Drudge-ology 101: McCain, Obama and Media Bias

The New York Times has definitely abandoned it's journalistic integrity and gone completely in the tank for Barack Obama ... but, they aren't the only ones !!! CNN, Jack Cafferty, MSNBC, the Los Angeles Times,
John Stewart, Colbert, the View, most of Hollywood, the anchors who went overseas with Obama ... just to mention a few!!! And, what's even worse is that they no longer publish, or report opposing views. And, they have denied those they accuse from having a platform from which to respond. To half of America, it's inconceivable that the media would not only do this ... but, that they'd back an empty suit, with over 20 years of anti-American, racist associations, while trashing an American hero with 42 years of service to our country. When I was a kid, I admired the press, which always fought for truth. Now, it's like living in a totalitarian state, where one side controls biased information to the people. To Hollywood and the media ... Joseph Goebbels would be proud !!!

From Bidinotto Blog:

One thing that doesn't "change" is MSM lefty bias. Today's case in point: Chris Cillizza's political blog column in today's Washington Post.

Okay, now this is a blog post -- an opinion piece, not a news report. But I want to call your attention to how Cillizza blatantly distorts his reporting of plain facts. Follow the relevant links in his post for the quotations that appear below.

Cillizza refers to comments made yesterday by McCain supporter Carly Fiorina, a business executive. Fiorina was asked about Sarah Palin by on KTRS Radio: "Do you think she has the experience to run a major company, like Hewlett Packard?"

"No, I don't," Fiorina responded. "But you know what? That's not what she's running for."

Later, she added "that the question is a red herring."

"'I don't think Barack Obama could run a major corporation. I don't think Joe Biden could,' she said. 'But it is not the same as being the president or vice president of the United States. It is a fallacy to suggest that the country is like a company, so of course, to run a business, you have to have a lifetime of experience in business, but that's not what Sarah Palin, John McCain, Barack Obama or Joe Biden are doing.'"

In other words, Fiorini was saying that NONE of the political candidates -- who may very well be suited to hold high political office -- are necessarily qualified to run a major business corporation.

Of course, Team Obama jumped all over this, editing out all mentions about Biden and Obama to twist this into "a McCain backer and businesswoman says Palin and McCain are unqualified to run a business." This is campaign spin, and we expect it.

But why should we tolerate it when the MSM becomes an echo chamber for such blatant distortion of the quotation? In his blog, the Post's spinmeister Cillizza, parroting the Obama line, likewise frames Fiorina's comment as "a statement by McCain surrogate Carly Fiorina that neither McCain nor Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin would be equipped to serve as CEO of a major U.S. company."

Excuse me, but what happened to her inclusion of Obama and Biden, and her broader caveat?

Meanwhile, "The Trail" article in the Post to which Cillizza links is likewise headlined: "Fiorina: Palin Lacks Experience to Run a Company."

Nah, no media bias here. None at all.

It interesting that when someone does not criticize mccain suddenly they are bias but when people like Chris mathews treat obama like a god they are merely accenting the features of a presidential nominee. the Washington post itself is extremely bias for obama.

201 Reasons not to vote for Barry Obama

Abortion

1. Consistently for abortion even if it includes infanticide. Said I’ve got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby.
2. Obama wrongly claimed that abortions "have not gone down" under president bush. In fact, the abortion rate has gone down 9 percent, and the annual total has declined by more than 100,000.
3. Obama advocates abortion rights even more sweeping than those enacted under Roe v. Wade. "The first thing I'd do as president," he assured the Planned Parenthood Action Fund last year, "is sign the Freedom of Choice Act." The measure would not only codify Roe, it would eliminate even restrictions on abortion that the Supreme Court has allowed - the federal ban on government funding of abortion, for example, or the law prohibiting partial-birth abortion.

Campaign Finance

4. He vowed to take public financing but reneged on that option when he decided he could raise more money than the republicans.
5. Donations from lobbyists and special interest pacs Obama say he doesn’t take money from D.C. lobbyists and special interest pacs this is the type of double-talk “politics of the past” rhetoric Obama rails against. While his claim is technically true, what he does do is take money from state lobbyists and other big money contributors who have substantial lobbyist machines in D.C., like law firms and corporations. In April 2007, the LA times quoted the campaign finance institute’s Stephen Weismann as pointing out that the distinction Obama makes on lobbyist money is meaningless: “he gets an asterisk that says he is trying to be different. … But overall, the same wealthy interests are funding his campaign as are funding other candidates, whether or not they are lobbyists. “the capital eye reported that “[a]cording to the center for responsive politics, 14 of Obama’s top 20 contributors employed lobbyists this year, spending a total of $16.2 million to influence the federal government in the first six months of 2007.”
6. Special interests in January, the Obama campaign described union contributions to the campaigns of Clinton and John Edwards as "special interest" money. Obama changed his tune as he began gathering his own union endorsements. He now refers respectfully to unions as the representatives of "working people" and says he is "thrilled" by their support.

Distortions

7. He said McCain, far from being a maverick who’s “broken with his party,” has voted to support bush policies 90 percent of the time. True enough, but by the same measure Obama has voted with fellow democrats in the senate 97 percent of the time.
8. Dreams of my father, writes of a story in Life magazine that influenced him -- about a black man trying to bleach his skin white. No such article could be found in life or ebony.
9. "I’ve been long enough in Washington to know that Washington needs to change." he is running against Washington yet his campaign is populated with political professionals who are Washington insiders.
10. Rev. Jeremiah Wright: Barack Obama repudiated what he called “inflammatory and appalling remarks” made by his Chicago pastor. Obama said he had not been present during the sermons in question. Obama told MSNBC, “Had I heard them in church I would have expressed that concern directly to Rev. Wright. ”Please note, he says that he would have expressed concern, not repudiate, the words. (Source: audacity of hypocrisy) previously Obama had said "I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community. I can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother — a woman who helped raise me, a woman who sacrificed again and again for me, a woman who loves me as much as she loves anything in this world, but a woman who once confessed her fear of black men who passed by her on the street, and who on more than one occasion has uttered racial or ethnic stereotypes that made me cringe."
11. Barack Obama won his first election by having his lawyers knock all his opponents off the ballot on technicalities
12. Addressing civil rights activists in Selma, Ala., a year ago, Sen. Obama traced his "very existence" to the generosity of the Kennedy family, which he said paid for his Kenyan father to travel to America on a student scholarship and thus meet his Kansan mother. The Kennedy’s never paid for his father’s scholarship.
13. Obama told Larry king on CNN – when asked about that anti-Hillary Rodham Clinton YouTube ad, Obama stated, "we don't have the technical capacity to create something like that." turns out the creator was unmasked and ended up being a political operative who worked for a firm overseeing the technical side of Obama’s web site.
14. Obama claimed that "I worked with John McCain" on ethics legislation. In fact, the two worked together for barely a week, after which McCain accused Obama of "partisan posturing" and added, "I won't make the same mistake again." McCain later voted against the ethics bill that Obama supported, stating that it was written by democrats with "no input" from Republicans.
15. Obama botched his facts in a speech criticizing the U.S. auto industry for “investing in bigger and faster cars while foreign competitors invested in more fuel-efficient technology.” Obama stated that “while our fuel standards haven’t moved from 27.5 miles per gallon in two decades, both china and Japan have surpassed us, with Japanese cars now getting an average of 45 miles to the gallon. Not true.
16. He once told an audience in Selma about how he had been conceived by his parents, Barack Obama Sr. and Ann Dunham, because they had been inspired by the fervor following the “Bloody Sunday” voting rights demonstration that was commemorated March 4. “There was something stirring across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama,” he said, “because some folks are willing to march across a bridge. So they got together and Barack Obama jr. was born. So don’t tell me I don’t have a claim on Selma, Alabama. Don’t tell me I’m not coming home to Selma, Alabama “Obama was born in 1961, and the Selma march occurred four years later, in 1965. The New York Times reported that when the senator was asked about the discrepancy later that day, he clarified: “I meant the whole civil rights movement.”
17. To be clear: Barack will support a filibuster of any bill that includes retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies. — Obama spokesman bill Burton, cot. 24, 2007. Now, Obama says he will vote in favor of the FISA bill that gives the immunity Obama was so opposed to.
18. Decriminalization of marijuana: while running for the U.S. senate in January 2004, Obama told Illinois college students that he supported eliminating criminal penalties for marijuana use. In the Oct. 30, 2007, presidential debate, he joined other democratic candidates in opposing the decriminalization of marijuana.
19. Running for president or vice president of the United States: on the January 22nd edition of “Meet the Press,” Tim russet and Obama had the following exchange: Russert: “when we talked back in November of ‘04 after your election, I said, ‘there’s been enormous speculation about your political future. Will you serve your six-year term as United States senator from Illinois?’ ”Obama: “I will serve out my full six-year term. You know, Tim, if you get asked enough, sooner or later you get weary and you start looking for new ways of saying things. But my thinking has not changed. ”Russert: “so you will not run for president or vice president in 2008?” Obama: “I will not.”

Ear Marks

20. "In 2006, Obama requested that the University of Chicago receive $1 million to support its construction of the new hospital pavilion.
21. Obama requested a $1 million earmark for the university of Chicago medical center where his wife had just been appointed vice president.
22. Obama requested 139 projects totaling $334 million for FY 2007.
23. Obama requested 330 projects totaling almost $1 billion ($935.7 million) since being sworn in as a senator in January 2005.
24. In 2006 and 2007, Obama requested a total of $4 million in earmarks for the Illinois primary health care association (IPHCA) whose lobbying firm contributed nearly $38,000 to Obama:
25. IPHCA hired Holland & knight to lobby for its earmark request; lawyers at Holland & knight have contributed at least $37,900 to Obama’s senate and presidential campaign
26. Over a two-year period in the U.S. senate, Obama requested $3.2 million in earmarks for the center for neighborhood technology, an organization led by political supporters and friends:
27. In 2006, Obama requested $2.2 million for the center for neighborhood technology's information for communities’ project.
28. In 2005, Obama requested $1 million and secured $400,000 for the center for neighborhood technology's I-go car sharing program.
29. "Obama ... sought money for the center for neighborhood technology, where his neighbor Jacky grim haw is a honcho.

Education

30. Obama opposed and condemned school voucher programs, yet sends his daughters to private school with "a break on the cost":
31. While running for U.S. senate, Obama opposed school vouchers.
32. When speaking at an NEA meeting, Obama "condemned voucher programs."
33. When interviewed by the Milwaukee journal sentinel, Obama softened his approach on school vouchers
34. Obama originally voted in favor of no child left behind for states, now bashes it
35. As a state senator, Obama voted in favor of no child left behind.

Foreign policy

36. The Cuba embargo in January 2004, Obama said it was time "to end the embargo with Cuba" because it had "utterly failed in the effort to overthrow Castro." speaking to a Cuban American audience in Miami in august 2007, he said he would not "take off the embargo" as president because it is "an important inducement for change."
37. Obama stated "I believe in free trade" and then later said well, I don't think NAFTA has been good for America - and I never have.
38. NAFTA: on February 29th, the Obama campaign told Canadian television (CTV) that no message was passed to the Canadian government suggesting that Obama does not mean what he says about opting out of NAFTA if it is not renegotiated. However, the Obama camp did not respond to repeated questions from CTV on reports that a conversation on this matter was held between Obama’s senior economic adviser, Austin Goolsbee, and the Canadian consulate general in Chicago. Earlier, the Obama campaign insisted that no conversations have taken place with any of its senior ranks and representatives of the Canadian government on the NAFTA issue. CTV spoke with Goolsbee, but he refused to say whether he had such a conversation with the Canadian government office in Chicago. He also said he has been told to direct any questions to the campaign headquarters.CTV didn’t stop there. They announced that their sources, at the highest levels of the Canadian government,” reconfirmed the story to CTV and one of their primary sources provided a timeline of the discussion to CTV.
39. Meeting with Ahmadinejad: "Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama underscored his willingness to talk to leaders of countries like Iran that are considered U.S. adversaries but said that does not necessarily mean an audience with Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad." (Careen Behan, "Obama says won't guarantee Ahmadinejad a meeting," Reuters,(5/26/08)
"'There's no reason why we would necessarily meet with Ahmadinejad before we know he's actually in power. He’s not the most powerful person in Iran,' Obama told reporters while campaigning in New Mexico." (Careen Behan, "Obama says won't guarantee Ahmadinejad a meeting,"(Reuters,(5/26/08)
40. In July 2007, Obama said he would meet with the leaders of hostile foreign nations, including Iran.
41. Obama argued for years that we need to move from a 'Musharraf policy' to a 'Pakistan policy. False.
42. At a July 2007 debate, Obama announced he would personally meet with leaders of Iran, north Korea, Syria and other hostile nations "without precondition."
question: "[w]ould you be willing to meet separately, without precondition, during the first year of your administration, in Washington or anywhere else, with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and north Korea, in order to bridge the gap that divides our countries?
"Obama: "I would. And the reason is this, that the notion that somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them - which has been the guiding diplomatic principle of this administration - is ridiculous." (Cnn/Youtube democrat presidential candidate debate, Charleston, sc, 7/23/07) (Source: RNC via Newsmax)
43. Jerusalem: "Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided," Obama declared Wednesday, to rousing applause from the 7,000-plus attendees at the American Israel public affairs committee policy conference.
44. Meeting with foreign leaders: Obama now claims that he will only meet with foreign leaders at a time of his choosing if it will advance U.S. interests, but previously said he would meet with rogue leaders his first year in office without preconditions: in his remarks to the AIPAC conference, Obama claimed that he would only meet with the "appropriate Iranian leaders at a time and place" of his choosing. Obama: "contrary to the claims of some, I have no interest in sitting down with our adversaries just for the sake of talking. But as president of the United States, I would be willing to lead tough and principled diplomacy with the appropriate Iranian leaders at a time and place of my choosing - if, and only if - it can advance the interests of the United States." (Sen. Barack Obama, remarks at the annual AIPAC policy conference, Arlington, V.A., 6/4/08) but at a July 2007 debate, Obama said he would meet with hostile leaders during his first year in office. Question: "[w]ould you be willing to meet separately, without precondition, during the first year of your administration, in Washington or anywhere else, with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and north Korea, in order to bridge the gap that divides our countries?"...Obama: "I would. And the reason is this, that the notion that somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them - which has been the guiding diplomatic principle of this administration - is ridiculous." (Cnn/Youtube democrat presidential candidate debate, Charleston, sc, 7/23/07) at a September 2007 press conference, Obama confirmed that he would meet specifically with Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Question: "senator, you've said before that you'd meet with president Ahmadinejad ..." Obama: "uh huh." question: "would you still meet with him today?" Obama: "yeah, nothing's changed with respect to my belief that strong countries and strong presidents talk to their enemies and talk to their adversaries. I find many of president Ahmadinejad's statements odious and I’ve said that repeatedly. And I think that we have to recognize that there are a lot of rogue nations in the world that don't have American interests at heart. But what I also believe is that, as john f. Kennedy said, we should never negotiate out of fear but we should never fear to negotiate." (Sen. Barack Obama, press conference, New York, NY, 9/24/07
45. Legislation labeling Iran’s revolutionary guard a terrorist organization: Obama has been inconsistent in his views on labeling Iran’s revolutionary guard a terrorist organization. "Obama’s campaign suddenly discovered that their man -despite having spent the last nine months campaigning on his opposition to kyl-lieberman - 'has consistently urged that Iran’s revolutionary guard be labeled what it is: a terrorist organization.' well, not that consistently. Senator Obama has been scrupulously careful not to call explicitly for designation of the irgc as a terrorist organization. Now, however, with the democratic nomination almost in hand, Obama feels comfortable telling a pro-Israel audience what it wants to hear."(Danielle Pletka, "Obama’s pander pivot," weekly standard, 6/4/08)
"[t]he audience at AIPAC might ask why senator Obama has pivoted from opposition to 'lieberman-kyl' to support for the irgc designation his audience demands. Is this really change they can believe in?" (Danielle Pletka, "Obama’s pander pivot," weekly standard, 6/4/08) "Which Barack Obama will be the democratic standard-bearer: the one who vowed to 'eliminate' the Iranian nuclear threat two days ago, or the one who opposed designating the revolutionary guards a terrorist organization?" (editorial, "Obama and Iran," the Washington times, 6/6/08)

Friends in Low Places

46. Obama paid $300,000 less than the asking price for his mansion, while Tony Rezko’s wife paid full price for a vacant lot next door on the very same day.
47. Obama later purchased a portion of Rezko’s land for $104,500; it was valued at $40,500.
48. In one of the biggest lies he ever told — Obama says he “vehemently condemns” the words of his pastor and mentor, Rev. Jeremiah a. Wright, an official member of Obama’s campaign.
49. Obama provided political favors to Tony Rezko, including writing letters on his behalf:"as a state senator, Barack Obama wrote letters to city and state officials supporting his political patron tony Rezko’s successful bid to get more than $14 million from taxpayers to build apartments for senior citizens
50. Rezko offered Obama a job after law school and the two have been friends ever since.
51. Obama has admitted to $250,000 worth of campaign funding provided by tony Rezko
52. Obama and Rezko socializing included their wives and a trip to Rezko’s lake house.
53. The Obama’s and Rezko’s took a trip together to Rezko’s home at lake Geneva, WI
54. Friend of Alexi Giannoulias. In 2006, Alex Giannoulias was elected treasurer of the state of Illinois. In 2006, Giannoulias came under fire for lending money to crime figures. Giannoulias accepted $5,000 in campaign contributions from a Florida casino fleet owner whose uncle was "gunned down in an execution-style slaying" and who has ties to lobbyist jack Abramoff.
55. Friend of William Ayers. A founding member of the group that bombed the U.S. capitol and the pentagon during the 1970s. From 1999 to 2002, Obama served with Ayers on the board of directors for the woods fund of Chicago.
56. Friend of Marilyn Katz. Katz organized Vietnam War protests through students for a democratic society (sods), including throwing nails in the street to thwart police officers. Katz met William Ayers through sods and defended him after his association with Obama surfaced in the 2008 presidential campaign.
57. Friend of Nadhmi Auchi. Nadhmi Auchi is an Iraqi billionaire with business and personal ties to convicted Obama fundraiser Anthony "tony" Reckon. "Auchi is the man who provided Rezko a $3.5 million loan that Reckon did not disclose to the court -- resulting in his January arrest."
58. Friend of Jodie Evans. Founder of code pink. Enough said.
59. Friend of Larry Lessig. Lessig has used a controversial video of Jesus getting hit by a bus in his speeches and lectures. "the former Harvard law school professor is the leading light of what is known as the 'free culture movement,' which insists that the age of the internet should mean the abolition of intellectual property rights." (editorial, "another odd guru, “investor’s business daily, 4/23/08)
60. Friend of Howard Guttmann. Guttmann is an attorney at Washington, D.C., law firm Williams & Connolly. In 1999 and 2000, Gutman was a registered federal lobbyist for Williams & Connolly.
Gutman represented Bolivia’s former president Gonzalo Sanchez de lozada and former defense minister José Carlos Sanchez berzain, who were accused of using controversial tactics in response to a political protest. Sanchez de lozada was accused of "crimes against humanity" after over 60 protesters were killed by soldiers; he responded that clearing roads "isn't a crime in this or any country
61. Obama said he could “pay for every dime” of his spending and tax cut proposals “by closing corporate loopholes and tax havens.” that’s wrong – his proposed tax increases on upper-income individuals are key components of paying for his program, as well.
Gaffes

62. Obama says the U.S. senate banking committee is "my committee”.
63. In June 2008, Obama falsely claimed his father served in world war II.
64. An Obama ad running in Michigan claims McCain didn't support loan guarantees for the auto industry. In fact, he does support them.
65. In may 2008, Obama claimed to have visited 57 states
66. On May 8th, Obama, caught up in the fervor of a campaign speech Tuesday, drastically overstated the Kansas tornadoes death toll, saying 10,000 had died. ”in case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died — an entire town destroyed,” the democratic presidential candidate said in a speech to 500 people packed into a sweltering Richmond art studio for a fundraiser. The death toll was 12.

Gay rights

67. Opposed to gay marriage and respected the rights of states to set conditions for marriage. Now he says he opposes California’s (delegate rich California) attempt to ban gay marriage. Flipped answer.

Gun control

68. Favored a ban on the manufacture sale and possession of fire arms and then he told people in Idaho that he was for the second amendment.
69. Supported a ban on firearms kept in the home.
70. Supported a ban on right-to-carry permits.
71. Supported a total ban on handguns.

Health Care-Welfare

72. Obama noted that McCain’s health care plan would “tax people’s benefits” but didn’t say that it also would provide up to a $5,000 tax credit for families.

73. Single-payer healthcare: on January 22nd, the Hillary Clinton campaign releases a video that proves that Obama lied about his position on “single-payer healthcare. “The video compares statements Obama made during the January 21st democratic debate with those he made to an AFL-CIO conference in June 2003 while campaigning for the senate. Contradicting what Obama said at the debate, the old footage shows the senator saying, “I happen to be a proponent of single-payer universal healthcare coverage. That’s what I’d like to see. “At the debate, Obama stated: “I never said that we should try to go ahead and get single-payer (healthcare).”Single-payer healthcare is a euphemism for socialized medicine.
74. Pay as you go: Obama promised to "restore a law that was in place during the Clinton presidency—called Pay as you go—that prohibits money from leaving the treasury without some way of compensating for the lost revenue." But now Obama says he's not going to sacrifice his domestic priorities for deficit reduction. Universal health care, renewable energy and all the rest won't be sacrificed on the altar of Pay as you go.(source: q and o)
75. Obama shifts on welfare reform. "I am not a defender of the status quo with respect to welfare," Obama said on the floor of the Illinois state senate on May 31, 1997. "Having said that, I probably would not have supported the federal legislation, because I think it had some problems."

Immigration

76. Illegal immigration in a March 2004 questionnaire, Obama was asked if the government should "crack down on businesses that hire illegal immigrants." he replied "oppose." in a Jan. 31, 2008, televised debate, he said that "we do have to crack down on those employers that are taking advantage of the situation."
77. Illegal immigrants and driver's licenses: as a state senator in Illinois, Obama voted to require illegal immigrants to get a driver's license. The change? In the November 2007 cnn debate, he was asked what his stand was on that issue and he said, "I am not proposing that's what we do."

Military

78. Stated in his own Iowa caucus video that he wants to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
79. On 9/7 Obama claimed he would buck his party by increasing the size of the military.
80. But in October 2007, Obama told the caucus for priorities that he would cut military spending.
81. Stated he would not make bin laden into a martyr by executing him. But later said he would. He thinks murdering 3k of our U.S. citizens might qualify for the ultimate penalty.
82. Obama claims his Iraq plan always depended on conditions on the ground, but previously said troops would be out in 16 months although he previously said ) Obama previously said he would immediately begin withdrawing troops from Iraq and would have them out in 16 months.
83. Said the surge would make things worse now he thinks it has been a success.
84. Obama accused his fellow American citizens of the indiscriminate murder of Iraqi civilians, saying, “and these private (Blackwater USA) contractors, they go out and they’re spraying bullets and hitting civilians and that makes it more dangerous for our troops
85. On July 28th, the day after his speech at the democratic convention catapulted him into the national spotlight, Barack Obama told a group of reporters in Boston that the United States had an “absolute obligation” to remain in Iraq long enough to make it a success. “The failure of the Iraqi state would be a disaster,” he said at a lunch sponsored by the Christian Science monitor, according to an audiotape of the session. “It would dishonor the 900-plus men and women who have already died. . . . It would be a betrayal of the promise that we made to the Iraqi people, and it would be hugely destabilizing from a national security perspective.
86. He twisted McCain’s words about Afghanistan, saying, “when john McCain said we could just ‘muddle through’ in Afghanistan, I argued for more resources.” actually, McCain said in 2003 he “may” muddle through, and he recently also called for more troops there.

Oil, coal gas

87. Opposed offshore.
88. Now supports offshore drilling.
89. Was for tapping the strategic oil reserve and then he was against it.
90. Obama tells Michigan voters that he "would have preferred a gradual adjustment" in gas prices? Obama opposes gas tax relief.
91. Obama told a Texas newspaper: "what we ought to tax is dirty energy, like coal and, to a lesser extent, natural gas."
92. Didn’t tell hardworking Michigan families that he opposes gas tax relief. Nearly four-fifths of Michigan households use natural gas to heat their homes.
93. Wrong for Pennsylvania’s economy. Obama told a Texas newspaper: "what we ought to tax is dirty energy, like coal and, to a lesser extent, natural gas." Pennsylvania has 270 Coal mines as of 2006. As of 2006, there were 7,526 people employed in Pennsylvania’s coal mining industry.
94. Coal: Obama, whose support for coal-to-liquid has been widely criticized by environmentalists, sent out a press release clarifying his position on liquid coal: senator Obama supports research into all technologies to help solve our climate change and energy dependence problems, including shifting our energy use to renewable fuels and investing in technology that could make coal a clean-burning source of energy…however, unless and until this technology is perfected, senator Obama will not support the development of any coal-to-liquid fuels unless they emit at least 20% less life-cycle carbon than conventional fuels.
This “clarification” is an important step for the Obama campaign in trying to gain support from environmental organizations and voters. However, the la times notes that his position change on this issue is even more significant because it symbolizes “there’s a race to the top among the democratic candidates for the strongest position on how to solve the climate crisis.”(source: carbon coalition)

