Today the Post Loves Lowell and Obliquely attacks Allen
Todays Washington Post shows great in finding a way to slam George Allen with a desparate attempt to keep "Macaca" going in the guise of reporting on the presence of paid bloggers in both the Allen and Webb campaigns.
What was especially telling was the moment when-after RaisingKaine explicitly calls Allen a racist-the Post asks Webb spokeswoman Kristian Denny Todd whether she believes Allen is racist. Her reply:
No, but he is a paid campaign staffer who calls the opponent a racist...and whom Jim Webb will neither explicitly support or restrain.
Personally, I don't think George Allen is a racist. I do think he doesn't think, he shoots from the hip, and is far from as reflective as he needs to be. I bet Jim Webb thinks the same thing, too. Only he doesn't have the stones to come out and say it publicly ( at least as of 11:42 AM EST through sources available to me).
This whole thing serves to let us know a few things about the Virginia Senate Race:
1. Lowell Feld has done much to publicize and empower the blogosphere, and I bet when this election is over pound for pound will be considered to be one of the most prominent bloggers in the country.
2. The Washington Post has completely abdicated any real objectivity in the race...but they otherwise get points for creativity in coming up with stories that allow them to work the macaca angle. The problem is that the Post is supposed to be reporting news and keeping opinion in the editorial and opinion section. Of course, they have never done that, so why start now?
3. George Allen will not be able to flee from macacaville, not matter how hard he tries...nor should he. He said it, and now he gets to live with it. Nor will he be able to run from the flag and the noose...nor should he. He had them up, and we either accept his explanation or not.
4. I will continue to wait for the Jim Webb, the man who served courageously in Vietnam, who it is claimed left the Reagan administration over a matter of conscience-to step up and take the place of the pale copy who is running for the Senate in Virginia under he same name. I keep hoping that if that happens, then perhaps the man who was "Born Fighting" and who claims the mantle of Scots-Irish combativeness, will step up and stop hiding behind his paid staffers offering unpaid opinions and say whether he thinks Allen is a racist and put it in his official campaign literature.
If he wants an old West Showdown, then he should step out in the street...and not leave it up to snipers to do his work for him.
What was especially telling was the moment when-after RaisingKaine explicitly calls Allen a racist-the Post asks Webb spokeswoman Kristian Denny Todd whether she believes Allen is racist. Her reply:
"I don't know. You'll have to ask George Allen." Told about Feld's post, she added, "Well, you know, Lowell doesn't speak for the campaign."
No, but he is a paid campaign staffer who calls the opponent a racist...and whom Jim Webb will neither explicitly support or restrain.
Personally, I don't think George Allen is a racist. I do think he doesn't think, he shoots from the hip, and is far from as reflective as he needs to be. I bet Jim Webb thinks the same thing, too. Only he doesn't have the stones to come out and say it publicly ( at least as of 11:42 AM EST through sources available to me).
This whole thing serves to let us know a few things about the Virginia Senate Race:
1. Lowell Feld has done much to publicize and empower the blogosphere, and I bet when this election is over pound for pound will be considered to be one of the most prominent bloggers in the country.
2. The Washington Post has completely abdicated any real objectivity in the race...but they otherwise get points for creativity in coming up with stories that allow them to work the macaca angle. The problem is that the Post is supposed to be reporting news and keeping opinion in the editorial and opinion section. Of course, they have never done that, so why start now?
3. George Allen will not be able to flee from macacaville, not matter how hard he tries...nor should he. He said it, and now he gets to live with it. Nor will he be able to run from the flag and the noose...nor should he. He had them up, and we either accept his explanation or not.
4. I will continue to wait for the Jim Webb, the man who served courageously in Vietnam, who it is claimed left the Reagan administration over a matter of conscience-to step up and take the place of the pale copy who is running for the Senate in Virginia under he same name. I keep hoping that if that happens, then perhaps the man who was "Born Fighting" and who claims the mantle of Scots-Irish combativeness, will step up and stop hiding behind his paid staffers offering unpaid opinions and say whether he thinks Allen is a racist and put it in his official campaign literature.
If he wants an old West Showdown, then he should step out in the street...and not leave it up to snipers to do his work for him.
posted by Bwana | 11:35 AM
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