Table Scraps #2 – Mr. Edwards, Stop Blaming the Media
Leftovers and scraps from the media’s round-tables.
I’m so tired of John Edwards.
Apparently, in another act of campaign desperation, with interest in his presidential bid fading faster than a setting sun, the Edwards campaign is now blaming the media for his failures to earn primary votes. During a recent interview with MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer, Edwards campaign manager David Bonior, a former Democratic whip in the House of Representatives, turned testy when asked why Edwards wasn’t gaining more traction. His answer? It’s the 5% less media coverage Edwards has been receiving compared to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
Haven’t we seen this playbook before? The Bush administration has masterfully manipulated public opinion by pointing fingers at the media instead of themselves and their policies whenever criticism has grown too harsh. Edwards, another candidate trumpeting change, seems immune from it with this new twist. Here is just one anecdote revealing Edwards’s failed strategies: Recently, while driving home from work, I listened to a NPR interview that featured three leading Hispanic thinkers commenting on the presidential primaries and the influence Hispanics would have on the elections. One commentator said the Edwards campaign was “invisible” when trying to reach out to national Hispanic organizations.
The reasons Edwards isn’t gaining traction are simple: his campaign is poorly organized, and his messages don’t resonate with the American people. He is a millionaire lawyer with minimal experience as a legislator, no experience as an executive, and a former Vice-Presidential nominee that LOST an important presidential election. Sure, he’s attractive, smart, and energetic; however, his ideas are unattractive, and he should bow out of the race sooner than later.
Chris Justice is the Director of Expository Writing at The University of Baltimore.
Wow. Does anybody believe this tripe that passes for writing?
This lifelong Democrat will not vote for either Obama or Hillary (even in the general) for the sole reason that our media has obviously decided these two big $$$ candidates are the only ones worth really covering.
Keep pretending this isn’t happening and we’ll all be looking forward to President McCain.
The real question is whether the author of this article is knowingly propagandizing and brainwashing, or whether they are just beyond stupid!
Comment by bardonaut from seattle — January 29, 2008 @ 10:52 am