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Liberals lose grip on media, but
not creativity
by Kenn
Gividen
Libertarian
Writers' Bureau
Thank
goodness for liberals.
The never-ending exploits of attention-starved left-wingers provide some amusing
insights into that peculiar wasteland called liberal thought. Their meanderings
are chock full of unadulterated entertainment value. In fact, if it weren't for
their selfless contributions to political dialog, the rest of us may be bored
into oblivion.
Such was not always the case.
During the golden age of liberal media domination, the likes of Wally C (e.g.,
Walter Cronkite) routinely saturated our minds with such doldrums as a game
called 'stack the panel with liberals." The only entertainment value in those
days was the corny magic trick in which left-leaning pundits would open their
mouths and (voila!) their brains would disappear.
Today, a mere glimmering remnant of those nostalgic times lingers in the form of
PBS, where Charlie Rose bores the socks off both his viewers at taxpayers'
expense.
But, alas, these advocates of big-government solutions to what ails us can no
longer boast dominance of the network news media. Fox News, The Drudge Report,
the former MSNBC and a host of other middle-of-the-road enterprises have
wrenched public dialog out of the hands of the major networks. Consequently, the
big-government left is, uh, left with no option but to seek alternate means of
communicating its opinions.
(By the way: How long is CNN going to hang in there? Good grief. Die already!)
Not to worry. Although their monopoly of major news outlets is as passe' as Rona
Barrett's 1970s hairdo, liberals still manage to get their share of media
attention. And you gotta hand it to these guys. They are creative. Just take a
look at their latest antics.
-- Throw pies
Columnist Ann Coulter recently took a pie in the face while speaking at the
University of Arizona. David Horowitz got smacked at Butler University in April,
yet still had the presence of mind to call his attackers 'fascists." (Tell ‘em,
Dave.). Conservative icon Bill Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard,
was assaulted a few days earlier by a pie-tosser at Earlham College in Richmond,
Ind.
Pie-pumping liberalism has become an epidemic. And I don't know about you, but
I'm impressed with their savvy and cunning! And you'll have to admit, a pie in
the face does make more sense than Al Franken.
-- Blow whistles
When challenged by free-speechers, liberal protesters often counter with their
own brand of free speech: shrill whistle blowing. Yep. There's nothin' gonna
convince me to save baby whales any more than a few screeching, stringy-haired,
whistle-blowing kooks.
When volunteers for the Minuteman Project (that's two dozen Americans trying to
stop 2 million Mexicans from crossing the nation's border) gathered their
supporters at a rally in Tuscon, Ariz., a slew of left-leaning protestors showed
up and not only blew whistles, but banged on pots and pans!
Yessiree. It was very convincing.
-- Throw paint on people
OK, here's a trick question. There are two people walking down the street. One
is a middle-aged woman wearing a fur coat. The other is a burly Hell's
Angel-type clad in a genuine, cowhide leather motorcycle jacket. An
animal-rights nut is going to protest animal-skin garments by dousing one of the
offenders with a can of red paint. Which one will he choose? Hmmmm.
Then there was the incident in March when Colombia's Vice-President Santos was
attacked by a paint-tossing maniac who (and I'm only guessing here) didn't care
for VP's speech.
-- Being downright rude
Here's a convincing strategy. Most of us remember watching John Stossel on ABC'S
20/20 when the reporter was asked by three college girls at Brown University to
leave their campus. Though the threesome was clearly speaking in behalf of the
rest of the 6.4 billion people on planet earth, Stossel ignored their demands
and continued with his interview. He then included a few video shots of the
obnoxious students on his nationwide television program.
So what is it with the political left? Why do they stoop to such odd behavior?
Could it be they are frustrated that they no longer dominate the media? Are they
frustrated that, when forced to weigh in equally with non-liberals, they always
look like idiots? (You have seen Hannity and Colmes; right?)
Could it be they are so stupid they don't even know they are stupid? (Now
there's a thought.) One never knows what's going through their minds -- if
anything.
Next week:
The Limbaughnic Plague -- How Republicans pretend to be advocates for sane
government.
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Kenn Gividen
was the Libertarian gubernatorial candidate in 2008 and the author of The Prayer
of Hannah.
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