>
>
> In a message dated 4/19/06 12:09:57 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> It's even worse than that. From a Time magazine piece
> on the Ryan *conviction* (not just charge!), the very
> first sentence:
>
> "On Monday, former Governor George Ryan, 72, became the third of
the
> state's last six governors to be convicted of political misdeeds,
and
> the current administration of DEMOCRAT Rod Blagojevich is also
being
> investigated." [emphasis added]
>
> Nowhere in the piece does it mention Ryan's affiliation.
>
> Josh Marshall of blog Talking Points Memo says this
> wins Time the "Ryan-Republican 'party affiliation that
> dare not speak its name' award."
>
> Republicans complained about this for years through out the
> nineties and after the turn of the century. It really rallied a lot
> of conservatives because it was so common to see through out the
> media any congressman that was republican and conservative and the
> story was blaming something on him that he was immediately
> identified as republican, conservative or right wing, Rarely did
> you see this sort of label placed on any democrat, meaning they
> were rarely identified as liberal, left wing or democrat.
Actually this right-wing myth has been thoroughly
rebutted. Still makes a great talking point, though,
doesn't it?
So if Time is trying to make
> amends or rally the libbies like they unknowingly rallied
conservatives, it
> doesn't surprise me. Of course maybe they were just trying to go
soft on George
> Ryan since he commuted the death sentence of everybody on death
row in
> Illinois.
>
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