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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: puborectalis who wrote (41177)	8/24/2008 11:09:54 AM
From: Geoff Altman	Respond to of 224724

I rarely watch Hannity....nor do I watch Bill Orielly much. As far as TV goes if you don't get most of your news off the Brit Hume report and FOXs regular news reports then you're probably missing alot. Say what you want about conservative slant but at least FOX imparts both sides of the story. Hell, even Hillary Clinton said that FOX treated her more fairly than any of the other channels. All the other stations are run by giving news of omission, slanting the facts they'll include in stories to fit their leftist ideologies. Their goal isn't to impart information but to get the public to believe that leftist ideas are main stream and that these ideas are good, I believe neither of those suppositions.

To: puborectalis who wrote (41177)	8/24/2008 11:15:25 AM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 224724

Biden adds experience, but duo may clash By Chuck Plunkett The Denver Post Sat Aug 23, 11:11 PM ET Barack Obama moved further toward the middle in his selection of Joe Biden by picking a longtime senator meant to prop up the relative newcomer on experience, experts said Saturday. ADVERTISEMENT "(Obama) has been running on forging a new kind of politics," said Robert Eisinger, a political scientist at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore. "By putting someone seasoned on the ticket, the message will be amended. It's now change with experience." Biden, a Delaware senator since 1972, chairs the Foreign Relations Committee and is considered one of the top Washington insiders on international affairs. Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, is serving his first term in the Senate. But the two men, so different in their campaign styles, might not mesh, Eisinger warned. If the Obama campaign, which expects tight discipline and keeps to script, tries to rein in the freewheeling Biden, it risks losing some of the magic. "If he plays the disciplined Joe Biden, that's not Joe Biden at his best," Eisinger said, calling Biden's acceptance speech "uninspiring." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi dismissed the idea that a Biden pick blunted Obama's promise to deliver change. "Joe Biden has been a fighter for change," Pelosi said. "He has resisted the status quo. "The Republicans want to have it both ways. They want to advertise that John McCain is the candidate of experience, and now they're saying experience in Washington, D.C., is not a good thing." U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar said Biden would bring "tremendous energy" to the ticket. "He is by far one of the best experts on foreign policy in the entire United States Senate and the entire country," Salazar said. "We need to put the world back together again, and Joe Biden is that person to complement Barack Obama's experience." Mayor John Hickenlooper said the Delaware Democrat has been a leader in dealing with urban issues. "He has consistently shown you don't throw money at problems," Hickenlooper said of Biden. "You come up with solutions." Anne C. Mulkern and Allison Sherry contributed to this report. Chuck Plunkett: 303-954-1333 or cplunkett@denverpost.com