I hate to think that I’ve become this cynical – but, sad to say, I have.<\/p>\n
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”.<\/p>\n
And that little voice is usually right. Nobody would be argling about “McCain’s preacher<\/a>” had it not been for Jeremiah Wright. Not a single Dem would be nattering about Limbaugh’s tongue-in-cheek “Operation Chaos” if they<\/a> hadn’t<\/a> been<\/a> doing<\/a> the<\/a> same<\/a> exact<\/a> thing<\/a> for<\/a> years<\/a>.<\/p>\n And so when I saw that the leftybots at Uptake were yapping being ejected from GOP conventions<\/a>…<\/p>\n Minnesota\u2019s Republican Party seems very camera-shy. Over the past several months Republicans have prevented journalists from recording their candidates at events…\u201c[the] DFL makes it a policy to allow press, including videobloggers to attend all of its conventions and debates\u201d,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n …that voice said “the Tics have to be doing it, and much worse”.<\/p>\n And as usual, that voice was right<\/a>. DFLers ejected Republican camerapeople at DFL conventions all over the state.<\/p>\n At CD2:<\/p>\n a Republican staffer was told to stop video tapping at 2nd CD DFL convention today.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n And CD1:<\/p>\n Last week<\/a>, a Republican staffer was kicked out of the 1st CD DFL Convention. If you\u2019re keeping score at home, this is the second black eye for the Minnesota DFL.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n And CD8:<\/p>\n …a Republican tracker at the 8th CD DFL convention was verbally and physically harassed<\/span>. 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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Michael adds:<\/p>\n I should add that I haven\u2019t had any trouble blogging from DFL conventions and both DFL staff and volunteers have treated me with respect.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n 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<\/a>” of this issue.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n