Friday, October 10, 2008

An example of real balance

Time's Michael Scherer delivers. As the mainstream press has reported the numerous and outrageous lies and distortions perpetrated by the McCan't campaign on the country, they have absurdly scraped for examples of whatever petty malfeasance occurs on the other side so that they can say, "See? We're being balanced!" Never mind that Palin's incontrovertible lies about her record as governor and McCan't's letting his base call Obama a terrorist and a traitor. They have to stick in something like Obama getting a ticket for spitting on some sidewalk somewhere when he was 11 years old (made up of course, but to McCan't, speaks volumes about Obama's character) as an attempt to be balanced. Scherer's money quote:
The shame of this cycle is that we don't know what Obama would have done if he ever faced a similar big choice between his public image and his own self-interest. The playing field has always been uneven, and Obama always had a clear advantage. We have some hints, however, that Obama is not as pure a reformer as he claims to be. He abandoned his pledge to support public financing when he realized he could raise more money on his own. He dodged McCain's proposal for regular town halls, which would have likely elevated the political debate, because they did not serve his interests. But these are small things compared with the transformation that McCain has undergone.
See? He came out and actually said that there's no balance here to achieve. Kudos to Scherer.

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