More hypocracy in the media

Not that I'm all that surprised. I'd actually be surprised if the liberal media was actually fair and balanced. The media has jumped on Rush Limbaugh when he has said over and over again that he hopes Obama fails. Why would we want socialism to succeed in this country when it has been a proven failure time and time again? But apparently James Carville, a Democratic strategist and adviser said the same thing about Bush in 2001, only it wasn't reported.

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, just minutes before learning of the terrorist attacks on America, Democratic strategist James Carville was hoping for President Bush to fail, telling a group of Washington reporters: "I certainly hope he doesn't succeed."

Carville was joined by Democratic pollster Stanley Greenberg, who seemed encouraged by a survey he had just completed that revealed public misgivings about the newly minted president.

"We rush into these focus groups with these doubts that people have about him, and I'm wanting them to turn against him," Greenberg admitted.

The pollster added with a chuckle of disbelief: "They don't want him to fail. I mean, they think it matters if the president of the United States fails."

Minutes later, as news of the terrorist attacks reached the hotel conference room where the Democrats were having breakfast with the reporters, Carville announced: "Disregard everything we just said! This changes everything!"

The press followed Carville's orders, never reporting his or Greenberg's desire for Bush to fail. The omission was understandable at first, as reporters were consumed with chronicling the new war on terror. But months and even years later, the mainstream media chose to never resurrect those controversial sentiments, voiced by the Democratic Party's top strategists, that Bush should fail.

That omission stands in stark contrast to the feeding frenzy that ensued when radio host Rush Limbaugh recently said he wanted President Obama to fail. The press devoted wall-to-wall coverage to the remark, suggesting that Limbaugh and, by extension, conservative Republicans, were unpatriotic.

Now don't get me wrong, I have no problem with what he said. I would certainly hope that a top Democratic adviser would want a Republican to fail. He has his opinions, as wrong as I think they are, but they are the complete opposite of the conservatism that Bush campaigned on, just didn't follow.

This is just another example of how the media is liberal. If you don't think so you might want to go see an eye doctor.