Franken COMPLETELY misses point on NARAL ad....just on [View All]

[Gabi Hayes]

Al Franken once again said that he thought the NARAL ad should have been pulled, because of its misleading nature, and mentioned that MANY dems have admitted that the ad went to far.

that's all well and good. I won't argue the validity of the ad's credibility here

He went on to ask the irrelevant question of why the repubs, similarly, didn't decry the "obscene" (his apt word) Swift Boat ads last year. Well, DUH, Al, that's because ALL right wing christo fascists march in lockstep and the very idea of them EVER doing such a thing is utterly laughable. Perhaps he hasn't noticed the savaging of Cindy Sheehan by the far right. Has ANYbody stepped up to decry what's being done to her by the likes of OReilly, Drudge, etal?

the real point to be made here, of course, is the way the media have been handling this story. theyr'e doing now what they SHOULD have done a year ago on the Swift Boat story: ream the the ad for its supposed misleading nature. they hit so hard and so fast, allowing each and every wingnut backyard johnny to voice his/her squealing whines over the airwaves.

Contrast that with what they did last year: run that ad over and over and over, pretending to be appalled, at times, by the controversy raised, by RUNNING it CONSTANTLY, nonetheless. This lasted for WEEKS, not days, like this teakettle tempest (which will be over by Monday, I'd guess, unless the tide is turned, ala Rather/AWOL, into a long-running attack on Dem perfidy.

I hope Media Matters/FAIR, whomever, do a study on this, contrasting the amount of time spent on each respective story. You all know the effect the Swift Boat story had on Kerry's campaign, discounting, even, the effect of Kerry's foolish and deadly lack of immediate response.

It amazes me that people like Franken, supposedly media savvy, can be so TOTALLY ignorant of the real story here.

It was the Economy, stupid, way back when. Ever since the 92 Election, it's been the MEDIA, Al, stupid.

I love you most of the time, but wake the F*** UP!!!!

You've written BOOKS about it; how can you be so blind?