I hate to think that I’ve become this cynical – but, sad to say, I have.
Whenever I see some lefty parrot-media outlet make some disparaging claim about Republicans, in the back of my mind a voice chimes in “somewhere out there, a Democrat is doing the same thing, only worse, and they are trying to draw attention away from it”.
And that little voice is usually right. Nobody would be argling about “McCain’s preacher” had it not been for Jeremiah Wright. Not a single Dem would be nattering about Limbaugh’s tongue-in-cheek “Operation Chaos” if they hadn’t been doing the same exact thing for years.
And so when I saw that the leftybots at Uptake were yapping being ejected from GOP conventions…
Minnesota’s Republican Party seems very camera-shy. Over the past several months Republicans have prevented journalists from recording their candidates at events…“[the] DFL makes it a policy to allow press, including videobloggers to attend all of its conventions and debates”,
…that voice said “the Tics have to be doing it, and much worse”.
And as usual, that voice was right. DFLers ejected Republican camerapeople at DFL conventions all over the state.
At CD2:
a Republican staffer was told to stop video tapping at 2nd CD DFL convention today.
And CD1:
Last week, a Republican staffer was kicked out of the 1st CD DFL Convention. If you’re keeping score at home, this is the second black eye for the Minnesota DFL.
And CD8:
…a Republican tracker at the 8th CD DFL convention was verbally and physically harassed. The staffer was pushed, his camera was grabbed and disgusting comments were made to him about President Bush and Senator Coleman. Thankfully, most of the incidents were caught on film.
Michael adds:
I should add that I haven’t had any trouble blogging from DFL conventions and both DFL staff and volunteers have treated me with respect.
It’s up to the hosts, of course – but I conventions should be opened to the other party’s observers, especially bloggers. And the local Sorosphere should be ashamed of their one-sided “reporting” of this issue.
Or, since shame would seem to be beyond them, the news consumer should know that they’re only getting half the story or less from them.
UPDATE AND BUMP: The MinnPost, which claims to be “High Quality Journalism For People Who Care About News”, runs the Uptake story pretty much verbatim, ignoring the DFL’s at-least-equal transgressions.
Why, it’s almost like the MinnPost is…a leftyblog!
CORRECTION: My bad. I have the “Daily Planet” and the “MinnPost” in the same category in my feed reader.
I apologize for any insult inherent in comparing the MinnPost to the Planet – a site that can be fairly described as “all the measured journalistic detachment of the Minnesota Monitor, heh, without the funding”.
My bad. Sorry.
In CD2 the individual crashed the gate and bypassed the credential process. Once he agreed to register he was allowed back in. Those pesky rules things that you guys struggle with. Not sure the back story in the other districts.
That still doesn’t distract from the larger premise, the Dems, for the most part, allow for unfettered access as long as very reasonable and simple registration takes place. The Right simply refuses to allow any access to same or similar events. This is one of the very few issues that Mike and I actually agree on!
Flash
If you are a person who films local party meetings in hopes that you might catch some candidate or party official in a flub, you need to seriously examine the direction your life has taken.
LF, funny you put it that way. That is Mikey’s sole purpose of MDE, to catch candidates in a flub. Are you suggesting he needs to “examine the direction (his) life has taken.”
Mitch educated: “Whenever I see some lefty parrot-media outlet make some disparaging claim about Republicans, in the back of my mind a voice chimes in “somewhere out there, a Democrat is doing the same thing, only worse, and they are trying to draw attention away from it”.”
Wow, so there’s some alternate universe where the *Democrats* are blowing two wars and wrecking the economy? Who knew? Izzit that one where Spock has a goatee?
[Rereading my own comment]
Nope, Flash, I don’t think I qualified my statement there Flash. Unless you took that creative reading class that seems to be all the rage amongst your circle lately.
But for someone who’s purportedly “objective” I find you spending way too much time bleating about Brodkorb. (And no time bleating about the many, many others who wish to be just like him.)
“Wow, so there’s some alternate universe where the *Democrats* are blowing two wars and wrecking the economy? ”
That would be our universe, clown.
Cool! SitD is available to folks in the alternate universe, Mitch!
So are you just like our Terry, only without a plate in your head?
LF: Just to be clear, the person doing the filming should “need to seriously examine the direction (their) life has taken.” But the person who actually uses the film is OK and has nothing to worry about.
Just trying to figure out where the goal posts are this week, I mean today, I mean this hour, I mean this moment . . . .
Flash,
*sigh*
Engaging you has become a pointless exercise.
So I’m right again?!? Tends to be the trend these days!
No, flash. Parsing details to such an extent that the other party loses any and all interest in continuing the discussion does NOT mean you’re “right.” It means the other party is doing a “face palm” in Capt. Picard fashion, resigned to the unfortunate reality that you’re being an irredeemable douchebag.
Which, indeed, does tend to be the trend these days.
Just trying to figure out where the goal posts are this week, I mean today, I mean this hour, I mean this moment . . . .
Flash, you and only you are the one noodling with the goalposts. As Yossarian notes, check out how carefully you’ve had to parse this.
Fact: Three Republicans and one Democrat were ejected from Congressional District conventions. Uptake whinged about…whom?
Those are the only goalposts.
angryclown said:
“Wow, so there’s some alternate universe where the *Democrats* are blowing two wars and wrecking the economy?”
Believe it or not, angryclown, there are some Democrats elected to federal office at this time. Hyperbolically blame one side all you like, take as negative a view of the current situation as you wish, but in our universe Democrats are part of the problem/solution.
“Who knew?”
Apparently not you. Happy to clue you in! 🙂
Which, indeed, does tend to be the trend these days.
Y’see, Flash, when I do things like declare myself “the Twin Cities’ Best Feminist” everybody knows I’m being at least partly tongue-in-cheek. (Partly, I stress; I AM a better feminist that most people who call themselves “feminists”, but how, indeed, does one measure “best”?)
I don’t think you are, though.
It’s a rather key distinction.
Trojan Condom Man said: “Believe it or not, angryclown, there are some Democrats elected to federal office at this time.”
Do tell! Are some of them Commander in Chief of the United States? Or the guy who picks the head of the Treasury Department, proposes and approves the federal budget and is head of the executive branch of government? Cause if so, man, those Democrats really suck!
Mitch, at the new Shot in the Onion, ScaifeNet’s very own and unique satire blog, I thought everything said was tongue in cheek by everyone, but now I guess that license is only for you guys. Sorry about that, just trying to keep up but you all are running too fast
There is a theory out there that we have a few Democrat politicians in the Legislature and in the Senate…probabaly just a rumor, though.
I thought everything said was tongue in cheek by everyone, but now I guess that license is only for you guys.
Nah, we get to bounce back and forth between “straight” and “satire” as nimbly as you do.
As dictated by my ScaifeNet overlords, I’ve blogged today about my peeing preferences, eating veal and posted a fake advertisement for camel toes.
Sure, the ScaifeNet marching orders confuse me at times, but I’m not one to question it.
angryclown said:
“Are some of them Commander in Chief of the United States? Or the guy who picks the head of the Treasury Department, proposes and approves the federal budget and is head of the executive branch of government?”
No, angryclown, the current President of the United States was endorsed by the Republican party. The President fulfills the roles you mentioned above.
I believe you think the President/Republicans/Non-clowns are responsible for everything bad that happens in the world, but I do not agree.