Mainstream Media Predicitions: Media Declares Obama the Winner

Media Declares Obama The Winner
The Winner
Nancy Morgan
RightBias.com
October 20, 2008

---

When I logged onto Drudge this morning, I had a Rip Van Winkle moment. According to the headlines, Obama has somehow become president. Nope, its still October 20. The election hasn't been held yet. But you wouldn't know that by scanning the headlines of one of the major news outlets in America.

According to headlines on Drudge, Obama is in the process of planning his transition. His team is in place and already planning the nuts and bolts of installing 'The One' in the White House. "Under the direction of John Podesta, a former White House chief of staff under Bill Clinton, the transition effort includes a dozen separate groups divided into different areas of responsibility."

Bye-bye Bush. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

As Obama's transition team meets, others in the Obama camp are busy lining up an all-star Obama Cabinet. 'Barack Obama Lines Up A Cabinet Of Stars As John McCain Struggles On', the Times reports. “It’s important to send a signal,” an Obama adviser said. “With a comparatively new person in office and the awful mess we’re in, these appointments are going to resonate around the world.” Note the operative words: 'in office'.

Heady decisions, those.

Deciding who to reward, who to slight, and determining which 'experts' to install as the anointed one's top dogs. After all, he's going to need alot of help running the world.

Meanwhile, other headlines trumpet Pelosi's prediction of a 250-seat Democrat House. "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says Democrats will expand their majority to 250 seats in the House next year and might have gone further if the party had more money." Note the operative word: 'will'.

Just in case anyone has any doubts that this election is over, Drudge has thrown in a token conservative, Wall Street Journal's Peggy Noonan, whose article entitled 'Palin's Failing'
bemoans the fact that America still doesn't know....Sarah Palin. That's right. Hmmm..

Acting 'as if' an Obama presidency is a fait accompli, other media stories have been reporting about the cool election eve celebration bash being planned by camp Obama.

On the off chance we still haven't gotten the message, on the off chance a few Americans still believe the November 4 election actually determines the outcome of the election, we are treated to a cool story about how Ireland's largest bookie has decided to pay off more than $1 million euros to people who bet on an Obama presidency. I guess that means Obama has won.

The media has decided. Case closed. And those pesky polls, like Zogby's most recent one showing McCain trailing by only 3 points (the margin of error), have fallen into the left's favorite chasm, the 'fake but accurate' void which has become so popular on the left these last few years.

Now that Obama has been anointed, we are informed that he is going to change the world. Headlines on Drudge tell us so. 'Barack Obama Vows To 'Change The World'. An image pops up in my mind, unbidden: Barack Obama, shirts sleeves rolled up, bending over a babies' crib, extending his opening arms to the little tot, preparatory to changing his stinky diapers. What a guy, sensitive, wise, and not afraid to get poop on him. Our president. Swoon....

Before Joe the Plumber starts to slink off in defeat, I'd like to add my take.

I predict John McCain will win on November 4th. I base this on a firm belief in America. Sure, we've got a plethora of useful idiots who will pull the lever based on promises of utopia. But we also have all the guys in fly-over country. You know, the guys that actually research the issues and form their own views independently of popular opinion and media mantras - the ones that still value facts over perceptions and reality over spin. The ones whose voices have yet to be heard in this one-sided media orgy. Dare I say, the ones who will determine the outcome of the coming election?

As long as I'm making predictions, I also predict the Dow will go up, America will win the war in Iraq (oops, we already have, haven't we?) and Sarah Palin, the one that's failing, will be the one to continue what Ronald Reagan started. That said, whose set of predictions are you going to believe?

The left is hoping to win this election by manipulating voter's perceptions, by acting 'as if' the game is over. They know that perceptions are powerful things and they've decided that the media generated perception of Obama is enough to sweep him into the White House.

I have a friend who is grossly overweight. Despite this, she carries herself like a queen. After hanging around her awhile, my perception changes. I see her as beautiful, mostly because that's how she sees herself.

But no matter how beautiful she appears to me, my perception doesn't change the fact that she is still grossly overweight. And I haven't heard her sing yet.

by Nancy Morgan
Right Bias.com
images: dbkp file

Nancy Morgan is a columnist and news editor for RightBias.com
She lives in South Carolina

Article may be reprinted, with attribution

Joe Biden: $200 Million for Iran and a Vote Against the Alaskan Pipeline

Joe Biden's Tough on America's Enemies:
Biden One of Only Five Senators
To Vote AGAINST the Alaskan Pipeline in 1973
A $200 Million 'No Strings Attached' Check for Iran
Tomorrow's Headlines Today:
Biden Big Winner in VP Debate

"If I can save just ONE caribou, it will be worth it."

