Welcome to the greatest tabloid presidential election in modern times.

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Pretty much. We even had fashion comments during the convention and Joan Rivers type threads.

The Enquirer is so happy because their sales have probably increased dramatically. They're going to do their best to sustain it.

Anything any of the political parties are going to use as an issue or talking point (Family Values) is fair game for the media. You can not have it both ways.

"Perhaps it was liberal bias, as so many right- wing bloggers, commentators and politicians charge."

Riiight. Cuz we all know that if Palin were a Dem the right would have been respectfully silent. This guy is so right wing that he flies around in circles.

There are people who like to talk about Ideas and People who like to talk about other people. I have always found the people who talk about Ideas to be more interesting and better for me. While I have not read the Enquirer, I am pretty sure they are not discussing economic policies in there.

This is why I do not watch Hannity or Oberman, they (for the most part) focus on the people calling them liars or the such, rather than on ideas.

I have said it before and I hold to it, dealing with all this 6th grade crapp about insulting someone, etc. (as a friend of mine says) "makes my bladder seep"... Let's move on and start discussing the issues of the campaign. How much will Obama raise taxes? Where will McCain cut the budget? To what lengths are they willing to go to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons? How will they fix Social Security? How will they fix Medicare and Medicaid? The list is endless.

On that note, did any of you watch the Orielly interviews of Obama. I thought they got to some specifics on the issues, one of the best interviews I have seen of Obama.

liberal bias?? how about rethug bias on the radio? Every darn radio station is conservative hacks.

Danni,

The editor-in-chief of the Enquirer wrote the piece.

liberal bias?? how about rethug bias on the radio? Every darn radio station is conservative hacks.

#6 | Posted by rastaninja

Doesn't yours have an on/off feature?

I remember edward and how the republican righties where all over him trashing and bashing like it was a huge reflection of the democrat party.

Now there chosen Mary Palin Madelin apparently like her husbands best friends and they can't seem to carry the same outrage.

The true character and reflection of the republican party at its best.

Now there chosen Mary Palin Madelin apparently like her husbands best friends and they can't seem to carry the same outrage.

#9 | Posted by moneywar at 2008-09-11 08:33 AM

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What???? Dude get some coffee and get back to us.

"liberal bias?? how about rethug bias on the radio? Every darn radio station is conservative hacks."
#6 | Posted by rastaninja

How pathetically ignorant, left wing liberal wacko stations can not make it because of economics they are financial losers devoid of listeners. That is why your buddy Nancy Pelosie wants to bring back the fairness doctrine to enforce talking out of your @ss not freedom of speech...

This guy is so right wing that he flies around in circles.

#4 | Posted by danni

That's funny. Is it yours or should somebody else get credit for it?

I have satellite radio. I pay to listen to liberal talk radio. It's well worth it too. Thy seem to have plenty of callers and listeners. I think Air America was a poorly run radio company. So your statement is wrong.

The guy that wrote the article is correct in one respect. Every since Watergate when the media was able to manipulate a national office and get Pulizers for it, they think the only way to succeed is to break the big story.

So, they have stopped letting truth get in the way of the "big story." As a result we have gone back to the old days of yellow journalizm.

If you don't know what I mean this refers to the early 1900s when the media downplayed legitimate news in favor of eye-catching headlines that sell more newspapers. including exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering, sensationalism, and some very unprofessional practices by journalists.

The same crap is going on today with the Left controlling most of the mainstream media like television and the the right being forced into the radio airways because the TV guys shut them out. Like most things in life there is a balance and if you don't like what you hear, as WISGOD so wisely put it, turn it off.

I have satellite radio. I pay to listen to liberal talk radio. It's well worth it too. Thy seem to have plenty of callers and listeners. I think Air America was a poorly run radio company. So your statement is wrong.

You have to PAY to listen to liberal talk radio because it is financially bankrupt. Fact liberal wacko radio can not make it in a free market economy and needs the fairness doctrine to prop it up.

Absolutely correct, now that Karl Rove has made his mark on politics. It isn't about the issues any more, it's about who can dig up the worst dirt on the opponent.

You have to PAY to listen to liberal talk radio because it is financially bankrupt.

You pay to regular FM and AM too, axpa. it's called commercials.

for the few dollars sat radio costs, it's well worth not being told what products to buy every 10 minutes.

liberal talk radio doesn't do well from lack of listeners it is from lack of advertisers. Air america while not really large did have enough of an audience to get more advertisers than they did. i think there was some bias or coercion going on.

"liberal talk radio doesn't do well from lack of listeners it is from lack of advertisers. Air america while not really large did have enough of an audience to get more advertisers than they did. i think there was some bias or coercion going on.

"#18 | Posted by rastaninja

So liberal radio chose not to go after advertising revenue and went bankrupt in the process, now I can see why you would want liberals to run a national economy.

Advertisers are as much concerned with how much flack they'll likely get for advertising on a particular station as they are with how many ears they get for their ad $'s.

Some of y'all complain really quickly.... the negative publicity is enough to keep advertising $ shy.

Liberal talk radio, including Air America is doing fine. Some cities have lost their stations but not because of lack of listeners or advertisers, in several cities that I know of conservatives have bought stations and switched formats and disregarded the fact that they lost profits. Oh, I know the righties here will deny it but it is a simple fact.

"Liberal talk radio, including Air America is doing fine. Some cities have lost their stations but not because of lack of listeners or advertisers, in several cities that I know of conservatives have bought stations and switched formats and disregarded the fact that they lost profits. Oh, I know the righties here will deny it but it is a simple fact."

