October 23, 2004
Republicans Playing Dead?
So, the Sinclair stations aired their stuff today (for those who didn't know, a company that controls TV affiliates that reach 25% of the nation had instructed their stations to pre-empt normal programming and broadcast a partisan hack job against Kerry, leading to protests and shareholder lawsuits that convinced Sinclair to announce they were backing down), and it was actually surprisingly balanced. We were expecting October Surprise, and actually got something that was still somewhat anti-Kerry, but not really damaging.And, the press has been buzzing about the GOP releasing a new television ad that mentions Kerry and then... something else about a pack of wolves. The media tried to whip themselves into a tizzy by comparing it to Reagan's 1984 bear commercial (find it on the right), but... audiences are laughing at it, people are finding the wolves cute, it's so easy to bring up Bush "crying wolf" again, and now even the wolves are having their say.
So, the big hit hasn't really come yet. Is it coming?
Bush is rumored to be taking a day off in Crawford TX on Saturday... it's also rumored to be a lie because he pulled the same thing when he visited Iraq for Thanksgiving... is this a feint, or is it really all they've got?