Did anyone else just see Justin Webb on the BBC 10 0 Clock news suggesting that by selecting the “inexperienced” Sarah Palin the GOP has made it much more difficult…. for themselves to attack the Obamessiah? Amazing to see the BBC twist in the breeze as it struggles to come to terms with McCain’s audacity in his VP selection! They are looking to find ways to character assassinate Sarah Palin and watching the venom coming through is quite an experience. Anyone else feel a BBC bubble being burst..?
JUSTIN WEBB UPDATE.
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As others have mentioned, Peter Marshall’s report on last night’s Newsnight (available on iPlayer) was astonishing in its blatant partisanship. A totally negative cynical assessment of Palin and the Republicans coupled with gushing uncritical coverage of Obama’s convention speech. Axelrod couldn’t have asked for more.
has the bbc mentioned obama’s ties to bill ayers yet?
The BBC coverage of Palin last night was shocking; no attempt at balance whatsoever. Palin has been a live outsider for months, but according to the beeb she’s an unknown. The Dan Quayle reference was snide and irrelevant.
The presenters seemed completely confused when the Republican spokeswomen slapped them down. “Biased?…Us?”
..no-one saw it coming..
I admit I had never heard of Sarah Palin until I read ….Biased-BBC!
Commenters Martin and JohnA (and some others) were talking about her here and linking to stories about her long before the BBC ‘professionals’ ever woke up.
Maybe a top-slice of the licence fee should be given to this blog.
The first beeboid report I heard said Palin is :
said to be close to the oil industry.
Another slur. From what I’ve seen the only way she’s been close to big oil is bringing ethics violation charges against them.
If you need to break the dull, constant BBC reactionary left wing spin on Palin, check out this instructive piece on the brass balls of Sarah Palin.
She is one tough cookie, and it’s nice to see that the Democrats and media acolytes (line the BBC) are already mis-underestimating the estimable Sarah. She is going to rip 30 year party hack Biden one bigger than the Alaska pipeline in their VP debate.
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives2/2008/08/021368.php
More thoughts on Sarah Palin:
John McCain must have been cognizant of the stark contrast between Joe Biden, Barack Obama’s Veep choice, and his own selection. Biden has done nothing since he was in his 20s other than sit in the Senate. He is a caricature of the worst sort of Washington politician, a person of limited ability who is intimately tied in to various interests and lobbyists and who, in more than three decades, has done nothing to improve the way Washington works or to contribute creatively to any public policy issue. Biden is a Washington insider in the worst sense of the word.
In a national context Sarah Palin would have been an outsider, to an extraordinary degree, had she been a conventional governor of Alaska, our most exotic state. In fact, though, she is an outsider even in Alaska politics. She is from the Matanuska Valley, a place where I have spent quite a bit of time. It is only an hour or so from Anchorage, but the Valley is often regarded by Anchorage folk as an embarrassing outback. Its residents, some of whom live on a subsistence basis, tend to be regarded with suspicion.
So Palin was an upstart in every possible way when she challenged Frank Murkowski, the former Senator and entrenched Republican Governor who, among other things, appointed his daughter Lisa to succeed him in the Senate. Palin was opposed by the entire Republican establishment in Alaska, including Senator Ted Stevens–after whom the Anchorage airport is named–and Congressman Don Young. Notwithstanding the hostility of her party’s elder statesmen, Palin defeated Murkowski in the primary. She then faced the popular former Democratic Governor Tony Knowles in the general election. In what would have been considered an extraordinary upset just a few months earlier, Palin trounced Knowles, despite reported efforts by her own party’s leaders to defeat her. As Governor, she has enjoyed approval ratings in the 80s.
So it is hard to imagine a more complete outsider, in terms of national politics, than Sarah Palin. She ran and was elected as a reformer, has governed successfully as such, and owes nothing whatever to anyone in Washington. Personally, I’m not as anti-Washington as many conservatives, but it would be just about unAmerican not to root for a rebel and outsider like Palin.
James: Is that the best you can manage? Oh dear. Obama will be back to flipping burgers in Illinois in a couple of months.
mark:
Sarah Palin is a creationist, and wants it taught in schools.
No she does not!
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/31088_Sarah_Palin_and_Creationism#rss
In an interview Thursday, Palin said she meant only to say that discussion of alternative views should be allowed to arise in Alaska classrooms:
“I don’t think there should be a prohibition against debate if it comes up in class. It doesn’t have to be part of the curriculum.”
She added that, if elected, she would not push the state Board of Education to add such creation-based alternatives to the state’s required curriculum.
Members of the state school board, which sets minimum requirements, are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Legislature.
“I won’t have religion as a litmus test, or anybody’s personal opinion on evolution or creationism,” Palin said.
Has anyone read Webbs blow by blow account of St Jeus of Obama’s speech?
I just know Webb was knocking one out as he listened.
REad it, is that isn’t the most biased piece of shit I’ve ever read, I don’t know what is.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/justinwebb/
The BBC is in a tizzy. Fear is abroad.
Oh, God, if this woman is good and helps McCain win, then Obamalot might not happen after all. How is it possible that the wisdom of the Oxbridge elites at the Beeb and the concerted insight of the MSM could be wrong. What is their fallback position if the worst happens?
