In an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal
Peter Berkowitz writes:-
Hatred of Mr. Bush went well beyond the partisan broadsides typical of democratic politics. For years it disfigured its victims with open, indeed proud, loathing for the very manner in which Mr. Bush walked and talked. It compelled them to denounce the president and his policies as not merely foolish or wrong or contrary to the national interest, but as anathema to everything that made America great.
And the MSM and in particular newspapers like the New York Times, television stations such as CNN can hang their heads in shame.
In contrast, the euphoria surrounding Mr. Obama's run for president conferred upon the candidate immunity from criticism despite his newness to national politics and lack of executive experience, and regardless of how empty his calls for change...
This just shows how easily the public can be lead to believe what the media want it to believe!
In fact, Bush hatred and Obama euphoria -- which tend to reveal more about those who feel them than the men at which they are directed -- are opposite sides of the same coin. Both represent the triumph of passion over reason. Both are intolerant of dissent. Those wallowing in Bush hatred and those reveling in Obama euphoria frequently regard those who do not share their passion as contemptible and beyond the reach of civilized discussion. Bush hatred and Obama euphoria typically coexist in the same soul...
Souls that are so readily found amongst the bloated egos of the overpaid, under cerebrated 'celebrities' who believe the world holds its breath for their next 'original' pronouncement.
Bush hatred and Obama euphoria are particularly toxic because they thrive in and have been promoted by the news media, whose professional responsibility, it has long been thought, is to gather the facts and analyze their significance, and by the academy, whose scholarly training, it is commonly assumed, reflects an aptitude for and dedication to systematic study and impartial inquiry...
Media who have now been shown to lack impartiality, to even lie, and who are continually being exposed by determined bloggers.
Some will speculate that the outbreak of hatred and euphoria in our politics is the result of the transformation of left-liberalism into a religion, its promulgation as dogma by our universities, and students' absorption of their professors' lesson of immoderation...
Left-liberalism is Marxism by stealth.
...by assembling and maintaining faculties that think alike about politics and think alike that the university curriculum must instill correct political opinions, our universities cultivate intellectual conformity and discourage the exercise of reason in public life. ...they infuse a certain progressive interpretation of our freedom and equality with sacred significance, zealously requiring not only outward obedience to its policy dictates but inner persuasion of the heart and mind. This transforms dissenters into apostates or heretics, and leaders into redeemers.
..and our Universities have been taken over by Marxists.
..Bush hatred may weaken as the 43rd president minds his business back home in Texas, and while Obama euphoria may fade as the 44th president is compelled to immerse himself in the daunting ambiguities of power, our universities will continue to educate students to believe that hatred and euphoria reflect political wisdom.
...and Obama is going to screw up big time.
4 comments:
Well, he certainly nailed it there, didn't he? That's damn near all that needs to be said about the current state of political discourse.
Yes I thought so.
It's this illiberal and partisan stance by the MSM which will guarantee its demise.
The question is how long that will take, and how much of our freedom can we maintain by agitating and exposing the truth via the blogosphere...
Great post.
We have got to spread the word - each little bit of debunking the MSM 'spin' will help.
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