The media jackals latest point of interest is a survey by Quinnipiac University on the likeability of various potential presidential candidates and politicians. The Washington Typists have focused on the simple part of the story, Rudy Giuliani was the favorite of the 20 and John Kerry was 20th of 20.
Al Gore came in 14th and George Bush came in 15th, yet Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post talks about how in 2000 Bush was the more likeable and that's why he won. Right.
Well, why wasn't Gore, who defeated Bush by 500,000 votes in 2000 and won Florida if all the votes were counted, "the candidate voters were more comfortable welcoming into their living rooms for the next four years?" Maybe the Post should look in a mirror.
As John Harris (ex?) of the Post wrote in is new book: "A number of members of the Gang of 500 are convinced that the main reason George W. Bush won the White House and Al Gore lost was that Gore's regular press pack included the trio of Katherine 'Kit' Seelye (of the New York Times), Ceci Connolly (of the Washington Post), and Sandra Sobieraj (of the Associated Press)."
As the Daily Howler has pointed out about the Post's coverage - "Ceci Connolly made it up about Gore for twenty straight months. And on occasion, John Harris helped out."
Talk about an inconvenient truth! Unfortunately, the Post helps establish the public's view of a candidate and having someone like Ceci trash Gore enabled Bush to steal the election and lead the US to be stuck (yes, stuck) in a war in Iraq. (Hope she's happy with her work!)
By the same token, the Washington Typists were lead by the nose by the White House over John Kerry sarcastic comment about Bush getting the country stuck in Iraq and lead the charge to demand an apology to those who were either too disinterested or dishonest in learning what Kerry actually said. The Typists efforts played a large role in Kerry's poor rating in the poll.
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