Biased headline corner: "Hawaii economy sizzles"

[KamaAina]

And the subhed?

"The state's expected economic growth is attributed to an active housing market, military construction plans and a recovering tourist industry".

http://starbulletin.com/2004/06/09/news/index2.html

So our economy is "sizzling" because: a) mainlanders are again snapping up second homes here, pricing local people out of the market, especially on Neighbor Islands; b) we're squarely in the path of the Bush*/PNAC imperialist expansion; and c) we're finally getting back what we lost because somebody was asleep at the switch on 9/11.

But never mind all that! There's an election coming up in November, the local repukes are gunning for control of at least the state House :puke: , and the Star-Bulletin, house organ of what's left of the old "Big Five" oligarchy, must support them, even to the extent of running this lurid headline over an AP story!

[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. This is a very Democratic State, how would the Rethugs take....

the legislature?

[KamaAina]

2. I don't know. How did they take the Governorship?

With that kind of massive media blitz, fueled by mainland money, anything is possible. If you repeat "Democrats are corrupt. Time for a change!" long enough, like some sort of demented mynah bird, eventually people will start muttering it to themselves on the way to the voting booth. :(

I should try to find Dan Boylan's column from MidWeek and put it in the Hawaii state forum. He points out that the traditionally Dem Leeward areas weren't well represented at the recent state Dem convention :scared:

Edit: "This" is a very Democratic state? Are you in HI? What island? We could definitely use more DUers out here!