Taxes

95. Barack Obama said on ABC Sunday that he might not go through with his plans to increase taxes.
96. Obama called for a windfall profits tax on oil companies.
97. Wants to raise taxes even above the levels of the Clinton era, including a huge increase in the payroll tax.
98. To date, Obama has voted for a tax increase approximately once every five days congress has been in session.
99. Americans for tax reform gave Obama a lifetime rating of 7.5 out of 100.
100. Citizens against government waste gave Obama a lifetime rating of 22 out of 100.
101. The national taxpayers union gave Obama a grade of “F” for his fiscal voting record.
102. The U.S. chamber of commerce gave Obama a 33 percent rating in 2007.
103. Obama told reporters he would raise taxes on the top 5 percent of earners also claimed that a family making less than $250,000 will not see higher taxes under his plan. In 2005, the cut off for the top 5 percent of earners began at $145,283 - well below Obama’s $250,000.
104. Obama claimed that the argument that middle income Americans would be hurt by a capital gains tax increase is "a phony argument and then clarified that middle income Americans would be exempted from his capital gains tax hike.
105. Obama shifts on taxes: said he may "defer" tax hikes depending on the economic situation - a tacit acknowledgment that higher taxes hurt the economy and affect job creation and then states he may "possibly defer" some of his tax increases based on the economic situation.
106. Obama said “average family income” went down $2,000 under bush, which isn’t correct. An aide said he was really talking only about “working” families and not retired couples. And – math teachers, please note – he meant median (or midpoint) and not really the mean or average. Median family income actually has inched up slightly under bush.
107. In 109th – 110th congresses, Obama voted at least 94 times for higher taxes.
108. HR. 6, CQ vote #425: motion rejected 59-40: r 9-39; d 48-1; I 2-0, 12/13/07, Obama voted yea;
109. HR. 6, CQ vote #416: motion rejected 53-42: r 5-39; d 46-3; I 2-0, 12/7/07, Obama voted yea;
110. H.R. 976, CQ vote #352: motion agreed to 69-30: r 18-30; d 49-0; I 2-0, 9/27/07, Obama voted yea;
111. H.R. 976, CQ vote #307: passed 68-31: r 18-31; d 48-0; I 2-0, 8/2/07, Obama voted yea;
112. H.R. 976, CQ vote #306: motion agreed to 67-32: r 17-32; d 48-0; I 2-0, 8/2/07, Obama voted yea;
113. H.R. 976, CQ vote #304: motion rejected 49-50: r 48-1; d 1-47; I 0-2, 8/2/07, Obama voted nay;
114. H.R. 976, CQ vote #296: motion rejected 39-60: r 37-12; d 2-46; I 0-2, 8/2/07, Obama voted nay;
115. H.R. 976, CQ vote #295: motion rejected 47-52: r 46-3; d 1-47; I 0-2, 8/2/07, Obama voted nay;
116. H.R. 976, CQ vote #292: rejected 36-60: r 1-46; d 33-14; I 2-0, 8/1/07, Obama voted yea;
117. H.R. 6, CQ vote #223: motion rejected 57-36: r 10-34; d 45-2; I 2-0, 6/21/07, Obama voted yea;
118. H.R. 2206, CQ vote #181: motion agreed to 80-14: r 42-3; d 37-10; I 1-1, 5/24/07, Obama voted nay;
119. S. con. res. 21, CQ vote #172: adopted 52-40: r 2-40; d 48-0; I 2-0, 5/17/07, Obama voted yea;
120. S. con. res. 21, CQ vote #161: motion rejected 44-51: r 44-2; d 0-47; I 0-2, 5/9/07, Obama voted nay;
121. S. con. res. 21, CQ vote #159: motion agreed to 54-41: r 46-0; d 8-39; I 0-2, 5/9/07, Obama voted nay;
122. H.R. 1591, CQ vote #118: adopted 74-23: r 25-22; d 47-1; I 2-0, 3/28/07, Obama voted yea;
123. S. con. res. 21,cq vote #113: rejected 49-50: r 48-1; d 1-47; I 0-2, 3/23/07, Obama voted nay;
124. S. con. res. 21, CQ vote #109: rejected 44-55: r 44-5; d 0-48; I 0-2, 3/23/07, Obama voted nay;
125. S. con. res. 21, CQ vote #108: rejected 44-53: r 44-3; d 0-48; I 0-2, 3/23/07, Obama voted nay;
126. S. con. res. 21, CQ vote #107: rejected 46-52: r 46-2; d 0-48; I 0-2, 3/23/07, Obama voted nay;
127. S. con. res. 21, CQ vote #105: adopted 59-40: r 13-36; d 44-4; I 2-0, 3/23/07, Obama voted yea;
128. S. con. res. 21, CQ vote #102: rejected 48-51: r 48-1; d 0-48; I 0-2, 3/23/07, Obama voted nay;
129. S. con. res. 21, CQ vote #100: rejected 46-53: r 46-3; d 0-48; I 0-2, 3/23/07, Obama voted nay;
130. S. con. res. 21, CQ vote #98: rejected 42-53: r 42-4; d 0-47; I 0-2, 3/22/07, Obama voted nay;
131. S. con. res. 21, CQ vote #94: rejected 38-58: r 0-47; d 36-11; I 2-0, 3/22/07, Obama voted yea;
132. S. con. res. 21, CQ vote #83: rejected 47-51: r 47-2; d 0-47; I 0-2, 3/21/07, Obama voted nay;
133. H.R. 2, CQ vote #38: motion rejected 46-50: r 44-3; d 2-45; I 0-2, 1/31/07, Obama voted nay;
134. H.R. 2, CQ vote #37: motion agreed to 49-48: r 1-46; d 46-2; I 2-0, 1/31/07, Obama voted yea;
135. H.R. 2, CQ vote #32: motion agreed to 50-42: r 3-42; d 45-0; I 2-0, 1/25/07, Obama voted yea;
136. H.R. 2, CQ vote #30: motion rejected 43-50: r 42-3; d 1-45; I 0-2, 1/25/07, Obama voted nay;
137. H.R. 2, CQ vote #28: motion rejected 42-51: r 41-4; d 1-45; I 0-2, 1/25/07, Obama voted nay;
138. s. 256, CQ vote #27: rejected 38-61: r 38-17; d 0-43; I 0-1, 3/7/05, Obama voted nay;
139. S. con. res. 18, CQ vote #50: rejected 46-54: r 1-54; d 44-0; I 1-0, 3/15/05, Obama voted yea;
140. S. con. res. 18, CQ vote #61: rejected 44-56: r 1-54; d 42-2; I 1-0, 3/17/05, Obama voted yea;
141. S. con. res. 18, CQ vote #63: rejected 40-59: r 0-54; d 40-4; I 0-1, 3/17/05, Obama voted yea;
142. S. con. res. 18, CQ vote #81: adopted 51-49: r 51-4; d 0-44; I 0-1, 3/17/05, Obama voted nay;
143. S. con. res. 18, CQ vote #65: rejected 49-51: r 4-51; d 44-0; I 1-0, 3/17/05, Obama voted yea;
144. S. con. res. 18, CQ vote #68: motion adopted 51-49: r 6-49; d 44-0; I 1-0, 3/17/05, Obama voted yea;
145. S. con. res. 18, CQ vote #70: rejected 45-55: r 0-55; d 44-0; I 1-0, 3/17/05, Obama voted yea;
146. S. con. res. 18, CQ vote #74: motion adopted 55-45: r 50-5; d 5-39; I 0-1, 3/17/05, Obama voted nay;
147. S. con. res. 18, CQ vote #75: rejected 47-53: r 3-52; d 43-1; I 1-0, 3/17/05, Obama voted yea;
148. S. con. res. 18, CQ vote #78: rejected 45-55: r 0-55; d 44-0; I 1-0, 3/17/05, Obama voted yea;
149. S. con. res. 18, CQ vote #79: rejected 37-63: r 1-54; d 35-9; I 1-0, 3/17/05, Obama voted yea;
150. H. con. res. 95, CQ vote #114: motion adopted 52-47: r 52-3; d 0-43; I 0-1, 4/28/05, Obama voted nay;
151. H.R. 3058, CQ vote #258: motion rejected 42-57: r 42-13; d 0-43; I 0-1, 10/19/05, Obama voted nay;
152. s. 2020, CQ vote #330: rejected 44-55: r 2-53; d 41-2; I 1-0, 11/17/05, Obama voted yea;
153. s. 2020, CQ vote #331: motion rejected 35-64: r 0-55; d 34-9; I 1-0, 11/17/05, Obama voted yea;
154. s. 2020, CQ vote #333: motion rejected 40-59: r 1-54; d 38-5; I 1-0, 11/17/05, Obama voted yea;
155. s. 2020, CQ vote #337: motion rejected 43-55: r 0-54; d 42-1; I 1-0, 11/17/05, Obama voted yea;
156. s. 2020, CQ vote #338: motion rejected 36-62: r 0-54; d 35-8; I 1-0, 11/17/05, Obama voted yea;
157. s. 2020, CQ vote #339: motion rejected 50-48: r 9-45; d 40-3; I 1-0, 11/17/05, Obama voted yea;
158. s. 2020, CQ vote #341: motion rejected 33-65: r 0-54; d 32-11; I 1-0, 11/17/05, Obama voted yea;
159. s. 2020, CQ vote #343: motion rejected 43-55: r 1-53; d 41-2; I 1-0, 11/17/05, Obama voted yea;
160. s. 2020, CQ vote #345: motion rejected 47-51: r 3-51; d 43-0; I 1-0, 11/17/05, Obama voted yea;
161. s. 2020, CQ vote #346: motion rejected 42-56: r 0-54; d 41-2; I 1-0, 11/17/05, Obama voted yea;
162. s. 2020, CQ vote #347: passed 64-33: r 49-4; d 15-28; I 0-1, 11/18/05, Obama voted nay;
163. H.R. 4297, CQ vote #7: motion rejected 44-53: r 1-52; d 42-1; I 1-0, 2/2/06, Obama voted yea;
164. H.R. 4297, CQ vote #8: motion rejected 44-53: r 1-52; d 42-1; I 1-0, 2/2/06, Obama voted yea;
165. H.R. 4297, CQ vote #10: passed 66-31: r 49-4; d 17-26; I 0-1, 2/2/06, Obama voted nay;
166. H.R. 4297, CQ vote #15: motion rejected 40-53: r 1-52; d 39-1; I 0-0, 2/13/06, Obama voted yea;
167. H.R. 4297, CQ vote #16: motion agreed to 53-47: r 51-4; d 2-42; I 0-1, 2/14/06, Obama voted nay;
168. H.R. 4297, CQ vote #17: motion rejected 47-53: r 3-52; d 43-1; I 1-0, 2/14/06, Obama voted yea;
169. H.R. 4297, CQ vote #18: motion rejected 45-55: r 1-54; d 43-1; I 1-0, 2/14/06, Obama voted yea;
170. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #39: rejected 50-50: r 5-50; d 44-0; I 1-0, 3/14/06, Obama voted yea;
171. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #41: rejected 46-54: r 1-54; d 44-0; I 1-0, 3/14/06, Obama voted yea;
172. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #42: rejected 46-54: r 3-52; d 42-2; I 1-0, 3/14/06, Obama voted yea;
173. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #43: rejected 45-53: r 1-53; d 43-0; I 1-0, 3/15/06, Obama voted yea;
174. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #45: rejected 43-55: r 0-54; d 42-1; I 1-0, 3/15/06, Obama voted yea;
175. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #47: rejected 43-53: r 0-53; d 42-0; I 1-0, 3/15/06, Obama voted yea;
176. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #51: rejected 44-53: r 1-53; d 42-0; I 1-0, 3/15/06, Obama voted yea;
177. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #57: motion adopted 51-49: r 6-49; d 44-0; I 1-0, 3/16/06, Obama voted yea;
178. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #60: rejected 48-49: r 5-49; d 42-0; I 1-0, 3/16/06, Obama voted yea;
179. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #61: rejected 42-56: r 0-55; d 41-1; I 1-0, 3/16/06, Obama voted yea;
180. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #63: rejected 46-54: r 2-53; d 43-1; I 1-0, 3/16/06, Obama voted yea;
181. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #64: rejected 49-51: r 4-51; d 44-0; I 1-0, 3/16/06, Obama voted yea;
182. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #66: rejected 48-52: r 3-52; d 44-0; I 1-0, 3/16/06, Obama voted yea;
183. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #67: rejected 46-53: r 2-52; d 43-1; I 1-0, 3/16/06, Obama voted yea;
184. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #69: rejected 43-57: r 1-54; d 41-3; I 1-0, 3/16/06, Obama voted yea;
185. H.R. 4297, CQ vote #118: motion adopted 54-44: r 51-3; d 3-40; I 0-1, 5/11/06, Obama voted nay;
186. H.R. 8, CQ vote #164: motion rejected 57-41: r 53-2; d 4-38; I 0-1, 6/8/06, Obama voted nay;
187. H.R. 5970, CQ vote #229: motion rejected 56-42: r 52-3; d 4-38; I 0-1, 8/3/06, Obama voted nay;
188. H.R. 4954, CQ vote #244: motion agreed to 57-41: r 54-0; d 3-40; I 0-1, 9/13/06, Obama voted nay;
189. S. con. res. 70, CQ vote #142: adopted 48- 45: r 2- 44; d 44- 1; I 2-0, 6/4/08, Obama voted yea;
190. S. con. res. 70, CQ vote #85, adopted 51-44: r 2-43; d 47-1; I 2-0, 3/14/08, Obama voted yea;
191. S. con. res. 70, CQ vote #82, rejected 45-51: r 45-1; d 0-48; I 0-2, 3/14/08, Obama voted nay;
192. S. con. res. 70, CQ vote #77, rejected 48-50: r 47-1; d 1-47; I 0-2, 3/13/08, Obama voted nay;
193. S. con. res. 70, CQ vote #74, rejected 49-50: r 48-1; d 1-47; I 0-2, 3/13/08, Obama voted nay;
194. S. con. res. 70, CQ vote #50: rejected 50-50: r 48-1; d 2-47; I 0-2, 3/13/08, Obama voted nay;
195. S. con. res. 70, CQ vote #52: rejected 47-53: r 47-2; d 0-49; I 0-2, 3/13/08, Obama voted nay;
196. S. con. res. 70, CQ vote #48: rejected 49-51: r 48-1; d 1-48; I 0-2, 3/13/08, Obama voted nay;
197. S. con. res. 70, CQ vote #43: rejected 47-52: r 47-2; d 0-48; I 0-2, 3/13/08, Obama voted nay;
198. S. con. res. 70, CQ vote #47: motion agreed to: 50-50: r 49-0, vice president Cheney casting a ‘yea’ vote; d 1-48; I 0-2, 3/13/08, Obama voted nay;
199. S. con. res. 70, CQ vote #46: motion rejected 49-51: r 0-49; d 47-2; I 2-0, 3/13/08, Obama voted yea
200. S. con. res. 70, CQ vote #45: rejected 49-50: r 47-1; d 2-47; I 0-2, 3/13/08, Obama voted nay;
201. S. con. res. 70, CQ vote #64: rejected 43-55: r 1-47; d 40-8; I 2-0, 3/13/08, Obama voted yea

This is a great post, and it's too bad that the commentary on it is mostly moronic vitriol.

Drudge is similar to the show "TMZ" on Fox. There's a core of news in there, but mostly it is sensationalism designed to provoke volatile emotional responses.

The genius of it is similar to the genius of Fox News. Fox News does well because most moderates and progressives use media like the BBC, NYTimes, WashPo, NPR, etc. (i.e. mostly non-partisan, non-sensational news sources with relatively large reporting budgets) as their primary news source. But cable news viewers tend to like more partisan news, and therefore gravitate to angry bloviators like Hannity, Dobbs, Olbermann, and especially Bill'O. (And the slimy Glenn Beck.) Note that I include Olbermann in that -- the news on his show is probably more in depth than with any other bloviator, but his main appeal is his unmasked contempt for Republican hypocrisy. David Gregory is more of a traditional newsman.

So just like the coveted 18-29 demographic, angry partisan TV watchers are a coveted demographic, and for whatever reason most of them are conservative (or at least socially judgmental). Rupert Murdoch is smart, business-wise, in identifying this demographic and what is most likely to be appealing to them. Sometimes I'm surprised we don't have a White Power bloviator to go on after Hannity.

Chris,

What are you smoking? And do you still have a job now your editor knows your read Drudge morning, noon, and night? And quoting Tim Griffin, Mr. Republican Vote Caging, without mentioning that fact? (Do you even know what vote caging is?)

The media is "biased" because it insists on letting Drudge lead its reporting and Drudge is a Republican tool.

I'll believe the media is unbiased when they spend the same of time spent currently on Drudge's favorite stories instead on reporting on US torture, illegal spying, the failure to properly regulate investment banks, and all the rest. You know, what Dana Priest reports on before lunch and most reporters can't be bothered to do in years.

I don't visit Drudge for the same reason I don't shop at Wal-Mart: why give a person you disagree with the benefit of your business, in Drudge's case, the clicks that let him charge his advertisers? (In Wal-Mart's case, it's how they shovel tens and hundreds of millions to the Walton family and senior managers while denying fair wages, vacation time, and real health benefits to staff who work the stores and make all that money possible.)

The sooner Drudge disappears the sooner we get our media back. Then again, maybe we'll need new reporters, reporters who have to much respect to write this sort of trash. This piece is beyond stupid given how messed up our country has become.

ARE WE SELLING OUR BANKS TO OVERSEAS COUNTRIES?

Um, has anyone even heard Matt Drudge's radio show? It airs like once a week on Sunday nights here in missouri, or at least it was a few months ago. It's just verbatim Limbaugh talking points. How can anyone with a pulse not realize Drudge is a right wing tool, maybe one of the biggest ones in their toolbox? Jeez!

OBAMA 49% JOHN MCCAIN 45%

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TURMOIL IN FINANCIAL WORLD IS LIKE A SPREADING VIRUS.

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Let's just face the facts. The GAO has issued report after report this year supporting the economic proposals of Obama as 100% in line with what the US Economy needs. How did they rate McCain? 42%. Since that's about what share of the popular vote he should expect, we need not concern ourselves with this too much, but it is worth taking note of these hard facts before arguing about it.

Up is not Down, regardless of what the GOP Operative Hordes would have us believe.

Drudge removed the link to this story this morning. We all saw Chris kick Drudge's a** all day yesterday. Our challenge still stands to Drudge a rematch with Chris in October!

This article just goes to show how far out there the liberal media is. Most liberals call Fox News biased - yet Fox has JUST as many liberals as they do conservatives. The problem is is that the liberals are SO USED to seeing 95% of the news get slanted their way - that when they see a 50/50 split - they see 10 times more conservative-favored news than they are used to. I love it when liberals say Drudge is biased...like he WRITES the articles! He links to them. Liberals are those kids who would only play if they can play unfairly.

Palin=Criminal
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/17/palin.investigation/index.html

It is not a matter of only Republicans do bad things. Rather, Republicans only do bad things. Common sense sees right through the chablis and bree GOP country club set that just sees us as a tax mine.

Exact and complete quote from Carly Fiorina, no matter what consumate Right Wing partisan liars would have you believe. On the record, and fact checked:

Carly: "Well, I don't think John McCain could run a major corporation, I don't think I could run a major corporation, I don't think you could run a major corporation,"

Carly continues (this part conveniently left out by the Right Wing McCain lap-doggers) "It is a fallacy to suggest that the country is like a company. So, of course, to run a business, you have to have a lifetime of experience in business, but that's not what Sarah Palin, or John McCain have. Businesses are held accountable for poor business practices, bad investments, and breaking the law. Sarah Palin and John McCain simply would not have to answer to any of those three concerns were they in the White House."

Come on folks! Don't drag this out. You're keeping the inanity of the Bush-McCain Failed Talking Points in the rotation!

This is just one example of daily bias by the Post, CNN and the NY Times.

These numbers were before the surge.

Did you know that 47 countries' have reestablished their embassies in Iraq, leaving only 145 that have not?

Did you know that the Iraqi government
currently employs 1.2 million Iraqi people in exotic jobs ranging from human landmine clearance to IED shielding on the exterior of vehicles transporting officials?

Did you know that 3100 schools have been renovated, 364 schools are under rehabilitation, 263 new schools are now under construction; and 38 new schools have been completed in Iraq, while only 4000 have been destroyed?

Did you know that Iraq 's higher educational structure consists of 20 Universities, 46 Institutes or colleges and 4 research centers, all currently operating without any students?

Did you know that 25 Iraq students departed for the United States in
January 2005 for the re-established Fulbright program and were never seen or heard from again?

Did you know that the Iraqi Navy is operational? They have 5 - 100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels and a naval infantry regiment which have been used primarily for piracy in the Gulf, and for raiding small villages along the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates.

Did you know that Iraq's Air Force consists of three operational squadrons,
Which includes 9 reconnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft (under Iraqi operational control) which operate day and night, and will soon add 16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 Bell Jet Rangers, as well as 7000 paper airplanes donated by American school children?

Did you know that Iraq has a counter-terrorist unit and a Commando Battalion which have both engaged American forces in combat, or retreated from combat situations when fighting along side American forces?

Did you know that the Iraqi Police Service has over 55,000 fully trained and equipped police officers who regularly engage American forces in combat?

Did you know that there are 5 Police Academies in Iraq that produce over 3500 new officers every 8 weeks, all of whom defect within days to the insurgency?

Did you know there are more than 1100 building projects going on in Iraq intended to replace the more than 80,000 structures destroyed since the invasion?

They include 364 schools, 67 public clinics, 15 hospitals, 83 railroad stations, 22 oil facilities, 93 water facilities 69 electrical facilities, and assorted defensive walls, barriers, and fortifications.

Did you know that 96% of Iraqi children under the age of 5 have received the first 2 series of polio vaccinations, as well as a lifetime supply of PTSD?

Did you know that 4.3 million Iraqi children were enrolled in primary school by mid October, but that by November 2.6 million girls had been removed?

Did you know that there are 1,192,000 cell phone subscribers in Iraq and phone use has gone up 158% since the integration of cell phones as detonators on IEDs?

Did you know that Iraq has an independent media that consists of 75 radio stations, 180 newspapers, 10 television stations, and 6000 "Armed Truth Squads"?

Did you know that the Baghdad Stock Exchange opened in June of 2004, and has since lost only 4,200% of its opening value?

Did you know that 2 candidates in the Iraqi presidential election had a
televised debate recently because it was too dangerous to debate in front of a live audience?

Phil Gramm was actually in favor of a Sub-Prime crisis. This is a known, and very well publicized fact. He knew that if US banks were able to diversify without any government regulation, that a sub-prime crisis could be created through inevitably loose lending policies.

He's on record as the sponsor of the bill that created it, and he continues to support that same bill today, as it achieved precisely what he set out to accomplish: An economic climate that would artificially increase the asset wealth of America's poor and through the use of a deliberate campaign of misinformation, encourage these same individuals to carry more debt. Once this had been achieved, the bill was designed to then create the economic environment (through rapid deregulation) that we have seen over the past several years; a rapid loss of available credit and available jobs leading directly to an enormous loss of wealth amongst the poor that would lead them to remain on the bottom with low education and poor skill sets. The end game? Simply the creation of an environment wherein more major corporations (the primary backers of Gramm and McCain for decades) could abandon American workes for cheap foreign labor, thus providing maximum profits for the very top 1% of society. These 1% have been further protected by the Bush-McCain tax cuts, which actually increased taxes on 95% of Americans (the bottom 95%).

This is so basic, and so well known that only a complete fool would argue against it. Why else would it be news?! Honestly... Plan and simple facts.

Hah! Laughable! When the going gets tough, the Republicans leave for Crawford, or Aspen. No worries there, as its a Democrat's job to save the country. Again.

The correlation between hard work and success is limited. Obviously, Obama is where he is because he worked hard and earned it. Bush and McCain are where they are because their fathers and grandfathers worked hard.

McCain has never even paid a bill in his life, so why should we trust him to protect our money? I don't think we need another silver spoon republican trying to run the economy. Just look at what happened under Bush: 56 million Americans who were middle class in 2000 are now out of work and considered below the poverty line. 23 million Americans who had health insurance in 2000 now do not.

McCain actually wrote the bills that caused this. Look it up! This is so basic that it hardly gets any attention. Obama is from a food stamps family, and federal assistance combined with his drive and natural ability helped him pull himself up by the boot straps. McCain was a bottom of the barrel student, mediocre officer, and quickly corrupted legislator. Had he not been born with high social status he would have never been able to land back asswards where he has.

Maybe you missed this. McCain owns at least seven houses and counting. It strikes me that these uber-rich Republican elitists who own so many houses are a real problem for the rest of us in that they drive up real estate values by gobbling up land and hoarding away homes. We wouldn't have had a banking meltdown if we hadn't had a subprime meltdown. We wouldn't have had a subprime meltdown if the average American had been able to afford a single home. The average American can't afford a single home because these chablis swilling country club loving Republican elites collect homes like the rest of us collect credit card bills.

Just so these crazy Bushies and McCainiacs don't pull the wool over your eyes on de-regulation... Here is the basic low down on what's behind it. Simple. Straight forward. Factual.

The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in the United States and included banking reforms, some of which were designed to control speculation. Some provisions such as Regulation Q that allowed the Federal Reserve to regulate interest rates in savings accounts were repealed by the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980. Other provisions which prohibit a bank holding company from owning other financial companies were repealed in 1999 by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. Yes, that Gramm.

First repeal of the Glass-Steagall act allowed banks to determine what interest rates they could pay on savings, thus eliminating from our society sensible government oversight by the the Federal Reserve banks.

Second part repealed by the Gramm-Leahy act was that of the idea that a bank should be FORCED to not be able to invest in other forms of business. This was yet another portion of the bill aimed at preventing the government from protecting average Americans by maintaining a strong and balance economy by preventing companies over reaching.

The entirety of this bill is correctly attributed to our current sub-prime mortgage problem. This problem started on the banking side through de-regulation and led directly to predatory lending practices.

The Gramm-Leahy-Bliley act was signed into law by a Bill Clinton, who did not have the votes in Congress to prevent it.

It had positive economic results, allowing some finanacial companies to consolidate their resources and operate more efficiently, thereby saving money and increasing the value of their companies and increasing the value of the shareholders holdings in those companies.

Prior to the repeal of this law, foreign bankers held a financial edge against US banks because they were free to diversify their investments. Repealing this law allowed US banks to catch up with foreign banks and increase their value as a company. Again, increasing the value of their stocks to their stock-holders, but also removing necessary regulation to prevent predatory schemes.

Yes, it did allow companies the freedom to make good and or bad investments, just like any other company, but without necessary regulation to prevent abuse of the system.

The vast majority of banks are at risk, but are currently stable because they made wise investments. Some are not doing so well because they got caught up in too risky of deals, such as interest-only loans. They took a risk, they lost.

Buyers were duped into accepting these risk terms on their loans. That is the fault of predatory lenders.

Democrat president Bill Clinton had the option of veto-ing this bill but chose not to. He supported the bill and signed it into law in 1999 because the Republicans had the votes in Congress to ignore the veto.

One of the prime sponsors of the bill was this man, also a REPUBLICAN.
John McCain

You're just realizing that the Print Media (including your pathetic blog), is irrelevant?

I only got through the first 2 or 3 paragraphs and decided to respond to that.

What you're opining is, basically, what we see all of the time from ABC, CBS, NBC, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Herald, The Atlanta Journal & Constitution, The Kansas City Star, The St Louis Post Displatch, The New Orleans Times-Picayune, The Chicago Sun-Times, USA Today and about 40,000 or 100,000 or a million other outlets: selective highlighting of particular stories based solely on the opinion of the editor(s).

Since it's Drudge doing it, that's somehow bad. But it's OK when all of the others mentioned, nearly in lock-step with each other, do the same thing.

There's a word for that sort of thing. I think it starts with the letter "h" and ends with the letter "ypocrit".

As you stated, Drudge puts it up, and the rest go get the story for their topics on afternoon TV. Too bad real journalists don't exist any more, huh?

And the Washington Post wondered why I was cancelling my subscription after 15 years.....I'm just waiting for them to offer free subscriptions to anyone & everyone who votes for Obama.....but wait, those are the only ones reading it now, so even that won't increase their readership.

Corporations are run to make a profit. If your solution for running a country (corporation), that is heavily in debt is to increase spending at an astronomical rate. It would be demanded by the stockholders and the by the Board of Directors that your employment be teminated because of you basic lack of Economics 101

Carly is right. She forgot to add that MOST elected officials do not have the skills to run a corporation

/www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnBXXssj0KY

Let's get the facts straight on what she actually said

Thank God for Drudge. First, if there were no Drudge you wouldn't have anything to write about. YOU SURE HAVE A NICE JOB. Second, I would have never found your article. YOU MUST ENJOY THAT TIT COUSE YOU SURE SUCK A LOT. WITHOUT IT YOU WOULD CEASE TO HAVE A JOB.

Are you kidding me? For WEEKS Drudge printed all the positive polls that Osama Obama (As Ted Kennedy said) was leading. Now he is printing the truth about the MS and the POST and their biased pro-Osama-Obama reporting. For Pete's sake can the right have several outlets for the truth v. the left's THOUSANDS that promote LIES?

So you are telling me that Matt Drudge balances out CBS, NBC, ABC, PBS, NPR and every newspaper not named the Wall Street Journal. Be careful, your Obama kneepads are showing!

This coming from a paper that buries the Palin email hack on page 4??

Chris Cillizza is another fine example of why the media is viewed with such distaste and is ranked so low in trust and telling the truth.

McCain already pre-empted the Blackberry news by saying that it was a not-so-funny attempt at humor. And proving that the NEWS media has nothing better to do than advocate for failed causes, Cillizza wants to chop of the part Fiorina's statement that says neither Obama nor Biden can run a major corporation. That's as far as I got in reading WPost swill. At least Drudge is trustworthy in a world of biased, self-serving media and government.

Wow. A signal conservative website versus the left leaning media. And someone is complaining about this? I find it funny that whenever the left seems to loose the attention of the public, the do whatever they can to get it back.

Keep up the awesome work Matt.

PS: For those who live in the Northwest, try Orbusmax.com ; Its like a mini-drudge

The Fironia quote seems relevant in that the twit is SUPPOSED to be campaigning for McCain/Palin. The relevant portion is her questioning the qualifications of the people she's supposed to be championing. It doesn't matter that she thinks non of the four are qualified, it's far more significant she made such a public blunder about her own candidate.

And, mercifully, all of Fironia's upcoming appearances on news have been abruptly cancelled. he he he...

Drudge...biased? Surely you jest? I suppose Wikipedia isn't a defacto standard for hard facts either?

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Living in New Zealand, the only news website I visit is Drudge. Its brilliant! In the news down here all we here is Obama this Obama that. Keep up the good work Matt, keep rooting for the underdog...McCain

The FUNNY blackberry comment did TOO make drudge!! that is where I first found it and he linked me to the story which, by the way was a joke, poking fun at Gore.

Now....the comment about who could run a corporation as CEO was covered in talk radio yesterday....it was taken OUT OF CONTEXT....the person said that Biden could not run one, either.

The person that wrote this is really intellectually dishonest.

New flash...I'm voting for McCain! get over it, deal with it...McCain and Palin are WINNING. Thank God....cuz Obama remains the most liberal congress critter in existence this year.

ok drudge and maybe fox is for McCain, that is two. Those in the tank for Barry, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, la times, new york times, washington post, Time, newsweek....shall i go on. oh and yes i got here from a link on drudge.

This guy is dripping with Obamamania.

I don't even think he realizes it.

Cillizza: Give the FULL Fiorina quote, not just a highly edited version ... Then you'll see she was making the same exact point about Obama and Biden in the same sentence. Did Cillizza take a Journalism 101 class?

Republicans are over the MSM; we've had it. I used to love MSNBC - the (former) place for politics - but can't/won't watch it anymore. I don't want coverage to be biased in favor of my party, but I do expect it to be fair. The MSM by and large is not that. In order to become so they need to (1) recognize they have a bias; (2) realize they can't naturally check it; (3) hire conservative voices in the newsroom - and ensure the newsroom is a safe environment for them - so that they can check liberal bias and vice-versa.

What an angry little man Chris is.

Anyone want to take a guess as to who he wants to be president ?

The Drudgereport does have some misleading headlines, buthe doesn't write the articles he links to. I am a moderate sometimes liberal democrat who reads his page each day. He seldom writes his own opinions anymore...just links. I get to read both sides. I can read all the pundits, link to overseas papers and make my own judgments.

As for the person who mentioned abortion and gay rights. I don't understand how people who want government smaller and out of our lives having anything to do with something as personal as abortion or our beliefs. Both are and should be left up to us, not the government. God gave us choice, why can't other's see that? Take care of the economy, energy, education etcetera, but please leave the values we have to make to our own accord. We don't need Big Brother telling us how to think or live...we have the ability to choose by God or if you don't believe then yourself. Having government control it takes away not only our rights, but our freedom of thought.

I'm only here because of Drudge. I normaly don't waste my time on The Washington Post. If the Post says anything worth noting I'll hear about it somewhere else.

Way before the election there was a study to see what news media was biased one way or the other and they found that the Drudgereport and USA Today were the top two when it came to fairness. Sure Drudge is tilted to the right, but it was a shock during the campaign when the MSM became so biased towards Obama. That's no myth...like the mythical candidate the press created. The facts are the majority of the Obama stories have been positive even protective when he says something stupid like he did in San Francisco, trying to explain away Rev. Wright and Obama's connection for 20 years to the racist church and his other questionable associates. Nope, they didn't protect Hillary during the Democratic race, they crucified her, made her husband out as a racist, thanks in part to Obama's camp.

I've never seen the press so blantantly biased, especially MSNBC and NBC, followed by ABC. Shockingly I found FOX news to be more fair and balanced..OMG the shock!!!

I stopped getting the Washington Post, another paper biased towards Obama, pushing us to support this inexperienced yet charismatic man. They loved the story, a African American man as President...don't look behind the curtain and see he is half white, that his was raised by his white Grandparents who adored him, sent him to the most prestigeous school in Hawaii. Not mentioning he not only couldn't identify with white rural America, but African Americans either.

I still don't know who the man is, what he stands for, what he plans to do. The change in how the press is reporting? Well he did attack them when they got too close to the truth, kept them out of appearances, blamed them for his gaffes and waffling. Nope I can't as much as I want to as a democrat relate to him, or trust him. I didn't buy into his being the messiah or Rock Star the press portrayed...I found him elitist, aloof, a typical politician who used his staff to make the attacks so he wouldn't have the blood on his hands. I don't think I'll ever know him, the press like after 9/11 when they were too afraid to be perceived as un-patriotic are now too afraid to appear racist.

Cilliza the Girlie-Man needs to grow a pair.You Obamaloompas cry because you only control MOST of the media(ABC,CBS,CNN,NBC,MSNBC and most of the papers & mags)- If you have to have it all, too bad. Maybe you should work in Iran or Venezuela for the state-run press.

Drudge Report: MORE LIPSTICK, QUICK!

Hey dumbass...Carly said none of the 4 candidates are qualified to run a corporation. And I say your not qualified to provide fair and balanced reporting.

If it wasn't for Drudge..I never would of found this extremely biased article. So you owe him a thank you for linking to this tripe and getting extra webhits to it. Otherwise nobody would of read this article except your mommy.

You have the right to your opinion, as wrong as they are, but you do not have the right to your facts.

Ah well – the reason I read Drudge is that it is quick, and I use it to segment into other pubs I read – like the Washington Post, The Guardian, Pravda, LA Times, Boston Globe, NYT ect. Its quick and its no more strenuous to weed out lies and crap like in your piece.

