Since the last GOP debate, there have been hundreds of articles written about the Republican nomination contest. Most of what gets said is repeated over and over in all sorts of places. Much of the commentary is mundane, but some of this "conventional wisdom" is completely wrong. Often the error is so great as to make what is said completely outlandish.
Let's look at a few examples:
1. One of the strange points of agreement in the mainstream media is that Marco Rubio is an candidate of the Republican "establishment." That's bizarre. Rubio's victory in 2010 was the biggest single win by an insurgent candidate. The GOP establishment was supporting governor Charlie Crist (who was then still a Republican). Crist was endorsed by the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee as well as by a host of national party leaders. Rubio was the Tea Party candidate. As the primary neared, it became clear that Rubio was going to defeat Crist, so Crist dropped out of the primary and announced he would run as an independent. Rubio won the GOP primary and trounced his opposition in the general election. Once in Washington, Rubio stayed consistent with the positions he had taken during the campaign. He did, however, work within the system to get things accomplished where possible. Rubio is not a "bomb thrower", but he is hardly an establishment candidate.
The idea of Rubio as "establishment" is so outlandish, that I wonder if it is not a talking point planted by the Clinton media mafia to try to undermine his candidacy. Rubio consistently polls better than the other Republicans in matches with Hillary Clinton. The Clinton machine would like nothing better than to see him eliminated from contention.
2. Another strange position taken by the mainstream media is that Ted Cruz's amendment to the comprehensive immigration bill in 2013 was a "poison pill" designed to kill that bill. For that to be the case, we would need to believe that Cruz spoke in both public and private in favor of the passage of comprehensive immigration reform but that it was all a big lie designed to fool people into accepting his "poison pill". Cruz is cagey, but he has always been generally honest. Remember the battle to defund Obamacare which led to a very short government shutdown in the same year of 2013. Cruz did not hide behind subterfuge; he was open and direct in what he was doing.
This strange position also seems to me to be a possible plant by the Clinton machine. Cruz and his campaign, of course, are claiming that his amendment was a poison pill, but the mainstream media is supporting that claim to a great extent. Just this morning, Dana Bash of CNN who is always hostile to Republicans went on TV to support Cruz' position even though all of Cruz' statements at the time said the opposite of what he has to say now. My guess is that Hillary and her minions would much rather face Cruz than Rubio in the election.
3. A third strange position taken by the media is that Donald Trump's words no longer matter that much. For example, Trump proposed a ban on Moslems entering the USA in a campaign speech. He fleshed that out within a few hours in an interview and made clear that the ban would not apply to American citizens or legal residents of the USA. It didn't matter. The mainstream media has been denouncing Trump's plan as unconstitutional for keeping out American citizens based upon their religion (it doesn't). This is just one example. There is so much misquoting of Trump by the media that I sometimes wonder if the reporters actually hear what Trump is saying or if they write their stories in advance.
Let's look at a few examples:
1. One of the strange points of agreement in the mainstream media is that Marco Rubio is an candidate of the Republican "establishment." That's bizarre. Rubio's victory in 2010 was the biggest single win by an insurgent candidate. The GOP establishment was supporting governor Charlie Crist (who was then still a Republican). Crist was endorsed by the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee as well as by a host of national party leaders. Rubio was the Tea Party candidate. As the primary neared, it became clear that Rubio was going to defeat Crist, so Crist dropped out of the primary and announced he would run as an independent. Rubio won the GOP primary and trounced his opposition in the general election. Once in Washington, Rubio stayed consistent with the positions he had taken during the campaign. He did, however, work within the system to get things accomplished where possible. Rubio is not a "bomb thrower", but he is hardly an establishment candidate.
The idea of Rubio as "establishment" is so outlandish, that I wonder if it is not a talking point planted by the Clinton media mafia to try to undermine his candidacy. Rubio consistently polls better than the other Republicans in matches with Hillary Clinton. The Clinton machine would like nothing better than to see him eliminated from contention.
2. Another strange position taken by the mainstream media is that Ted Cruz's amendment to the comprehensive immigration bill in 2013 was a "poison pill" designed to kill that bill. For that to be the case, we would need to believe that Cruz spoke in both public and private in favor of the passage of comprehensive immigration reform but that it was all a big lie designed to fool people into accepting his "poison pill". Cruz is cagey, but he has always been generally honest. Remember the battle to defund Obamacare which led to a very short government shutdown in the same year of 2013. Cruz did not hide behind subterfuge; he was open and direct in what he was doing.
This strange position also seems to me to be a possible plant by the Clinton machine. Cruz and his campaign, of course, are claiming that his amendment was a poison pill, but the mainstream media is supporting that claim to a great extent. Just this morning, Dana Bash of CNN who is always hostile to Republicans went on TV to support Cruz' position even though all of Cruz' statements at the time said the opposite of what he has to say now. My guess is that Hillary and her minions would much rather face Cruz than Rubio in the election.
3. A third strange position taken by the media is that Donald Trump's words no longer matter that much. For example, Trump proposed a ban on Moslems entering the USA in a campaign speech. He fleshed that out within a few hours in an interview and made clear that the ban would not apply to American citizens or legal residents of the USA. It didn't matter. The mainstream media has been denouncing Trump's plan as unconstitutional for keeping out American citizens based upon their religion (it doesn't). This is just one example. There is so much misquoting of Trump by the media that I sometimes wonder if the reporters actually hear what Trump is saying or if they write their stories in advance.
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