Worth a read

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-10-28/so-long-obama/1/

Comments

Re: Just To Note

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Well, no, of course it has nothing to do with abortion. What is significant is that if a McCain scriptwriter had abandoned the campaign and endorsed Obama, the media would have made such a noise you would never have heard the end of it. The media are deliberately running down McCain and up Obama, and this is only the umpteenth-squinchiethy instance of it.

This Is A Question, Not A Gauntlet

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http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2008/10/24/reagan-appointee-and-recent-mccain-adviser-charles-fried-supports-obama.aspx

Has this really gotten noticeably more press than Ms. Button's essay? I know their roles within the campaign are different, but both cases feature a longtime member of the party involved in the campaign breaking rank and voting for the opponent.

This doesn't negate your essay on Obama and abortion, nor am I dismissing your words, which I do appreciate as they obviously required your time and energy, but I must respectfully disagree with you on this specific issue as I think the sheer volume of conservatives that have endorsed Obama coupled with the erratic, contradictory tone of her essay makes the media she her defection as too little, too late.

Re: This Is A Question, Not A Gauntlet

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I drew attention to that particular case because the newspapers (who have been highlighting every floor-crossing Obama supporter up to and including Colin Powell) never would. You might, for that, matter, look at this gentleman: http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/08/31/2008-08-31_john_mccain_not_obama_is_following_in_th-2.html?print=1&page=all.

The behaviour of the press and the three largest TV network has been a scandal and seems to me to be a serious danger to democracy. That is why I have done a little to correct it. Not nearly enough, but a little.

Re: This Is A Question, Not A Gauntlet

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Incidentally, I am not a conservative and am not interested in what people who define themselves as such do. The so-called conservatives who crossed the floor during this election were all motivated by one of two passions, neither of which I respect: one, what we Italians call "rushing to the aid of the victor" (Colin Powell, whom I never rated as a leader since his hesitant performance in the run-up to the Kuwait war); and two - the case of everyone who was bent out of shape by Sarah and Trig Palin - support for abortion.