#21 | Posted by danni

Danni danni danni please tell us you do not actually believe Liberal talk radio was forced off the air by hardcore righties with big money. That is hilarious your posts always make me laugh, your infantile understanding of a free market economy is very cute but hardly accurate. Why don't you and your liberal buddies just buy back the radio stations in question and switch back the format should be plenty of support RIGHT!!!! Lol lol lol.

Obama is watching the election slip away... lololol
The funny thing is all McCain had to do is make a VP pick and you dumb fucking lib's did the rest for him..

If that is the case, when are they going to dig into obama's relationships with his friends?

Is there any dirt on his little girls? Did his wife have an affair? Did his wife have an abortion? Did he ever fire anyone? Come on, start publishing the crap.

"Doesn't yours have an on/off feature?

#8 | Posted by wisgod "

Wishing that was true of your PC.

or Mac, or super-conducting supercollider, or whatever the fuck it is you use to quack here.

"If that is the case, when are they going to dig into obama's relationships with his friends?"

No need to at this point in the race. It will all come out in time. Like during debates.. ect...

The National Enquirer has always reported from the Septic Tank and Obama and his hit squad have dived in next to them. You can't hold your breath forever down there Flop Ears, very soon you will have to breathe and swallowing some of that crap.

Every since Watergate when the media was able to manipulate a national office and get Pulizers for it, they think the only way to succeed is to break the big story.

I would agree. However, I think that the biggest reason for nothing being off limits has more to do with the extent to which we have allowed "values" to become a part of the national debate. Once politicians started campaigning on "values" and trying to pass laws based on their "values", it is incumbent upon the media to identify the hypocrits.

Seems the Enquirer is now as mainstream as CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, MSNBC and CNBC. And just as reliable. I would be willing to bet that at leasy half of you lemmings will by this rag for political news before the election is over.

The personal lives of progressive politicians should be off limits. However, the personal lives of conservatives should be subject to more scrutiny for two reasons. First, conservatives are much more interested in forcing their morality and values onto others. As a result, they should live their lives as open books; failing to abide by their own personal code of conduct should immediately render them unqualified to hold office. Second, conservatives are much more likely to be involved in scandals such as extramartial affairs, taking bribes, and engaging in unethical behavior. As a result, they must open their lives to scrutiny because the American people cannot trust them.

Is there any dirt on his little girls? Did his wife have an affair? Did his wife have an abortion? Did he ever fire anyone? Come on, start publishing the crap.

#25 | Posted by Sniper

You don't think they've been looking for this for the last year? Maybe they're not reporting on Obama scandals because there aren't any.

The people who are to blame for all this is the same party that spent millions and years digging into the private life of a candidate/president. The ones who jumped all over the first political/personal discovery by the Enquirer, Jennifer Flowers. The ones who started the modern tactic of screaming "Character matters".

Yes Pubs, you have only yourselves to blame for the evil tone of 21st century politics in America.

I wonder if the Enquirer was eligible for that money Larry Flint was offering for info on any adulterous affairs involving politicans?

Yes Pubs, you have only yourselves to blame for the evil tone of 21st century politics in America.

#33 | Posted by TFDNihilist

Um, Iran-contra ring a bell?

there is no shortage of smear tactics on either side TF. If you are not thick skinned, you should not play the game. That being said, children of the candidates should be off limits. Spouses should be off limits unless they take an active role in the campaign of their significant other.

And yes, this applies to the comments made about that dog the Clintons paraded around and called their daughter.

Um, Iran-contra ring a bell?

#35 | Posted by ELCIDCE90

You're comparing a legitimate abuse of power, where an illegal operation was used to turn drug money into weapons for terrorists, to an investigation into whether or not someone got a blow job?

Yes, we already knew everything goes in the election. I mean liberal tv stations have been publicizing nothing but lies as it pertains to Sarah Palin.

That so-called list of books that she banned as mayor is bogus. Some of those books weren't even written when she was mayor. According to the Librarian she fired, no books were banned. Keep digging lefties, maybe you'll find that she had an overdue book at the library or something.

We all knew the liberals wouldn't let something as small as the truth get in the middle of their good stories. Let's face facts, you guys are scared to death of Sarah.

That list of criticing issues was also bogus. Can't any of you lefties get credible information?

The liberal media was so infatuated with Obama that all they wanted to ask him was softball questions. The liberal media don't like Sarah because they didn't make her therefore they can't break her.

Lonnie

now I can see why you would want liberals to run a national economy.

#19 | Posted by ATaxpayer

...of course because the repubs have done a bang up job in the last eight years.

...of course because the repubs have done a bang up job in the last eight years.

#38 | Posted by geezer1
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Who was it that got gas prices lower? Oh yes, President Bush repealed the drilling ban and overnight the prices have continually dropped down to $101 a barrel. Maybe Bush should be doing a self high 5 because none of your liberal heros did anything to help the situation. Instead they sat back and marvelled at how pissed off voters would be at paying $4 a gallon. Yes, that's change I can believe in....NOT but do keep trying.

Lonnie

How much was a barrel of oil when two oil men took office in 2001?

After the price went up 6X, dropping it down to 5X isn't too much to brag about, lwalk17.

The personal lives of progressive politicians should be off limits. However, the personal lives of conservatives should be subject to more scrutiny for two reasons.

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Nice double standard.

Who was it that got gas prices lower?

That is a good question.

My bet it has nothing to do with Offshore Drilling and more to do with a Presidential Candidate that is not so friendly to Big Oil.

You don't think they've been looking for this for the last year? Maybe they're not reporting on Obama scandals because there aren't any.

#33 | Posted by TFDNihilist

If ears was a politician in chicago, there is dirt on him. If you think there isn't, you are a wild eyed dreamer.