The Classic Liberal Blog

I'm not sure what the point is of polling people in foreign lands, about who they'd like to see become the next President of the United States is ... but then again, what do I know?  I'm just your typical white person, clinging to my guns and religion.

Early today, ABC excitedly reported, "World wants Obama as president: poll".  Globescan polled over 22,000 people in 22 foreign nations and concluded that "would prefer to see Senator Obama elected US president ahead of Republican John McCain".  Globescan chairman Doug Miller says "large numbers of people around the world clearly like what Barack Obama represents."

It's an exercise in futility, if you ask me.  After all, none of the people ...

Today, I'd like to draw your attention to an article in FrontPage Magazine. It takes a lot of courage to tell a story like this.  Too many women keep things like this bottled-up inside.  It's also a story that provides a first-hand report, on life through Weatherman Bill Ayers eyes.

Remembering a Sixties Terrorist
By Donna Ron
I read occasionally of former Weatherman Bill Ayers and his wife Bernardine Dohrn, both now not only accepted, despite their bombing campaign against America in the 1960s and 70s, but successful , establishment educators whose opinions on social issues are taken seriously. Every time I see Ayers' name I shudder with fear and rage and realize that I will never ...

"Lipstick," said Sarah Palin, Republican nominee for Vice President, as she proved to the world why she's the right woman for the job!

The Democrats and the media have been pounding the tables against a vice presidential candidate they didn't expect, but Gov. Sarah Palin showed them last night, why Sen. John McCain made the right choice.  As Sarah Palin stated, "... this is America, and every woman can walk through every door of opportunity."

You can watch highlights, or the whole speech here.

The media seems as a deer caught in headlights, after her ...

Truth is ... everybody believes the media is biased.  So biased in fact, none other than Tom Brokaw recently told the Associated Press that there's "an awful lot of commentary disguised as reporting ..."

I'm sure some of you out there disagree with me, and to that I say fine, disagree.

Tim Groseclose, a political scientist at UCLA, lead a study to objectively quantify bias in a variety of media outlets.  You can read all about it here, but let me share a little of it with you now.
"I suspected that many media outlets would tilt to the left because surveys have shown that reporters tend to vote more Democrat than ...

Senator Barack Obama's now famous pretentious remarks to his wealthy, egocentric campaign donors in San Francisco, was only the tip of the iceberg in watching the Left show their genuine contempt for the middle class.

" ... it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations," Obama said of the Pennsylvania electorate.

While the Left often mocks the middle class, they've really been outdoing themselves since Sen. John McCain announced Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his Vice President nominee.

Representative Rahm Emanuel (D): "Is this really who the Republican Party wants

...