But what is surprising is not that Romney is not ahead, but that he is even close
There is not really any free press anymore, but instead a Ministry of Truth, in which PBS, NPR, the New York Times, the Washington Post, CBS, ABC, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, Newsweek, Time, AP, McClatchy, and Reuters are de facto extensions of the Obama campaign
— far more highbrow and adept in disguising their partisanship than an
overt Hannity or Limbaugh. Their “journalists” are fed favorable
administration leaks when in the old days they had to sue to publish a
hit piece. They care little whether ambassadors are left unguarded, or
that the U.S. suffers the most costly attack on its air assets since
Vietnam, or that administration officials offer lies about Libya that
they know cannot be true.
Remember that the grandees of the universities, the foundations, the
arts, the unions, and the government employees are all heavily invested
in Obama — the class warrior who assures those of the upper classes that
class and racial resentment will be turned against others. Remember the
powers of presidential incumbency. Remember that millions are still
mesmerized by teleprompted eloquence. Remember that each month thousands
more go on food stamps, receive disability insurance, obtain
unemployment insurance extensions, and are excused from the federal
income tax rolls — and are loyal to those who enable them and hostile to
those who might not. Remember that to criticize Obama still almost
immediately earns the charge of “racist.”
It is not easy to overcome all that.
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