Bad Manners: The Media and the Death of Jesse Helms

Read Ann Coulter’s latest column…The New York Times versus Jesse Helms, Part 529, 876.

Brent Bozell of the Media Research Center and News Busters has it all together when writing about the death of former North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms. When Tim Russert died, an overindulgent media could not control their abundant adulation. However, they sniped the whole way with Senator Helms.

Conservatives across America mourned at the news of the death of Senator Jesse Helms, a man credited with impeccable conservative credentials in the U.S. Senate, a conscience of a movement devoted to the defeat of communism abroad and the defense of liberty at home. He was the staunchest of social conservatives as well, unflinching in his opposition to the abortion lobby and the gay agenda.

To liberals he was “Senator No,” which meant only that he would strongly oppose everything they wanted to impose on America. Their badly disguised loathing of Helms, well-expressed over the decades, only endeared him to conservatives all the more.

Jesse Helms relished that opposition. In 1990, the media declared him politically dead, his re-election an utter impossibility. On election night, a thousand cheering supporters were made to wait before their man finally emerged to declare victory, 20 minutes late. He opened his remarks by apologizing for his tardiness. “Ah was up in mah room,” he explained, “ah had to watch the grievin’ face of Dan Rathuh when he had to say we’d won agin.” The crowd went wild.

Obama Speech…It Ain’t No First

There is a lot of talk in the mainstream media about Barak Obama giving his convention acceptance speech at Mile High Stadium. Supposedly, this is a huge departure from speeches in the past. MHow easily we forget…George HW Bush gave a speech at the Superdome in 1988. The last time I checked that was twenty years ago! So, Obama is giving a speech in a stadium, who cares?! Candidates regularly makes appearances in very large venues in nearly every campaign. The fawning national media just can’t help themselves from making a big deal out of all things Obama.

I wish they would make a big deal out of his 143 days of experience in the United States Senate before he declared for the presidency. I wish they would make a big deal out of his flipping and flopping on many issues.

Check out Hot Air. Ace of Spades. Obama’s Stadium Show.

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