Three Weeks After September 11, Biden Wants to Cut the Iranians a check for $200 Million, "no strings attached"


If a few gas lines in the South--due to the double whammy of Ike and Gustav--make readers nervous, think back to 1973 when the entire nation was one big gas line.

The Arabs, in effect, declared war on the USA for its role in helping Israel defend itself during the Yom Kippur War in October 1973. The Arab oil embargo made gas lines the only way motorists could obtain gasoline--when any was available.

What did Joe Biden do?

He voted against the original Alaskan pipeline.

Shockingly, Sen. Joe Biden was one of only five senators to vote against the first Alaskan pipeline bill in 1973. This is like having been a Nazi sympathizer during World War II. If Sarah Palin does nothing else, she has got to tie that idiotic pipeline vote around Biden's neck.

The Senate passed the 1973 Alaskan pipeline bill by an overwhelming 80-5 vote. Only five senators voted against the pipeline on final passage. Sen. Biden is the only one who is still in the Senate -- the other four having been confined to mental institutions long ago.

The stakes were clear: This was in the midst of the first Arab oil embargo. Liberal Democrats, such as senators Robert Byrd, Mike Mansfield, Frank Church and Hubert Humphrey, all voted for the pipeline.

But Biden cast one of only five votes against the pipeline that has produced more than 15 billion barrels of oil, supplied nearly 20 percent of this nation's oil, created tens of thousands of jobs, added hundreds of billions of dollars to the U.S. economy and reduced money transfers to the nation's enemies by about the same amount.

The only argument against the pipeline was that it would harm the caribou, an argument that was both trivial and wrong. The caribou population near the pipeline increased from 5,000 in the 1970s to 32,000 by 2002.

It would have been bad enough to vote against the pipeline bill even if it had hurt the caribou. A sane person would still say: Our enemies have us in a vice grip. Sorry, caribou, you've got to take one for the team. But when the pipeline goes through and the caribou population sextuples in the next 20 years, you really look like a moron.
Ann Coulter
Biden Secret Service Code Name: 'Assassination Insurance'

Joe Biden is the man that the Mainstream Media will declare the winner in tonight's debate with Sarah Palin. The headline are already written at the New York Times: "Biden Wins Big, Palin Doesn't Know the Square Root of 266443".

Joe Klein wrote his piece for Time sometime shortly after August 30: "Biden Steady; Palin Too Dangerous to Declare Winner".

Kathleen Parker will write a column about wanting nationalized health care because Sarah Palin aggravated Parker's near-terminal "cringe reflex"--oh, and by the way, Kathleen has a pain right here that feels like two billy goats butting their heads together.

Barack Obama picked Joe Biden because of his "experience".

That experience includes his vote against the original Alaskan pipeline. Joe Biden's a stand-up guy: when the Arabs put their foot on America's throat, Joe Biden stood up for the caribou.

Biden's experience also includes wanting to send the Iranians a $200 million "no-strings attached" check shortly after September 11.

“Seems to me this would be a good time to send, no strings attached, a check for $200 million to Iran,” Biden declares. He surveys the table with raised eyebrows, a How do ya like that? look on his face.

The staffers sit in silence. Finally somebody ventures a response: “I think they’d send it back.” Then another aide speaks up delicately: “The thing I would worry about is that it would almost look like a publicity stunt.” Still another reminds Biden that an Iranian delegation is in Moscow that very day to discuss a $300 million arms deal with Vladimir Putin that the United States has strongly condemned.
--Michael Crowley, New Republic October 11, 2008
Rhetorical Question

Obama's has taken heat for wanting to negotiate with Iran without pre-conditions. Many think that is not only wrong, but counter-productive. So, maybe Barack Obama made the smart VP pick after all: at least Biden wanted to send the Iranians $200 million first.

The $200 million check to the Iranians shortly after September 11 and the vote against the Alaskan pipeline are all part of Joe Biden's record of achievement in the Senate.

Say what you will: it's a much larger record than that of his running mate, Barack Obama.


by Mondo Frazier

McCain-Obama Debate: MSM Declares Obama Winner

Debate Winners Decided By Mainstream Media
But Only 19% Trust the MSM
A short history of the past several debates "winners"




Big Media Declare Victory for Its Candidate


Who won the debate between John McCain and Barack Obama?