For instance: “Two other stories never merited attention from Drudge: a claim by a senior aide to John McCain that the Arizona senator had invented the BlackBerry and a statement by McCain surrogate Carly Fiorina that ‘.”

I know that you, Jack, know – that the full quote was that “neither McCain nor Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin would be equipped to serve as CEO of a major U.S. company, and neither would Barak Obama…but that’s not the issue because the job of President of the U.S. is not like running a corporation…”

So, more big lies of omission. My reaction:
1.) The Washington Post/Jack thinks I’m stupid
2.) The Washington Post lies like most other media
3.) The Washington Post selectively lies
4.) When I read the Washington Post – I have to sort those lies as I do for Drudge, or for that matter Pravda

Well – in short – this is where you lost all credibility and I stopped reading your whiny article. Hey in reality – you, and media folks like you, are the chattering class cheerleaders.

Yo Fixer:

Why stop at "a statement by McCain surrogate Carly Fiorina that neither McCain nor Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin would be equipped to serve as CEO of a major U.S. company." when the full quote said the exact same about BO and old what's his name?

The Fix is in at the WaPo

The writer of this article is deeply misinformed and needs to learn the facts regarding what the McCain aide said regarding the running of a corporation. His bias toward the left is showing what a poor reporter he is. Go Sarah....Go McCain.

"Two other stories never merited attention from Drudge: a claim by a senior aide to John McCain that the Arizona senator had invented the BlackBerry and a statement by McCain surrogate Carly Fiorina that neither McCain nor Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin would be equipped to serve as CEO of a major U.S. company."

Chris, do your homework - these were on Drudge hours before the Babs story. Just because you say it ain't so doesn't make it true.

As you said, Drudge leads with stories, and the MSM catches up the next day; you're a day behind.

Everyone just needs to SHUT UP! Drudge leans right, majority of the media leans left. That is obvious, and only bias people argue against it.

Everyone here has displayed the problem with the U.S., we are arguing about worthless issues and avoiding the true issues. I'm not sure if anyone has noticed but our country's economy is close to a melt down and people are arguing about biases. And Freddie Mac, Fannie May, and AIG are just a minor problem. In 20 years, Medicare and Medicaid costs will equal or surpass the gross revenues the federal government will take in, and you are arguing about he said, she said. And "you're an idiot" comments are extraordinarily productive. In 20 years, our government will wouldn't be able to pay for agriculture, defense, energy, Social Security, education, etc., etc. Don't think we can sell bonds to pay for it. We have serious issues, and we talk about Palin's pregnant daughter or Obama's middle name. How does that solve our problems? We need to debate the best approach to keep America strong. So stop the bickering of he said, she said. And before anyone talks, please look up both sides of the story. Then you can get by the biases and understand the truth.

Two comments.

1. Hopefully reporters won't be SO lazy that they don't take their responsibility seriously enough to shop more widely for story ideas.

2. I noticed an Obama ad on the Drudgereport.com website just now. Maybe there will be an upswing in coverage for him? You should track advertising and see how it is reflected in Drudge coverage.

Look at the current headline... "DIRTY TRICKS: PALIN EMAILS HACKED" that's not a bias headline? That doesn't scream "Obama breaks into Palin's eMail?!"

If Obama's email was hacked and published, would he use "Dirty Tricks" in the headline? No, because that would suggest the McCAIN camp was playing dirty tricks.

In addition to linking to articles he likes, Drudge writes these kinds of headlines to go with those links all the time. That's where his influence comes from.

Idiots.

Chris, you're a perfect example of what's wrong with the MSM and why media companies such as yours are going down the tubes. Your comments about stories Drudge did not feature are disingenuous. The Blackberry comment was a poor attempt at humor, and Carly Fiorina said that none of the candidates, including Obama, were prepared to be the CEO of a major U.S. company, but that it didn't matter because Obama and McCain are running for president of the country. You pulled out only a part of the comment to try to make your point. Bad journalist.

Normally I don't submit comments to articles, but after reading many of the posts I had to make the following observation; Obama supporters are really angry and hateful. Which is funny, because those are the very traits they always assign to Republicans.

201 Reasons not to vote for Obama

Abortion

1. Consistently for abortion even if it includes infanticide. Said I’ve got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby.
2. Obama wrongly claimed that abortions "have not gone down" under president bush. In fact, the abortion rate has gone down 9 percent, and the annual total has declined by more than 100,000.
3. Obama advocates abortion rights even more sweeping than those enacted under Roe v. Wade. "The first thing I'd do as president," he assured the Planned Parenthood Action Fund last year, "is sign the Freedom of Choice Act." The measure would not only codify Roe, it would eliminate even restrictions on abortion that the Supreme Court has allowed - the federal ban on government funding of abortion, for example, or the law prohibiting partial-birth abortion.

Campaign Finance

4. He vowed to take public financing but reneged on that option when he decided he could raise more money than the republicans.
5. Donations from lobbyists and special interest pacs Obama say he doesn’t take money from D.C. lobbyists and special interest pacs this is the type of double-talk “politics of the past” rhetoric Obama rails against. While his claim is technically true, what he does do is take money from state lobbyists and other big money contributors who have substantial lobbyist machines in D.C., like law firms and corporations. In April 2007, the LA times quoted the campaign finance institute’s Stephen Weismann as pointing out that the distinction Obama makes on lobbyist money is meaningless: “he gets an asterisk that says he is trying to be different. … But overall, the same wealthy interests are funding his campaign as are funding other candidates, whether or not they are lobbyists. “the capital eye reported that “[a]cording to the center for responsive politics, 14 of Obama’s top 20 contributors employed lobbyists this year, spending a total of $16.2 million to influence the federal government in the first six months of 2007.”
6. Special interests in January, the Obama campaign described union contributions to the campaigns of Clinton and John Edwards as "special interest" money. Obama changed his tune as he began gathering his own union endorsements. He now refers respectfully to unions as the representatives of "working people" and says he is "thrilled" by their support.

Distortions

7. He said McCain, far from being a maverick who’s “broken with his party,” has voted to support bush policies 90 percent of the time. True enough, but by the same measure Obama has voted with fellow democrats in the senate 97 percent of the time.
8. Dreams of my father, writes of a story in Life magazine that influenced him -- about a black man trying to bleach his skin white. No such article could be found in life or ebony.
9. "I’ve been long enough in Washington to know that Washington needs to change." he is running against Washington yet his campaign is populated with political professionals who are Washington insiders.
10. Rev. Jeremiah Wright: Barack Obama repudiated what he called “inflammatory and appalling remarks” made by his Chicago pastor. Obama said he had not been present during the sermons in question. Obama told MSNBC, “Had I heard them in church I would have expressed that concern directly to Rev. Wright. ”Please note, he says that he would have expressed concern, not repudiate, the words. (Source: audacity of hypocrisy) previously Obama had said "I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community. I can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother — a woman who helped raise me, a woman who sacrificed again and again for me, a woman who loves me as much as she loves anything in this world, but a woman who once confessed her fear of black men who passed by her on the street, and who on more than one occasion has uttered racial or ethnic stereotypes that made me cringe."
11. Barack Obama won his first election by having his lawyers knock all his opponents off the ballot on technicalities
12. Addressing civil rights activists in Selma, Ala., a year ago, Sen. Obama traced his "very existence" to the generosity of the Kennedy family, which he said paid for his Kenyan father to travel to America on a student scholarship and thus meet his Kansan mother. The Kennedy’s never paid for his father’s scholarship.
13. Obama told Larry king on CNN – when asked about that anti-Hillary Rodham Clinton YouTube ad, Obama stated, "we don't have the technical capacity to create something like that." turns out the creator was unmasked and ended up being a political operative who worked for a firm overseeing the technical side of Obama’s web site.
14. Obama claimed that "I worked with John McCain" on ethics legislation. In fact, the two worked together for barely a week, after which McCain accused Obama of "partisan posturing" and added, "I won't make the same mistake again." McCain later voted against the ethics bill that Obama supported, stating that it was written by democrats with "no input" from Republicans.
15. Obama botched his facts in a speech criticizing the U.S. auto industry for “investing in bigger and faster cars while foreign competitors invested in more fuel-efficient technology.” Obama stated that “while our fuel standards haven’t moved from 27.5 miles per gallon in two decades, both china and Japan have surpassed us, with Japanese cars now getting an average of 45 miles to the gallon. Not true.
16. He once told an audience in Selma about how he had been conceived by his parents, Barack Obama Sr. and Ann Dunham, because they had been inspired by the fervor following the “Bloody Sunday” voting rights demonstration that was commemorated March 4. “There was something stirring across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama,” he said, “because some folks are willing to march across a bridge. So they got together and Barack Obama jr. was born. So don’t tell me I don’t have a claim on Selma, Alabama. Don’t tell me I’m not coming home to Selma, Alabama “Obama was born in 1961, and the Selma march occurred four years later, in 1965. The New York Times reported that when the senator was asked about the discrepancy later that day, he clarified: “I meant the whole civil rights movement.”
17. To be clear: Barack will support a filibuster of any bill that includes retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies. — Obama spokesman bill Burton, cot. 24, 2007. Now, Obama says he will vote in favor of the FISA bill that gives the immunity Obama was so opposed to.
18. Decriminalization of marijuana: while running for the U.S. senate in January 2004, Obama told Illinois college students that he supported eliminating criminal penalties for marijuana use. In the Oct. 30, 2007, presidential debate, he joined other democratic candidates in opposing the decriminalization of marijuana.
19. Running for president or vice president of the United States: on the January 22nd edition of “Meet the Press,” Tim russet and Obama had the following exchange: Russert: “when we talked back in November of ‘04 after your election, I said, ‘there’s been enormous speculation about your political future. Will you serve your six-year term as United States senator from Illinois?’ ”Obama: “I will serve out my full six-year term. You know, Tim, if you get asked enough, sooner or later you get weary and you start looking for new ways of saying things. But my thinking has not changed. ”Russert: “so you will not run for president or vice president in 2008?” Obama: “I will not.”

Ear Marks

20. "In 2006, Obama requested that the University of Chicago receive $1 million to support its construction of the new hospital pavilion.
21. Obama requested a $1 million earmark for the university of Chicago medical center where his wife had just been appointed vice president.
22. Obama requested 139 projects totaling $334 million for FY 2007.
23. Obama requested 330 projects totaling almost $1 billion ($935.7 million) since being sworn in as a senator in January 2005.
24. In 2006 and 2007, Obama requested a total of $4 million in earmarks for the Illinois primary health care association (IPHCA) whose lobbying firm contributed nearly $38,000 to Obama:
25. IPHCA hired Holland & knight to lobby for its earmark request; lawyers at Holland & knight have contributed at least $37,900 to Obama’s senate and presidential campaign
26. Over a two-year period in the U.S. senate, Obama requested $3.2 million in earmarks for the center for neighborhood technology, an organization led by political supporters and friends:
27. In 2006, Obama requested $2.2 million for the center for neighborhood technology's information for communities’ project.
28. In 2005, Obama requested $1 million and secured $400,000 for the center for neighborhood technology's I-go car sharing program.
29. "Obama ... sought money for the center for neighborhood technology, where his neighbor Jacky grim haw is a honcho.

Education

30. Obama opposed and condemned school voucher programs, yet sends his daughters to private school with "a break on the cost":
31. While running for U.S. senate, Obama opposed school vouchers.
32. When speaking at an NEA meeting, Obama "condemned voucher programs."
33. When interviewed by the Milwaukee journal sentinel, Obama softened his approach on school vouchers
34. Obama originally voted in favor of no child left behind for states, now bashes it
35. As a state senator, Obama voted in favor of no child left behind.

Foreign policy

36. The Cuba embargo in January 2004, Obama said it was time "to end the embargo with Cuba" because it had "utterly failed in the effort to overthrow Castro." speaking to a Cuban American audience in Miami in august 2007, he said he would not "take off the embargo" as president because it is "an important inducement for change."
37. Obama stated "I believe in free trade" and then later said well, I don't think NAFTA has been good for America - and I never have.
38. NAFTA: on February 29th, the Obama campaign told Canadian television (CTV) that no message was passed to the Canadian government suggesting that Obama does not mean what he says about opting out of NAFTA if it is not renegotiated. However, the Obama camp did not respond to repeated questions from CTV on reports that a conversation on this matter was held between Obama’s senior economic adviser, Austin Goolsbee, and the Canadian consulate general in Chicago. Earlier, the Obama campaign insisted that no conversations have taken place with any of its senior ranks and representatives of the Canadian government on the NAFTA issue. CTV spoke with Goolsbee, but he refused to say whether he had such a conversation with the Canadian government office in Chicago. He also said he has been told to direct any questions to the campaign headquarters.CTV didn’t stop there. They announced that their sources, at the highest levels of the Canadian government,” reconfirmed the story to CTV and one of their primary sources provided a timeline of the discussion to CTV.
39. Meeting with Ahmadinejad: "Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama underscored his willingness to talk to leaders of countries like Iran that are considered U.S. adversaries but said that does not necessarily mean an audience with Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad." (Careen Behan, "Obama says won't guarantee Ahmadinejad a meeting," Reuters,(5/26/08)
"'There's no reason why we would necessarily meet with Ahmadinejad before we know he's actually in power. He’s not the most powerful person in Iran,' Obama told reporters while campaigning in New Mexico." (Careen Behan, "Obama says won't guarantee Ahmadinejad a meeting,"(Reuters,(5/26/08)
40. In July 2007, Obama said he would meet with the leaders of hostile foreign nations, including Iran.
41. Obama argued for years that we need to move from a 'Musharraf policy' to a 'Pakistan policy. False.
42. At a July 2007 debate, Obama announced he would personally meet with leaders of Iran, north Korea, Syria and other hostile nations "without precondition."
question: "[w]ould you be willing to meet separately, without precondition, during the first year of your administration, in Washington or anywhere else, with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and north Korea, in order to bridge the gap that divides our countries?
"Obama: "I would. And the reason is this, that the notion that somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them - which has been the guiding diplomatic principle of this administration - is ridiculous." (Cnn/Youtube democrat presidential candidate debate, Charleston, sc, 7/23/07) (Source: RNC via Newsmax)
43. Jerusalem: "Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided," Obama declared Wednesday, to rousing applause from the 7,000-plus attendees at the American Israel public affairs committee policy conference.
44. Meeting with foreign leaders: Obama now claims that he will only meet with foreign leaders at a time of his choosing if it will advance U.S. interests, but previously said he would meet with rogue leaders his first year in office without preconditions: in his remarks to the AIPAC conference, Obama claimed that he would only meet with the "appropriate Iranian leaders at a time and place" of his choosing. Obama: "contrary to the claims of some, I have no interest in sitting down with our adversaries just for the sake of talking. But as president of the United States, I would be willing to lead tough and principled diplomacy with the appropriate Iranian leaders at a time and place of my choosing - if, and only if - it can advance the interests of the United States." (Sen. Barack Obama, remarks at the annual AIPAC policy conference, Arlington, V.A., 6/4/08) but at a July 2007 debate, Obama said he would meet with hostile leaders during his first year in office. Question: "[w]ould you be willing to meet separately, without precondition, during the first year of your administration, in Washington or anywhere else, with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and north Korea, in order to bridge the gap that divides our countries?"...Obama: "I would. And the reason is this, that the notion that somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them - which has been the guiding diplomatic principle of this administration - is ridiculous." (Cnn/Youtube democrat presidential candidate debate, Charleston, sc, 7/23/07) at a September 2007 press conference, Obama confirmed that he would meet specifically with Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Question: "senator, you've said before that you'd meet with president Ahmadinejad ..." Obama: "uh huh." question: "would you still meet with him today?" Obama: "yeah, nothing's changed with respect to my belief that strong countries and strong presidents talk to their enemies and talk to their adversaries. I find many of president Ahmadinejad's statements odious and I’ve said that repeatedly. And I think that we have to recognize that there are a lot of rogue nations in the world that don't have American interests at heart. But what I also believe is that, as john f. Kennedy said, we should never negotiate out of fear but we should never fear to negotiate." (Sen. Barack Obama, press conference, New York, NY, 9/24/07
45. Legislation labeling Iran’s revolutionary guard a terrorist organization: Obama has been inconsistent in his views on labeling Iran’s revolutionary guard a terrorist organization. "Obama’s campaign suddenly discovered that their man -despite having spent the last nine months campaigning on his opposition to kyl-lieberman - 'has consistently urged that Iran’s revolutionary guard be labeled what it is: a terrorist organization.' well, not that consistently. Senator Obama has been scrupulously careful not to call explicitly for designation of the irgc as a terrorist organization. Now, however, with the democratic nomination almost in hand, Obama feels comfortable telling a pro-Israel audience what it wants to hear."(Danielle Pletka, "Obama’s pander pivot," weekly standard, 6/4/08)
"[t]he audience at AIPAC might ask why senator Obama has pivoted from opposition to 'lieberman-kyl' to support for the irgc designation his audience demands. Is this really change they can believe in?" (Danielle Pletka, "Obama’s pander pivot," weekly standard, 6/4/08) "Which Barack Obama will be the democratic standard-bearer: the one who vowed to 'eliminate' the Iranian nuclear threat two days ago, or the one who opposed designating the revolutionary guards a terrorist organization?" (editorial, "Obama and Iran," the Washington times, 6/6/08)

Friends in Low Places

46. Obama paid $300,000 less than the asking price for his mansion, while Tony Rezko’s wife paid full price for a vacant lot next door on the very same day.
47. Obama later purchased a portion of risk’s land for $104,500; it was valued at $40,500.
48. In one of the biggest lies he ever told — Obama says he “vehemently condemns” the words of his pastor and mentor, Rev. Jeremiah a. Wright, an official member of Obama’s campaign.
49. Obama provided political favors to Tony Rezko, including writing letters on his behalf:"as a state senator, Barack Obama wrote letters to city and state officials supporting his political patron tony Rezko’s successful bid to get more than $14 million from taxpayers to build apartments for senior citizens
50. Rezko offered Obama a job after law school and the two have been friends ever since.
51. Obama has admitted to $250,000 worth of campaign funding provided by tony Rezko
52. Obama and risk’s socializing included their wives and a trip to Rezko’s lake house.
53. The Obama’s and Rezko’s took a trip together to Rezko’s home at lake Geneva, WI
54. Friend of Alexi Giannoulias. In 2006, Alex Giannoulias was elected treasurer of the state of Illinois. In 2006, Giannoulias came under fire for lending money to crime figures. Giannoulias accepted $5,000 in campaign contributions from a Florida casino fleet owner whose uncle was "gunned down in an execution-style slaying" and who has ties to lobbyist jack Abramoff.
55. Friend of William Ayers. A founding member of the group that bombed the U.S. capitol and the pentagon during the 1970s. From 1999 to 2002, Obama served with Ayers on the board of directors for the woods fund of Chicago.
56. Friend of Marilyn Katz. Katz organized Vietnam War protests through students for a democratic society (sods), including throwing nails in the street to thwart police officers. Katz met William Ayers through sods and defended him after his association with Obama surfaced in the 2008 presidential campaign.
57. Friend of Nadhmi Auchi. Nadhmi Auchi is an Iraqi billionaire with business and personal ties to convicted Obama fundraiser Anthony "tony" Reckon. "Auchi is the man who provided Rezko a $3.5 million loan that Reckon did not disclose to the court -- resulting in his January arrest."
58. Friend of Jodie Evans. Founder of code pink. Enough said.
59. Friend of Larry Lessig. Lessig has used a controversial video of Jesus getting hit by a bus in his speeches and lectures. "the former Harvard law school professor is the leading light of what is known as the 'free culture movement,' which insists that the age of the internet should mean the abolition of intellectual property rights." (editorial, "another odd guru, “investor’s business daily, 4/23/08)
60. Friend of Howard Guttmann. Guttmann is an attorney at Washington, D.C., law firm Williams & Connolly. In 1999 and 2000, Gutman was a registered federal lobbyist for Williams & Connolly.
Gutman represented Bolivia’s former president Gonzalo Sanchez de lozada and former defense minister José Carlos Sanchez berzain, who were accused of using controversial tactics in response to a political protest. Sanchez de lozada was accused of "crimes against humanity" after over 60 protesters were killed by soldiers; he responded that clearing roads "isn't a crime in this or any country
61. Obama said he could “pay for every dime” of his spending and tax cut proposals “by closing corporate loopholes and tax havens.” that’s wrong – his proposed tax increases on upper-income individuals are key components of paying for his program, as well. And his plan, like McCain’s, would leave the U.S. facing big budget deficits, according to independent experts.

Gaffes

62. Obama says the U.S. senate banking committee is "my committee”.
63. In June 2008, Obama falsely claimed his father served in world war ii:
64. An Obama ad running in Michigan claims McCain didn't support loan guarantees for the auto industry. In fact, he does support them.
65. In may 2008, Obama claimed to have visited 57 states
66. On May 8th, Obama, caught up in the fervor of a campaign speech Tuesday, drastically overstated the Kansas tornadoes death toll, saying 10,000 had died. ”in case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died — an entire town destroyed,” the democratic presidential candidate said in a speech to 500 people packed into a sweltering Richmond art studio for a fundraiser. The death toll was 12.

Gay rights

67. Opposed to gay marriage and respected the rights of states to set conditions for marriage. Now he says he opposes California’s (delegate rich California) attempt to ban gay marriage. Flipped answer.

Gun control

68. Favored a ban on the manufacture sale and possession of fire arms and then he told people in Idaho that he was for the second amendment.
69. Supported a ban on firearms kept in the home.
70. Supported a ban on right-to-carry permits.
71. Supported a total ban on handguns.

Health Care-Welfare

72. Obama noted that McCain’s health care plan would “tax people’s benefits” but didn’t say that it also would provide up to a $5,000 tax credit for families.

73. Single-payer healthcare: on January 22nd, the Hillary Clinton campaign releases a video that proves that Obama lied about his position on “single-payer healthcare. “The video compares statements Obama made during the January 21st democratic debate with those he made to an AFL-CIO conference in June 2003 while campaigning for the senate. Contradicting what Obama said at the debate, the old footage shows the senator saying, “I happen to be a proponent of single-payer universal healthcare coverage. That’s what I’d like to see. “At the debate, Obama stated: “I never said that we should try to go ahead and get single-payer (healthcare).”Single-payer healthcare is a euphemism for socialized medicine.
74. Pay as you go: Obama promised to "restore a law that was in place during the Clinton presidency—called Pay as you go—that prohibits money from leaving the treasury without some way of compensating for the lost revenue." But now Obama says he's not going to sacrifice his domestic priorities for deficit reduction. Universal health care, renewable energy and all the rest won't be sacrificed on the altar of Pay as you go.(source: q and o)
75. Obama shifts on welfare reform. "I am not a defender of the status quo with respect to welfare," Obama said on the floor of the Illinois state senate on May 31, 1997. "Having said that, I probably would not have supported the federal legislation, because I think it had some problems."

Immigration

76. Illegal immigration in a March 2004 questionnaire, Obama was asked if the government should "crack down on businesses that hire illegal immigrants." he replied "oppose." in a Jan. 31, 2008, televised debate, he said that "we do have to crack down on those employers that are taking advantage of the situation."
77. Illegal immigrants and driver's licenses: as a state senator in Illinois, Obama voted to require illegal immigrants to get a driver's license. The change? In the November 2007 cnn debate, he was asked what his stand was on that issue and he said, "I am not proposing that's what we do."

Military

78. Stated in his own Iowa caucus video that he wants to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
79. On 9/7 Obama claimed he would buck his party by increasing the size of the military.
80. But in October 2007, Obama told the caucus for priorities that he would cut military spending.
81. Stated he would not make bin laden into a martyr by executing him. But later said he would. He thinks murdering 3k of our U.S. citizens might qualify for the ultimate penalty.
82. Obama claims his Iraq plan always depended on conditions on the ground, but previously said troops would be out in 16 months although he previously said ) Obama previously said he would immediately begin withdrawing troops from Iraq and would have them out in 16 months.
83. Said the surge would make things worse now he thinks it has been a success.
84. Obama accused his fellow American citizens of the indiscriminate murder of Iraqi civilians, saying, “and these private (Blackwater USA) contractors, they go out and they’re spraying bullets and hitting civilians and that makes it more dangerous for our troops
85. On July 28th, the day after his speech at the democratic convention catapulted him into the national spotlight, Barack Obama told a group of reporters in Boston that the United States had an “absolute obligation” to remain in Iraq long enough to make it a success. “The failure of the Iraqi state would be a disaster,” he said at a lunch sponsored by the Christian Science monitor, according to an audiotape of the session. “It would dishonor the 900-plus men and women who have already died. . . . It would be a betrayal of the promise that we made to the Iraqi people, and it would be hugely destabilizing from a national security perspective.
86. He twisted McCain’s words about Afghanistan, saying, “when john McCain said we could just ‘muddle through’ in Afghanistan, I argued for more resources.” actually, McCain said in 2003 he “may” muddle through, and he recently also called for more troops there.

Oil, coal gas

87. Opposed offshore drilling and now supports it.
88. Was for tapping the strategic oil reserve and then he was against it.
89. Obama tells Michigan voters that he "would have preferred a gradual adjustment" in gas prices? Obama opposes gas tax relief.
90. Obama told a Texas newspaper: "what we ought to tax is dirty energy, like coal and, to a lesser extent, natural gas."
91. Didn’t tell hardworking Michigan families that he opposes gas tax relief. Nearly four-fifths of Michigan households use natural gas to heat their homes.
92. Wrong for Pennsylvania’s economy. Obama told a Texas newspaper: "what we ought to tax is dirty energy, like coal and, to a lesser extent, natural gas." Pennsylvania had 270
93. Coal mines as of 2006. As of 2006, there were 7,526 people employed in Pennsylvania’s coal mining industry.
94. Coal: Obama, whose support for coal-to-liquid has been widely criticized by environmentalists, sent out a press release clarifying his position on liquid coal: senator Obama supports research into all technologies to help solve our climate change and energy dependence problems, including shifting our energy use to renewable fuels and investing in technology that could make coal a clean-burning source of energy…however, unless and until this technology is perfected, senator Obama will not support the development of any coal-to-liquid fuels unless they emit at least 20% less life-cycle carbon than conventional fuels.
This “clarification” is an important step for the Obama campaign in trying to gain support from environmental organizations and voters. However, the la times notes that his position change on this issue is even more significant because it symbolizes “there’s a race to the top among the democratic candidates for the strongest position on how to solve the climate crisis.”(source: carbon coalition)

