MSM Reporting Versus Web Postings of Last Night's Democrat Debate

In reading some of the news stories this morning about last night's Democrat debate and comparing it to the posting on various liberal web sites, it seems that they were covering two different debates.

The progressive bloggers are all up in arms because they don't think any questions were asked of the candidates in regards to issues and rather the moderators were merely repeating rightwing talking points and trying to dig dirt on the candidates related to all the various shady characters, lies, and socialist leanings of the two remaining Dems.

The dinosaur media, on the other hand, has a different take such as this AP article which doesn't mention any of those things but rather tells us first and foremost that Hillary thinks Obama can win but there is no mention of what the nutroots are whining about.

In a 90-minute debate, both rivals pledged not to raise taxes on individuals making less than $200,000, and said they would respond forcefully if Iran obtains nuclear weapons and uses them against Israel.

And, of course, the old Democrat standby issue of Social Security.

They differed over Social Security when Obama said he favored raising payroll taxes on higher-income individuals. Clinton said she was opposed, her rival quickly cut in and countered that she had said earlier in the campaign she was open to the idea.

The UPI seems to think that the candidates stressed party unity during the debate with only a passing shot at any of the things the progressives are screaming like five year olds about.

Clinton brought up Obama's relationship with the former pastor of his church who made racist comments about the United States, and Obama's remarks about some Americans being "bitter." Obama spoke of Clinton's exaggeration about the danger she faced in Bosnia in 1996.

The old grey lady, the New York Times did do a story on the sniping and back and forth between the candidates on various shady connections each other had to some of the name and characters which have been brought up, but didn't pin the blame on the moderators like the progressive bloggers are doing. It is however the last paragraph of the Times story that chilled me.

And Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama said that as president, they would execute promises to begin the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq, even if their military commanders at the time advised them that it would be wiser to keep troops on the ground.

So you know what? If the progressive blogs had just kept their mouths shut and moved away from the keyboards most of America wouldn't even know that your candidates had their masks ripped off last night and exposed for the frauds that they are.

But you folks over at Kos, DU, and Huff'N'Puff stay classy and keep hurling around your vulgar language, threats of boycotts and, I imagine by now, have become supporters of capital punishment, at least for George Stephanopoulos and Charlie Gibson.