I Thought The Press Was Supposed To Investigate?!
Bob Schieffer of CBS News, at this point renown only becasue he is old, looks at the political year that was and says:
Can you remember who won Iowa before I say it? Time’s up! Mitt Romney poured millions into Iowa, but Mike Huckabee won the Republican contest with just a smile and a shoeshine.
OK Bob, The Huckster had one other thing going for him besides “a smile and a shoeshine” – religious bias. He played it deftly, he played it with plausible deniability, but play it he did.
What is most disappointing as this political year in review things continue to mount up is the absolute lack of investigation involved. Schieffer goes on to make the point that even Huckabee has become a historical footnote. But there is a real story in Iowa, a story that shows the nation has not entirely overcome the prejudices it thinks it has.
Too bad “journalists” are so swept up in the “we elected a black man” thing to notice.
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aaron on 06 Jan 2009 at 7:13 am #
To bad Bob and others cant see through Huckabees fake, cheesy smile, with his little two dimples in his cheeks. This guy is the biggest fraud in a long time. He strikes me as a very negative individual. WHINEY, MANIPULATIVE, in a childish a decietfull way, bitter, having littlie man syndrome, trying to show everybody that does’nt give him respect, that indeed he is presidential. This guy is a looser and how so many people don’t see through him is, well He is evangelical. He is obsessed with Romney and does’nt strike in anyway as one who has those spititual answers he talks up so much. NOt genuinely happy, like Romney. Behind the act that he has down from misleading people for years, is one fake, negative individual. I cant even believe this guy is around. It reminds of some of the most petty, whiney, negative, manipulative, decietful, Childish, obsessed, jealous friends I’m sure most of us had, at five, eight and twelve years old. This guy is something. I hope in end, even if it’s ten twenty years from now, he is more clearly exposesd as the clown he is.