Wow, did she declare war on the mass media in that speech?

[cemaphonic]

Sure, it played well with the crowd, with their fantasies of an "evil liberal media." But if she keeps that kind of talk up, the *actual* not-so-liberal media is going to use her as a chew toy until November. Rove can't possibly be calling the shots anymore - if there's one thing he knows, it's how to keep the media in his pocket.

[RagAss]

1. It's already too late......good luck Palin....

[WA98070]

2. The McCain camp started the war first time the press quit kissing his ass.

[4_Legs_Good]

3. It was "attack the media" night at the convention

I think it's a dumb move, particularly since McSame has been the media darling for so long.

We'll see how it plays, though.

David

[torbird]

4. You may have noticed

...that the media is already circling the wagons after the Campbell Brown/Larry King uproar. The media can be craven, sure; and it likes to be on the winning side; but one thing our knucklehead reporters do NOT stand for is bad-mouthing of their own. The McCain people actually look to be driving at a newspaper war here...AGAINST the newspapers themselves!

One word: asinine.

[Muttocracy]

5. why would the media want 4 years of an admin that hates them? nt

[Crunchy Frog]

16. Tax breaks and corporate deregulation.

[Muttocracy]

17. oh, yeah, duh. nt

[Arrowhead2k1]

6. The MSM are pussies though. They'll step down the negative stories on her.

[Dr Fate]

10. As another DUer said- there are better scripted rivalries on "reality" shows...

...than this whole "GOP vs. The Liberal Media" hoax...

[Kool Kitty]

7. Well, sure-

this is how they are going to play it. They can't let the press near her because if they start asking her real questions, the press will realize that she has no real answers. It will only point up the fact that she is unqualified for the job. The repubs will just say that she won't grant interviews because all the press wants to do is beat her up. Meanwhile, all the stories and facts about her will drip, drip, drip out. McCain's "message" (such as it is) will get lost in all the new revelations about Mrs. Palin.

[Blue_Roses]

11. well that can be more damaging than if she speaks...

to let the MSM make up their own story? Shit. Palin wouldn't stand a chance.

[Kool Kitty]

13. I'm kinda thinkin' she

is not long for this race.

[PFunk]

8. This may be wacked but I think the mass media is about to wage war on both her and McClain

I think the honeymoon is over and the media is tired of covering their butts. Especially after now being 'bit' for doing just that.

[Honeycombe8]

9. She's gonna be soooorrrrrrrryyyyyy. When media gets mad, it ain't pretty. nt

[Bensthename]

18. good luck with them getting mad at the cons, radio and TV any way.

[IamyourTVandIownyou]

12. I danced when she said it. Remember Howard.

The minute he spoke out against the media, particulary, media consolidation, "they" played this 663 times in one week.

Howard Dean Scream in Reverse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UShPXuNQTHQ


But, I doubt it.

[Arm Chair Politician]

14. Disarm your enemy by accusing them of what they have yet to do..

so when they do you can say I told you so. It's an old trick in politics.

Clearly she's not that green...don't you think?

[Bensthename]

15. They can beat the dems with this..

I hate to say it but do you see the "lib media" responding, NOOO.. "Lib media" are damn republicans playing along. Dems have like maybe 3 guys on TV and none in radio..

Jeeze these bastards piss me off.