Reply #78: The media

[droidamus2]

I was watching MSNBC or CNN when I first heard about the assassination of Bhutto and it seemed sort of skewed to make the republicans get more air time. First, the talking head read a statement from Hillary Clinton. No extra graphics on the screen and no picture of Hillary. Next they had a statement from Obama with his picture and a graphics showing his statement as it was read. Giuliani (sp?) got the same treatment the first time around. The they show an actual interview with Romney. Later as somebody previously mentioned they had Giuliani on for a live interview. I stopped watching then so I don't know if they had more Democrats on later. It was also interesting that the Democrats in their statements pretty much eulogized Bhutto, whereas the Republicans seemed to see her death as an opportunity to polish up their national security credentials. Republicans were all 'be afraid', fight the terrorists and this is why you need us as President. The Democrats were along the lines of this is a tragedy, Mrs Bhutto was a great leader, we send our condolences.

It really amazes me how lucky the Republicans are. Maybe it is my imagination but it always seems in the last 25 years like when they are doing bad in an election cycle some 'national security' related event happens to bring the focus back to their favorite talking points.