If you're like me, you've just about had it with how Dems are portrayed in the Media. The closer we get to the election, the more of a feeding frenzy this is going to become.
Since none of us are ever likely to go out and buy our own media/broadcast/radio/tv/newspaper company, it's important to develop ways of responding that give us at least a chance of being heard.
This is the week that should have effectively ended John McCain's efforts to become the next president of the United States. But you wouldn't know it if you watched any of the mainstream media outlets or followed political reporting in the major newspapers.
One of the easiest and most pleasant ways to get involved with the Obama Campaign (if you're not already) is by attending one of the volunteer events listed on my.barackobama.com
So on my way to Saloon Democrats, I stop by the Walgreens on Clark and Lake. And what do I see just inside the entry? A woman with a bunch of baseball hats and tee-shirts trying to sell subscriptions to the Chicago Tribune.
Facts, schmacks. Obama is an elitist; he can't bowl or drink beer coffee; he jumped from share-cropper in hawaii directly to pampered scion at Columbia without any intervening "middle-class" period.
So what does it matter what the polls say? This guy's got definite problems with whites, blacks, latinos, catholics, jews, muslims.
You've got to be a citizen to vote in this country but interest in the success of Barack Obama goes beyond our own citizens; it goes beyond our own borders and extends to all people of good will throughout the world.
What 8 years of Republican Ascendancy have made us forget is that the vast majority of people on this planet mean us well and want us to succeed. They admire what we've accomplished and are willing even to accept our leadership provided we remember to lead by example.
Reaction in the Media to John McCain's relationship with Reverend Hagee has been almost diffident -- especially when you compare it to the grief Obama got for Jeremiah Wright. Nothing new here.
Now finally McCain has had to "reject" Hagee, but he only does so by setting up an almost farcical distinction between his pastor and Obama's pastor:
Presumptive Republican Presidential Nominee John McCain trying to sell his gas tax "holiday" where Americans would save over three months ("from Memorial Day through Labor Day") all of $30:
"Thirty-dollars means nothing to a lot of economists," he said. "I understand that. But it means a lot to some low-income Americans."
$30 over three months? What century is he living in?
If you're like me, you've just about had it with how Dems are portrayed in the Media. The closer we get to the election, the more of a feeding frenzy this is going to become.
I find Scott Simon, host of NPR's 
