. Live free or die, baby!

Victor The Contractor