Love Is Stronger Than Pride

Another example of the conservative right-wing media twisting, truncating, and mis-representing facts to serve their malicious agenda. When I think about all of the slander and vilification smeared on Michelle Obama, this makes me really lose all respect for FoxNews (as if I had any left). Sean Hannity is the most repugnant of all the Fox anchors, even more than Bill O'Reilly.

While they have challenged Michelle Obama's patriotism and translated her statement about pride into an indictment against America, the conservative media (Fox specifically) has hidden McCain's confession that he didn't even love America until he needed her to save his ass from Vietnam! Just like how people suddenly find Jesus when they have a near-death experience. What's worse, he's made this confession several times, even as part of a stump-speech. Check out this clip of Hannity's interview with McCain conducted in March 2008. Then check out the link to the website that exposed the biased reporting.



Click on: FoxAttacks.com

Now, I'm not questioning McCain's patriotism or his dedication to the USA. His time spent as a POW give him credentials that very few others could earn. All I'm saying is that his words - especially in their full context - are very hard to misconstrue. They are every bit as inflammatory as they have made Michelle Obama's comments. The main differences are: (1) she's not running for president; (2) her statement qualified her increased pride (indicating that it already was there to start); (3) McCain's statement was a matter-of-fact that "he didn't love 'dem hoes" until he was desparate. Sounds like patriotic/political expediency to me. But what do I know?

Nevertheless, this type of biased reporting has to stop. The only way to stop it is to expose it for what it is - deceit. Sunlight is the best sanitizer. Spread this around to everyone you know who has an interest in this presidential election. Let's make the playing field "fair and balanced" for all.

One Man's Opinion.