Posted by
Rich on Sunday, February 03, 2008 3:58:25 PM
Does the Sarasota Herald-Tribune have on staff, or as a regular guest columnist, a conservative? The answer is of course - nein,nicht, no, and negative!
There is hope. The New York Times hired Bill Kristol. Maybe the Herald-Tribune will hire me? Write them and see what they say.
They do have a bevy of liberals and they trotted them out this week. We have John Hamner and Waldo Proffitt to tow the Democratic Party line.
John writes the editorial "
Uneasiness across the nation". Waldo writes "
Crist wins an unofficial victory".
John begins by pandering to the MoveOn.org, Code Pink and Daily Kos crowd by stating, "I am not, as I think I have said before, a great fan of El Presidente, the Bush with ears who is scheduled to occupy the White House for just under another year." The Bush with ears? Come on John just say you hate the _ _ _ and be done with it.
John then goes on to raise the gender and race cards. He says, "But we can at least look forward to the Democrats' upcoming primaries -- the Republicans seeming to have found unity at the starting gate. A contest for the nomination between a white woman and a minority man will give a whole lot of prejudices a chance to rumble."
So is John finally admitting that the Democratic Party has prejudices? Are Democrats both racist and Hillaryphobic?
John thinks so and even thinks us Republicans and Independents are too. He says, "I would hazard a guess that whichever wins the nomination will have won all that he or she is going to win. The nation has not yet reached that level of acceptance, I fear."
Thanks John for thinking we Americans won't judge Clinton and Obama on their character but rather we will reject them because of their race or gender. John you have just become a card carrying member of the "loony left".
But wait we have Waldo's editorial.
First Waldo did not give this blog credit for posting the possibility of a McCain/Crist ticket before he did. We wrote about this in our January 31st column "
McCain-Crist Presidential Ticket in 2008".
Waldo describes how Rudy Giuliani and John Edwards dropped out of the race. Any bias in his statements?
About Rudy, Waldo writes, "Florida proved that Giuliani was not a viable candidate with or without independents, while McCain did very well, thank you, with registered Republicans. Giuliani got the message and withdrew as a candidate, throwing his support to McCain, and leaving only three men to compete for the rest of the campaign."
Waldo on Edwards, "On the Democratic side,
John Edwards,, a likable and viable candidate, had two opponents of historic proportions -- the first woman and the first black ever to have a serious chance for the presidency."
Notice the bias? Last names for Republicans, first and last name for Edward with a link to stories about Edwards. Giuliani "not a viable candidate", Edwards "a likable and viable candidate".
Edwards had two opponents of "historic" proportions? Historic proportions? America's mayor of New York city on 9/11 is not a historic figure?
Both John and Waldo play the race and gender cards in their columns. Are there any cards left in their deck?
Finally, Waldo chastises Florida's taxpayers for passing overwhelmingly Amendment 1. Saying, "I think Floridians made a mistake we will regret in a few years." "We", did Waldo vote Yes on Amendment 1 too?
It is time for the Herald-Tribune to rename its editorial page after the Daily Kos. How about we call it the "Daily Sarasota Herald-Tribune" or D-SHT for short.