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I found this last night while I was looking for that Billy Bragg video I posted earlier today. I was going to save it for a post on labor organization, but then I remembered our conversation from earlier in the week. So, this is for Go Blue and union-loving leftists everywhere. 
And here’s a story that confirms Herding old cats’ take on the campaign coverage:
John McCain and Barack Obama both appeared before the nation’s newspaper editors yesterday. The putative Republican presidential nominee was given a box of doughnuts and a standing ovation. The likely Democratic nominee was likened to a terrorist.
It wasn’t just any member of the AP who likened the good senator to a terrorist — it was the chairman. The story was all over the blogosphere for about 5 minutes earlier in the week. I don’t remember where I first saw it, but I picked up the WaPo link from Joshua Davis Photography. I think we can rule out the “stuck on stupid” theory and attribute actual malice to a sizeable percentage of the political press corps.
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That’s the best use I’ve heard that tune put to in a while. I love that line: “Money speaks for money/the devil for his own.”
Billy’s one of my favorite living songwriters, and I heartily recommend the Mermaid Avenue albums he did with Wilco.
Comment by Gene'O 17 April, 2008 @ 6:34 pmHillary and the GOP are bashing Obama so the GOP won’t have to.
Comment by redeye 17 April, 2008 @ 7:12 pmYep. And the MSM is McCain’s base. If they would report on him honestly, or at least go after him as much as they’ve gone after Dems, he would already be out of the race.
Seems like there are two major schools of thought on the general election right now. One school is worried that McCain’s numbers are too high and it’s gonna take a lot of work to get them down. The other says he’s at his peak right now, and will crumble as soon as he’s attacked.
I’m in the first school. I’m for the primaries going on until there’s a reasonable resolution, but, if party waits until September to start hitting McCain, I think we’re fairly screwed, no matter who the nominee ends up being.
Comment by Gene'O 17 April, 2008 @ 8:06 pmI’m with you in the first school. McCain will not crumble when attacked, because his peeps in the Corporate Media have his back.
Comment by herding old cats 19 April, 2008 @ 9:06 pmLiberals and Progressives need to tear down the corporate media at the same time that they tear down McCain.
And make no mistake, McCain needs some tearing down. Unless you want four more years of Bush and his merry men…