Who Can Win and Who Cannot?

Who can win and who cannot? When this question is asked by the media what they are really doing is trying to give advice to the candidate of who should run and who should not. They are sending the signal that they are not going to give those people very much coverage even if the American people want to hear more from them.

The job of the media is not to tell us who they think can win and who can't. By doing this they are already trying to manipulate the situation. They love to call those in Washington elites and there is little doubt that most in Washington view themselves that way, whether they're willing to say it or not. This does not mean that the media don't view themselves as an elite class as well. Listen to how they get when they get shut out of things they think they hae a right to be present for.

Don't misunderstand me. I am not for the government shutting anyone out of meetings or keeping the American people in the dark about most things by keeping the media away. At the same time the attitude of the media is that we should listen to them because this is what they do for a living and so they know better than us who can and can't win. By implication they are clearly saying to some you should run and we'll do what we can to cover you, while to the others they are sending the signal that they are not the sort of people that they would like to see as president.

Even Fox News does this all the time with their commentators. I wish they would spend less time commentating and more time giving us the facts, which is after all what news really is supposed to be about. Instead they cover daily the drama of a trial of a woman who most likely killed one of her own children. We really don't need to sit through all that. An occasional update is understandable, but  daily is really just too much.

You could tell at first the media tried to marginalize Herman Cain, but then they realized just how much people do like him. They undoubtedly got a lot of mail about him so they felt it would make good TV to have him on a few times, but they're still not giving him nearly the equal time or coverage they're giving the likes of Pawlenty and the others.

Honestly I wish the media would quit trying to pick winners for us and I have a feeling many other Americans feel the same way I do. I for one would much prefer a Michelle Bachmann or Herman Cain in office to these others that have show far too much willingness to compromise with the liberalism who will not budge a bit. The only way to get compromise (which can be a good thing) is often to stand your ground till the other side starts to give something.

Consider the democrats have not given us a budget for more than 1.5 years. They did not even allow republicans in the room when they were hammering out the Obamacare law, but then they make a big stink in the news how the republicans aren't willing to compromise. I also believe very strongly that there are some things you should never compromise on. One of the things we should never compromise on is the constitution, or real ethics or morality.

The idea that communism or socialism even deserves a fair hearing by or from our representatives is insane. It is completely opposed to the constitution and so unless we vote to discard to the constitution altogether then we should not even have these seditionists in our midst as representatives.

It is time we start telling the media which seems more interested in their own political agenda than the good of the people and the truth to stop their elitist attitudes and presentation of the news. We need to remind them that their job is to report what happens, Not to spend countless hours commenting on what it means. We don't need to media to tell us who can win and who cannot.