Taxes

95. Barack Obama said on ABC Sunday that he might not go through with his plans to increase taxes.
96. Obama called for a windfall profits tax on oil companies.
97. Wants to raise taxes even above the levels of the Clinton era, including a huge increase in the payroll tax.
98. To date, Obama has voted for a tax increase approximately once every five days congress has been in session.
99. Americans for tax reform gave Obama a lifetime rating of 7.5 out of 100.
100. Citizens against government waste gave Obama a lifetime rating of 22 out of 100.
101. The national taxpayers union gave Obama a grade of “f” for his fiscal voting record.
102. The U.S. chamber of commerce gave Obama a 33 percent rating in 2007.
103. Obama told reporters he would raise taxes on the top 5 percent of earners also claimed that a family making less than $250,000 will not see higher taxes under his plan. In 2005, the cut off for the top 5 percent of earners began at $145,283 - well below Obama’s $250,000.
104. Obama claimed that the argument that middle income Americans would be hurt by a capital gains tax increase is "a phony argument and then clarified that middle income Americans would be exempted from his capital gains tax hike.
105. Obama shifts on taxes: said he may "defer" tax hikes depending on the economic situation - a tacit acknowledgment that higher taxes hurt the economy and affect job creation and then states he may "possibly defer" some of his tax increases based on the economic situation.
106. Obama said “average family income” went down $2,000 under bush, which isn’t correct. An aide said he was really talking only about “working” families and not retired couples. And – math teachers, please note – he meant median (or midpoint) and not really the mean or average. Median family income actually has inched up slightly under bush.
107. In 109th – 110th congresses, Obama voted at least 94 times for higher taxes.
108. HR. 6, CQ vote #425: motion rejected 59-40: r 9-39; d 48-1; I 2-0, 12/13/07, Obama voted yea;
109. HR. 6, CQ vote #416: motion rejected 53-42: r 5-39; d 46-3; I 2-0, 12/7/07, Obama voted yea;
110. H.R. 976, CQ vote #352: motion agreed to 69-30: r 18-30; d 49-0; I 2-0, 9/27/07, Obama voted yea;
111. H.R. 976, CQ vote #307: passed 68-31: r 18-31; d 48-0; I 2-0, 8/2/07, Obama voted yea;
112. H.R. 976, CQ vote #306: motion agreed to 67-32: r 17-32; d 48-0; I 2-0, 8/2/07, Obama voted yea;
113. H.R. 976, CQ vote #304: motion rejected 49-50: r 48-1; d 1-47; I 0-2, 8/2/07, Obama voted nay;
114. H.R. 976, CQ vote #296: motion rejected 39-60: r 37-12; d 2-46; I 0-2, 8/2/07, Obama voted nay;
115. H.R. 976, CQ vote #295: motion rejected 47-52: r 46-3; d 1-47; I 0-2, 8/2/07, Obama voted nay;
116. H.R. 976, CQ vote #292: rejected 36-60: r 1-46; d 33-14; I 2-0, 8/1/07, Obama voted yea;
117. H.R. 6, CQ vote #223: motion rejected 57-36: r 10-34; d 45-2; I 2-0, 6/21/07, Obama voted yea;
118. H.R. 2206, CQ vote #181: motion agreed to 80-14: r 42-3; d 37-10; I 1-1, 5/24/07, Obama voted nay;
119. S. con. res. 21, CQ vote #172: adopted 52-40: r 2-40; d 48-0; I 2-0, 5/17/07, Obama voted yea;
120. S. con. res. 21, CQ vote #161: motion rejected 44-51: r 44-2; d 0-47; I 0-2, 5/9/07, Obama voted nay;
121. S. con. res. 21, CQ vote #159: motion agreed to 54-41: r 46-0; d 8-39; I 0-2, 5/9/07, Obama voted nay;
122. H.R. 1591, CQ vote #118: adopted 74-23: r 25-22; d 47-1; I 2-0, 3/28/07, Obama voted yea;
123. S. con. res. 21,cq vote #113: rejected 49-50: r 48-1; d 1-47; I 0-2, 3/23/07, Obama voted nay;
124. S. con. res. 21, CQ vote #109: rejected 44-55: r 44-5; d 0-48; I 0-2, 3/23/07, Obama voted nay;
125. S. con. res. 21, CQ vote #108: rejected 44-53: r 44-3; d 0-48; I 0-2, 3/23/07, Obama voted nay;
126. S. con. res. 21, CQ vote #107: rejected 46-52: r 46-2; d 0-48; I 0-2, 3/23/07, Obama voted nay;
127. S. con. res. 21, CQ vote #105: adopted 59-40: r 13-36; d 44-4; I 2-0, 3/23/07, Obama voted yea;
128. S. con. res. 21, CQ vote #102: rejected 48-51: r 48-1; d 0-48; I 0-2, 3/23/07, Obama voted nay;
129. S. con. res. 21, CQ vote #100: rejected 46-53: r 46-3; d 0-48; I 0-2, 3/23/07, Obama voted nay;
130. S. con. res. 21, CQ vote #98: rejected 42-53: r 42-4; d 0-47; I 0-2, 3/22/07, Obama voted nay;
131. S. con. res. 21, CQ vote #94: rejected 38-58: r 0-47; d 36-11; I 2-0, 3/22/07, Obama voted yea;
132. S. con. res. 21, CQ vote #83: rejected 47-51: r 47-2; d 0-47; I 0-2, 3/21/07, Obama voted nay;
133. H.R. 2, CQ vote #38: motion rejected 46-50: r 44-3; d 2-45; I 0-2, 1/31/07, Obama voted nay;
134. H.R. 2, CQ vote #37: motion agreed to 49-48: r 1-46; d 46-2; I 2-0, 1/31/07, Obama voted yea;
135. H.R. 2, CQ vote #32: motion agreed to 50-42: r 3-42; d 45-0; I 2-0, 1/25/07, Obama voted yea;
136. H.R. 2, CQ vote #30: motion rejected 43-50: r 42-3; d 1-45; I 0-2, 1/25/07, Obama voted nay;
137. H.R. 2, CQ vote #28: motion rejected 42-51: r 41-4; d 1-45; I 0-2, 1/25/07, Obama voted nay;
138. s. 256, CQ vote #27: rejected 38-61: r 38-17; d 0-43; I 0-1, 3/7/05, Obama voted nay;
139. S. con. res. 18, CQ vote #50: rejected 46-54: r 1-54; d 44-0; I 1-0, 3/15/05, Obama voted yea;
140. S. con. res. 18, CQ vote #61: rejected 44-56: r 1-54; d 42-2; I 1-0, 3/17/05, Obama voted yea;
141. S. con. res. 18, CQ vote #63: rejected 40-59: r 0-54; d 40-4; I 0-1, 3/17/05, Obama voted yea;
142. S. con. res. 18, CQ vote #81: adopted 51-49: r 51-4; d 0-44; I 0-1, 3/17/05, Obama voted nay;
143. S. con. res. 18, CQ vote #65: rejected 49-51: r 4-51; d 44-0; I 1-0, 3/17/05, Obama voted yea;
144. S. con. res. 18, CQ vote #68: motion adopted 51-49: r 6-49; d 44-0; I 1-0, 3/17/05, Obama voted yea;
145. S. con. res. 18, CQ vote #70: rejected 45-55: r 0-55; d 44-0; I 1-0, 3/17/05, Obama voted yea;
146. S. con. res. 18, CQ vote #74: motion adopted 55-45: r 50-5; d 5-39; I 0-1, 3/17/05, Obama voted nay;
147. S. con. res. 18, CQ vote #75: rejected 47-53: r 3-52; d 43-1; I 1-0, 3/17/05, Obama voted yea;
148. S. con. res. 18, CQ vote #78: rejected 45-55: r 0-55; d 44-0; I 1-0, 3/17/05, Obama voted yea;
149. S. con. res. 18, CQ vote #79: rejected 37-63: r 1-54; d 35-9; I 1-0, 3/17/05, Obama voted yea;
150. H. con. res. 95, CQ vote #114: motion adopted 52-47: r 52-3; d 0-43; I 0-1, 4/28/05, Obama voted nay;
151. H.R. 3058, CQ vote #258: motion rejected 42-57: r 42-13; d 0-43; I 0-1, 10/19/05, Obama voted nay;
152. s. 2020, CQ vote #330: rejected 44-55: r 2-53; d 41-2; I 1-0, 11/17/05, Obama voted yea;
153. s. 2020, CQ vote #331: motion rejected 35-64: r 0-55; d 34-9; I 1-0, 11/17/05, Obama voted yea;
154. s. 2020, CQ vote #333: motion rejected 40-59: r 1-54; d 38-5; I 1-0, 11/17/05, Obama voted yea;
155. s. 2020, CQ vote #337: motion rejected 43-55: r 0-54; d 42-1; I 1-0, 11/17/05, Obama voted yea;
156. s. 2020, CQ vote #338: motion rejected 36-62: r 0-54; d 35-8; I 1-0, 11/17/05, Obama voted yea;
157. s. 2020, CQ vote #339: motion rejected 50-48: r 9-45; d 40-3; I 1-0, 11/17/05, Obama voted yea;
158. s. 2020, CQ vote #341: motion rejected 33-65: r 0-54; d 32-11; I 1-0, 11/17/05, Obama voted yea;
159. s. 2020, CQ vote #343: motion rejected 43-55: r 1-53; d 41-2; I 1-0, 11/17/05, Obama voted yea;
160. s. 2020, CQ vote #345: motion rejected 47-51: r 3-51; d 43-0; I 1-0, 11/17/05, Obama voted yea;
161. s. 2020, CQ vote #346: motion rejected 42-56: r 0-54; d 41-2; I 1-0, 11/17/05, Obama voted yea;
162. s. 2020, CQ vote #347: passed 64-33: r 49-4; d 15-28; I 0-1, 11/18/05, Obama voted nay;
163. H.R. 4297, CQ vote #7: motion rejected 44-53: r 1-52; d 42-1; I 1-0, 2/2/06, Obama voted yea;
164. H.R. 4297, CQ vote #8: motion rejected 44-53: r 1-52; d 42-1; I 1-0, 2/2/06, Obama voted yea;
165. H.R. 4297, CQ vote #10: passed 66-31: r 49-4; d 17-26; I 0-1, 2/2/06, Obama voted nay;
166. H.R. 4297, CQ vote #15: motion rejected 40-53: r 1-52; d 39-1; I 0-0, 2/13/06, Obama voted yea;
167. H.R. 4297, CQ vote #16: motion agreed to 53-47: r 51-4; d 2-42; I 0-1, 2/14/06, Obama voted nay;
168. H.R. 4297, CQ vote #17: motion rejected 47-53: r 3-52; d 43-1; I 1-0, 2/14/06, Obama voted yea;
169. H.R. 4297, CQ vote #18: motion rejected 45-55: r 1-54; d 43-1; I 1-0, 2/14/06, Obama voted yea;
170. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #39: rejected 50-50: r 5-50; d 44-0; I 1-0, 3/14/06, Obama voted yea;
171. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #41: rejected 46-54: r 1-54; d 44-0; I 1-0, 3/14/06, Obama voted yea;
172. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #42: rejected 46-54: r 3-52; d 42-2; I 1-0, 3/14/06, Obama voted yea;
173. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #43: rejected 45-53: r 1-53; d 43-0; I 1-0, 3/15/06, Obama voted yea;
174. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #45: rejected 43-55: r 0-54; d 42-1; I 1-0, 3/15/06, Obama voted yea;
175. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #47: rejected 43-53: r 0-53; d 42-0; I 1-0, 3/15/06, Obama voted yea;
176. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #51: rejected 44-53: r 1-53; d 42-0; I 1-0, 3/15/06, Obama voted yea;
177. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #57: motion adopted 51-49: r 6-49; d 44-0; I 1-0, 3/16/06, Obama voted yea;
178. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #60: rejected 48-49: r 5-49; d 42-0; I 1-0, 3/16/06, Obama voted yea;
179. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #61: rejected 42-56: r 0-55; d 41-1; I 1-0, 3/16/06, Obama voted yea;
180. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #63: rejected 46-54: r 2-53; d 43-1; I 1-0, 3/16/06, Obama voted yea;
181. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #64: rejected 49-51: r 4-51; d 44-0; I 1-0, 3/16/06, Obama voted yea;
182. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #66: rejected 48-52: r 3-52; d 44-0; I 1-0, 3/16/06, Obama voted yea;
183. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #67: rejected 46-53: r 2-52; d 43-1; I 1-0, 3/16/06, Obama voted yea;
184. S. con. res. 83, CQ vote #69: rejected 43-57: r 1-54; d 41-3; I 1-0, 3/16/06, Obama voted yea;
185. H.R. 4297, CQ vote #118: motion adopted 54-44: r 51-3; d 3-40; I 0-1, 5/11/06, Obama voted nay;
186. H.R. 8, CQ vote #164: motion rejected 57-41: r 53-2; d 4-38; I 0-1, 6/8/06, Obama voted nay;
187. H.R. 5970, CQ vote #229: motion rejected 56-42: r 52-3; d 4-38; I 0-1, 8/3/06, Obama voted nay;
188. H.R. 4954, CQ vote #244: motion agreed to 57-41: r 54-0; d 3-40; I 0-1, 9/13/06, Obama voted nay;
189. S. con. res. 70, CQ vote #142: adopted 48- 45: r 2- 44; d 44- 1; I 2-0, 6/4/08, Obama voted yea;
190. S. con. res. 70, CQ vote #85, adopted 51-44: r 2-43; d 47-1; I 2-0, 3/14/08, Obama voted yea;
191. S. con. res. 70, CQ vote #82, rejected 45-51: r 45-1; d 0-48; I 0-2, 3/14/08, Obama voted nay;
192. S. con. res. 70, CQ vote #77, rejected 48-50: r 47-1; d 1-47; I 0-2, 3/13/08, Obama voted nay;
193. S. con. res. 70, CQ vote #74, rejected 49-50: r 48-1; d 1-47; I 0-2, 3/13/08, Obama voted nay;
194. S. con. res. 70, CQ vote #50: rejected 50-50: r 48-1; d 2-47; I 0-2, 3/13/08, Obama voted nay;
195. S. con. res. 70, CQ vote #52: rejected 47-53: r 47-2; d 0-49; I 0-2, 3/13/08, Obama voted nay;
196. S. con. res. 70, CQ vote #48: rejected 49-51: r 48-1; d 1-48; I 0-2, 3/13/08, Obama voted nay;
197. S. con. res. 70, CQ vote #43: rejected 47-52: r 47-2; d 0-48; I 0-2, 3/13/08, Obama voted nay;
198. S. con. res. 70, CQ vote #47: motion agreed to: 50-50: r 49-0, vice president Cheney casting a ‘yea’ vote; d 1-48; I 0-2, 3/13/08, Obama voted nay;
199. S. con. res. 70, CQ vote #46: motion rejected 49-51: r 0-49; d 47-2; I 2-0, 3/13/08, Obama voted yea
200. S. con. res. 70, CQ vote #45: rejected 49-50: r 47-1; d 2-47; I 0-2, 3/13/08, Obama voted nay;
201. S. con. res. 70, CQ vote #64: rejected 43-55: r 1-47; d 40-8; I 2-0, 3/13/08, Obama voted yea

Boy, if ever proof was needed that if you otherwise-unemployable droolers currently "employed" at the paper formerly known as the Washington Post had been around 35 years ago, Nixon would still be President For All Eternity, it's crap like this that demonstrates it.

Matt Drudge was a joke in Hollywood till idiots like you started listening to him.

Hey idiot: do you really feel cool, that you follow the lead of a failed, talentless actor - a person with no discernable ability other than a low cunning as a con artist - the kind of guy even a dweeb like you could look down and laugh at while being chased home from school, is someone you are now foolish enough to listen to about ANYTHING???

Did you know that women laugh behind the backs of guys who look as dorky as you do? I guess it's what you have in common with Failure-boy.

Why is that more spelling and grammatical errors occur on angry posts from nutjob right wing conservatives than posts by centrists or progressives? Could it be that these people are the same stupid trailer park trash that voted for Bush both times? Naaaah!

America's new motto: "Stupid is as stupid does". Please folks, if you don't have more than two brain cells to rub together, stay home and listen to Rush while you fondle your Sean Hannity, Jeff Gannon, Ken Mehlman, Bill-O and Larry Craig plush toys.

It's AWESOME to see media BIAS trying to disguise IT'S OWN MEDIA BIAS!!!
Fiorina said that NONE of the current BATCH OF CANDIDATES could run a fortune 500 company (She would know, It is also sad to see our candidate choices).
Fiorina was CUT OFF (like in THIS BIAS ARTICLE) when she suggested that Palin is THE highest qualified for the job, since she has far more executive experience.
Another Big FAT LIAR. Who pays these people!

Only because of Drudge do we even get any mainstream coverage considered negative toward the elite. Remember Monica, probably not if you are a liberal. Without Drudge that story would never have been reported. It is sad that 100% of the elite were willing to overlook that story until forced to cover it. Of course to a math challenged liberal 100% one way (their way)is cosidered fair, that is why the NY Times and others are going down the tube. One thing the libs will like if Obama is elected, 9% Pelosi will eliminate talk radio.

Kieth Olbermann is Obama's personal Ass licker.

That is all.

Lets see, last evening CNN's Dumbbell Brown, and MSDNC's Keith "Obamas Azz sniffer" olberman and Rachel Mancow all refer to McCain as a liar a dozen times each. Yep, they all got the Obama talking points via blackberry yesterday. same thing every night, they must really think the american people are that stupid.

Latent seething hatred for Drudge from a WaPo employee. Drudge, who in the 90s, ran the Clinton-Monica dress story while the rest of the Media, Liberal, sat on it to protect Bill, their Liberal buddy. Congratulations Mr. Cilizza. You're now in the club.

Heres one for you to try. Read the headlines in the Old York Times in the morning (Fresh from the daily Kos or Huff post). Then watch the story appear that evening on CNN and MSDNC while some Obama tool spews it as a talking point. The next day it will appear in this rag or the LA Times, and then later on the cover of Newsweek, Time or the Atlantic. There is a Tsunami of frustration building on the right with the contempt that the media has for the american people. We will excercise our right to vote in Novemeber. You have no idea what is coming.

Forget about political bias. A large part of the Drudge formula for success is simply that virtually all print journalism and a lot of broadcast/t. v. journalism is terminally self-important and booooring (the NY Daily News wins points for its recent "Crockefeller and Snooks" series, but that sort of thing is very rare). Drudge has a natural instinct that the news needs to be entertaining, so he's not above throwing in the occasional two-headed calf. The NYT, the LAT and the WP could put him out of business in a minute if they'd brighten up a bit, but evidently their editors imagine that they're a bunch of bishops and think that putting out lively papers would be a bit like farting in church.

There's a place for Drudge in the media array that I use to keep myself informed of current events local, national and abroad.
Sounds like some sour grapes if you ask me!

All these complaints about who is giving face time to what stories. Neither Drudge nor the Washington Post give any time to stories about the third party candidates. Of course, both are biased. Being bi-partisan doesn't mean being non-partisan.

CBS, NBC, CBS, CNN, etc and all MSM are much more baised to the right than Drudge can ever be accused of in the other direction. What a bunch of BS!!!! Chris, you're typical of the rest of the conservative whiners. Boo Hoo. You Sissy.

By the way, this will likely draw the usual flak from the usual morons, but the so-called 'liberal' media isn't biased. At all.

I read a piece in the New Yorker that carefully went over Palin's pros and cons, and it warranted that while she is charismatic and well-liked in Alaska, there are big question marks around her leadership potential. Your grandparents would have called it common sense.

But then the right, uneducated and so ideologically blinded as to think they are above fact and common knowledge, realized you could taint the truth by calling it biased. It's not. Members of the media have simply had the advantage of completing a liberal arts degree, most of which covers history and political science, which a light skim through pretty much destroys the neo-Straussian ideology of the neo-conservative right in about five seconds.

Don't know Leo Strauss? Have a look see on wikipedia.

Wow. A little perspective. Matt Drudge is where lazy journalists go to get a sense for the lede. If anything, Drudge's popularity, and in fact the existence of something you've coined to be a 'Drudge-ologist' is further confirmation that the media aren't doing their jobs.

At the end of the day, Drudge is a Republican. Non-partisan conservatives are what the rest of the internet world calls trolls. Matt Drudge is an uber troll. He didn't mention those stories for the exact reason you consider to be 'tired' (of course, you offered no explanation as to why its tired, when it is absolutely justified). Drudge does not want Obama to win the presidency, period. He snuggles the recent poll shifts to Obama to a third rate lead. He is a blogger who got lucky.

Period.

This article is wrong. Drudge doesn't just "balance" the coverage, he alters stories by his use of headlines. Currently, his main lead is "Dirty tricks: Palins email hacked". This implies that it's some democratic conspiracy, of which there is no evidence or even suspicion of.

I've quit reading it.

You people are pure dopes.

Hey Nick III, that was a lot of hot air you let out...A whole lotta crap you have to remember too. The only thing we have to know about Obama is that he let's his little brother live in squaller in a cardboard HUT! What kind of help do you think he is going to bring the little man like you when his own family can't count on him?

Excuse me Mr Cillissa, but your statement "Two other stories never merited attention from Drudge: a claim by a senior aide to John McCain that the Arizona senator had invented the BlackBerry and a statement by McCain surrogate Carly Fiorina that neither McCain nor Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin would be equipped to serve as CEO of a major U.S. company." First off, the Carly Fiorina quote you are referring to was cutoff before she finished her sentence. She didn't just mention McCain and Pailin not being qualified to run a company. She also mentioned Obama and Biden. She concluded her statement by saying no politician is automatically qualified to run a company. If you wouldn't rely so much on phony doctored up testimonials posted on youtube by the kook/fringe left, you may actually regain some form of integrity.

We've gotten exactly what the Republican propaganda machine wanted to give us: a perfect "free market" unregulated nirvana. What was its name? Credit default swaps. No nasty government, just upstanding "greed is good" private sector folks making the system work. Great laissez-faire law of the jungle stuff. And a great money machine while it lasted. Ooops! We seem to have crashed the system. Well, gee, that's too bad. Hey Mr Treasury Secratary, can you help me? We'd all hate to have a crashed system.

It's unbelievable! The roof is caving in on the whole rotten edifice built with the aid and comfort of the American Enterprise Institute and other pawns of the Republican propaganda establishment who have preached the gospel of private=good and public=bad, and what are we crying about now? That they were mean to that nice Mr McCain (a real nice fellow like us) on The View.

No kidding, that Drudge leans conservative and isn't "fair" to the Democrats...so what? The Washington Post is COMPLETELY unfair to Republicans. It's amazing how senstive the Liberal Media is to others doing the same things they themselves do.

You idiots are only getting the traffic you got here BECAUSE Drudge linked you. I check Drudge at least 5 times a day, and I'm a dentist in Nevada with nothing to do with the media or politics. Drudgereport is the best news source available today. If it is, or will be news in the next 24 hours, it's on Drudge. You know, if the MSM was a bit less biased they might not have lost their credibility and subsequently, their readership and/or viewers.

¡VIVA EL DRUDGEREPORT!

Why did Drudge give all this traffic for this loser?

It's always about the money and who gave more advertising dollars

This is funny stuff...So Drudge is bias by leaning more right than left....So I have to ask why is this a big deal? Are we not suppose to have freedom of speech? I bet most of you complaining about Drudge have never complained about the very bias MAINSTREAM media, because its your point of view. Why do you care? and more importantly why are you reading drudgereport.com if you have such a problem with it? Its just like watching TV...You don't like what you are watching...You change the channel.

By the way I caught this article on DRUDGEREPORT.COM

Palin=Criminal
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/17/palin.investigation/index.html

It is not a matter of only Republicans do bad things. Rather, Republicans only do bad things. Common sense sees right through the chablis and bree GOP country club set that just sees us as a tax mine.

Exact and complete quote from Carly Fiorina, no matter what consumate Right Wing partisan liars would have you believe. On the record, and fact checked:

Carly: "Well, I don't think John McCain could run a major corporation, I don't think I could run a major corporation, I don't think you could run a major corporation,"

Carly continues (this part conveniently left out by the Right Wing McCain lap-doggers) "It is a fallacy to suggest that the country is like a company. So, of course, to run a business, you have to have a lifetime of experience in business, but that's not what Sarah Palin, or John McCain have. Businesses are held accountable for poor business practices, bad investments, and breaking the law. Sarah Palin and John McCain simply would not have to answer to any of those three concerns were they in the White House."

Come on folks! Don't drag this out. You're keeping the inanity of the Bush-McCain Failed Talking Points in the rotation!

This is just one example of daily bias by the Post, CNN and the NY Times.

These numbers were before the surge.

Did you know that 47 countries' have reestablished their embassies in Iraq, leaving only 145 that have not?

Did you know that the Iraqi government
currently employs 1.2 million Iraqi people in exotic jobs ranging from human landmine clearance to IED shielding on the exterior of vehicles transporting officials?

Did you know that 3100 schools have been renovated, 364 schools are under rehabilitation, 263 new schools are now under construction; and 38 new schools have been completed in Iraq, while only 4000 have been destroyed?

Did you know that Iraq 's higher educational structure consists of 20 Universities, 46 Institutes or colleges and 4 research centers, all currently operating without any students?

Did you know that 25 Iraq students departed for the United States in
January 2005 for the re-established Fulbright program and were never seen or heard from again?

Did you know that the Iraqi Navy is operational? They have 5 - 100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels and a naval infantry regiment which have been used primarily for piracy in the Gulf, and for raiding small villages along the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates.

Did you know that Iraq's Air Force consists of three operational squadrons,
Which includes 9 reconnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft (under Iraqi operational control) which operate day and night, and will soon add 16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 Bell Jet Rangers, as well as 7000 paper airplanes donated by American school children?

Did you know that Iraq has a counter-terrorist unit and a Commando Battalion which have both engaged American forces in combat, or retreated from combat situations when fighting along side American forces?

Did you know that the Iraqi Police Service has over 55,000 fully trained and equipped police officers who regularly engage American forces in combat?

Did you know that there are 5 Police Academies in Iraq that produce over 3500 new officers every 8 weeks, all of whom defect within days to the insurgency?

Did you know there are more than 1100 building projects going on in Iraq intended to replace the more than 80,000 structures destroyed since the invasion?

They include 364 schools, 67 public clinics, 15 hospitals, 83 railroad stations, 22 oil facilities, 93 water facilities 69 electrical facilities, and assorted defensive walls, barriers, and fortifications.

Did you know that 96% of Iraqi children under the age of 5 have received the first 2 series of polio vaccinations, as well as a lifetime supply of PTSD?

Did you know that 4.3 million Iraqi children were enrolled in primary school by mid October, but that by November 2.6 million girls had been removed?

Did you know that there are 1,192,000 cell phone subscribers in Iraq and phone use has gone up 158% since the integration of cell phones as detonators on IEDs?

Did you know that Iraq has an independent media that consists of 75 radio stations, 180 newspapers, 10 television stations, and 6000 "Armed Truth Squads"?

Did you know that the Baghdad Stock Exchange opened in June of 2004, and has since lost only 4,200% of its opening value?

Did you know that 2 candidates in the Iraqi presidential election had a
televised debate recently because it was too dangerous to debate in front of a live audience?

Phil Gramm was actually in favor of a Sub-Prime crisis. This is a known, and very well publicized fact. He knew that if US banks were able to diversify without any government regulation, that a sub-prime crisis could be created through inevitably loose lending policies.

He's on record as the sponsor of the bill that created it, and he continues to support that same bill today, as it achieved precisely what he set out to accomplish: An economic climate that would artificially increase the asset wealth of America's poor and through the use of a deliberate campaign of misinformation, encourage these same individuals to carry more debt. Once this had been achieved, the bill was designed to then create the economic environment (through rapid deregulation) that we have seen over the past several years; a rapid loss of available credit and available jobs leading directly to an enormous loss of wealth amongst the poor that would lead them to remain on the bottom with low education and poor skill sets. The end game? Simply the creation of an environment wherein more major corporations (the primary backers of Gramm and McCain for decades) could abandon American workes for cheap foreign labor, thus providing maximum profits for the very top 1% of society. These 1% have been further protected by the Bush-McCain tax cuts, which actually increased taxes on 95% of Americans (the bottom 95%).

This is so basic, and so well known that only a complete fool would argue against it. Why else would it be news?! Honestly... Plan and simple facts.

Hah! Laughable! When the going gets tough, the Republicans leave for Crawford, or Aspen. No worries there, as its a Democrat's job to save the country. Again.

The correlation between hard work and success is limited. Obviously, Obama is where he is because he worked hard and earned it. Bush and McCain are where they are because their fathers and grandfathers worked hard.

McCain has never even paid a bill in his life, so why should we trust him to protect our money? I don't think we need another silver spoon republican trying to run the economy. Just look at what happened under Bush: 56 million Americans who were middle class in 2000 are now out of work and considered below the poverty line. 23 million Americans who had health insurance in 2000 now do not.

McCain actually wrote the bills that caused this. Look it up! This is so basic that it hardly gets any attention. Obama is from a food stamps family, and federal assistance combined with his drive and natural ability helped him pull himself up by the boot straps. McCain was a bottom of the barrel student, mediocre officer, and quickly corrupted legislator. Had he not been born with high social status he would have never been able to land back asswards where he has.

Maybe you missed this. McCain owns at least seven houses and counting. It strikes me that these uber-rich Republican elitists who own so many houses are a real problem for the rest of us in that they drive up real estate values by gobbling up land and hoarding away homes. We wouldn't have had a banking meltdown if we hadn't had a subprime meltdown. We wouldn't have had a subprime meltdown if the average American had been able to afford a single home. The average American can't afford a single home because these chablis swilling country club loving Republican elites collect homes like the rest of us collect credit card bills.

Just so these crazy Bushies and McCainiacs don't pull the wool over your eyes on de-regulation... Here is the basic low down on what's behind it. Simple. Straight forward. Factual.

The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in the United States and included banking reforms, some of which were designed to control speculation. Some provisions such as Regulation Q that allowed the Federal Reserve to regulate interest rates in savings accounts were repealed by the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980. Other provisions which prohibit a bank holding company from owning other financial companies were repealed in 1999 by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. Yes, that Gramm.

First repeal of the Glass-Steagall act allowed banks to determine what interest rates they could pay on savings, thus eliminating from our society sensible government oversight by the the Federal Reserve banks.

Second part repealed by the Gramm-Leahy act was that of the idea that a bank should be FORCED to not be able to invest in other forms of business. This was yet another portion of the bill aimed at preventing the government from protecting average Americans by maintaining a strong and balance economy by preventing companies over reaching.

The entirety of this bill is correctly attributed to our current sub-prime mortgage problem. This problem started on the banking side through de-regulation and led directly to predatory lending practices.

The Gramm-Leahy-Bliley act was signed into law by a Bill Clinton, who did not have the votes in Congress to prevent it.

It had positive economic results, allowing some finanacial companies to consolidate their resources and operate more efficiently, thereby saving money and increasing the value of their companies and increasing the value of the shareholders holdings in those companies.

Prior to the repeal of this law, foreign bankers held a financial edge against US banks because they were free to diversify their investments. Repealing this law allowed US banks to catch up with foreign banks and increase their value as a company. Again, increasing the value of their stocks to their stock-holders, but also removing necessary regulation to prevent predatory schemes.

Yes, it did allow companies the freedom to make good and or bad investments, just like any other company, but without necessary regulation to prevent abuse of the system.

The vast majority of banks are at risk, but are currently stable because they made wise investments. Some are not doing so well because they got caught up in too risky of deals, such as interest-only loans. They took a risk, they lost.

Buyers were duped into accepting these risk terms on their loans. That is the fault of predatory lenders.

Democrat president Bill Clinton had the option of veto-ing this bill but chose not to. He supported the bill and signed it into law in 1999 because the Republicans had the votes in Congress to ignore the veto.

One of the prime sponsors of the bill was this man, also a REPUBLICAN.
John McCain

Matt Drudge does have a bias. He is a very extreme Christian Conservative. I knew him just before he started his website and the guy was nuts. Talk your ear off about Armageddon, was absolutely convinced it was coming (I think that's why he is so obsessed with hurricanes) and that Los Angeles especially was doomed. (He hates Hollywood in case you haven't noticed)

But I think he is a very religious man which why he jumped on board when Pentecostal Palin joined the ticket.

Thats my 2 cents anyway...

The surge is working. McCain/Palin have surged in the polls. It was not a BOUNCE by the way.

Minnesota, Michigan and Colorado are in play and McCain/Palin are up in Ohio, Florida and gained big in Penn.

Independents and undecided voters and women are choosing McCain/Palin.

She was a great choice and has as much experience as OBAMA

Can I butt in here please?
Stop whining. all of you.
Do you want to see a disgusting display of favortism and hostility? WATCH THE VIEW. Watch it the day Obama was on and watch how the hens were sliding out of their seats and creaming their jeans over him. Then watch how those same hens practically assaulted McCain. I thought babawa wawa was going to SPIT on McCain. WHY? Good GOD people, WTF is wrong with you?

Ummm, that statement that neither McCain or Palin were qualified to be CEOs, was conveniently cutoff...Fiorina also said that neither Biden or Obama were fit either. So, it was not a "negative" story about McCain that you imply.

Drudge biased? Give me a break.

This paper is totally one sided! So let Drudge have his side also.

This paper is totally one sided! So let Drudge have his side also.

what an idiotic article.

Translation: "It's MY press. Give it back, Matt! Mine Mime Mine Mine MINE!"

This Independent Voter agrees with Chris! So take that you neo conservative bullies!

One more thing, thanks to the comments from others, i'll be checking out Drudge blog in hopes of finding more balanced reporting that is exceedingly hard to find in the rapidly disappearing newspaper industry. (Gee, i wonder why?)

Who owns the media? NBC: General Electric. CBS: Westinghouse -- part of Nuclear Utilities Business Group of British Nuclear Fuels. ABC: Disney (that well-known lefty corporation - not). FOX: Rupurt Murdoch (Mr flaming lefty). Biggest owner of radio stations nationwide: Clearchannel (another lefty corp - not). How much longer are we going to believe the myth of left-wing media bias, a myth the right uses as a club to bash anybody saying anything it doesn't want said? The real bias is to big business and the right, which thinks things are just fine and dandy as they are and doesn't want the American MSM audience to see or hear anything which might interfere with being good little consumers who don't rock the boat or anything that might raise too many questions about who's getting rich doing what to who.

