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03/09/2008: "Media failed to investigate Obama"

Stories like that led to the Center for Media and Public Affairs finding that from mid-December through mid-February, Sen. Obama had coverage that was positive 84 percent of the time (while Hillary Clinton had positive coverage 53 percent of the time).

Dana Milbank of the Post wrote, "It took many months and the mockery of 'Saturday Night Live' to make it happen, but the lumbering beast that is the press corps finally roused itself from its slumber Monday and greeted Barack Obama with a menacing growl."

Mr. Milbank writes the media didn't do this until the day before the Ohio/Texas primaries, when the outcome of the nominating process had almost been decided.

And now, let me introduce Sen. Obama when he is confronted with hard questions instead of adoration. This description is in the words of the Washington Post, a leading member of the mainstream media journalism known best for bias and dishonesty in reporting: "The day before the primaries in Ohio and Texas that could effectively seal the Democratic presidential nomination for him, a smiling Obama strode into a news conference at a veterans facility here. But the grin was quickly replaced by the surprised look of a man bitten by his own dog." That's because for the first time he actually got a few tough questions.

That is the view of the others at that press conference. Sen. Obama, when faced with tough questions, lost that cool of his victory speeches and pep talks on hope and change, and acted like a man bitten by his own dog.

The senator took eight questions and handled them as follows, according to Mr. Milbank: "Obama responded with the classic phrases of a politician in trouble. 'That was the information that I had at the time. ... Those charges are completely unrelated to me. ... I have said that was a mistake. The fact pattern remains unchanged.'"

And what did Senator Cool do when the questions kept coming? He ran away. This is the senator whose television ads tout his courage and who claims he is willing to negotiate and stand up to the dictators of the world. When confronted with a few tough questions, he does what he wants us to do in Iraq: Admit defeat, retreat and cut and run. Senator Courage is the man of retreat and defeat when the questions get tough, and he even wants defeat and retreat in Iraq when we're actually winning the war. This man of courage surrenders even before defeat.

Mr. Milbank writes when Sen. Obama's responses weren't working, he tried another tactic: "'We're running late,' the candidate said, and then he disappeared behind a curtain."

[ We all want the magic image. Not reality. So we gussy up one candidate to appear the shining saviour from all the others, yet everyone has a hand in the game of evading reality. ]

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