Is it me or has the tide begun to turn? More bush bashing in media since

[burn the bush]

i/6? Seems like there are more stories even in the msm that are pointing out bad bushie stuff?

[Nitrogenica]

1. It's not you!

I'm smiling for the first time in months!

[mattclearing]

2. "Bush Bashing" is Republican language.

I feel the need to point it out. We have to stop using their terminology. It legitimizes their warped point of view.

[ozarklib]

16. I kind of like the term.

Bush bashing. It does not necessarily imply something bad. It is alliterative and sounds like fun. (That might just be my warped sense of fun, though.) Have you ever been to a beer bash?

[LynnTheDem]

17. It's BUSH TRUTHING.

And that's the TRUTH. ;)

[DrCorday]

20. I knew it was Republican language!

I've successfully graduated from Repuke language recognition:

1. Few syllables
2. Unnecessary alliteration
3. Overall stupidity of diction (haha)
4. Negative connotation

The 4 pillars of Republispeak. (wow, that sorta sounds like double speak)

Oh well, I'm not funny.

[Liberty Belle]

3. Reframe: Exposing the truth about Bush, not bashing Bush

[ailsagirl]

4. Really? That's good to hear... I avoid the MSM like the plague

so I'm glad to hear that maybe, just MAYBE, the dull-witted beast is stirring...

[purduejake]

5. It's something different that can capture new viewers....

it's all about the money. If this stuff about Bush starts to catch on, it will snowball from there. The corporations only have allegiances to the dollar.

[henslee]

6. Don't be fooled. You're just being tossed a few scraps. Stick with the

program of taking back congress and the house so that:

1. elements of the fairness in media doctrine has a shot at becoming permanant law (unless vetoed by a dickhead prez)

2. legitimate voting reforms to be implemented.

THIS IS THE ONLY SOLUTION.

[papau]

7. New York Times Editorial called Bush on his Social Security lies

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/10/opinion/10mon1.html?oref=login

January 10, 2005
For the Record on Social Security

"It appears that the president and his aides are trying to sow ignorance to gain support for their flawed privatization agenda. Lawmakers, policy makers and the American people have to let the administration know that they know better."

[Skittles]

8. I'm hoping they'll go overboard to prove they're not on the Bush payroll

LOL, that would be SUCH and ass-kicking PAYBACK

[NightOwwl]

9. Pointing out the deceit and trickery of Bush's tactics

isn't bashing. It's responsible journalism.

[DulceDecorum]

10. All those thousands in those offshore accounts

is turning into nickels and dimes and the dollar collapses.
By the time * leaves office,
the big shot CEO GOP-backers
will barely have enough to buy themselves a pack of Depends.

[atommom]

11. The media is getting a tiny bit bolder. It's still not in the "bashing"

category yet, but I can dream, can't I? ;)

[NYCGirl]

12. It may have something to do with the "second term curse". The media takes

the gloves off in the second term.

[Darryl Cramer]

15. I think it's more than that

The media is emboldened by his poor approval and popularity ratings. Seems like every day they mention that there has been "no honeymoon." What I don't understand is, where were all these people before the election? Ever since November more and more people have been coming out against the war. What's changed?

[OneMoreDemocrat]

23. I think it has to do with the distance between 9/11 and now..........

that is, the further we get away from that feeling of fear that seemingly was instilled in the American people, the more Bush's failures become glaringly apparent.

Without fear, the Republicans and especially the Bush regime have nothing.

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[zulchzulu]

14. Don't get your hopes up

Bush may get a couple black eyes here and there, but you can BET the corp-whore-it media will never entertain the idea of impeaching the Chimp.

It's all about amking Bush look more "human".

[specimenfred1984]

18. MM Just Won The People's Choice Award

Truth sells, even in the face of the most widespread and successful propaganda machine ever created.

Truth might sell because of it!

[jojo54]

19. Saw that

Yeah!! Can't wait for his new film to come out. Rotten tomatoes/eggs/liver etc is the choice for 1/20.

[Cobalt Violet]

21. Maybe they know the Bu$hCo. checks wont be coming anymore. n/t

[artemisia1]

22. Only now that he is safely re-elected...

Only now that he is safely re-elected are the media and "conservative" talking heads "criticizing" the admin. - and mostly to position themselves safely away from failed policies. Don't read to much into it as, since the Republicanse have a majority in the House and Senate, no real accountability, barring a major 1930's style Depression, will be forthcoming.

[Lexingtonian]

24. they're catching on

to how hollow much of his support is, and how the aggressiveness of his defenders is diminishing. Plus, how utterly unpersuadable about him ~45% of the people are.

So they have to straddle the line in a new way. It seems to be: look at how his policies suck, but hey! he still looks good in a suit. (And let's pretend not to understand all the gooblediguck about who's in and who's out in DC or whether Iraq is turning into heaven or hell. That's all Act Of God stuff.)

[NVMojo]

25. yep, and it is because Bush is getting sloppier, he and his crew

are more cavalier with their "mandate". People hate arrogance. It will bring them down.

[radfringe]

26. mmmmmm....

could be -- but then there have been spates of similar stories from time to time -- however the press puppies have always rolled over and played dead soon after

I'm holding back on my naked pyramid-building cheerleading approval on this for awhile -- we'll see how long it lasts, especially since CNN's new poll shows bush*'s number up a bit

White House Press puppy cartoon -- http://radfringe.tripod.com/

[GOPBasher]

27. I don't know, but it doesn't matter now.

He's "won" the election, or so it seems from the machines.