Chris,
you must be smoking some good stuff because you need to recalibrate what you're reading/hearing. As an independent voter, i loathe the TV networks: I refuse to watch CNN or MSNBC whose bias toward Obama make Fox Network actually look a bit more balanced. BTW, I hate Fox too. The newspapers are even more nauseating. My libertarian friend used to complain so much to me about "the liberal media" and "the Clinton News Network" and we'd argue constantly about fair coverage. After going through the primaries and now the general election, i find it pathetic that the media just can't seem to hide their bias, mostly in support of Obama. I'm not a supporter of McCain, as I stated I'm an independent. Today's media needs to do a serious reality check. Thank goodness we have the Internet so that readers' choices can be vastly expanded to minimize the glaringly obvious bias. Buy a ticket. Obama's had a free ride with press, unwilling to ask tough questions or make waves for fear of being branded racists much like Charles Gibson & George Stephanopolous were post one of the debates.

Funny how you, the author, purposely failed to mention that Fiorina made that comment about all FOUR candidates: McCain, Palin, Obama, and Biden. She said being a president requires a different skill set than a CEO.

Now who looks biased?

Awwww. You mean the UBBER-LIBERAL Washington Post is actually whining because conservatives have a news source? How pathetic! We've been taking Republican/Conservative-bashing crap from the Washington Post, CNN and other liberal media sources for DECADES. Your article smacks like a love-sick Junior High girl... with a crush on the DREAMY Barry Obama; all up in arms because Drudge isn't giving your crush equal air-time. PATHETIC. If you want to read about Barry Obama, read your own puerile rag of a newspaper.

Anything can be said to bash John McCain, Sarah Palin, or any conservative republican for that matter, with liberal Democrats demanding that we just bend over, take it, and say "Thank you, sir, may I have another." I, for one, am grateful for the way Matt Drudge handles news.

Finally, an UNBIASED source! DRUDGEREPORT.COM FOREVER BABY!!

This is for Obama/Biden and all voters!

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this just in...

right wing dittoheads don't think Drudge has a blatant right wing bias

I think comments like Carly Fiorina said McCain/Paliin weren't qualified to run a major corporation - when the actual quote was that all four candidates weren't qualified , and for good reason - is why we distrust the media. Take a hint - the full truth is out there for us to find, and with little effort.

Be fair, be honest, and be thorough - then maybe we will regain a respect for you. In all honesty I often wonder how so many clearly biased media types can rationalize their lack of objectivity and professionalism.

So nitty negative stories on McCain got a pass on Drudge. You guys sure got them out front and center. Calling drudge biased is like the pot calling the kettle black, only in this case, the Washington post is both pot and kettle.

Those two McCain stories you're talking about didn't warrant an appearance on Drudge. The Blackberry claim was refuted by others in the McCain camp almost as quickly as that dumb story came out. Second, the Fiorina story was called overblown and taken out of context by Fiorina herself. The MSM's attempt to make big stories out of these can't stand up to Drudge's real news filter. I'm elated that I have the DrudgeReport during this campaign. I've taken A LOT of "news" websites out of my bookmarks this campaign season. As Hannity has been saying, "2008 will go down as the year journalism in America died." Isn't that the truth.

Mary's a dope.

yeah http://www.newser.com
http://www.newser.com http://www.newser.com

Drudge reports facts, that's why people flock to his site. He's not an editorialist like the rest of the msm. Those who don't see the "perceivable bias" are sheep following a blind shepherd. This election will be won by McCain/Palin not because of Drudge, but because this country has more than just babbling elitist pundits.

It is irrelevant whether or not Carly Fiorina mentioned that Obama and Biden would not be fit to run any major corporation. The story is that she believes that her own candidate and his pick for VP would not be able to. It is expected for her to trash Obama and Biden she is on McCain's payroll. Or at least she was when she made the statement. As an independent it's quite amusing to see the sheep on the right fall for the evil Washington or evil Media argument. This is a completely legitimate story.

use NEWSER.COM !!!!!!!!!

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Drudge doesn't act so presumptiously as to tell me what is true and what isn't. And he doesn't have fake headlines which don't match stories. And he doesn't edit the parts of a story which don't fit his political agenda.

And, that, pretty much is why I go to Drudge before I would even go to you idiots. I only come to you to find out where the lies and spin are being printed.

Honestly, who cares that McCain said that? I go to drudge to read the news. If I want to know who said what, or a topic of equal importance, like what "wardrobe malfuntions" Britney and Paris had last night, I'll go read National Enquirer.

I am so disgusted with this stupid add that Obama has put out... He is dividing this nation and not bringing it together. Obama, if we vote for McCain/Palin "are we racist and do we hate Mexicans" ??? I like McCain/Palin and guess what.... My Uncle is Mexican and I Love him. Obama is this okay?

Obama is dividing the Nation

Matt:
Just drop the Washington Post from you web list. It doesn't deserve to be there!

vote Harry Sackryder!

I had noticed the change in Drudge and one day wrote
the Drudge Report email mentioning two major negative stories about McCain and asked the question, "Why don't you link to these?"
Anyway, as a result of his bias, I no longer have the site bookmarked and so never read it. I do not miss the Drudge Report at all!

I am so disgusted with this stupid add that Obama has put out... He is dividing this nation and not bringing it together. Obama, if we vote for McCain/Palin "are we racist and do we hate Mexicans" ??? I like McCain/Palin and guess what.... My Uncle is Mexican and I Love him. Obama is this okay?

Obama is dividing the Nation

Dude, change your photo. You're trying to hard to look important. It just comes over as condescending or constipated.

Interesting that you write of Drudge's unbiased behavior but only give a fleeting mention of the presses perceived bias.

Chris Cillizza is now the Worlds powerful Reporter for the Day! Chris is the winner today. We challenge Drudge for a rematch with Chris Cillizza in October!

Gee Chris, if Drudge hadn't graciously added your article to his site, I seriously doubt you'd have gotten even 10% of the attention you've gotten. Be grateful.

Boo-hoo, cry me a river. The Left owns most newspapers and networks. Not happy with that they also want to control individuals.

Fair Doctrine huh?

Talk about out of context:

>>>a statement by McCain surrogate Carly Fiorina that neither McCain nor Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin would be equipped to serve as CEO of a major U.S. company.

She said the same about Obama and Biden. Why doesn't the unbiased Cillizza mention that? (Hint: it's because THAT's why it isn't a story!)

As for what drives the national news: Do the same with the NYT morning headlines as he asks you to do with the Drudge Report.

Boo-hoo, cry me a river. The Left owns most newspapers and networks. Not happy with that they also want to control individuals.

Fair Doctrine my ass.

Boo-hoo, cry me a river. The Left owns most newspapers and networks. Not happy with that they also want to control individuals.

Fair Doctrine my ass.

I have been following the Drudgereport for years and have been a fan. It is quite amazing at the influence that he has over mainstream media...who now-a-days are jokes! But even looking at this article, Chris mentions that Drudge left out Carly Fiorina's assertopm "that neither McCain nor Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin would be equipped to serve as CEO of a major U.S. company", but he failed to also mention that she amended her statement and said, "I don't think Barack Obama could run a major corporation. I don't think Joe Biden could." It is a slippery slope that we walk on when they begin to pick and choose parts of what people say and not the entirety.

As a very longtime Drudge reader I've actually been very disappointed in his coverage this election cycle. He's gone from Obama cheerleader to McCain apologist and neither is particularly endearing. It saddens me that I have to look elsewhere to find the pulse because Drudge is trying to set an agenda that involves sweeping McCain's recent disasters under the rug. I just wish he would report... everything and stop trying to manufacture certain angles.

The Washington Post is a great newspaper with great reporters. The difference between Chris and Drudge is that Chris will put himself on the line and let readers comment on his stories. This is a Democracy. Drudge doesn't do this.

Drudge serves a different role. He has great sources who feeds him information. Many are conservative. In the last few days hes been linking up neo-conservative writers. The headlines of these writers are designed to bring Obama down. Yet many of his links are also left to center writers. Yet many of us book mark Drudge. Why? He covers a lot of ground. Right now the front page is RAW NERVES – Wall Street. We are not experts. This helps. Last week it was Hurricanes.

But Drudge can't change the tides of history. After 8 years of Bush/Cheney does Drudge think he can help the create a 3rd Bush term or go against the wishes of the majority of America people who want change? We will never know will we? Drudge doesn't write we can't response to him. But Chris gave us a chance to response to Drudge who has linked up this story. Thanks Chris and the Washington Post.

CBS, NBC, CBS, CNN, etc and all MSM are much more baised to the left than Drudge can ever be accused of in the other direction. What a bunch of BS!!!! Chris, you're typical of the rest of the liberal whiners. Boo Hoo. You Sissy.

I think enough people corrected you over your miss quotes on McCain. So all I have to say is your an Idiot. Your job is to report facts not distort the facts, you should be a shamed of yourself. But I guess you accomplished your mission and have job security with your liberal bosses for now. Just remember, Chris Matthis thought his job was secure too. This election is showing the true faces of people. By the way I canceled my subscription and I'm not going to anymore Hollywood movies.

Drudge + Fox News VS The rest of the media giants. The playing field is now level. It doesn't take much to counteract socialist lies.

No, he didn't lie. Chris was right.

Fiorina opposes Obama so her comments about him are irrelevant and not newsworthy in the least. She was expected to bad-mouth him; that's simply not news.

The thing is Fiorina supports Palin and Mac.

The news story here is that the most mouthy and obnoxious female supporter of the Palin/Mac ticket publicly -- and loudly -- stated on TV more than once that both Mac and Mrs. Todd Palin are not qualified to run a business. This at a time when having fiscal competence in the Executive Branch is critical.

As Maureen Dowd points out, what makes it worse is that Fiorina is a FAILED CEO saying this. It's the pot calling the kettle black. This is why the part of her quote about Obama isn't part of the real story. Chris was right in not wasting space quoting it.

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"Yes, you lied about the entire Fiorina quote. That's why we get our news from Drudge, not your dinosauric newspaper.

Posted by: Anonymous | September 17, 2008 9:30 PM "

I came to this site because it was featured on Drudge. He's my first source of news because he's not totally biased like the MSM. I never would have visited this newspaper were it not for Drudge.

The MSM is a disgrace and a joke.

The "hint of media bias"? I have decided the media elites have had their heads up their fundamental apertures (thanks, Tom Wolfe) so long, they do not understand the degree they are biased.

I have spent a lifetime in politics, and habitually scan the the media with a wary eye. I have never, in any political contest from the local level to the national, seen such bias in coverage as I find in the media's support for Barack Obama.

When people complain that the MSM has become basically an appendage of the Obama Campaign, they are not exaggerating. It is clear to anyone who watches, listens, or reads. Public TV and radio is a bad as the rest, which is why I do not give a dime to them on sweeps week.

I hope real america will show up for this election, and put far-left elitism in its place--out of office.

Matt Drudge makes his money from advertising, I'm sure. What gets hits? Palin stories. The more he fuels the controversies, the more money he gets.

The quote goes on to say that Barack Obama and Joe Biden are also not equipped to run a corporation...

^^^^ ACTUALLY NO. She only added that part AFTER she said it about Palin on a seperate talk show as a clean up.

It was not said in the same vein. She realized what she said and tried to clean it up to no avail.

I came to this site because it was linked to Drudge. Congrats to Mr. Cilliza's as this is undoubtably the most read article he has ever written.

Well said, Mesndblues.

Drudge is a bit biased. But he provides equal access to a broad range of sites of differing viewpoints.

More importantly, Drudge provides access to NEWS, rather than bloviating. Unlike the Post and the MSM, he does not spend time dodging and spiking stories. He broke Lewinsky after the MSM spiked it. He linked to the Enquirer scoop about Edwards while MSM dodged it. He reports on Hillary's refusal to genuinely campaign for Obama by challenging Palin.

Other sites are doing great as well. Daily Kos reports the Palin bounce has gone bust: Obama is up 5 now and surging.

What gets me is: How does the Post get away with not reporting the news? --
No reporting on the Edwards' scandal and coverup, Palin's foolish baby hoax (supported by loads of circumstantial evidence and not disproven by any documentation), Palin's alleged witnessed racial slurs against Obama and AAs, and her quotation of racist Westbrook Pegler in her convention speech (look, you do not quote Pegler by accident)? No reporting on her over-the-top extreme views on just about everything?

How does the Post not report on Palin's alleged racial slurs against Obama (evidently that story was there for any MSM reporter who got off his butt and went to Alaska to talk to people), a major story broken by Internet journalist Charley James in laprogressive.com?

MSM, quit dodging stories and start reporting them and then you won't have to worry about Drudge.

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"The thing about the "Drudge Report" is that the stories linked to it span the gambit of journalism, and we, the readers and fans of drudge are smart enough to digest the stories based on the orign of the articles. It's quite ingenious on Drudges part because we as his followers never get angry at him for the content on his website because it's fairly balanced, it's never all Obama bashing OR all McCain bashing. Give us ALL the news, good, bad, indifferent, we can take it without getting mad..the only time we get mad is when it's all one way, like (deep breath) abc, cbs,nbc,pbs,cnn msnbc,new york times,wall st. journal,mtv, comedy central,bet,...they all suck, they are all in Obama's corner, except fox news...one crummy cable network we conservatives get, that and DRUDGE!!!! THANK GOD FOR MATT DRUDGE!!! And Matt has absolutely nothing to worry about for competition because anyone who might possible challenge him is too bias, like you, so you will ALWAYS be unsuccessful at catching up to Drudges traffic, you simply are too bias to be a threat to him..And btw, if Matt ever started being simply the mouthpiece to bash libs and libs only, his hits would drop like a lead zeppelin..

Posted by: Mesndblues | September 17, 2008 9:05 PM"

Yes, you lied about the entire Fiorina quote. That's why we get our news from Drudge, not your dinosauric newspaper.

Any stories on Franklin Raines and Jim Johnson making millions while running Fannie Mae...of course not, they're Democrats, but you spend your time with this nonsense.

Nice. Way to leave out the rest of the quote. Do you ever wonder why people consider you to be a trash journalist? You know what the whole quote was and you chose to lie. The best news in that trash papers like the Post are heading down the crapper. You along with it.

How the MSM follows Drudge's stories just shows how lazy the MSM have become. Lazy and jealous. Remember Drudge came to everyone's attention when he broke the story on Monica Lewinsky and Billy boy Clinton. The MSM was covering that up and would have never broken that story. Chris and the Wash Post are jealous of Drudge who has worked hard and taken risks to be number one.

Haay Ricky, Me thinks thee need mores edumacation. No other President in history has MB like our President. His IQ HAS been testrd - 122-126 (Superior) Me thinks you's
Qy is 98.

Matt Drudge is not a journalist. Matt Drudge isn't a commentator. All Matt Drudge does is have his staff paste links to articles written by others, and then write headlines that often aren't even close to the actual article. And he has ALWAYS done this while leaning far-right. Drudge is a nothing who has been made into a "something" by a semi-blind, and very lazy, media.

The thing about the "Drudge Report" is that the stories linked to it span the gambit of journalism, and we, the readers and fans of drudge are smart enough to digest the stories based on the orign of the articles. It's quite ingenious on Drudges part because we as his followers never get angry at him for the content on his website because it's fairly balanced, it's never all Obama bashing OR all McCain bashing. Give us ALL the news, good, bad, indifferent, we can take it without getting mad..the only time we get mad is when it's all one way, like (deep breath) abc, cbs,nbc,pbs,cnn msnbc,new york times,wall st. journal,mtv, comedy central,bet,...they all suck, they are all in Obama's corner, except fox news...one crummy cable network we conservatives get, that and DRUDGE!!!! THANK GOD FOR MATT DRUDGE!!! And Matt has absolutely nothing to worry about for competition because anyone who might possible challenge him is too bias, like you, so you will ALWAYS be unsuccessful at catching up to Drudges traffic, you simply are too bias to be a threat to him..And btw, if Matt ever started being simply the mouthpiece to bash libs and libs only, his hits would drop like a lead zeppelin..

The Fix - thank you, thank you, thank you for calling out the Drudge Report for its sheer bias and favoritism for the republicans. Thank God there is still some decency left in journalism.

The spirit of Tim Russert's integrity has finally come back.

Drudge is popular because he reports, or links to, actual news, actual facts, just as HuffPo, Daily Kos, and other alternative media do.

The Post and the MSM not only do not report the news, they dodge stories and waste energy attacking those who actually do reporting.

For instance --

Thanks to Drudge, today I know Obama is up 2 and surging and the electoral map shows Virgina leaning his way. I know various analysts believe that, like it or not, race is shaping up as the major factor in the campaign not the foolish junk the MSM is talking about (e.g., lipstick on a pig).

Thanks to HuffPo I know failed CEO Carly Florina said McCain and Palin are totally unqualified to run a company, an act of candor that caused Mac's campaign to cancel her scheduled appearances on TV as a Mac surrogate. I know Palin cheerfully quoted the late racist Westbrook Pegler in her convention speech, an act that outraged RFK Jr., who reminded us of racist comments Pegler made about his father. I know Troopergate is far bigger than the MSM is letting on and that Palin is fighting an all-out battle to prevent the investigation of it from moving forward.

Thanks to the National Enquirer, I know that, Palin allegedly engaged in an elaborate baby hoax (a story, supported by mountains of circumstantial evidence, which, contrary to MSM reports, was not disproven down by hospital records, doctors statements, or anything remotely believable). And I know she allegedly engaged in an "inappropriate" relationship with her husband's business partner that caused the breakup of the partnership.

Thanks to Charley James of laprogressive.com I know that Palin, allegedly, used racial slurs in referring to Obama (she called him something rhyming with "Rambo," allegedly), AAs, and Eskimos (she calls them Arctic Arabs, allegedly).

None of this stuff appears in the Post, the so-called paper of record.

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As for the Post --

Thanks to the Washington Post, I get pages of bloviating by folks with multiple agendas and well-known conflicts of interest. I get pages about why legitimate news stories are just rumors (of course not one of these "rumors" has been knocked down by the MSM) to justify the Post's not reporting them.

Come to think it the only useful "news" I get from the Post is .......the weather. Thank you, Post. Sunny and 60 tomorrow?

You don't mention that Fiorina's comment went on to say that neither Obama or Biden could run a major corporation, conveniently truncating her actual comment to fit your editorial. Also, I take the inventing the Blackberry comment to be funny, a joking reference to Al Gore inventing the internet.

The Link that will make ObaMao FINISHED!
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http://therealbarackobama.wordpress.com

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wow! a left wing rag, more insignificant than the NYT, citing Drudge has bias

way to go Post - more insightful than ever-

oh to all the kook-nutjob leftists on this board - send the holy one some pepto-bismol - he is sick over november

Since Chris Cillizza been winning this bout with Drudge does this mean Chris Cillizza is the most powerful reporter in the world? Think about it.

For all who think they know Drudge.

A study of press bias by a professor of political science at the University of California-Los Angeles, Tim Groseclose, listed the Drudge Report as one of the most liberal sites on the Web because it consistently posts articles from left-of-center sources.

OK, where do I start... 1. McCain's campaign didn't claim he invented the Blackberry! One member claimed that his policies led to the invention, to which McCain immediately said was rediculous. Not news worthy. 2. Carly didn't say they couldn't run a major US company. The interviewer asked if they were equiped to run HP. She said, "No," which is her honest opinion. We all know that Obama and Biden couldn't run HP either. But, hey, they're not running for CEO! Again, not news worthy. Anyway, at least Palin has some Executive experiance. No one else in the race does. Why do you think we always elected Governors during the past 40+ years. Cillizza - Please do some research and get your facts straight before bantering mindlessly, please.

Obama’s Communist Mentor a Sexual Deviant & Pornographer

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/barackobama/2601914/Frank-Marshall-Davis-alleged-Communist-was-early-influence-on-Barack-Obama.html

Connect the dots..

http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/2086366/the-long-march-to-the-white-house.thtml

Drudge, won't touch these facts!

by not giving the whole Fiona Quote reguarding obama and binden also not being qualified to run a major corporation you just proved yourself to be an a**wipe. How do you like them apples?

Mr. Chris -- what an jerk...

You completely demonstrated why DRUDGE is so popular and why guys like you are a dying breed.

In your third paragraph you make the following point: "...and a statement by McCain surrogate Carly Fiorina that neither McCain nor Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin would be equipped to serve as CEO of a major U.S. company...."

What you completely chose to IGNORE was that Fiorina ALSO said that Obama and Biden were also not qualified to be CEO's either.

Therefore Fiorina's comments weren't specific to McCain and Palin, she was speak broadly about ALL politicians - that they are not suited to business life. For those of us who work in large corporations, this is an OBVIOUS conclusion to draw.

But b.s. artists like you intentionally distort the facts to try and make "gotcha" points.

Drivel that you guys produce will soon be eliminated from our culture. The MSM a-holes are in their swan song.

republicans after 8 years of your great leader you still drink the kool-aid makes me want to be one so i can just say a bunch of crap and you will follow me no matter what i say keep up the great work

Chris is a wonderful example, no, Chris is just an example, no, stereotypical. Yes.

Chris and his predecessors are the reason for Drudge.

Leaving out Biden and Obama.Tsk, tsk, tsk.

You have spawned another Drudgeman some where.

Say good by to "mainstream" media and hello to by and for the People!!!!

You mean more like the nostalgic bare fist bouts of 30 or more rounds of the late 1800s and early 1900s. Chris just clocked Drudge all day long!

Forget all the hype and remember that the most important event in the next four years will be the lifetime appointment of supreme court judges.
A prominent attorney who had argued hundreds of cases before the Supreme Court once remarked that the Supreme Court is not final because it's right, it is right because it is final. The Court's position as the court of last appeal and as the highest court in the land means that its decisions are binding and largely unchangeable. Once the Court has ruled, its decisions have all the effect and permanency of law.
Remember, the defining difference between liberal and conservative justices can mean the difference between the true American way of life and the continuing drift toward Socialism/Communism when liberals are in control.

Chris, your analyses are usually sharper than this. It does not take rocket scientist to figure what Drudge is all about - getting McCain or any Republican presidential candidate elected like he did against Gore, Kerry, and now, Obama. He has been trying to shape this since the start of the primaries. He chose to demonize Hillary Clinton because he thought Obama would be easier for McCain to beat. He is a purveyor of negative images and negative images about Obama. McCain could make some stupid comments like a 9/11 commission to study Wall Street and you don't see a peep of it in Drudge. The heroine he is trying to make of Palin is laughable. Please Republicans spare me of your complaints. You don't love this country any more or as much as I and the only media you seem to consider fair is something like Drudge, which is in your tank.

This story has been linked to Drudge all day. Its starting to look like a heavyweight boxing match between Chris and Drudge, also all the posters on both sides. You all just watch after this duel between Chris Cillizza vs Drudge they will become friends. Just like all those Senators from both Parties after they debate and fight in the Senate.

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741,135,308 IN PAST 31 DAYS
6,472,378,145 IN PAST YEAR

Chris, Chris, Chris, Ms Barbra Streisand must be throwing pots and pans and anything she can get her hands on at the suggestion that being coupled with her for two months will ruin a man's reputation...good on you. As for the blackberry comment, I think it has been conceded that it was a lame joke and the Fiorina comment has been exposed as incomplete. Is there no truth anywhere?

One must be careful not to compare the pot and the kettle, since someone might think you are a racist...

Just say NObama.

Actually, Fiorina said that neither McCain, nor Obama, nor Biden are capable of running a corporation. And she further said that to treat the presidency the sane as running a corporation is a fallacy. Nice try on your part though. Unfortunately for you not all of your readers are dumb to take what you are writing at face value. If you have respect for your readers you should make the necessary corrections. By the way, I have the transcripts of that Fiorina interview. You and Andrea Mitchel-Greenspan misrepresented that Fiorina interview the same way.

Lets get Drudge to vote Obama/Biden everyone! Drudge has a lot of fans and they are all not conservatives! Look at all the articles he links up to Science! Entertainment! Sports! Drudge has a life!

Get your facts straight! Fiorina also said that neither Obama nor Biden were equipped to head a corporation. A deliberate omission on your part?

In addition, Barbra's performance was news since her appearance was going to draw in big bucks for Obama. And moreover, the big bucks were going to Obama's campaign while Texas is reeling from the hurricane and all America from the financial crisis. Obama should have donated the money to the Texas situation rather than continuing to fill his overstuffed coffers. But then ambition always trumps doing what's moral.

The Fix is a HAAAAACK!!!!!!!!

This article is absolute crap. What a waste of 60 seconds. The author obviously suffers from a bipolar disorder of some sort. Get help my brother; you need it.

My, my, my...Drudge charged with media bias by Washington Post! Isn't this kinda' like the pot calling the kettle black?

As an independent, I say let this drudge person do what he wants. Its called the first ammendment and I sure hope the fairness doctrine does not pass. The prospect of any political entity controlling the airwaves is a very scary thought. People should be allowed to say what they want and respectfully acknowledge contradicting opinion, not try to snuff it out.

[Kevin D. Williamson]

... or so you'd think from ABC's The Blotter. A reader shares:

Here’s all you need to know about the state of the elections…

A tally of name appearances at 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, September 16, on the ABC News website at “The Blotter from Brian Ross and The Investigate Team”

Palin: 24

McCain: 2

Biden: 1

Obama: 0

One is tempted, and I think I will, to use the “Send Tips to Brian” link in the upper right of the page to let him know that not only is Sarah Palin not running for President, but I have heard Barack Obama might be….

http://media.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MTI4OTdjOGE1YWNlY2U1MGM1YjU0MGMwM2Y0NWUyMTU=

Gee, did any of you ever think that the mainstream media just might have a bias toward intelligent, logical journalism, not simply pandering to one side or the other?

But, it just so happens that the intelligence falls on the left, while the right is busy appealing mostly to faith, creationism, xenophobia, chauvinism, jingoism and other pre-totalitarian emotional appeals.

When the media notices these tendencies and reports on them, you folks on the right think it's bias. It's not. It's just reporting. Maybe you should examine your motives and how you are being manipulated.

Ferrari vs. Lamborghini = Chris Cillizza vs. Drudge
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeBd_F2Bz5Y

Democrats and Obamacans courting Republican and Independent auto fans.

Obama/Biden '08

Obama’s Communist Mentor a Sexual Deviant & Pornographer

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/barackobama/2601914/Frank-Marshall-Davis-alleged-Communist-was-early-influence-on-Barack-Obama.html

Connect the dots
www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/2086366/the-long-march-to-the-white-house.thtml

Drudge, won't touch these facts!

Check out the video about Obama here :
http://www.calebgrace.com
He is VERY dangerous ..... Please research these candidates for your self ....
More videos about Obama right here :
http://www.youtube.com/user/StudentsofAmerica
http://www.youtube.com/user/VetsForFreedomVideo
Unreal ..... How Obama has made it this far is scary and his party is showing their true colors ....
Please research the TRUTH before you VOTE in November !!!!!
and thanks to chris for this post ......
>What do the top ten cities with the highest poverty rate "all" have in
> common? Answer: Democrat leadership.
>
>
> Detroit, MI (1st on the poverty rate list) hasn't elected a Republican
mayor since 1961;
>
> Buffalo, NY (2nd) hasn't elected one since 1954;
>
> Cincinnati, OH (3rd)... since 1984;
>
> Cleveland, OH, (4th)... since 1989;
>
> Miami, FL (5th) has never had a Republican Mayor;
>
> St. Louis, MO (6th).... since 1949;
>
> El Paso, TX (7th) Has never had a Republican Mayor;
>
> Milwaukee, WI (8th)... since 1908;
>
> Philadelphia, PA (9th)... since 1952;
>
> Newark, NJ (10th)... since 1907.
>
> It is the disadvantaged who habitually elect Democrats,
> yet are still disadvantaged ... hmmm...make you wonder?

Does anymore REALLY need to be said ????????

This is tooo funny. The Washington Post, lib-lands favorite newpaper after the NYT, complaining about the drudge report. He failed to report on Drudge's coverage of how many media reports reported favorably on Obama vs no/negative coverage of McCain. This is yet another attempt at distorting the reality of bias in the "mainstream" press. Is it any wonder that many of these same newspapers are slowly going out of business?

Keep it up CC. Maybe someday you'll have a chance to bus my table at a restaurant

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Pot - Kettle - Black ROFLMFAO -

WaPo - did you really print this?

WHACKED!

Who writes these comedy acts for the Post? Keep writing your making me laugh. When are you going to do the expose on the Obama ties to the failed banks that are part of his senior advisory staff and when are you going to write that McCain predicted this back in 2005 and Biden voted against him to fix the corruption of the Freddie and Fannie debacle. Did I hear you say that you knew that both were littered with ex-clintonites? Journalism is dead in America. Enjoy your future severance checks due to low interest in your paper.

As stupid a question as what kind of tree would you be.

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-Drudge internet traffic rank: 679

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WaPo Internet traffic rank: 315

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NYT Internet traffic rank: 101

Drudge "runs the internet and television news"? Yeah freakin' right; his site gets a fraction of the viewership that Washington Post's site and many other news organizations' sites pull in on a regular basis.

Libs love government control of healthcare, banking, real estate, energy... I wonder how the liberal media will feel when the goverment takes over the media.

Hey Wapo? hows your pals at the NYT doing?? last i heard there stocks are at 5 cents a share

LOLOLOLOL

48 percent of Drudge Fans voting for Obama – Fox News
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65I0HNvTDH4

Can you assure us, Chris, that the Drudgeologist granted anonymity to speak freely is not yourself?

Or do you reserve the right to outsource your own words within your own work?

I ask because referring to yourself as a Drugeologist right after quoting one anonymously looks like one of those "sources close to Steinbrenner" winks on the sports pages when "close" means "in the same body as."

I think its safe to say that the little socialist will sleeze his way into the the whitehouse. I'll also bet that he wins the grand prize for shortest time in office before somebody takes him out.

How ironic the Post would whine about coverage when you've been in the pocket of Obama from the very beginning. If you aren't crying and gnashing your teeth over illegal aliens and the amnesty you support, you post biased and exaggerated articles about Obama.

The liberal media anointed Obama as President months ago. How dare Drudge not fall in line.

(A quick note to preempt the inevitable argument that Cillizza and his colleagues are balanced. Any day and time of your choice, take a minute to look at the stories ABC-CBS-NBC-CNN-MSNBC-NPR-PBS-WP-NYP-NYT-LAT-CST-BG-BH-PI-USAT-NYDN-USW-AP-etc. highlight. Then, later in the day, check the facts for yourself. It will open your eyes.)

Sour grapes do not a journalist made, mister opiner.

