Memo to: Republican Party Leaders
From: A Friend
Re: Where Are You???
The other day John Kerry had finished addressing the American Society of Newspaper Editors convention and was greeting participants when the C-SPAN camera caught one woman, presumably a member of the Fourth Estate, gushing to the Democratic candidate, “You’ve got my vote!” There’s no surprise here. It’s almost impossible to distinguish between Democrats and journalists in their passion to elect Kerry and defeat Bush.
But where, oh where, are you?
It’s good to criticize those in the media who long ago lost sight of the word “balance” (not to mention “fairness”) and there are plenty of us on the outside pointing this out. But you, who have the mantra of “GOP leaders” – where are you? Your silence is shocking to the point of disgraceful. At best you are inept. At worst, you are cowards, unwilling to engage your political foes.
There is no shortage of issues, and opportunities available to you. You should be having a ball exposing and neutralizing the leftist press, not to mention the leftwing political opposition (or do I repeat myself?), yet you’re AWOL from the debate. Herewith are just some of them:
Continue reading “Memo to the GOP: Where Are You?”