Depends on who you ask.

Debate winners are in the eye of the beholder. If the beholder is a member of the Mainstream Media, you already knew the answer to the question before the debate was held.

THE USUAL SUSPECTS

* Washington Post - The Debate: An Edge for Obama
* CNN - Round 1 in Debate Goes to Obama, Poll Says
* Time - Grading the First Presidential Debate (Time's Mark Halperin--surprise!--gave the win to Obama.)
* CBS - CBS Poll: Obama Boosted Most by Debate


Rewind four years: back to the first Kerry-Bush debate. What judgment did our impartial media render then?

* ABC - Poll: Kerry Wins Debate, But No Change
* CNN - Polls: Kerry Won Debate
* CBS - Poll: Bush And Kerry Tied; Democratic Challenger Bounces Back After First Debate


Eight years ago, who won the first debate between Al Gore and George Bush?

The Daily Howler: "Gore won every instant poll that night, polls taken right after viewers watched his disgraceful conduct."


So, who won the first debate?

Readers can see that one of the favorite vehicles for MSM stories about debate "winners" is the poll. Another favorite: ask another MSM member who won.

CBS News issued their press release in the guise of another poll: predictably it claimed a win for--surprise!--Barack Obama.

Thirty-nine percent of uncommitted voters who watched the debate tonight thought Barack Obama was the winner. Twenty-four percent thought John McCain won. Thirty-seven percent saw it as a draw.

Who won last night's debate?

Depends on who you ask.

FAST FACTS:

Today is Barack Obama's 1342nd day in the U.S. Senate. He's spent 45%, or 602 of those days, campaigning for president. Obama has authored no major legislation. He's been in one presidential debate, that on the 601st day of his perpetual campaign.

Obama's voted "present" 129 times during his three years, eight months and 3 days in the Senate. Not "yes"; not "no": "present".

2007 Poll:
19.6% - trust the American Mainstream Media news organizations to deliver "news".
23.9% - believe little or nothing that comes out of the MSM;
55.3% - believe some of what Big Media spews.


by Mondo Frazier
image: no blood for hubris

The Left Won Culture War Last Week

CULTURE WATCH, Volume 21
by Nancy Morgan
Right Bias

The left was the clear winner in the ongoing culture wars last week. Remember the Yale University student who made an art project of herself inducing an abortion? Complete with blood and, well, you get the idea. Even though the project was shown to be a fake, she got her 15 minutes of fame. Which has led to an invitation from England's Tate Museum to debut her new art project. She is the latest standard bearer of the the liberal ideology "Fake But Real."

As we speak, tens of thousands of proud gays are marching...all over Europe, in Jerusalem and in San Francisco. (I wish someone would tell me what they're so proud of.) Meanwhile, Barack Obama has appointed David Noble to head his Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender task force. This, as wife Michelle practises successful homosexual outreach, getting a standing ovation at a dinner meeting of the Gay and Lesbian Leadership Council of the DNC.

Going unnoticed in the world-wide orgy of homosexual pride, was a new report showing that the rate of new HIV infections in young male homosexuals rose 12%. In just the last year alone. Also pretty much ignored was a Pennsylvania school district that was found to have such a high rate of STD's that the Centers for Disease Control had to step in to track down students at risk for the deadly HIV. I guess free love isn't so free after all. I've expanded on this topic in my new article, 'Paying The Price For Free Love.'

In other culture news, San Francisco has decided high schools will no longer award physical education credits to students enrolled in the Junior Reserves Training Corp. This slap at our military was followed by, if you can believe it, an even bigger slap at our President. The city will be holding a vote on whether to rename one of its largest sewage treatment facilities after George W. Bush. Just lovely.

Down the coast in Los Angeles, a California judge has blocked a lawsuit that sought to enlist the LAPD in weeding out illegal immigrants. He just said no.



Spain's Parliament will be extending human rights to apes. This is the first time in history any national legislature has called for such rights for non-humans. Can you spell 'slippery slope?'

In India, a congressman plans an 11 day prayer for Obama's success and in Canada, a comic has been hauled before the Human Rights Commission for telling a lesbian joke.

It might seem as if the world has gone crazy. It hasn't. There's plenty of good news out there, it's just overlooked by our old media.
GOOD NEWS:

A historic 2nd amendment ruling from the Supreme Court has affirmed the individual right to bear arms. Just like it says in the Constitution. And in Louisiana, government school teachers can now educate their students about the theory of intelligent design and can actually discuss Darwin's theory of evolution in a scientific manner without being canned. Oh, teachers may now also discuss both sides of the global warming issue. Thank you, Gov. Jindal.