Drudge is for Drudge. Everyone knows that. His scandalous headlines and ability to put up the info very fast get him millions of hits. We trust him no more than the so-called main stream media.
Re: Sarah Palin, what is obvious about the left-wing media establishment is their zealousness to scandalize every element of Sarah Palin's life and totally ignore DANGEROUS connections that Barack Obama has to Ayers, ACORN and others. If the media had done their research on the Clintons they would have never sullied the White House and left with all the dishes.

As the Obama-loving bias continues to swirl, the curculation and ad rates of the Post and NY Times continue to circle the drain. Think there might be a connection here? Americans do not want to have their future determined by a bunch of elitist snobs who think they know better. Drudge, Huffington, Newsmax, et al are much the superior news sources than the mainstream media. It is always good to get both sides of the story.

Thanks to "Obama is a pervert" I was able to reread the bill used by McCain in an ad claiming Obama's only education accomplishment was to teach sex education to kindergarteners. It certainly can be interpreted or twisted around, but it is also clear that the Obama was not one of its several sponsors and therefore cannot be his "accomplishment." It also clearly requires that if any district offers sex education, parents get to say no and the material includes information on abuse of all types.

IS IT TRUE THAT OBAMA IS SEARCHING FOR THE OJ LURY FOR HIS CABINET?

I love how people are so jealous of Drudge... c'mon, admit it Mr. Cillizza.

I sense a very large amount of jealously by Mr. Cillizza and the rest of the left media because they don't control EVERYTHING. They have MSNBC, ABC, NBC, CBS NYT, LATimes, and most other big media outlets, but they go crazy because they can't control Drudge(read Fairness Doctrine), Rush and others. You will never be as influential as Drudge, live with it. Unless maybe you started reporting accurately. Then the those of us who get our news from the Internet might take you seriously. Until then dream of greatness because that's the only place it will be.

Your a tool. The comment about Mccain and the blackberry was accurate. He was involved in legislation that led to the creation. Also, the statement by Fiorina applied to both candidates... Your sir are a liar, and a total Tool!

Drudge is great. He posts relevant stuff that mainstream sources will not report. Between Drudge and mainstream media one can get a much wider perspective. Unfortunately, I've come to realize that mainstream media is strongly biased toward the left as is most of hollywood. While Drudge may lean a bit right, his lean does not compare to the flat out lying spinning shift to the left of the mainstream media.

Funny, Fiorina said Palin and McCain couldn't run a company.....but but but she also said Obama and Biden couldn't either. Why is the blog autor, Mr. Cillizza keeping that out?

On one hand he blames Drudge for cherry picking and then he does the exact same thing. What a hypocrite.

America is doomed if McCain wins. How can you not recognize the gross negligence perpetrated by the Bush neocons over the past eight years? Almost everything America stands for blown to smithereens.

Get a clue. Republicans cover their rape of the middle class by throwing them the bone of religious bigotry to keep them happy. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

If enough people believe that MSM is fair and unbiased, Obama's got a chance. Unfortunately, the American people see the "intelligentsia" when they look in the mirror. M/P LXIV

What a pathetic piece of crap journamalism.

Cillizza, you make your fellow sycophants look magisterial by comparison.

Drudge is a right-wing hack, and yet he somehow sets YOUR agenda? What does that say about you?

If you're going to practice Drudge worship and work at the Washington Post, you should at least pretend to be a "serious" journalist - you know, like David Broder. Maybe that's why they call him the "dean"?

Confucius say: "Democrat getta good job, but Repbulican foka his wife"

Chris Cillizza scores 20 goals against Drudge today :-D
The 20 Best Hockey Goals ever seen!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTcu6rEOCws

Yeah, that Hoooossein needs to eat some more. That boy needs to stop eating Aragula, and start bulking up.

Chris,

Thanks for a refreshing article. I alugh at those who found bias in an article that slaps around both sides. That's the problem: Most of the public find bias in any article that isn't 100% in favor of their position. That, to them, is balance.

I hope Mary cross posts her confucious jokes with Michelle Malkin. She needs help with the dialect.

Obama is too skinny. He must have some kind of wasting disease. Perhaps he has worms.

I made a well informed decision to stop watching the cable and network news several years ago. I might add I am better informed through my own research, which includes the drudgereport. The bottom line is trust, and time and again I cannot trust a single media source to give a moderate,unslanted and down to earth story. You might find it interesting to know I came here from drudge and not because I remotely respect the Washington Post as a credible news source. You could learn something from outlets like drudge, rather than dismissing them as irrelevant.

I am an amateur "Drudge-ologist" and have to concur with the article. He definitely has a slant to the right and at times it is quite obvious. Just this past week, for instance, the poll numbers have been a hot topic. He was very quick to keep on top of the polls that showed McCain surging. But when those numbers began to diminish, very little mention at all. This article sort of makes light of this fact by saying Matt is just giving us what we want. I am not sure about that. He is a conductor, and like Fox News, he is providing the dialectical counter-narrative in a very conscious manner. I am not apposed to this, but I am opposed to pretending not to have an agenda (which, he never really has, unlike FNC).

You conveniently left out the part related to Fiorina where she also said that neither Obama nor Biden were qualified to run HP either. And she also said that Obama was the least experienced candidate of the group. Hmmm, thankfully we have other sources of news besides the MSM and you!

Obama is weak, confused, and unpatriotic. I would vote for Colin Powel, now he's a real American. This Obama is just a fabrication of the liberal media.

Not to contradict me own mum, but she taught me that standard deviation was what drove Larry Craig to the men's room in Minneapolis, and that Norm was the local Senator he was hoping to bump into there.

Drudge has been my news aggregator for 10+ years. The first page of Drudge is meaningful and relevant with at best a slight right bias. I have cancelled Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times & New York Times (and I can get them for free from work.) They are too much paper and too left for me. If they have anything useful, Drudge usually finds it. Thanks Matt.

"Carly Fiorina that neither McCain nor Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin would be equipped to serve as CEO of a major U.S. company". You have once again lied Chris! You needed to quote the entire statement which stated;
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, doesn't have the experience to run a major corporation. "Well, I don't think John McCain could run a major corporation, I don't think Barack Obama could run a major corporation. I don't think Joe Biden could run a major corporation." NOW THAT'S THE WHOLE TRUTH OF WHAT WAS SAID!!!

Sooooo. The WashingtonPoo doesnt like
Drudge? Thats news? Har!

Ah..You skipped part of the statement by Carly...she also said that Obama and Biden were not qualified to run a corporation. You must have been watching the MSNBC version. You do know MSNBC,the Obama/Biden campaign headquarters or is it CNN. Who knows? AMERICA KNOWS!!!

She was asked if any of the candidates could run a corporation like HP and she said that's not what their running for. You might not like the way Matt Drudge operates but, have you looked in the mirror lately

Fiona also said that BIden nor Obama could run a major company too - way to cut that out! Jackass journalism is the order of the day...

Chris Cillizza (The Fix) vs Drudge ...

Unbelievable Hockey Fight - Chris Cillizza loves Hockey!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1-25s4uwFQ

Chris Cillizza takes down Drudge :-D

I check out Drudge most days, but I find Huffington Post much easier to navigate and a much richer source of information. Drudge will post anything, while HuffPo does review all articles posted before they see the light of day. To get news from Drudge you have to sort through a bunch of stuff to find what you want -- and I do resent the sensationalism of some of his stories...that "developing" thing is wrong half the time and pretty pompous.

Clearly Ricky has not read the bill. The sex ed bill mentions nothing about sexual predators or pedophiles. It specifically calls for teaching children about abstinence, the prevention of an unintended pregnancy, and sexually transmitted infections.

http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=3&GA=93&DocTypeId=SB&DocNum=99&GAID=3&LegID=734&SpecSess=&Session

Drudge is a self-hating homosexual. I find that EXTREMELY ironic

No, Mary, I don't believe the liberal media, which if you were reading, you would have noticed. I followed links to the bill McCain used to make the tawdriest claim ever in a TV ad claiming Obama wanted to teach sex education to kindergarteners before reading and that it was his one accomplishment. Have you taken the Bush IQ test yet?

Obama will lose just like Dukakis, Gore, and Kerry. People don't like being told how to vote by left-wing, liberal, atheist, godless gay lovers.

Confusious would say that republicans win because so many americans are dumb.

Wow an article about bias that is itself biased. Isn't it Ironic, don't you think?

And dude with the fannie mae "article" that you posted in the comments section. Yeah, McCain is way cleaner than Obama on this issue if you don't look at his 20+ years of voting, his recent comments about being against regulation, or his involvement in the S&L scandal.

I am ashamed to admit I did not read the whole article at first. Chris quotes Tim Griffin, the disgraced Rove aide whose expertise at digging up dirt for campaigns got him appointed to be a U.S. Attorney as some sort of source on the value of Drudge?
Chris is apparently so lazy he just flips open his address book at random and calls the first number that pops up. No wonder guys without journalism degrees like the late Tim Russert and Chris Matthews dreaw even biggers bucks than Chris. Any hack can do the job. Chris, try dating Cokie's daughter. NEpotism is big in your biz.

Hoooossein needs to stop playing so much basketball and start focusing. Man, that boy has gotta focus.

Confucius say: If Republican so dumb, why he win every time? Oh, ah so, cuz Democrats more dumb. They very good atta Math, but no getta laid.

Drudge has clearly "Jumped the Shark".

Both of my parents recieved advanced degree from Harvard U. I don't trust them with my own children without supervision. A quota minority like Obama doesn't impress me either. Why did he leave Boston and go to the southide of Chicago anyway? Are those his people(or is he scared of a challenge)?
The Palins are real people with lives and interests other than polotics. Ted Kennedy should have at least two DUI's that I can think of, and he is your patriarch.
PS Anyone could be a CEO!
PSS Cillizza(jackass) is just keeping his bosses happy.

I love the Drudge Report. Get all my news in a uncluttered website.

I forget, was it the Washington (Com)Post that ran the George Allen/'macaca' story for 18 days straight?

Yes, media bias exists and there is a liberal monopoly of it.

Obama is divisive and polarizing. This guy can't even unify the Democrats. How can he unify the country ?

Ricky is pathetic. He believes the biased left wing media.

OK, for any truthful and hardworking Journalist not in the pocket of Obama, here is something that is truly newsworthy.

Franklin Delano Raines (born January 14, 1949 in Seattle, Washington) is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Fannie Mae who served as White House budget director under President Bill Clinton. He is currently employed by Barack Obama's Presidential Campaign as an economic adviser.

The son of a Seattle janitor [1], Raines graduated from Harvard University, Harvard Law School; and Magdalen College, Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.

Couple this Obama connection to what McCain said in 2005 ...

[Sen. John McCain [R-AZ]: Mr. President, this week Fannie Mae’s regulator reported that the company’s quarterly reports of profit growth over the past few years were “illusions deliberately and systematically created” by the company’s senior management, which resulted in a $10.6 billion accounting scandal.

The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight’s report goes on to say that Fannie Mae employees deliberately and intentionally manipulated financial reports to hit earnings targets in order to trigger bonuses for senior executives. In the case of Franklin Raines, Fannie Mae’s former chief executive officer, OFHEO’s report shows that over half of Mr. Raines’ compensation for the 6 years through 2003 was directly tied to meeting earnings targets. The report of financial misconduct at Fannie Mae echoes the deeply troubling $5 billion profit restatement at Freddie Mac.]

Then couple this to the fact that Obama is the number 2 recepient of lobbying money coming from Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Then, couple this to the fact that Obama was a key defender of the current failed policies of Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac.

Couple this with the fact that Obama has consistently and is on record as having supported looser lending practices in order to pander to his base, the poor, the minorites, etc.

Surely these key issues would be excellent news-worthy items to explore and expose.

Rick doesn't even understand what an IQ test is, let alone how it works, what it measures,and what a standard deviation is.

Democrats and Obamacans courting all Republican and Independent voters -

The Chantay's - Pipeline (Lawrence Welk Show)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j09C8clJaXo

Dean Martin & John Wayne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd5xBDdG9UI

Change we need

Obama/Biden '08

How about this for ironic: the only reason I read this article was because of the link on Drudge.

I'll read Drudge ANY day over the Washington Post. Why? Because Drudge admits his bias; the Post probably doesn't even know it's a liberal fish and chips wrapper.

WHY ARE LEFTISTS SO STUPID???

WHY HAVE NONE OF THEM EVER TAKEN A CLASS IN ECONOMICS???

WHY DO THEY NOT KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY MAKE THE MINIMUM WAGE???

RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE HARMS THE LOWER CLASSES AT A GREATER RATE AND TO A HIGHER DEGREE THAN THOSE IN HIGHER FINANCIAL CLASSES (which is why there is a greater divide between the rich and the poor EVERY SINGLE TIME the minimum wage is raised). Raising the minimum wage HURTS THE LOWER INCOME EARNERS more than it helps the lower wage earners BECAUSE THERE ARE SUCH A SMALL PERCENTAGE THAT EVEN EARN THE MINIMUM WAGE. Raising the minimum wage HARMS THOSE WHO RENT THEIR ABODES at a significantly greater degree than home owners.

The Left LOVES TO NAG the Right about "not caring" because they don't want to raise the minimum wage. THAT IS BECAUSE RIGHTISTS HAVE MORE RESPECT FOR THE INDIVIDUAL AND THEY KNOW THAT RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE HURTS PEOPLE, AND WEAKENS THE ECONOMY, AND CAUSES INFLATION, AND LOWERS THE NUMBER OF ACTUAL MINIMUM WAGE JOBS, AND HURTS EVERYONE WHO IS IN THE LOWER MIDDLE CLASS TO A GREATER DEGREE THAN ANY OTHER GROUP.

WHY DOES TED KENNEDY ALWAYS HARP ON THE MINIMUM WAGE? BECAUSE HIS FAMILY OWNED THE LARGEST RENTAL COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN THE WORLD AND THEY MADE THEIR MONEY OFF OF RENTS!!! He is such a liar that he made his idiot followers actually believe that he was doing it "for the people" WHEN HE KNOWS THAT IT HARMS "THE PEOPLE" (what did he care, he was out for the family SO HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM!!!!).

If Chris wanted people to give him any credibility he would not let his blog host an ad claiming Bush has an IQ of 125. That may be the favored proof of his rum from college days, but not his IQ.

I can't believe newspapers are still around.

Hmmm... It is interesting what you come with when you check out Drudge on a single day. For people who rely on idiots like this guy to get there news, most television does not come from drudge. However, most any radio talk show does talk about the topics drudge highlites. Remember, 99% of what is on drudge are links to other news organizations!

Also I read about both of the topics the author presesent... off of drudge links!!! What an idiot! BTW, here is a current headline on drudge which has been up since at least yesterday. "PAPER: Sarah Palin and the links to a Kenyan witch-hunter... " Yup, handling them with kid gloves!

If the mainstream media were objective and balanced- Drudge wouldn't exist. If his site is "Frankenstein's monster" to the liberal media- they are the good doctor.

I can't believe newspapers are still around

If the mainstream media were objective and balanced- Drudge wouldn't exist. If his site is "Frankenstein's monster" to the liberal media- you are the good doctor.

Mary is pathetic. She believes campaign ads.

I want to add to Sheridan1 posted above as the press will never ask this of Obama.

You rose in one of the most corrupt political machines in our country. What did you ever do to change it? Did you try to lower Chicago city taxes that are the highest in the country?

I recommend we follow one change Obama tells us to do, vote anyone but dem or republican in congress this time. Get those bad guys out of washington. If we did that, we would see real change and it would not matter if Obama or McClain were at the top, they would get in-line. Vote them all out this time.

To those who think the press is a unified body marching to a corporate master or a biased instrument of liberal stalinist intrigue, you are both full of what you derive after having your heads up your backsides for too long. The press is an intellectually lazy group of people my Australian Shepherd could direct more easily than four leggeed critters with wool. They are not smart enough to have an agenda as a group. They are not clever enough to think as indivduals. If you think media corporations are smart, take a look at Wall Street. If you think the media are liberal, ask how they got fooled about and by a dim bulb like Bush for eight years.

Obama is disgusting: he supports sex ed for kindergartners.

Drudge rules the world.

Because average people distrust the media, they enjoy it when McCain fights with them. When the media howls that McCain is lying, they sit back and laugh. After all, when a liar accuses someone else of lying, it's pretty funny.

Chris Cilliza is just jealous. Working for the Washington Compost is not as 'esteemed' as it once might have been
Posted by: James

Hahaha.. that's soo true :O

By openly supporting Obama, the media is hurting him. Since the media lacks credibility, the average voter ignores the media. As a result, people can no longer vote on the issues: so they vote on biography and personality traits. This is why McCain will win.

Chris wrote ""(A quick note to preempt the inevitable argument that Drudge's influence is overblown. Tomorrow morning, take a minute to look at the stories Drudge is highlighting. Then, later in the day, watch a few cable channels to see what stories they are talking about. It will open your eyes.)"

No, Chris, we have known for a long time that the press is composed of intellectually lazy easily manipulated fools like yourself for some time.

There are many posts who deride those on the "right" because they perceive liberal bias in the media, even saying that what was "bias" was really reporting. Yet this columnist cited an event that was circulated by the Obama campaign in which Ms. Fiorina's comments were aired; the clip stopped just before she said the same claim against Obama and Biden.

True reporters get their facts from unbiased investigation, not from a political campaign. The fact that he simply regurgitated something like this certainly does not help to disprove the liberal media bias claim.

The main-stream biased? I'm shocked, SHOCKED!!

These guys are living in a fantasy world. The internet has exposed them, and they stick their heads in the sand.

These are the facts. The VAST majority of the main-stream media voted for Gore and Kerry over Bush. They also personally support Obama over McCain. They claim their personal biases do not affect their reporting, but reading what they produce clearly shows that they are wrong. THEY ARE BIASED. Get used to it.

Why why why did Obama take all that money from Fannie and Freddy? How can that be in my best interest? It's only in his best interest.

Mass media is run by large corporations (like most anything else in this country), and what they do is about making money. If they are biased toward one candidate, it's because an election win for that candidate will benefit them in some way.

Consider this... if Obama wins, he becomes the first black president in American History. That's a news cow that they can milk for a long time. If McCain wins, sure he's a war hero and all, but beyond that he's essentially just another old white guy in the White House. Not news. Sarah Palin is somewhat of a novelty, but she's conservative and, frankly, kind of boring - a more or less typical working American mom. She could be your next door neighbor anywhere in suburbia.

Bottom Line: Corporate mass media wants Obama to win so they can sell more soap. Simple as that. If you want real news (meaning: useful information), you have to dig for it, and Drudge is always a great place to start.

Better DRUDGE dictating TV news than THE NEW YORK TIMES.

The MSM has had a year to expose Obama's ties to the unrepentant American terrorist William Ayres...but there's barely a peep.

And the media's covering of the biggest story, Obama's history of working to help ACORN...[crickets chirping]

ACORN has repeatedly been caught committing voter fraud. They've been instrumental in massive increases in voter registrations, including the names of the dead, multiple registrations for the same name, restaurants as home addresses for multiple voters, etc.

In large part, THIS was Obama's community organizing...helping an apparent criminal enterprise alter the desires of the voting public.

But Drudge is the slanter of news stories. Do tell!

The best to you.

Kelley

I stopped reading when the author discredited himself in paragraph 4...

"(A quick note to preempt the inevitable argument that Drudge's influence is overblown. Tomorrow morning, take a minute to look at the stories Drudge is highlighting. Then, later in the day, watch a few cable channels to see what stories they are talking about. It will open your eyes.)"

The MSM has had a year to expose Obama's ties to the unrepentant American terrorist William Ayres...but there's barely a peep.

And the media's covering of the biggest story, Obama's history of working to help ACORN...[crickets chirping]

ACORN has repeatedly been caught committing voter fraud. They've been instrumental in massive increases in voter registrations, including the names of the dead, multiple registrations for the same name, restaurants as home addresses for multiple voters, etc.

In large part, THIS was Obama's community organizing...helping an apparent criminal enterprise alter the desires of the voting public.

But Drudge is the slanter of news stories. Do tell!

The best to you.

Kelley

To Nolovlost, Loved all your facts and figures, but Illinois (in 2000) had a population of just over 12 million people and we have 61 State senators which means each senator represents just about 204,000 people. Which in Obamas case is probably about 4 square miles. I know you put down 750,000 people he represented to try and show he represented more people than Sarah Palin as Governor of Alaska, but I have to ask, to make this point why did you just not say he is a Senator who represents 12 million people? As for the people he helped register to vote, You could probably cut that in half as most signatures are fake and I would bet that maybe 1/10th of those people voted.

You know, I lost track of the body count. How many McCain advisers have been revealed to be lobbyists for industry? How many for foreign companies? How many for foreign governments?

I stopped reading when the author discredited himself in paragraph 4...

"(A quick note to preempt the inevitable argument that Drudge's influence is overblown. Tomorrow morning, take a minute to look at the stories Drudge is highlighting. Then, later in the day, watch a few cable channels to see what stories they are talking about. It will open your eyes.)"

Chris Cilliza is just jealous. Working for the Washington Compost is not as 'esteemed' as it once might have been. I am glad print media is becoming so irrelevant, especially from sites like DrudgeReport. The author is just mad his dinosaur medium/employer is becoming extinct.

It should be mentioned that Drudgereport list links to ALL major news outlets and most smaller news outlets, papers, blogs, whatever. I don't recall seeing a link to the Drugereport on DailyKos. The site isn't so much biased in that he never editorializes in the sense that he states opinions. That would make him unique in the company of Limbaugh, MSNBC, CNN, CBS, FoxNews, ABC, The View, Huntington Post, DailyKos...

Pulled from person who actually lives in Chicago and knows the facts:

"For those who are not from Chicago I will give you the real story of Rezko/Obama. Rezko was Obama's longest and largest fundraiser/donor. Obama paid him back by helping Rezko get $14 mill in state money for a project that was in Obama's district. In return Rezko helped Obama get his dream house in Hyde Park for $300,000 less than what was asked by agreeing to buy the adjoining lot next door which was also for sale by the same owner. That is how Cook County and Chicago politics works. One hand washes the other and they have perfected pay to play politics here in IL. It is almost laughable when I hear people call Obama a different kind of politician. For those who do not live here I suggest you do a little research on the joke that is the Cook County Machine and Obama is one of them. Stroger, Blagoevich, Emil Jones, Madigan, Daley and Obama are part of the most corrupt political organization in the country.

While Obamas cronies and mentor Emil Jones and his buddies are running IL into the ground and bankrupting the state with out of control corruption and pension promises that can never be met Obama has never said one word while these guys rob our state. That is why his calls of change ring very hollow for me or anyone who cares about corruption."

You should take your own advise and write an accurate story. You failed to mention that Carly Fioriana said that NOT one of the presidential candidtates and their running mates could run a corporation--you just mentioned the republicans.

The media is a joke

Very clever, you mention Drudge and get a link from his site to all of those articles that should have merited his mention.

The first thing you need to learn in Drudgeology 101 is that Matt Drudge is a narcissist.

someone's bound to have said this by now, but i don't have the time to read all the comments. the second negative story, about the comment that neither mccain nor palin could run a company is a joke. the next sentence in that quote is "neither is barack obama." the mainstream press loves to leave that little bit out. seriously look for the video clip yourselves.

my God, the posts of you people out there... the same people who spread the Gore-Internet story now act like victims about this McCain-Blackberry story.

And this lib media crap is so, so old; I guess you're talking about the same media (especially Drudge)that put Chalabi's defectors on the news, day after day, saying there were nukes made in Iraq, right up to the war.

Pathetic... Obama is going to win huge and all your rants will be just bytes in the cyberdust.

And then

Chris
You are the reason old media and the Wash Post Co is going down.
You and the old media is biased beyond belief. Even surveys of its employees show time after time the bias by 90%. Reporters admit time after time their personal contributions to the Left and Dems over 90%, and you do not have the decency to admit it??? Why is that??? What is wrong with you?? BE HONEST. The Blackberry comment was a joke.
It was not news. It was also a reference to the big fat Dem who claimed invention of the internet. Do you remember Chris who that was??? Why not mention that in your post. Carly's comment about Running a business also included Biden and Barak BUT that was cut off by ABC News. That's the story and real proof of the BIAS. Why was her comment cut off when she said Obama and Biden's names? Got an answer for that Chris???? Why do you not men5tion that in your post??? The more you are blatently dishonest like ABC was with Carly's comment and you make no mention of it but complain about Drudge is the reason old media is no longer taken seriously and is in decline. Good luck as your Company and the NY Times Co rush to the oblivion like Lehman Bros.

We are over taxed, over spent, and under drilled, and the democrats want more taxes, more spending an less drilling.

That explains why millions of foks will agree with the author and vote with the democrats.

One Foolish Liberal DemocRAT talking to another Foolish Liberal DemocRAT:

In the beginning Obama created the heaven and the earth.

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.

And the Spirit of Obama moved upon the face of the waters.

And Obama said, Let there be light: and there was light.

And Obama saw the light, that it was good: and Obama divided the light from the darkness

Oh, that was fun! Now do Obama and his cohorts Huffington Post, Washington Post, NYT, CNN, LA Times, etc. etc.

The media has totally dropped the ball on this election. Where are the stories concerning Bill Ayres and Obama saying he's just someone he passed in the neighborhood. We know more about Sarah Palin in two weeks than we know about Obama over 2 years. Fair much?

The author is absolutely right. Drudge is a balance to the left wing democratic party liberal news media, including the author, who is a typical libeal that can't stand another point of view. Go Drudge! If he blended in like the rest of the media he would not be so popular.

As a liberal.. i totally agree

what i find most annoying about some journalists in most major newspapers is `opinion' reporting in which `facts' are ignored or twisted to parallel opinions of the journalist. most reporting on obama is soft and fuzzy. questions like, `mr. obama, please name 2 pieces of legislation you worked up and passed or, mr. obama, please describe your economic philosophy or, mr. obama, why have you in the past associated yourself with known Marxist, sol alinsky? or, please tell the american people your differing thoughts regarding the economic philosophies of milton friedman, thomas sowell, walter williams and adam smith? or, please name 3 of your major accomplishments since being a state senator and a neighborhood agitator?

Chris C said in the article: 'Two other stories never merited attention from Drudge'...and then mentions the "McCain invented Blackberry" article, which I read because it WAS listed on Drudge report. So, Chris, you are either a total idiot, or a total liar. Which is it?

what i find most annoying about some journalists in most major newspapers is `opinion' reporting in which `facts' are ignored or twisted to parallel opinions of the journalist. most reporting on obama is soft and fuzzy. questions like, `mr. obama, please name 2 pieces of legislation you worked up and passed or, mr. obama, please describe your economic philosophy or, mr. obama, why have you in the past associated yourself with known Marxist, sol alinsky? or, please tell the american people your differing thoughts regarding the economic philosophies of milton friedman, thomas sowell, walter williams and adam smith? or, please name 3 of your major accomplishments since being a state senator and a neighborhood agitator?

I think Drudge's real obsession is with ... MADONNA! But in terms of politics, I think it is more complex than this article suggests. Drudge's anti-Hillary tendency made me think he somewhat supported Obama (Drudge didn't play up the Rev Wright stuff). Recently, after the Banner stories of Babs and Oprah (rejecting Palin Intv), I wonder if he withheld negative Obama stories during the primaries just because Hillary was a bigger threat/annoyance to him than any one else around. Now that Hillary is out, he figures McCain is the lesser of two evils I suppose. I just want to be around for the Drudge and Madge show.

The author is absolutely right. Drudge is a balance to the left wing democratic party liberal news media, including the author, who is a typical libeal that can't stand another point of view. Go Drudge! If he blended in like the rest of the media he would not be so popular.

RE: Hunter Gather,

HunterLOser says: "But, it just so happens that the intelligence falls on the left”
(INSERT GUT BUSTING LAUGHTER HERE...)

HunterLOser says: while the right is busy appealing mostly to faith, creationism, xenophobia, chauvinism, jingoism and other pre-totalitarian emotional appeals.

(AGAIN, WAS IT NOT THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS WHO ALL HAD TO SEEK PSYCHIATRIC HELP AFTER THE 2000 and 2004 ELECTION WHERE BUSH WON? SOUNDS LIKE THE LEFT HAS THE EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS TO ME).

I CAN RECALL WERE ALL YOU DEMOCRATS WERE PROMISING TO MOVE TO CANADA INCLUDING BARBARA STREISAND WHOM JUST MET WITH OBAMA!!..

I got to this story via Drudge

Same here

WaPo whining about about bias? is this a joke??

Funny, but you didn't mention that Fiorina said the same about Obama and Biden seconds later and explained her context.

Might you have an agenda. byw, I got to this story via Drudge

Chrissy,

You've really got to get off your knees and close your mouth when writing these love notes to Matty.

Make sure to wipe your chin, too. You're starting to embarrass everyone - even the late-Mrs. Graham's spoiled brat granddaughter.

Doesn't Drudge just link to stories from other publications? Until I started paying closer attention I thought he was a lefty.

Howdy ya'll, ise love barock obombba, hes so grate. keeth obermin told me so. id foller keeth rite up barocks azz.

Hey PalmG, yeah, there's dumb people and you're one of them. Read Robert Bidinotto's post below yours. Now who's the idiot? The point is that when you EDIT out a quote of what was said and MAKE that quote "newsworthy" by choice, THAT IS BIAS! DUH! When you don't get the entire story you get bias, pure and simple. And it's done by all media, both conservative and liberal, and it is part of what makes having any type of an honest debate practically impossible in this country.

trouble with liberals is they can't stand turnabout

This was one of the worst written blogs I've read in these past few months. People that know absolutely nothing about the election but what their liberal propaganda dictates back to them should keep their mouth shut. You sir, should keep your mouth shut. Ah, to be back in Rome around 300 A.D. when they'd throw trash like you to the lions.

Washington Post talking about BIAS?

ROFL

Leftist, what Drudge linked to was a person't OPINION that America is reluctant to elect a black man. How does that make it fact? The opposite is more likely true. In addition to nearly every black American, millions of white Americans would like to see America elect its first black president. As a conservative, I would love to see that too...just not this one. I am not a racist, but racism may well enter this election to elect the first black president because he is black. Geraldine Fiero was criticized for suggesting this, but it just might happen.

Mr. Cillizza grats on your 2 million page hit

All the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put Humpty Dumpty back together again.

Thank you.

Cast:

Humpty Dumpty - Barack Obama.
King's horse - Howard Dean
King's men - The media

Someone at the Washington Post is commenting on bias? Too funny...

