Why Must The GOP Join In The Finger Pointing? 
 Friday, February 22nd, 2008

As you may know, Connie T. is a national delegate for the Ron Paul campaign.  In doing so, a membership with the Republican National Committee is a necessary evil companion.  That means we get to receive seemingly endless (okay, a few here and there, but they still feel endless) e-mails from the National GOP.  Take yesterday's, for example, where Chairman Robert "Mike" Duncan of the Republican National Committee felt it necessary to hit back at the already-infamous New York Times article on Senator John McCain.

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"Dear Connie, The New York Times has proven once again that the liberal mainstream media will do whatever it takes to put Senator Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama in the White House."

The liberal mainstream media?  The liberal mainstream media?  Would this be the same mainstream media that shows us John McCain's face every chance they get and gives more publicity to "conservative" McCain than the freedom-fighting Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich?  Let me pick myself up from the floor.

"From the beginning of Campaign 2008," Chairman Duncan wrote, "Liberal and media pundits have fawned over the Democrat presidential candidates while ignoring their lack of substance on the issues.  You can be certain as the campaign heats up they will continue to mislead voters with their anti-Republican agenda."

Dear GOP.  May I call you pot?  Meet mass media, we like to call them MSM (for mainstream media); they also go by the name of kettle.

Now, we're not referring to The New York Times or anyone specifically.  We're referring to media, period (outside of the few exceptions to the rule).  From day one, dearest pot, our kettle has boiled over with images, articles, and bias - in favor of 4 people.

Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain, and Mitt Romney.

Democratic party aside, the two faces that you've been happy to report on the most are the most liberal of all of the Republican candidates that entered the presidential race, from the very beginning.

McCain and Romney both supported the notion of staying as long as "need be" in a war that has little to nothing to do with Americans and everything to do with turning our federal pockets inside out.  While we cut coupons last year, McCain was riding around on the jets of corporate media moguls.  While we were frowning over the Cost of War counter, McCain was hob-knobbing with the Kennedy's.  Is this the GOP's definition of conservative?  Pardon our language, but WTF?

Mr. Duncan, you just sent us an e-mail asking for a donation to the National GOP to "get our responsible message of lower taxes, a strong national defense, and limited government past the liberal media filter and directly to the voters."

The New Hampshire GOP sided with FOX, the allegedly right-wing conservative empire, to exclude Congressman Ron Paul from their debate.  You didn't stick up for Paul then.  You don't now.  You never have.  And he's the only real conservative in this race.

At this point, I would be more likely to go practice trapeze acts on the electrical cables outside than to "make an urgent secure online contribution of $1,000, $500, $100, $50, or $25 to help the RNC."

But thanks for asking.

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