More kudos to Gov. Jindal. In the wake of last weeks' Supreme Court decision nixing the death penalty for child rapists, he promptly signed the "Sex Offender Chemical Castration Bill" authorizing the castration of convicted sex offenders. Progressives can rest easy knowing that these offenders will still have a choice: physical or chemical castration.

The media continues to focus on the context and nuances of presidential candidates, unable to spare any space for the incredible progress being made in Iraq, namely:
Al-Sadr's army was decimated last week as more than 2,000 cadres were killed, leading to "the almost complete collapse of the Mahdi army." Al-Sadr is licking his wounds and pondering his next career move. Can you spell toast?

Meanwhile, security is so improved in Iraq that foreign and Western investment money is flooding in. Iraqi Airline is taking off, thanks to a $5.5 billion contract with Boeing. Translation: We've won! Meanwhile, Barbara Walters has been summoned (summoned?) to Syria by President al-Assad. I guess Syria needs to improve their public relations. I predict the media will cover this visit ad naseum.

More good news as a new survey shows you can't fool all of the people all of the time. It appears a whopping 82% of Americans say the government's energy policies are to blame for the record fuel costs. Just so.

Despite the tough economic times, Americans have set a new record in charitable giving. Un-coerced largesse from private citizens topped $300 billion in 2007. Unsurprisingly, most of this came from those meanies in the red states.

Across the pond, Queen Elizabeth II gave British author Salman Rushdie a knighthood. Muslims were outraged, outraged. Yawn. While the she was at it, the Queen stripped the newly reinstalled president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, of his honorary knighthood. I'm smiling.

WEIRD STUFF:

An Air India Jaipur-Mumbai flight flew well past its destination with both its pilots fatigued and fast asleep in the cockpit. When the pilots were finally woken up by anxious Mumbai air traffic controllers, the plane was about half way to Goa.

An Australian bridegroom was horrified to learn after he had walked down the aisle that he was already married — after a drunken holiday romance he could barely remember.

RightBias has launched a new Page 2 News covering the latest in weird news and essential trivial.

IDIOT OF THE WEEK:

This week's honor goes to leading climate alarmist, James Hansen, who, with a straight face, has called for the chief executives of oil companies to be put on trial for high crimes against humanity and nature. Their crime? Spreading doubt about global warming. Let's give this guy some more rope.

Till next Monday, keep smiling.

by Nancy Morgan

Nancy Morgan is a columnist and a news editor for RightBias.com
She lives in South Carolina, where she writes "Culture Watch" weekly.

Article may be reprinted with attribution. Bio available on request.

images:
* daylife
* www.purselipsquarejaw.org

Soldier Wins Million Dollars in Lotto, Then Prepares for Third Tour in Iraq

Sometimes, karma's on crack.

Sgt. Wayne Leyde first completed two tours of duty in Iraq, then won $1 million on a scratch-and-win lottery ticket on Tuesday.

Now, he's ready for a third tour.

The lucky soldier, a 26-year-old Washington National Guard member, insists he's still going to volunteer to return to Iraq for his third tour of duty.

He also said that he won't spend any of the money until he returns from Iraq.

That Leyde even bought the ticket was a lucky break.

"I decided to walk into a local Zip Trip. I got a Coke and beef jerky and walked up to the counter and thought I'd pick up a few scratch tickets and try my luck. I was on my way out when the lady said, 'Do you have a lucky scratch coin?'

"I said 'no, you gave me a dime and nickel back.'"

"She said 'no, try this,'" handing Leyde a penny. "On my way home I started scratching tickets. They were losers. I'm thinking, boy, that lady didn't know what she was talking about."

The fact that Leyde hit the jackpot with the lotto doesn't make any difference on whether he returns to Iraq a third time or not.

"It was a commitment I made about three months ago. I'm going to stick to it," Leyde said about his decision.

The sergeant says rents have gone sky high where he and his parents live in the Mount Spokane area of Washington and that, for now, he's not going to spend any of the money.

"For right now, I'm going to hold off [spending] and let reality sink back to earth. This is a true blessing. I'm going to turn it around and see if I can bless other people with this," Leyde said.

Sometimes, the Good Guys win.

Or hit the lotto for $1 million.

by Mondoreb
image: ABC
Source: Lucky Soldier Wins $1 million in Lottery



Death by 1000 Papercuts Front Page.