You liberals and your victim mentality. I can not believe a reporter or columnist for the Washington Post is complaining about some other news organizations bais. What utter hyprocrisy written in this article, when has the Post been fair or balanced?

You hate Drudge because he was at the forefront of reporting a story that got President Clinton impeached, if Drudge had impeached President Bush then he would be a hero to you liberals. Those that think we who disagree are the enemy.

Palin is popular because she is new and different. Most news organizations have increased their McCain coverage greatly bc of that fact.

The Washington Post's myopic view of the world will be its undoing. I used to read the Post everyday but I always read the Drudgereport.

Howdy y'all! i am a hik an i love drodge bekause he helps me be know wich way the wind blow you know? now pulse vote for obamay bekuse he likes change jus like me.
god bless my gun 'n bible.

This article was written by an idiot.

Dear Mr. Cillizza,

Are you sure you aren't an MSNBC "comentator" in disguise?

Convenient how you neglected to mention that Fiorina said Obama and Biden couldn't run a business, either, in the same sentence. Typical liberal reporting -- edit out the parts that don't further your warped agenda.

The BlackBerry comment was clearly a joke (sort of like Obama's expereince). But, I suppose, you also believe Al Gore really invented the Internet, because he's a loon, like you.

If you are judging McCain by innocent remarks his associates are making, perhaps you'd like to write about the not-so-innocent remarks -- and actions -- of Obama-related scum, like Ayers, Wright, Farrakhan and Rezko? Then again, probably not, because it doesn't further your deranged agenda of getting your dreamboat elected.

Journalism is indeed dead thanks to lackeys like you. Thank God for Drudge.

Steve:

Did you ever stop and think that maybe you just don't matter that much. That would be my guess.

Yeah buddy,
Rodneck Robbie

i do not want anyone attacking or bashing Sarah palin or john mccain or anyone else for that matter we are fedup with the lies that the Liberal media is reporting you liberal doo anything to help the democrats get in power they will be hell to Pay

I've been a registered Democrat for 35+ years but will not follow my party over the cliff that the far left is taking us. Where is our leadership? How have we gone from the party of Truman and JFK to this? Reid? Pelosi? Obama? Its not that I don't agree the ideals that they stand for. They don't stand for any. My party has left me and I will not follow them.

"Carly Fiorina that neither McCain nor Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin would be equipped to serve as CEO of a major U.S. company."

I have never written to one of these things ever, but the above quote by someone the Post wants us to read and take seriously is shameful. How dare this man leave out the fact that she said "and neither are Obama and Biden".

This is one of the world's leading newspapers and their web folks can't even get a quote right?

Shameful. I hope the editors of this paper contact this Chris fellow and let him know readers will not stand for such reporting.

And I would feel the same way if the quote was about the Dems. The media has simply lost its way.

Gee, did any of you ever think that the mainstream media just might have a bias toward intelligent, logical journalism, not simply pandering to one side or the other? But, it just so happens that the intelligence falls on the left, while the right is busy appealing mostly to faith, creationism, xenophobia, chauvinism, jingoism and other pre-totalitarian emotional appeals. When them media notices these tendencies and reports on them, you folks on the right think it's bias. It's not. It's just reporting. Maybe you should examine your motives and how you are being manipulated.

I'm a little confused. Let me see if I have this straight...

If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, you're "exotic,
different."

Grow up in Alaska eating moose burgers, and yours is a quintessential
American story.

If your name is Barack you're a radical, unpatriotic Muslim.

Name your kids Willow, Trig and Track, you're a maverick.

Graduate from Harvard law School and be President of the *Law Review*,
you are unstable.

Attend 5 different small colleges before graduating, you're well-grounded.

If you spend 3 years as a community organizer, create a voter
registration drive that registers 150,000 new voters, spend 12 years
as a Constitutional Law professor, spend 8 years as a State Senator
representing a district with over 750,000 people, become chairman of
the state Senate's Health and Human Services committee, spend 4 years
in the United States Senate representing a state of 13 million people
while sponsoring 131 bills and serving on the Foreign Affairs,
Environment and Public Works and Veteran's Affairs committees, you
don't have any real leadership experience.

If your total resume is: local weather girl, 4 years on the city
council and 6 years as the mayor of a town with less than 7,000
people, 20 months as the governor of a state with only 650,000 people,
then you're qualified to become the country's second-highest ranking
executive.

If you have been married to the same woman for 19 years while raising
2 beautiful daughters, all within Protestant churches, you're not a
real Christian.

If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, and left your
disfigured wife and married the heiress the next month, you're a
Christian.

If you teach responsible, age-appropriate sex education, including the
proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society.

If, while governor, you staunchly advocate abstinence only, with no
other option in sex education in your state's school system while your
unwed teen daughter ends up pregnant, you're very responsible.

If your wife is a Harvard graduate lawyer who gave up a position in a
prestigious law firm to work for the betterment of her inner-city
community, then gave that up to raise a family, your family's values
don't represent America's.

If your husband is nicknamed "First Dude," with at least one DUI
conviction and no college education, who didn't register to vote until
age 25 and once was a member of a group that advocated the secession
of Alaska from the USA, your family is extremely admirable.

If Senator Obama had half the scrutiny of Gov Palin, he would not be on the national ticket for dog-catcher. I'm not in love with McCain, but Senator Obama's shady past and lack of experience mean I could not vote for him in this cycle. He's a bright guy, but ill-equipped at this time to be president.

Steve,
I appreciate your total arrogance like most elitist from the left you try to look down on people who disagree with you. All you can do is throw out words to try to hurt your critics instead of arguing with facts. When will the far left learn that a majority of people frown on this. If you want to have a civil conversation then lets do it, but name calling?

Gee, did any of you ever think that the mainstream media just might have a bias toward intelligent, logical journalism, not simply pandering to one side or the other? But, it just so happens that the intelligence falls on the left, while the right is busy appealing mostly to faith, creationism, xenophobia, chauvinism, jingoism and other pre-totalitarian emotional appeals. When them media notices these tendencies and reports on them, you folks on the right think it's bias. It's not. It's just reporting. Maybe you should examine your motives and how you are being manipulated.

As with so much from the "puditry," this journalist wonders: Hey, dude, where's the story here? Anyone who bothers to visit Drudge — I do at least daily, as anyone who is interested at all in politics should — shouldn't be surprised at the bias in what he features. Sure, some interesting points here. But really....

Instead the media should be doing what journalism is supposed to do. Determining and reporting THE TRUTH, the hell with what Drudge may or may not do. This election is a clear-cut case of bald-faced liars (and rather mean and nasty ones to boot) versus those who don't and have some dignity and honor (not that all aren't politicians and immediately suspect and tainted). Until the MSM (and hardly "liberal" media) starts doing its job — fair and balanced, no matter how Fox twists it, means reporting the facts, ma'am — we shall not have a real and fair presidential election in this nation.

And the other big story — and guess what? Linked on Drudge — is how America is reluctant to elect a Black man (and only even half-Black, though he identifies as Black).

Post-apartheid South Africa elected a Black man as President. The fact that the US might not because he is Black shames me. And makes me glad my passport is valid.

A Democrat Panelist complained today that they are "sick of seeing and hearing Sarah Palin".

How long has it been? 3 Weeks?

Well we have been seeing and hearing Obama since January 1st, that is almost 9 full months, so Democrats cannot complain. And he was even making a "world" tour and standing on Mount Obamanopolis. Dems need not complain!

We are the WE that we are STILL sick of!

Drudge and Breitbart are so afraid of opposing views that they ban IP's of people who pose a threat, where it is legal because they won the source, it also smacks of infringement on free speach. Make too much sense in a rebuttal? Breitbart bans you, simple as that. Personally I find great pride in being able to be banned from a slanted rag anyway. I learned long ago I am not the only person on this planet let alone in this country with questions regarding leaders who are so quick to go to war with other countries or do one on one battle with dissenters. I do relish the time I had to get opposing views out and there are more of me out here to pick up the lance and do battle.

Beerent, I have no idea who you are. I don't hate you, but I hate that every time that I follow a Drudge Report link, the white power idiots come out. Have a nice day.

The Palin choice and the Liberal Media's attack on her have awakened a "sleeping giant" of quiet but resolved conservatives. This is still a right-center country and we are determined to fight back the liberal media insurgency and their lunatic left masters in the blogasphere.

So, if my vote is committed to another person other than Obama, does that still make me a supporter of Obama? What if I fundamentally disagree with him on just about everything, but I fundamentally disagree with you on just about everything, does that just not compute. Can there be a third choice, or is everything a binary with you?

Steve.

You are not listening to my arguments. I am not a McCain supporter. I'm not even sure what to say to the White Power Comment.

You're imagining what I am. If I disagree with you I'm apparently everything you hate. This is not a personal attack, it's an observation.

This is the last message I'll address to you. You're just adding noise to this discussion.

This is supposed to be about media bias, not personal bias.

Mr. Cilliza:

You forgot to mention Fiorina's statement that neither Obama nor Biden could run a company. The main-stream media never gets the story straight. Your days are numbered. This election coverage has exposed media bias like never before.

But I agree with your analysis; Drudge has "a healthy disdain for the mainstream media and their perceived biases". But I would add that the biases are REAL, not just perceived.

ALL I've heard are opposing views, for the past 30 years. My viewpoint is never heard.

fascism is on the right, communism is on the left. Get your poly sci facts right. Duh.

Sure, Steve. You are far from an Obama supporter. And I'm a hard-core liberal who thinks that McCain is God and Obama is a empty suit.

Steve.

As matter of fact. Fascist tend not to listen to opposing arguments. They would rather slander the opponent because they have no solid ground to support their opinions.

Pot, kettle, black.

You are a fascist because you align yourself with nazis and white power advocates, and you want a supposed strong leader who will do away with the so-called liberal media and liberals in general. That's what has been going on since Nixon, as documented in the book, "Wrecking Crew."

The real fascists are the left, they are all for free speech and freedom of the press until you disagree with them. Conservative radio beats them day after day because the world KNOWS they get this drive-by reporting from the mainstream media. Because of this, they want to use the fairness doctrine in a lame attempt to silence those who DARE disagree…that’s so very communist now, how DARE anyone try to call anyone else a fascist. That’s the pot calling the kettle black, get real.

Well my father didn't fight the Nazis just to see our country become a socialist state. Thanks, but no thanks Mr. Obama.

The shear arrogance that MSM is displaying is either very comical or very scary and I'm leaning towards scary. It is obvious by the severe drop in subscriptions, veiwership and overall confidence in the 5th estate numbers that the people are'nt buying it. I am also aware that my comments or any of the other comments posted here have no bearing on anything written here. So go ahead and vent nobody really is listening nor cares.

Surprise, surprise, another personal attack. You guys might want to mix it up a bit.

In what way am I a fascist?

Whoa whoa whoa fellas. McCain has better economic policies and advisors? Did tax cuts for the rich help us under Bush? Do we really want the man who invented "reganomics," which is perhaps the most harmful economic mistake ever made, in charge of our nation's economic policy? There aren't enough wealthy folks (who are getting the actual tax cuts) to make up the Republican voting rosters, so some of y'all must have felt the effects of our economic situation just like those of us who don't ascribe to these doctrines. So what is it that makes this set of policies and people so applealing to you?

I'm far from an Obama supporter, but McCain's brainwashed zombie pandering is alarming.

Of COURSE there is a left-slanted media bias in this country. Here in NY, there is one daily out of the three that has a conservative slant, the NY Post. The Times, which is supposed to be the beacon of talent, and The Daily News are nothing more than a mouthpiece for the Obama camp, as is every mainstream media outlet in the world. I can't help but be stunned by the GALL of the left to complain about Drudge, Fox News or the RW radio hosts in this country, they have had it MADE for years. Now that people have seen this media bias and have options for getting their news outside of the mainstream, guess what – THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA LOST VIEWERS AND SUBSCRIBERS. I chalk that up to the good people of this nation seeing things with their own eyes and making their own choices, not being brow beat into submission by the old school leftist media mentality. There is a reason Rush, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Mike Savage and the countless others have great ratings – people agree with them and with the fundamental idea that the media is totally biased for the left.

I noticed the shift too...the same day I saw a McCain ad at the top of Drudge.

Just because McCain can be slammed for the Blackberry comment, doesn't mean he should be. The Gore Internet story is irrelevent as well.

Again, it makes the Obama supporters look weak and desperate, if not vindictive for past wrongs.

Personal attacks are a sign of a weak argument.

You're just mad because the statement, "...semi-literate posts from drooling hicks and illiterate white trash that can barely tie their shoe laces..." is the truth. It hurts don't it, ya fascist.

What this author left out, either through intentional bias or sloppy journalism, is that the quote suggesting that neither McCain nor Palin is qualified to run a corporation, also included Obama and Biden. The obamabats immediately created an ad without the dems. The production was so bad, you can actually hear the cuts in the tape where they leave out Obama and Bidens's names. The Washington Post is Air America in print.

Re: ...watch a few cable channels to see what stories they are talking about. It will open your eyes.)

Liberal whiner Chris Cillizza should open his eyes wider. He'd see that the paradigm for TV news is really Fark.com

Spin of your own, Chris? McCain didn't claim to have invented the Blackberry, thanks.

Here on for you to try. Read the headlines in the Old York time in the morning (Fresh from the daily Kos or Huff post). Then watch the story appear that evening on CNN and MSDNC while some Obama tool makes the spews it as a talking point. The next day it will appear in this rag of the LA Times, and then latter on the cover of Newsweek, Time or the Atlantic. There is a Tsunami of frustration building on the right with the contempt that the media has for the american people. We will excercise our right to vote in Novemeber. You have no idea what is coming.

every time there is a link from the Drudge Report, the nazi white power people always seem to turn up in the comments. Witness the "Race Riot" dork's comments. Is this who the conservative movement cozies up to? Heck, I'd rather be likened to a Streisand listener (And I hate her guts), than a white power idiot. My Grandfathers didn't beat the Nazis in WWII just so they could move their ideology over here. Nazis out of the US, that should be the conservative clarion call.

"semi-literate posts from drooling hicks and illiterate white trash that can barely tie their shoe laces?"

Impressive! Illiterate white trash manages to submit a semi-literate post while drooling in his mobile home, with unlaced shoes watching NASCAR and drinking moonshine with his daughter/lover.

Wow, that was pretty easy!

Personal attacks are a sign of a weak argument.

The "invent the blackberry" comments are relevant. If Gore (who I did not vote for) can be skewered for "inventing the internet," then McCain should be skewered. (Only, I mean it literally). It's similar to the credit given to your precious celebrity leader, the dead Ronald Reagan. How many of you think he personally tore down the wall? Didn't the Germans do it? Why should your dead celebrity, (along with your John Wayne and Charlton Heston) be lionized and sanctified?
Keep on calling us crybabies. When we win the election, it's time to drive you fascists out of the country for good, and none too soon, you damn dirty apes.

Hey mibrooks27, keep promoting the elitist liberal stereotype. It's done your cause a lot of good thus far...

Where does anyone get off claiming that the mainstream media has a LIBERAL bias? Mainstream media is always slightly right of center (unless you are Fox news, or Drudge, in which case you are more than slightly right of center, but not all the way in the far off right). Mainstream press of this election should show that major outlets are right-side biased (anyone else see all the CNN correspondents at McCain's house on the tire swing? If not, google it.)

Well Chris, those stories you mentioned as "shoulda been reported" may fall in the Post's journalism standard, but nobody else's. Let's take a look:

"Two other stories never merited attention from Drudge: a claim by a senior aide to John McCain that the Arizona senator had invented the BlackBerry" - it was tongue in cheek there, Chris - offhand humor is generally not taken as a factual statement now is it?

And:

"a statement by McCain surrogate Carly Fiorina that neither McCain nor Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin would be equipped to serve as CEO of a major U.S. company." Now really, are you going to disengenuously try this? Fiorina stated that Barack Obama and Joe Biden also could not run a company, because running a company is different than being president or vice president of the United States. Apparently your only view of that tape was the Obama campaign's edited version, a fact which is very telling in itself.

Gasp! Flop! Help me get off the floor! A news media outlet leaning to the right!! (Said as clutching heart).

"the singlemost"? more wapoganda. when is the last time you bookmarked drudge?! he is not only so yesterday, he is last year! at least.

Since Drudge posted a link to this forum you get an idea of just how ignorant and few his readers are. In "roime time", we get, what, maybe a thousand semi-literate posts from drooling hicks and illiterate white trash that can barely tie their shoe laces? What a pathetic response! What an eye opener for the bankruptcy of "power of Drudge".

wow, another liberal crybaby. there's a good chance chris is a regular viewer of opera, the view, countdown, and probably hardball. all of these media outlets are strait down the middle, just like this column.

Mainstream media and the liberal print presses are in for a rude awakening.

It is not a matter of only Republicans do bad things. Rather, Republicans only do bad things. Common sense sees right through the chablis and bree GOP country club set that just sees us as a tax mine.

Some headlines from Drudge's right-wing propaganda outlet:

PAPER: Sarah Palin and the links to a Kenyan witch-hunter...

CNN's Jack Cafferty: Only Racism Explains Close Polls...

GALLUP: OBAMA BACK UP 2...

DON'T BLAME US FOR FINANCIAL MESS... (Pelosi)

Obama buys 2-minute commercial on economy...

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Today's Drudge, the one that links to the article you just read, also has the above links. Are these authorized by Drudge's Neocon taskmasters?

Drudge also links to many left wing online papers. So, why do people insist he's a rightest tool?

Maybe because he's best known for his role in the Clinton sex scandal. It seems to me that he's really just a good marketer of the news.

Another thing, all of these stories are linked from another source. He doesn't write the news. Duh. So these "biased" stories exist somewhere before he links to them. They just happen to reside on sites that don't get the draw that he does. Again, great news marketer.

So, people should really look at things before firing off duds.

Are you lovers?

Geez.

To the poster who stated that "Reagan's
FCC eliminated ownership limits", you are INCORRECT. That happened in 1996, under Bill Clinton's watch. Guess you went to some lib school, where you learned that only Republicans do bad things!

Looking back at history, McCain appears to be Herbert Hoover incarnation! With the economy in a cliffhanger, McCain proclaimed yesterday that “the economic fundamentals are strong” and boosted his anti-regulation credentials before he backpedaled, of course. McCain is clearly out of touch with reality, if thinks “fundamentals are strong” in the middle of this economic meltdown. You have Alan Greenspan, probably the person most identifiable economist to the common American, admit that this is a ONE IN A CENTURY EVENT, and is the worst he's ever seen it. You have the collapse of the real estate market, where the majority of Americans have their wealth and retirement tied up in. You have large investment banks and giant securities failing one after the other, and John McCain thinks the economic fundamentals are strong”! WTF!

Herbert Hoover who was president during great depression (1929) which lasted over 10 years was the first to assert the soundness of the economy, even as it was evaporating around him. Unemployment soared to 25%, banks were failing left to right, millions had life savings wiped out overnight. (Does any of this sound familiar, folks?)…Despite McCain wishful assessment, we are absolutely in a very difficult period and more than any other time, we need someone that understands the gravity of the economy. Steady hand that can bring about a viable and equitable change. We can’t afford another Hoover and definitely not McCain/Palin at the WH, dumb and dumber, when we need our smartest people to guide this economic ship to safety.

Exact and complete quote from Carly Fiorina, no matter what consumate Right Wing partisan liars would have you believe. On the record, and fact checked:

Carly: "Well, I don't think John McCain could run a major corporation, I don't think I could run a major corporation, I don't think you could run a major corporation,"

Carly continues (this part conveniently left out by the Right Wing McCain lap-doggers) "It is a fallacy to suggest that the country is like a company. So, of course, to run a business, you have to have a lifetime of experience in business, but that's not what Sarah Palin, or John McCain have. Businesses are held accountable for poor business practices, bad investments, and breaking the law. Sarah Palin and John McCain simply would not have to answer to any of those three concerns were they in the White House."

Come on folks! Don't drag this out. You're keeping the inanity of the Bush-McCain Failed Talking Points in the rotation!

Simple Economics:
People consume what they like. CBSNBCABC news divisions' viewership are all down, NYT etc. readerships are all down. Drudge is up. Fox is up.

People no longer trust the Left-biased "Mainstream News" because it is two lies in one. It is not "News"... it is editorializing and propaganda, and it is not "Mainstream"... it falls between left-leaning and far-left.

The "Mainstream News" has violated their duty under our Constitution... and the damage will take generations to undo. Look at all the trash (lies and misinformation) people read now on blogs in search of information, because they cannot trust the major traditional news suppliers. The should be ashamed.

If you know where the writer/publisher/blogger.. whatever is coming from, does that not better inform your thinking when reading it? Any intelligent person who has followed the "news"/politics for any length of time should have a certain awareness of the sources of their information and use that in making considered decisions... If you go to MSNBC or CNN or Fox News, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, etc.. you should pretty much know what to expect. When someone says "progress", "improvement", etc.. it is very important to know about the source, for as it should be plain to see, progress and improvement for one group are precisely the opposite for another. Another term that should be viewed with much caution: "Change". If one gets a huge raise or promotion, that's a "change"! Hurray!! If one is laid off, that's also a "change"! Oh No!!

I agree with Deroy's comments: Chris Cilliza neglected to mention that Fiorina said that NONE OF THE FOUR candidates are qualified to run a business - NOT JUST Palin and McCain...geez, man - you even included the link!...if you plan on slamming McCain and Palin, you should try to cya at least a little!...Cilliza completely took Fiorina's comment out of context. And really - even IF Drudge is right-wing, then that makes only TWO repub-favored media outlets instead of just one (Fox)...two against the entire remainder of the left-wing media...big deal

drudge isn't a news site, just a lame gop spinning site. there's also word he is a hidden homosexual.

Drudge is the first site I go to in the early AM, I read all the links and then start covering the mainstream media sites. Often I go do some research on my own, especially about Obama and his Chicago Political machine ties. Read it and then dig a little more on the subject. And I have only found one site that has gotten comments from some of Obama's former co workers regarding his inflated resume. Why does the mainstream media refuse to research such things, they were quite happy to dig up/make up what they can about Palin. Even interviewing her hairdresser.

The reason many of us go to Drudge is we are tired of the same old lies, the willful distortions, deliberate slanting and blatant bias of the mainstream liberal press represented by the NYT , Washington Post and your article. You deliberately and willfully distorted Carly Fiona's statement with selective editing and willful omission of the FACTS of what she really said. You have no credibilty and this is just more left-wing spin, lies and distortion.

The pot calls the kettle ba]lack. The quote about the CEO is a twist of the truth and makes this author guilty of what he accuses Drudge of. The quote goes on to say that Barack Obama and Joe Biden are also not equipped to run a corporation...then explains that corporations and politics aren't one in the same and the comparison is a fallacy. Incredible how the Post think it can do whatever it wants, but Drudge should be more objective.

Here's what Carly Fiorino, one of McCain's economic spokespersons actually said, taken from the MSNBC site. This is the whole excerpt and nothing but. Now put this STUPID rumor "only republican candidates can't run a corporation" to bed and move onto something important, like the deficit.

<<The radio host asked, "Do you think she [Palin] has the experience to run a major company, like Hewlett-Packard?"

"No. I don't," Fiorina said. "But you know what? That's not what she's running for [laughs]. Running a corporation is a different set of things. I would just remind you that it is Barack Obama who is running for president, John McCain who is running for president. Sarah Palin has more executive experience than Barack Obama has. Barack Obama has never made an executive decision in his life. He has been a state senator and during his time there when a difficult issue came up, he voted present over 100 times instead of standing up and being accountable to a yes or no vote. He has been in the U.S. Senate for a very short period of time and has been running for office most of that time.

"Sarah Palin as a mayor and a governor has made executive decisions, challenged her own party, taken accountability for those decisions, so I find it quite stunning actually that the Barack Obama campaign is questioning Sarah Palin's experience who's got more executive experience than he does -- and she's the vice presidential nominee. Barack Obama is the presidential nominee."

But later she told NBC's Mitchell that neither McCain nor Obama nor Biden were qualified to run a major corporation.

"Well, I don't think John McCain could run a major corporation; I don't think Barack Obama could run a major corporation; I don't think Joe Biden could run a major corporation.
"But, on the other hand, running a major corporation is not the same as being the president or the vice president of the United States. It is a fallacy to suggest that the country is like a company. So, of course, to run a business, you have to have a lifetime of experience in business. But that's not what Sarah Palin, John McCain, Joe Biden or Barack Obama are doing."

Democratic campaign strategists & MSNBC picked up half the quoe for their "breaking news." How does that cable channel stay in business? I don't trust 'em or believe 'em.

This is just one example of daily bias by the Post, CNN and the NY Times.

These numbers were before the surge.

Did you know that 47 countries' have reestablished their embassies in Iraq, leaving only 145 that have not?

Did you know that the Iraqi government
currently employs 1.2 million Iraqi people in exotic jobs ranging from human landmine clearance to IED shielding on the exterior of vehicles transporting officials?

Did you know that 3100 schools have been renovated, 364 schools are under rehabilitation, 263 new schools are now under construction; and 38 new schools have been completed in Iraq, while only 4000 have been destroyed?

Did you know that Iraq 's higher educational structure consists of 20 Universities, 46 Institutes or colleges and 4 research centers, all currently operating without any students?

Did you know that 25 Iraq students departed for the United States in
January 2005 for the re-established Fulbright program and were never seen or heard from again?

Did you know that the Iraqi Navy is operational? They have 5 - 100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels and a naval infantry regiment which have been used primarily for piracy in the Gulf, and for raiding small villages along the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates.

Did you know that Iraq's Air Force consists of three operational squadrons,
Which includes 9 reconnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft (under Iraqi operational control) which operate day and night, and will soon add 16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 Bell Jet Rangers, as well as 7000 paper airplanes donated by American school children?

Did you know that Iraq has a counter-terrorist unit and a Commando Battalion which have both engaged American forces in combat, or retreated from combat situations when fighting along side American forces?

Did you know that the Iraqi Police Service has over 55,000 fully trained and equipped police officers who regularly engage American forces in combat?

Did you know that there are 5 Police Academies in Iraq that produce over 3500 new officers every 8 weeks, all of whom defect within days to the insurgency?

Did you know there are more than 1100 building projects going on in Iraq intended to replace the more than 80,000 structures destroyed since the invasion?

They include 364 schools, 67 public clinics, 15 hospitals, 83 railroad stations, 22 oil facilities, 93 water facilities 69 electrical facilities, and assorted defensive walls, barriers, and fortifications.

Did you know that 96% of Iraqi children under the age of 5 have received the first 2 series of polio vaccinations, as well as a lifetime supply of PTSD?

Did you know that 4.3 million Iraqi children were enrolled in primary school by mid October, but that by November 2.6 million girls had been removed?

Did you know that there are 1,192,000 cell phone subscribers in Iraq and phone use has gone up 158% since the integration of cell phones as detonators on IEDs?

Did you know that Iraq has an independent media that consists of 75 radio stations, 180 newspapers, 10 television stations, and 6000 "Armed Truth Squads"?

Did you know that the Baghdad Stock Exchange opened in June of 2004, and has since lost only 4,200% of its opening value?

Did you know that 2 candidates in the Iraqi presidential election had a
televised debate recently because it was too dangerous to debate in front of a live audience?

Now that the medium of "news" has been forced to turn a profit, news has experienced cutbacks just like any other corporate entity. A portion of those cutbacks include actual investigative journalism and research.

22 year old news producers no longer light up the phones seeking out that next big story. They simply load the Drudge Report in their browsers and highlight, copy, and paste.

Drudge is the Hearst to my generation X. Do not criticize Drudge for his influence throughout the news for profit industry. Criticize lazy news producers who do not have the ability to look beyond Drudge for an opposing viewpoint.

Wonder if it is true that the actual candidate that bumps off mutual opponent will win in November regardless of issues and poll numbers?

Apparently the mutual opponent is wealthy and exposed corruption within both parties and is presently targeted.

The question is how?

Will the GOP use Guiliani-like mob ties such as used by his protege, ex-NYPD commissioner and may be doing up to 140 years of jail time? Or Gotti, Jr. who is currently on trial for conspiracy and murder?

Will Dem use an OJ Simpson-like black convict with jail time? Coincidentally, OJ's trial with robbery and kidnapping is today too.

Will both political parties use the popular law enforcement practice of 'sweetheart exchange deals' where convicts commit crime/murder in exchange for less jail time, conveniently covered up and real culprits not publicly suspected?

Having shared this information, do we too have to worry about our personal safety? For example, does my husband have to worry about his life when he is doing his daily jog after work in the Hackensack/Bogota/Teaneck, NJ areas? Do we have to worry about the tampering of our food, water and air inside our home since our habits and plans are known in advanced due to bugging devices in private and public?

What do you think?

chris - you intentionally left off that fiorina said all FOUR candidates would not be qualified to run a large corporation (of course, neither was she). senators biden, mccain, and obama are particularky unqualified for executive work.

are these senator yakkers with no leadership, executive of managerial skills going to bcome executive tallent on jan 20, 2009? not likely. disaster awaits, these senate losers.

the senate trio have not even been leaders in the aimless senate. so their peer group does not recognize their leadership talents.

oh, hillary clinton, chris dodd and sam brownback fall into this group of endless talkers.

Drudge is a tool. He panders to the small and the mean spirited, in the same way that Hearst pandered to the country's worst instincts with his yellow journalism. Drudge's world is a world in which everyone is base and dirty, which is probably how he sees himself. He links to whatever his right wing buddies ask him to link to and pointedly ignores or downplays anything that gets in the way of their propaganda. The only reason he posted any positive stories about Obama early on was that his buddies wanted to bash Hillary more.

I can't believe (alright, I can) that this journalist is crying about unfair media coverage for Obama. If Drudge sets the tone for every cable outlet, then obviously he must be biased toward Obama, because the majority of the industry is.

Yes, the world has been so unfair to Obama. That's why he's the least qualified presidential candidate ever, yet is hailed as the savior of our democracy. Only a media darling could pull off something like that.

When Obama gets in a rut it seems that it's time for the Left to do what they do best... whine loudly. Could it be that he's not infallible, is mortal, and doesn't win all battles? Why not blame his campaign for his troubles? Oh yes, infallible, got it.

Maybe Drudge is just trying to stand out in a sea of suck-ups. Would be a smart move for a thinking person.

These types of stories make Obama supporters look desperate. This leads one to believe that Obama is short on substance, and long on hype.

So, Drudge didn't talk about the "Blackberry" story. Good for him and good for us. That story only illustrates the desperate nature of the Obama campaign. It is also an insult to anyone that prefers to think about politics instead of feel about politics.