Answer: The “stolen election” story with allegations of dark dealings by the Republicans is coming to a radio, TV and website near you.
Peter Marshall’s report on last night’s Newsnight (available on iPlayer) was astonishing in its blatant partisanship.
Despite efforts from many others, I would nominate marshall as the biggest turd on the BBC.
It not so much the BBC bias. Nearly all the media are pro Obama. ‘Left wing bias’ is another word for ‘Academic’, they cant help it, its in their education (brain washing by their lecturers). The academics writing here are the odd ones out.
Will: Are you sure? There are some real big turds on the BBC
Niki Campbell
The whole Toady team
Simon Mayo
The whole Newsnight team
Matt Frei
Justin Webb
God I could go on and on.
On BBC ‘Have your say’
Has McCain picked the right running mate
The most recent 15 which will be viewed all weekend do not include any pro McCain, 14 against with 1 slightly right wing. This cannot be luck but BBC bias of the worst type,ie censuring.
Biodegradable
creationism is not an alternative to science.
magic is not equal scienctific explanation.
teach the alternative?
what other alternatives can we expect?
astrology?
alchemy?
voodoo?
satanism?
no the alternative only applies to the dogma they want to push, she wouldn’t want the alternative taught if it was islam.
Anyone who thinks the planet we live on is only 6000 years old is a fucking idiot.
With goodwill seeping from every pore, “Mark” began to burn books.
no, i just don’t see religious fundamentalists in the whitehouse as a good idea.
it doesn’t make me a nazi, you’ll need a better comeback than that.
mark:
no, i just don’t see religious fundamentalists in the whitehouse as a good idea.
I don’t see leftists/socialists in any government as a good idea. It’s a very BAD idea.
I guess that clears that up then.
neither do i, i just don’t see it as an either or situation.
you don’t counter a bad situation by choosing a different equally bad situation.
i’m not advocating obama for 1 minute, lefty libs and fundies are no better than each other.
Mark: You miss the point. America has always been a deeply religous Country, but their constitution separates religion from state.
Law is based upon the Constitution, not the bible.
GCooper | 30.08.08 – 12:34 am |
If Webb and Frei genuinely did not see Mrs Palin coming then they are lazy and incompetent journalists. If they did, then they are the most wicked liars, to pretend otherwise.
It’s a bit of both, actually. They get their opinions from their Leftoid US Media buddies, mostly in the Washington, DC, area. I made a comment here earlier about that. Have a look at the linked articles, and decide for yourself why the Beeboids say they “never saw her coming”.
James,
Sarah Palin is also an anagram for:
A Sharp Nail
A much better omen, don’t you think?
David. She’ll be nailing the balls of a few Washington luvvie’s to the walls of the city if she gets her way!!!
David Preiser: Well it shows Frei and Webb don’t hang out here! She’s been talked about here by some of you guys before. I knew who she was.
Note as well that it wasFox that broke the story, the BBC just skulked along about her.
I juess the BBC just listen to Fox and Sky.
David Preiser (USA):
GCooper | 30.08.08 – 12:34 am |
Well she was only pretty short odds of 8/1 at Ladbrokes last Tuesday, so I put £10 0n her as the pick.
Kay Bailey Hutchinson (who some talked about) was 25/1
So I guess some of us saw her coming, and the bookies especially so.
LGF picked up on the creationist stuff..
and has cleared it up.
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/31088_Sarah_Palin_and_Creationism
and bear in mind that “Charles”, the owner of LGF, is a staunch anti-creationist.
and bear in mind that “Charles”, the owner of LGF, is a staunch anti-creationist.
archduke | 30.08.08 – 6:12 pm | #
To the point of becoming so boring on the subject I rarely check into LGF these days. Shame, he used to be quite sane.
“A fanatic is one who cannot change his mind, and won’t change the subject.” Sir Winston.
mark:
Biodegradable
creationism is not an alternative to science.
I’m not going to enter into a debate on creationism and science with you here, or anywhere. You claimed that “Sarah Palin is a creationist, and wants it taught in schools.”
I provide a link to her being quoted as saying no such thing. So has archduke.
End of “Sarah Palin is a creationist, and wants it taught in schools” meme.
Jack Bauer | Homepage | 30.08.08 – 6:03 pm |
Well she was only pretty short odds of 8/1 at Ladbrokes last Tuesday, so I put £10 0n her as the pick.
Good call. I actually thought the McCain camp would be afraid that selecting a female is too obviously pandering. I’m happy to be wrong.
Just a note of appreciation to BBBC posters. How else do we Brits get to understand what is going on in the US Presidential? I have to pay to be lied to. Its worse than Pravda and Isvetia in the darkness of the Soviet Union and THEY DON’T CARE if we see right through them because they know they can get away with it. The browner the nose, the safer the arse.
Just keep going guys.
Listen to Fox News or check out their webiste. They will have live streaming over the next week. Some great guests (from both sides) and unlike the BBC they give both parties a chance to say their piece.
I find realclearpolitics.com useful – because it has key articles every day – from both sides – plus transcripts of TV progs and interviews, plus the best source of the spread of opinion polls.
All for free.
Basically anywhere other than the BBC!!!
The Spectator has a good blog – americano – devoted to the US elections.
http://www.spectator.co.uk/americano/