Category Archives: Democratic Party

It Is a Presidential Election, Not a Tea Party

It’s a presidential election, not a tea party. You knew it would reach this point. It does every campaign cycle. As election day approaches, the campaigns make their arguments for their candidates and against the other one. That is the normal business cycle of a political campaign. Meanwhile, our sainted Old Media condemn such behavior …

October 6, 2008 – 12:24 pm | By BenjaminFranklin | Posted in 2008 U.S. Election, Democratic Party, McCain, Obama, Republican Party, media bias | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

The Old Media: Tough on Palin, Soft on Obama

AverageJoe is absolutely right–when will the Old Media grill Obama the way they do Palin? The answer is never. ABC News’ Charlie Gibson’s performance in his interview with Palin this week was despicable. More and more Americans realize the Old Media cannot be trusted to be professional, to be the hard-nosed journalists they should be …

September 13, 2008 – 10:52 pm | By BenjaminFranklin | Posted in 2008 U.S. Election, Democratic Party, McCain, Republican Party, Sarah Palin, media bias | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

More On Making Democrats Red Again

Great comment from reader PatrickHenry. I want to reprint it: Comment from PatrickHenry Time September 8, 2008 at 5:44 pm Good observations. The following article might be of interest to readers: http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/1430/ Not only does it confirm the fact that Republicans have been designated the blue party on several occasions, but it highlights the history …

September 9, 2008 – 12:45 pm | By BenjaminFranklin | Posted in 2008 U.S. Election, Blue States, Democratic Party, McCain, Red States, Republican Party, U.S. Defense Policy, media bias | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Making Democrats Red Again

Historically, Republicans were represented by the color blue and Democrats by the color red. So how did Democrats become blue and Republicans red? Consider these examples of electoral maps from 1980, 1984, 1988, and 1992. But something curious happened in 1996, the colors representing America’s two major political parties changed. Republicans became red and Democrats …

September 6, 2008 – 4:41 pm | By BenjaminFranklin | Posted in 2008 U.S. Election, Bill Clinton, Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Republican Party, media bias | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (1)