Let's raise the bar. It's getting pretty ridiculous.

Do you wonder why there is the perception of media bias? It’s precisely because of the flat-out misstatements and half-truth in your column. First, accordingly to the link your own article, McCain’s aide never said he “invented” the Blackberry. What he said was this:

"He did this," Holtz-Eakin informed them. "Telecommunications of the United States is a premier innovation in the past 15 years -- comes right through the Commerce Committee -- so you're looking at the miracle John McCain helped create and that's what he did."

Clearly, the reference to “this” was not the invention of the Blackberry device itself, but the fact that people can use a Blackberry through innovations and legislation allowing telecommunications, which were passed through the Commerce Committee before being approved. As John McCain was part of the committee that approved that legislation, it is fair to say that he helped create the ability to use Blackberrys in today’s world.

Your second falsehood by omission is your claim that McCain surrogate Carly Fiorina stated “that neither McCain nor Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin would be equipped to serve as CEO of a major U.S. company.” Shocking!!! A candidate’s own spokesperson claims her ticket isn’t qualified. That must mean the other ticket IS qualified.

But wait!! What is omitted from your piece is that Carly Fiorina, a former corporate CEO, indicated that NONE of the candidates for president or vice-president were qualified to be the CEO of a major corporation. I realize that while leaving out Fiorina’s reference that Obama and Biden are equally unqualified to run a corporation doesn’t work for your story on bias, it certainly does perpetuate the stereotype that the media is biased and slants and distorts the facts to achieve its goals. However, there can’t be a stereotype without a prototype.

Good for DRUDGE to counter the liberal imbalance of campaign coverage.

Someone has to do it and its warming to know that DRUDGE is the premier source.

This is just one example of daily bias by the Post, CNN and the NY Times.

These numbers were before the surge.

Did you know that 47 countries' have reestablished their embassies in Iraq, leaving only 145 that have not?

Did you know that the Iraqi government
currently employs 1.2 million Iraqi people in exotic jobs ranging from human landmine clearance to IED shielding on the exterior of vehicles transporting officials?

Did you know that 3100 schools have been renovated, 364 schools are under rehabilitation, 263 new schools are now under construction; and 38 new schools have been completed in Iraq, while only 4000 have been destroyed?

Did you know that Iraq 's higher educational structure consists of 20 Universities, 46 Institutes or colleges and 4 research centers, all currently operating without any students?

Did you know that 25 Iraq students departed for the United States in
January 2005 for the re-established Fulbright program and were never seen or heard from again?

Did you know that the Iraqi Navy is operational? They have 5 - 100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels and a naval infantry regiment which have been used primarily for piracy in the Gulf, and for raiding small villages along the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates.

Did you know that Iraq's Air Force consists of three operational squadrons,
Which includes 9 reconnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft (under Iraqi operational control) which operate day and night, and will soon add 16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 Bell Jet Rangers, as well as 7000 paper airplanes donated by American school children?

Did you know that Iraq has a counter-terrorist unit and a Commando Battalion which have both engaged American forces in combat, or retreated from combat situations when fighting along side American forces?

Did you know that the Iraqi Police Service has over 55,000 fully trained and equipped police officers who regularly engage American forces in combat?

Did you know that there are 5 Police Academies in Iraq that produce over 3500 new officers every 8 weeks, all of whom defect within days to the insurgency?

Did you know there are more than 1100 building projects going on in Iraq intended to replace the more than 80,000 structures destroyed since the invasion?

They include 364 schools, 67 public clinics, 15 hospitals, 83 railroad stations, 22 oil facilities, 93 water facilities 69 electrical facilities, and assorted defensive walls, barriers, and fortifications.

Did you know that 96% of Iraqi children under the age of 5 have received the first 2 series of polio vaccinations, as well as a lifetime supply of PTSD?

Did you know that 4.3 million Iraqi children were enrolled in primary school by mid October, but that by November 2.6 million girls had been removed?

Did you know that there are 1,192,000 cell phone subscribers in Iraq and phone use has gone up 158% since the integration of cell phones as detonators on IEDs?

Did you know that Iraq has an independent media that consists of 75 radio stations, 180 newspapers, 10 television stations, and 6000 "Armed Truth Squads"?

Did you know that the Baghdad Stock Exchange opened in June of 2004, and has since lost only 4,200% of its opening value?

Did you know that 2 candidates in the Iraqi presidential election had a
televised debate recently because it was too dangerous to debate in front of a live audience?

Chris--
Very interesting piece. I have a collateral question: What influence does Real Clear Politics have on the news cycle? Their polling compilations seem to be often quoted by all sides of the news media. I personaly find their site very useful, so much so that I almost never read anything in print anymore. I found this column by going to RCP.

I have a theory that within the last two years the media has bifurcated into the old MSM and the Alternative Media because the total audience now follows one or the other almost exclusively, although there is still some overlap. Many people now get all of their news from Talk Radio and/or Fox News and pay no attention to the rest of the media. The split may be roughly 50/50, at least among those that consume news of current events, which is probably only about two-thirds of the electorate.

So, when a consumer of the MSM and a consumer of the AM strike up a conversation in a bar, they talk past each other because their understanding of the facts of political events are completely different. There is almost no common ground.

The theory predicts a polarized country, and it is. So what? This is not the first time we have been so polarized. For most of the 19th century, newspapers (the only media) were openly partisan.

My evidence for the theory is that the Alternative Media has generated public outcry that stopped three key public policy moves that in the old day would probably have succeeded. The Harriet Miers nomimation was killed by public opposition, not by senatorial opposition. The Dubai Ports Deal was scuttled by a similar populist outcry. Most importantly, Bush's immigration reform had broad bi-partisan support form the political class--both parties--but it was stopped cold by the public.

The key fact about the Alternative Media is that it is driven by its consumers--it does not drive them. It is a very democratic institution, particularly Talk Radio. On the other hand, it is excellent at fact checking current events, helping its consumers to be more informed, a role the MSM abandoned long ago in favor of creating a news narrative that advances a political agenda. This is why the MSM continues to lose consumers.

come on chris, fiorina said that obama and biden also were not qualified to run the country. we need at least one honest broker commenting on the election.

Poor leftist liar Nick Collins the Joke hates it when I set him straight with the facts and logic.

Deregulation or adherence to loose lending policies? Which caused our current problem?

1) Cause has been well known for years to be loose lending policies. Even before the housing bust wise economists stated that loose lending policies would lead to business failure and house loan defaults.

2) The law allowed loose lending policies well before the Gramm 1999 law. These issues are not connected.

3) The Gramm law was in regards to US banks being able to diversify. Something the foreign banks have been allowed to do for decades.

4) Gramm himself, along with other republicans warned Clinton and democrats that we needed to tighten loose lending policies.

5) Clinton refused saying that tight lending policies would hurt the minorities and the poor. Hmmm, dem pandering at its finest.

6) Obama, Dodd, Franks, Bill, Hill are all on record as being in favor of sub-prime loans in order to pander to their base.

7) Deregulation is a standard red-herring that dems like to bring up. They have been successful in the past due to a stupid electorate.

8) If the Gramm bill was bad, then why not blame Clinton who signed it into law? He had the power to veto the bill and win. Reps did not have enough votes to overcome a veto.

9) Recapping: It was reps against loose lending policies and it was democrats in favor of loose lending policies.

10) Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac both failed because of loose lending policies. Obama and Chris Dodd were #2 and #1 recepients of lobbying money coming from, guess who, Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac.

11) Repeating the key issue. Obama was for loose lending policies and it was exactly loose lending policies that caused our current banking problem.

THIS JUST IN: THE MEDIA MAY BE BIASED.

THIS JUST IN: AMERICANS MAY THINK INDEPENDENTLY FROM THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA.

I must admit the second surprises me much more than the first, and the past few weeks -- the fact that McCain and Palin's numbers have not taken much of a hit despite the glaring media smears -- have done more to restore my faith in America than Barack Obama could ever do.

The main media operates under news by omission.

Drudge brings the omitted news to the headlines.

Where is main line news about Obamas dark side? its omitted.

Where is main line news about McCains good
side? its omitted.

Drudge is not a guinness, he just posts the news the main line media refuses to talk about.

that works for him.

Watch the newspaper guy continue to lose subscribers because of Lib bias. The backlash against "old media" elite Libs deciding hwat's news is what's got your undies in a bundle. This is fun to watch- the unraveling of Obama and th Lib media. Deer in headlights anyone?

The surge is working. McCain/Palin have surged in the polls. It was not a BOUNCE by the way.

Minnesota, Michigan and Colorado are in play and McCain/Palin are up in Ohio, Florida and gained big in Penn.

Independents and undecided voters and women are choosing McCain/Palin.

She was a great choice and has as much experience as OBAMA

WOW, saying that Drudge is driving MSM?

I am sure the Washington Post would LOVE to be driving MSM. Instead, earnings are tanking and layoffs continue: (from the wsj.com )

"Washington Post Co. reported a second-quarter net loss, reflecting staff cuts made to offset steep advertising revenue declines at its namesake newspaper ..."

BUH bye!

Washington Post-OLOGY 101.

The Washinton Post has become a joke over the last decade. The Graham's would be firing all of you. It is a disgrace.

How many Post employees are republican and how can they report fairly when they are tingling up their legs for Obama.

Why don't you ever report information like I list here below. Because you want to blame the Republicans defeat them.

This is just one example of daily bias by the Post, CNN and the NY Times.

These numbers were before the surge.

Did you know that 47 countries' have reestablished their embassies in Iraq ?

Did you know that the Iraqi government
currently employs 1.2 million Iraqi people?

Did you know that 3100 schools have been renovated,364 schools are under rehabilitation, 263 new schools are now under construction; and 38 new schools have been completed in Iraq ?

Did you know that Iraq 's higher educational structure consists of 20 Universities, 46 Institutes or colleges and 4 research centers, all currently operating?

Did you know that 25 Iraq students departed for the United States in
January 2005 for the re-established Fulbright program?

Did you know that the Iraqi Navy is operational? They have 5 - 100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels and a naval infantry regiment.

Did you know that Iraq ' s Air Force consists of three operational squadrons,
Which includes 9 reconnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft (under Iraqi operational control) which operate day and night,and will soon add 16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 Bell Jet Rangers?

Did you know that Iraq has a counter-terrorist unit and a Commando Battalion?

Did you know that the Iraqi Police Service has over 55,000 fully trained and equipped police officers?

Did you know that there are 5 Police Academies in Iraq that produce over 3500 new officers every 8 weeks?

Did you know there are more than 1100 building projects going on in Iraq ?

They include 364 schools, 67 public clinics, 15 hospitals, 83 railroad stations, 22 oil facilities, 93 water facilities and 69 electrical facilities.

Did you know that 96% of Iraqi children under the age of 5 have received the first 2 series of polio vaccinations?

Did you know that 4.3 million Iraqi children were enrolled in primary school by mid October?

Did you know that there are 1,192,000 cell phone subscribers in Iraq and phone use has gone up 158%?

Did you know that Iraq has an independent media that consists of 75 radio stations, 180 newspapers and 10 television stations?

Did you know that the Baghdad Stock Exchange opened in June of 2004?

Did you know that 2 candidates in the Iraqi presidential election had a
televised debate recently?

OF COURSE WE DIDN'T KNOW!

WHY DIDN'T WE KNOW?

BECAUSE OUR MEDIA WON'T TELL US!

Many people posting here are implying that Drudge writes all of these news articles himself. It seems to me Drudge only posts links to articles that the mainstream media outlets would normally sweep under the rug. I guess it's just coincidence that so many of those articles that 'Big News' wants to sweep under the rug are favorable to conservatives? Maybe if our regular news sources would give us all of the news, and not just what they think we need to know, Drudge wouldn't have a void to fill.

This elitist "It's not news unless we say it is" modus operandi needs to stop.

The logic contradicts itself here. Drudge influences mainstream media heavily, but penalizes a bias he "sees" in it? How is Palin naturally appealing and not perceived so by some bias? A lot of cirularity lies at the base of the note here. It might be more persuasive if Drudge reflected on his own influence or if it didn't reflect a longer-term bias of Drudge himself toward more conservative figures, especially some labelled as "maverick." After all, Palin has yet to be examined with the scrutiny that all the other major candidates, including McCain, Obama, and Clinton, have been through.

The surge is working. McCain/Palin have surged in the polls. It was not a BOUNCE by the way.

Minnesota, Michigan and Colorado are in play and McCain/Palin are up in Ohio, Florida and gained big in Penn.

Independents and undecided voters and women are choosing McCain/Palin.

She was a great choice and has as much experience as OBAMA

So I guess we're supposed to ttake "professional" journalists seriously because they get their ideas from Drudge (all the while complaining about liberal bloggers)?

Given the glib, GOP-leaning tone of Chris' blog, he clearly is one of the Drudge travelers. I guess he doesn't know what he's supposed to cover any more. Compare this silliness to someone like Josh Marshall who has broken actual stories, like the politicization of the Justice Department or the many Abramoff-related scandals. that's journalism. It's alos leadership, which isn't what happens when you worry what a closet case sourced by GOP indisers is saying.

First off, Phil Gramm was actually in favor of a Sub-Prime crisis. This is a known, and very well publicized fact. He knew that if US banks were able to diversify without any government regulation, that a sub-prime crisis could be created through inevitably loose lending policies.

He's on record as the sponsor of the bill that created it, and he continues to support that same bill today, as it achieved precisely what he set out to accomplish: An economic climate that would artificially increase the asset wealth of America's poor and through the use of a deliberate campaign of misinformation, encourage these same individuals to carry more debt. Once this had been achieved, the bill was designed to then create the economic environment (through rapid deregulation) that we have seen over the past several years; a rapid loss of available credit and available jobs leading directly to an enormous loss of wealth amongst the poor that would lead them to remain on the bottom with low education and poor skill sets. The end game? Simply the creation of an environment wherein more major corporations (the primary backers of Gramm and McCain for decades) could abandon American workes for cheap foreign labor, thus providing maximum profits for the very top 1% of society. These 1% have been further protected by the Bush-McCain tax cuts, which actually increased taxes on 95% of Americans (the bottom 95%).

This is so basic, and so well known that only a complete fool would argue against it. Why else would it be news?! Honestly... Plan and simple facts.

Nick Collins III caught in provable repeated lies is going ape-shtt now. The poor little goat cant seem to even be in touch with reality. This is the type if retardation that believes in the Obama vain promises.

Nothing on earth will help the likes of Nick Collins III come to a grip with truth and reality.

The problem with idiots like Nick comes only in their numbers. There seem to be too many of these doped up liars running around.

With morons like him and the leftist lapdogs in the media we need to really press hard and be vigilent in spreading the real truth, and of course, in getting out the conservative vote.

While the Drudge Report might lean a bit to the right, Drudge reports ALL THE NEWS unlike the Democrat Socialist Party--controlled MSM that censors all the news that might damage the Democrat Socialist Party politically. This election has proven without a shadow of doubt that what the Republicans have been saying for the last 50 or so years is true--the MSM is nothing more than the Democrat Socialist Party's propaganda arm. They're the Democrat Socialist's gatekeepers of all news reporting. Thank god the American people have a few other sources of getting the news of the day like Drudge, Fox News and guys like Rush Limbaugh who report on all news rather than the censored version the rest of the MSM is giving us. Small wonder the liberals; the Democrat Socialists, and the rest of the MSM hates them. They report the news that they want to suppress.

I love this. Even in the process of you exercising your political bias, you openly deny it. It just proves that truth and socialism don't mix. How could it when you accept lies as the truth.

Drudge does this every cycle -- he aims right early, when it hardly matters, and aims left in the homestretch, when it does. Then he's got those "aim right" statistics to claim the site is relatively even-handed.

The man doesn't have a "nose for news" -- he fills a gap created by newsroom cuts in print and media. He makes the jobs of producers and staff reporters easier -- and in return he gets a lot of free press and a measure of influence on the flow of information in our society.

Sad, sad, sad.

The surge is working. McCain/Palin have surged in the polls. It was not a BOUNCE by the way.

Minnesota, Michigan and Colorado are in play and McCain/Palin are up in Ohio, Florida and gained big in Penn.

Independents and undecided voters and women are choosing McCain/Palin.

She was a great choice and has as much experience as OBAMA

Exact and complete quote from Carly Fiorina, no matter what consumate Right Wing partisan liars would have you believe. On the record, and fact checked:

Carly: "Well, I don't think John McCain could run a major corporation, I don't think I could run a major corporation, I don't think you could run a major corporation,"

Carly continues (this part conveniently left out by the Right Wing McCain lap-doggers) "It is a fallacy to suggest that the country is like a company. So, of course, to run a business, you have to have a lifetime of experience in business, but that's not what Sarah Palin, or John McCain have. Businesses are held accountable for poor business practices, bad investments, and breaking the law. Sarah Palin and John McCain simply would not have to answer to any of those three concerns were they in the White House."

Washington Post-OLOGY 101.

The Washinton Post has become a joke over the last decade. The Graham's would be firing all of you. It is a disgrace.

How many Post employees are republican and how can they report fairly when they are tingling up their legs for Obama.

Why don't you ever report information like I list here below. Because you want to blame the Republicans defeat them.

This is just one example of daily bias by the Post, CNN and the NY Times.

These numbers were before the surge.

Did you know that 47 countries' have reestablished their embassies in Iraq ?

Did you know that the Iraqi government
currently employs 1.2 million Iraqi people?

Did you know that 3100 schools have been renovated,364 schools are under rehabilitation, 263 new schools are now under construction; and 38 new schools have been completed in Iraq ?

Did you know that Iraq 's higher educational structure consists of 20 Universities, 46 Institutes or colleges and 4 research centers, all currently operating?

Did you know that 25 Iraq students departed for the United States in
January 2005 for the re-established Fulbright program?

Did you know that the Iraqi Navy is operational? They have 5 - 100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels and a naval infantry regiment.

Did you know that Iraq ' s Air Force consists of three operational squadrons,
Which includes 9 reconnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft (under Iraqi operational control) which operate day and night,and will soon add 16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 Bell Jet Rangers?

Did you know that Iraq has a counter-terrorist unit and a Commando Battalion?

Did you know that the Iraqi Police Service has over 55,000 fully trained and equipped police officers?

Did you know that there are 5 Police Academies in Iraq that produce over 3500 new officers every 8 weeks?

Did you know there are more than 1100 building projects going on in Iraq ?

They include 364 schools, 67 public clinics, 15 hospitals, 83 railroad stations, 22 oil facilities, 93 water facilities and 69 electrical facilities.

Did you know that 96% of Iraqi children under the age of 5 have received the first 2 series of polio vaccinations?

Did you know that 4.3 million Iraqi children were enrolled in primary school by mid October?

Did you know that there are 1,192,000 cell phone subscribers in Iraq and phone use has gone up 158%?

Did you know that Iraq has an independent media that consists of 75 radio stations, 180 newspapers and 10 television stations?

Did you know that the Baghdad Stock Exchange opened in June of 2004?

Did you know that 2 candidates in the Iraqi presidential election had a
televised debate recently?

OF COURSE WE DIDN'T KNOW!

WHY DIDN'T WE KNOW?

BECAUSE OUR MEDIA WON'T TELL US!

Yeah, Drudge tends to ignore stories that are totally ridiculous, make no sense, or are just outright lies -- like most of the stuff the Democrats are slinging out there. Unfortunately, the mainstream media loves those types of stories!

The surge is working. McCain/Palin have surged in the polls. It was not a BOUNCE by the way.

Minnesota, Michigan and Colorado are in play and McCain/Palin are up in Ohio, Florida and gained big in Penn.

Independents and undecided voters and women are choosing McCain/Palin.

She was a great choice and has as much experience as OBAMA

Deregulation or adherence to loose lending policies? Which caused our current problem?

1) Cause has been well known for years to be loose lending policies. Even before the housing bust wise economists stated that loose lending policies would lead to business failure and house loan defaults.

2) The law allowed loose lending policies well before the Gramm 1999 law. These issues are not connected.

3) The Gramm law was in regards to US banks being able to diversify. Something the foreign banks have been allowed to do for decades.

4) Gramm himself, along with other republicans warned Clinton and democrats that we needed to tighten loose lending policies.

5) Clinton refused saying that tight lending policies would hurt the minorities and the poor. Hmmm, dem pandering at its finest.

6) Obama, Dodd, Franks, Bill, Hill are all on record as being in favor of sub-prime loans in order to pander to their base.

7) Deregulation is a standard red-herring that dems like to bring up. They have been successful in the past due to a stupid electorate.

8) If the Gramm bill was bad, then why not blame Clinton who signed it into law? He had the power to veto the bill and win. Reps did not have enough votes to overcome a veto.

9) Recapping: It was reps against loose lending policies and it was democrats in favor of loose lending policies.

10) Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac both failed because of loose lending policies. Obama and Chris Dodd were #2 and #1 recepients of lobbying money coming from, guess who, Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac.

11) Repeating the key issue. Obama was for loose lending policies and it was exactly loose lending policies that caused our current banking problem.

Bruce Springsteen -Born In The U.S.A.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPudiBR15mk

Obama/Biden '08

With all due respect, this story sounds like the whining of a spoiled, petulant child. For years the liberals had a virtual monopoly on the news. As this bias tends to work against those who view themselves as traditional Americans, most Americans didn't like the bias.

So, when viable alternatives presented themselves, such as talk radio, and most especially the Internet, people flocked to where they feel their values and concerns are taken seriously.

Fate did NOT decree Drudge's popularity. He really did earn it be giving large segments of the American people what they want.

I would include myself in this number. Back in the late eighties and early nineties--before I had ever heard of talk radio or the Internet--I would listen to the talking heads on the TV make blanket statements such as: Everybody knows... or The American people want... and I would find myself thinking, that's not who or what I am. These people speak neither to me nor for me. Consequently, I threw out my TV in 1992, when talk radio came into its own, and haven't watched TV since. And I don't miss it one bit.

I think one reason Drudge in particular is so popular is that he only vaguely leans right, without siding with the neocons. Talk radio has come to be dominated by neocons, and it too will go the way of the MSM unless things change. Now talk show hosts march in a lockstep march that would be the envy of a Marine Corps drill team. No thanks.

Unless very restrictive legislation is passed governing what can be published on the Internet, the Internet is a far superior medium to either talk radio, TV, or the print media. It used to be quipped that freedom of the press was for those who could afford to own one. No longer. The internet is the huge equalizer. It is democracy in action. And the elitist liberals and neocons don't like it one bit. But they can whine themselves right into the arrogant irrelevance they so richly deserve. We owe them nothing, especially when they pit themselves against our traditions and values.

Good riddance.

Once again the comments were out of context. Firoina also said that neither Obama, Palin nor Byden would be able to run a company. That is why there are advisors to all those people. Yes, Drudge is a conservative. Whithout him who would we hear Matthews, Oberman, and all the other liberal talking heads who get so much more time on the tv or the radio. Or should we listen to the likes of Al Franken. As for the movie stars, they are not in touch in any way with normal people who go to work every day to feed their families and to make ends meet. They don't even know what that means.

Exact and complete quote from Carly Fiorina, no matter what consumate Right Wing partisan liars would have you believe. On the record, and fact checked:

Carly: "Well, I don't think John McCain could run a major corporation, I don't think I could run a major corporation, I don't think you could run a major corporation,"

Carly continues (this part conveniently left out by the Right Wing McCain lap-doggers) "It is a fallacy to suggest that the country is like a company. So, of course, to run a business, you have to have a lifetime of experience in business, but that's not what Sarah Palin, or John McCain have. Businesses are held accountable for poor business practices, bad investments, and breaking the law. Sarah Palin and John McCain simply would not have to answer to any of those three concerns were they in the White House."

LONG LIVE THE DRUDGE REPORT!!!! My first source of news each and every day.

Obama has no story, no history, no anything. Racism is indeed RAMPANT in the US, as will be made evident by the number of votes that will be cast FOR Obama simply because he is a black man. Or at least he is embracing his "blackness" even though he is really half-black. Oh well, even half-black was good enough for Oprah.

Washington Post-OLOGY 101.

The Washinton Post has become a joke over the last decade. The Graham's would be firing all of you. It is a disgrace.

How many Post employees are republican and how can they report fairly when they are tingling up their legs for Obama.

Why don't you ever report information like I list here below. Because you want to blame the Republicans defeat them.

This is just one example of daily bias by the Post, CNN and the NY Times.

These numbers were before the surge.

Did you know that 47 countries' have reestablished their embassies in Iraq ?

Did you know that the Iraqi government
currently employs 1.2 million Iraqi people?

Did you know that 3100 schools have been renovated,364 schools are under rehabilitation, 263 new schools are now under construction; and 38 new schools have been completed in Iraq ?

Did you know that Iraq 's higher educational structure consists of 20 Universities, 46 Institutes or colleges and 4 research centers, all currently operating?

Did you know that 25 Iraq students departed for the United States in
January 2005 for the re-established Fulbright program?

Did you know that the Iraqi Navy is operational? They have 5 - 100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels and a naval infantry regiment.

Did you know that Iraq ' s Air Force consists of three operational squadrons,
Which includes 9 reconnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft (under Iraqi operational control) which operate day and night,and will soon add 16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 Bell Jet Rangers?

Did you know that Iraq has a counter-terrorist unit and a Commando Battalion?

Did you know that the Iraqi Police Service has over 55,000 fully trained and equipped police officers?

Did you know that there are 5 Police Academies in Iraq that produce over 3500 new officers every 8 weeks?

Did you know there are more than 1100 building projects going on in Iraq ?

They include 364 schools, 67 public clinics, 15 hospitals, 83 railroad stations, 22 oil facilities, 93 water facilities and 69 electrical facilities.

Did you know that 96% of Iraqi children under the age of 5 have received the first 2 series of polio vaccinations?

Did you know that 4.3 million Iraqi children were enrolled in primary school by mid October?

Did you know that there are 1,192,000 cell phone subscribers in Iraq and phone use has gone up 158%?

Did you know that Iraq has an independent media that consists of 75 radio stations, 180 newspapers and 10 television stations?

Did you know that the Baghdad Stock Exchange opened in June of 2004?

Did you know that 2 candidates in the Iraqi presidential election had a
televised debate recently?

OF COURSE WE DIDN'T KNOW!

WHY DIDN'T WE KNOW?

BECAUSE OUR MEDIA WON'T TELL US!

I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's worth, banks are going bust, shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter. Punks are running wild in the street and there's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do, and there's no end to it. We know the air is unfit to breathe and our food is unfit to eat, and we sit watching our TVs while some local newscaster tells us that today we had fifteen homicides and sixty-three violent crimes, as if that's the way it's supposed to be! We know things are bad - worse than bad, They're crazy! It's like everything everywhere is going crazy, so we don't go out anymore. We sit in the house, and slowly the world we are living in is getting smaller, and all we say is, 'Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms. Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials and I won't say anything. Just leave us alone!' Well, I'm not gonna leave you alone! I want you to get MAD! I don't want you to protest. I don't want you to riot - I don't want you to write to your congressman because I wouldn't know what to tell you to write. I don't know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the Russians and the crime in the street. All I know is that first you've got to get mad! You've got to say, "I'm a HUMAN BEING, GODDAMNIT! My LIFE has VALUE!!" So, I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now, and go to the window, open it, and stick your head out and yell: "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!!"

McRumi - You humble me. You are, of course, quite correct. In my anger and pride I get carried away too often. God's message is to love and walk humbly before Him and our fellow man. God bless you for your small bright light of sanity here.

I guess the next article will be how the Daily Kos or Democrat Underground is balanced? Oh, yeah, it's liberal. never mind.

Thank you Drudgereport, for posting a link to this article on 'Drudge-ology 101'! I'm sure that's how 90% of us have found it!

KMichaels,

Carly Fiorina failed at her own job. By all accounts she sucks. You wanna look up to a failure? What, you're going to be a slacker for your whole LIFE? Jeez, no wonder we're behind China.

it's funny now a consistently liberal newspaper like the post would point at Drudge's selective emphasis on certain articles. The post, nytimes, LAtimes are imfamous for the stories they don't cover or bury in the back pages. Now they don't list in the headline the party filiation of a democrat arrested, etc. But they always do when it is a replubican,

It seems to me that media bias can in part be recognized by the presence in a particular piece of "reporting" of deliberate mischaracterizations of events that may in turn reflect badly on the "other guy". For instance, why does Mr. Cillizza obscure the nature of these two McCain "gaffes": Ms. Fiorina's comments were simply a statement that she does not think presedential qualifications are the same as business qualifications (a comment which she clearly applied to Mr. Obama as well), and McCain's policy adviser did not say that McCain invented the Blackberry, he merely claimed that during McCain's time on the Senate Commerce Committee he showed a supportive attitude towards encouraging the development of new technology (all subsequent referrals to the term "invented" have been made up by these incredibly impartial journalists). Like or hate McCain all you want, and debate the ACTUAL claims of these two statements as well, but you should actually engage with the comments that were made, instead of these willful distortions. These are the two most clearly manufactured "gaffes" I've seen in the campaign so far.

Yes thats exactly correct. Every owner of every radio station has independently made the same choice: ratings be damned! I'm not going to air liberal talk radio because I dont want to be TOO SUCCESSFUL at running a radio station.
Your understanding of the radio industry is a benefit to us all. Next, can you tell us how to fix this sub-prime crisis?"
When you own hundreds of stations like Clear Channel does, you don't have to worry that much about ratings of indiviual stations - but stroking the Republican hands that allowed you to buy all of those stations (as when Reagan's FCC eliminated ownership limits) is good business practice.

Why do the Libs feel disenfranchising legitmate voters with votes from dead people, felons, and people who don't exist is less important than fictitious "disenfranchised" who would be affected by "motor voter" laws? Why is it that the State of WI (a battleground State) couldn't get a vote in their legistlature on a motor voter bill, despite the fact that 90%+ of the people want it? Why is it ACORN is most active only in battleground States? Iraq's election was more honest...

Even if Drudge and FOX News are not giving equal time and for the sake of your argument If you were right that they both ran only positive stories on McCain and negative stories on Obama, they wouldn’t even scratch how far in ‘the tank’ the rest of the media is for Obama. So save me you’re crying about drudge, and learn something from it. We do not care about your opinions, just give us the news! Ever since reporters became journalists, the press has gone downhill.

Or it could be that, like many others on the far right, Mr.Drudge did not like John McCain until he picked a wacko, rightwing, "Christian" extremist to run as his VP.

Now that neocon Palin is