Montana Senate Race Profiled
August 16th, 2006 | by Craig |I’m surprised that I beat the hordes of rabid fanboys to this, but our state senate race was profiled by Major Garrett on Brit Hume’s program tonight.
Who am I kidding? None of them would be caught dead admitting they watch FNC.
Anyway, here’s my impression (paraphrased, but laid out as if quoted):
Burns: “Abramoff got nothing from me. I’d do everything the same again. It’s all for Montana. Oh, and Jon Tester: Not Serious on Terror! SAN DIMAS FOOTBALL RULES!!!”
Tester: “Get the troops out immediately. On a Timetable. But Immediately. Oh yeah, and Ecclesiastes 3:2. Time to reap and all that. Like on the farm. Bible AND Farming. Didja get the farming reference? The biblical one? I’m a farmer, you know. Farming and all.”
I was amused to note that Garrett described Tester’s farm as “federally subsidized” and “organic.”
I’m laying down the gauntlet, my sinestra pals. I’ll admit that he displayed some conservative bias there. Will you be intellectually honest enough to admit liberal bias when you see it?
I also note that Tester said something to the effect that Burns had “gone Washington.” Hmmm…getting campaign advice from mtpolitics.net perhaps? It might be a coincidence, but frankly, I question the timing.
20 Responses to “Montana Senate Race Profiled”
By Matt Singer on Aug 17, 2006 | Reply
Craig, I know it is painful to see your political opponents have a candidate who they can actually be proud of — it’s been a few years since conservatives have had such a standard bearer in this state.
As for federally subsidized, I gotta say I’m a bit shocked at how the rightwingers are now attacking farmers — it seems to me that this may not play well in this state.
As for admitting liberal bias, I’m more than happy to. Y’all have FNC. We’ve got Air America.
By Walter Greenspan on Aug 17, 2006 | Reply
L:et’s see now, in his recent TV commercial, Jon Tester states that absolutely no, no, NO special interests will be hitching a ride on his pick-up truck. That’s a very interesting claim by a grain farmer and a teacher in gov’t schools: Grain farmers and teachers in gov’t schools are two of the most insidious special interests that infect the boy politic.
By Craig on Aug 17, 2006 | Reply
On the contrary, Matt. I’m glad you guys have a good candidate. The better candidates we can get on both sides, the better off we all are.
Comparing FNC to Air America is a tad disingenuous, though. It’s like comparing apples and chartreuse.
By Matt Singer on Aug 17, 2006 | Reply
Was I being disingenuous? Were you being genuous?
As for the FNC-Air America comparison, it is slightly misleading. Air America wears its affiliations proudly. FNC claims they don’t exist.
By Walter Greenspan on Aug 17, 2006 | Reply
Matt, its an illusion that the FNC is on the right-of-center because when all other MSM are left-of-center to very-left-of-center, than the FNC, that is in the center, appears to be to the right-of-center. Once the MSM, G-d willing, move towards the center, the FNC, not doing anything differently, will magically appear to be in the middle.
By Chad on Aug 17, 2006 | Reply
I gots no problem with admitting bias, liberal or otherwise.
By Craig on Aug 17, 2006 | Reply
Matt–
Two points:
By Mark T on Aug 17, 2006 | Reply
“its an illusion that the FNC is on the right-of-center because when all other MSM are left-of-center to very-left-of-center, than the FNC, that is in the center, appears to be to the right-of-center.”
It could also be an illusion that CNN and CBS and ABC and NPR are left of center, because it is possible that FOX is so far right of center that it makes ordinary right wing news outlets look liberal by comparison.
By Jocko on Aug 17, 2006 | Reply
Roger A. freely admits the bias of Fox News. He notes that there was a huge audience of white males not being served by media outlets. The white males FNC targets tend to be lower-income, underachieving Republicans. These viewers tend to be a bit racist and anti-woman, blaming their shortcoming on women and minorities who have taken their jobs. FNC plays to that.
By Craig on Aug 17, 2006 | Reply
Yeah, what with all the right-wing cover-up they’ve been doing. Like the softball interview with Ramalamadingdong and who can forget Rathergate. Green Helmet Guy, Reuters Photoshoppers, etc. Right-wingers all.
By Craig on Aug 17, 2006 | Reply
Jocko–
Thank you for articulating the truth. We conservatives get awfully tired of people actually initiating a dialogue.
Bless you, sir.
By Chad on Aug 17, 2006 | Reply
Sitting from my left-of-center position, the three majors, CNN and NPR come across as at least leaning to the left, if not just outright left. FNC is by my perspective pretty right-wing.
What amuses me to no end is when people call the editorial staff of Stars and Stripes left-wing.
By Mark T on Aug 18, 2006 | Reply
These debates take place under a bubble – this is a right wing country full of rednecks in SUV’s listening to right wing talk radio. So on one side we have that and FOX playing to resentment of the low education low achievement crowd. On the other side we have regular media doing its job – taking down every word that government officials say and then rewriting and then calling it news, amplifying government propaganda (especially when it’s time for a war) – that’s what passes as “left”!.
Now and then mainstream media gets uppity, does some real reporting and analysis, and they pay a price – the right wing noise machine eats them alive. Most of the time, mainstream media in this country is quiet and compliant.
There is a left in this country – it’s small, fractured, self-important and ineffective. Chad, Craig – I doubt you’d know left if it were a dog that bit your nose.
By Matt Singer on Aug 18, 2006 | Reply
I still don’t think any of the majors display bias anywhere near the order of FNC on either side. During the 90s, they rah-rahed the investigations into the Clintons, which never found much evidence of anything. For all of Clinton’s faults, the Whitewater investigation and the hoopla that surrounded it were basically a load of crap. It was also pushed virtually non-stop by CNN, the NY Times, the Wash Post, and the TV networks.
Similarly, major “liberal” stories like the Downing Street Memo have been virtually ignored by the networks. On the other hand, Rathergate occured. On the other hand, no one has seriously proven that Bush ever completed his National Guard commitment, making the whole “Rathergate” issue a nice little distraction. And last I checked, heads rolled over that issue.
Media Matters does a nice job of rounding up actual conservative misinformation disseminated through mainstream media. Misinformation is a much tighter standard than the far more subjective bias.
By Craig on Aug 18, 2006 | Reply
Media Matters?
Come on, Matt. One biased organization “proving” another’s bias.
By Craig on Aug 18, 2006 | Reply
Mark–
You’re so cute when you’re arrogant and condescending.
By Dave Budge on Aug 18, 2006 | Reply
Yeah, he’s cute alright. Cute like a bad case of shankroids.
It seems that Mark’s greatest accomplishment is to alianate just about every blogger in Montana.
It’s got to be tough being so vastly superior.
By Craig on Aug 18, 2006 | Reply
Shankroids.
That cracked me up.
By Mark T on Aug 18, 2006 | Reply
Dave Budge has a hard on for me.
By Chad on Aug 19, 2006 | Reply
Dumbshits like Mark are the reason that centrists are leaving the Democratic Party in droves.
While in the military, I stood up for abortion rights, the rights of agnostic/athiest servicemembers, gay rights and women’s rights. And I supposedly don’t know what left is. Being left is what helped kill a perfectly good career for me in the military.
Go fuck yourself Mark, and the donkey you rode in on. I’ll spit on you if I ever meet you, you worthless sack of shit.