We have come to the point with media consolidation where the dreaded 527c3's of yesteryear are no longer necessary. Now pundits like Sean Hannity can fabricate issues with candidates, like the supposed association between Barack Obama and Louis Farrakhan, and blanket them across America four hours a day every day. What can a candidate, or a campaign, do to fight such a media monopoly? Barack was given 39 minutes of national coverage to present his argument. Since then Sean Hannity has had sixteen hours (and counting) to provide his rebuttal.
Thirteen million American's have voted for Barack Obama. And now through no other sin that going to the 'wrong Church', according to Sean Hannity, he is losing in the polls and possibly losing the campaign. Is this Democracy when one man's opinion is worth more than the votes of 13 million Americans?
We need to break the consolidated media strangehold on this country. We cannot afford to have a media voice so centralized that the opinions of a choice few can swing the entire political process. That is not what the founders intended. Hannity uses public airwaves owned by the people to rob the people of their vote. We need to take our airwaves back and give the real public a voice once again.
I heard a woman call into his radio show yesterday and almost beg him to let Obama off the hook by appealing to his Christian forgiveness. Of course he refused. It made me wretch. How is this man, alone, in a position of king maker? A man who isn't even in our party. A man who has strong connections to white supremacists. It reminded me of my feelings during the Clinton impeachment.
And what sin has Obama committed? He went to the wrong Church? That is now grounds for denying someone the Presidency? I don't remember reading that in the Constitution. In fact I clearly recall the Constitution saying there should be no religious test. Where does this end? Do we need to vet every Democratic candidate with the GOP to make sure they didn't drink the wrong brand of milk, or smoke the wrong packs of cigarettes?
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