I told you guys that Kerry would get "Gored" by the press -- lookee here

[dolstein]

Here's the latest, nauseating example:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21672-2004Sep14.html

By Jim VandeHei
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, September 15, 2004; Page A01

. . .

Both candidates are targeting them with the ferocity of a Brett Favre bullet, but only John F. Kerry has fumbled the name of the hallowed grounds on which the Packers play, the frozen tundra of Curly Lambeau Field.

At a campaign event last month, the Democratic presidential nominee called it Lambert Field -- a slip of the tongue carried on television, in papers throughout the state and on ESPN's Web site.

That's akin to call the Yankees the Yankers or the Chicago Bulls the Bells. This is a place where Packers jackets often outnumber sports coats in church and thousands of fans wear a big chunk of yellow foam cheese atop their head with the pride of a new parent. President Bush's warning to terrorists is apropos to the passions of Packers fans -- you are either with 'em or against 'em.

"I got some advice for him," Bush told Wisconsinites a few days after the Lambert gaffe. "If someone offers you a cheesehead, don't say you want some wine, just put it on your head and take a seat at Lambeau Field." Vice President Cheney made the obligatory pilgrimage to Green Bay last week to pile on. "I thought after John Kerry's visit here I'd visit Lambert Field," Cheney told a crowd at a Republican fundraising dinner Thursday night. Then he went in for the kill. "The next thing is he'll be convinced Vince Lombardi is a foreign leader."

. . . .

Let's see -- Kerry misprounces the name of a football stadium and he gets an entire article devoted to the gaffe. Bush delivers a speech in which he laments that OBGYNs are no longer able to make love to their patients and the press just gives it a pass.

[PSU84]

1. Vandehei is GOP

His wife works for Tom Delay.

[Southsideirish]

8. So-called "journalists" should have to display their family ties.

[JI7]

2. we never claimed the media was on his side

it was always something that we would have to deal with.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

3. The Whoringtonpost is the New York Post of D.C.

Read the New York Times. They have been nicer to us lately.

[kiahzero]

6. Um, you're thinking of the Washington Times

New York Times / Washington Post are the papers "of record", though both have had problems lately.

The New York Post is owned by Murdoch. The Washington Times is owned by the Moonies.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

9. No. The WaPo is turning into a disaster area for Dems

The NYTimes is carrying our banner as well as could be desired.
Its SwiftlessBoatLiars expose was gold.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

13. Yes, and the NY Times has been hammering Chimpy for months now.

Send them an email of thanks.

[robbedvoter]

4. You seem to be enjoying the obvious - why is that? How's Joementum?

Your candidate - last I checked. The press loooved him - I wonder why?

[dolstein]

11. Joe's doing better than Kerry right now, but since I voted for Edwards

I don't really see the point of your remark. And I seriously doubt you actually bothered to "check" who my candidate was, since I've been a vocal Edwards supporter for a long time.

[bigtree]

5. OOOh WEEE!!

A media critic! :eyes:

:scared:

[Southsideirish]

7. I plead "guilty" as one of those who was blaming Kerry for running

a slip-shod, confusing campaign but I now feel that it doesn't' matter what the sh*t the Democrats say be they Dukakis, Gore OR Kerry. Bush OWNS the media and there's not a damn thing we can do about it.

[Catch22Dem]

10. I got two words for them!

ABU GAREFF

(Bush mispronounced the name of the prison which is at the heart of a massive scandal...kinda like he doesn't give a shit!)

[David Dunham]

12. Please email the WP editor to complain about this b-llshit

[spooky3]

15. does anyone have a link to a listing of all the mispronunciations and

similar gaffes by Bush? Might be good to email the Post all of them and ask how many of these received front page coverage.

The ombudsman is Michael Getler.

[phone] or by e-mail at [e-mail], or c/o The Washington Post, 1150 15th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20071

[DeepModem Mom]

14. PAGE A1 for this story??? Shame on the WP! nt

[ScreamingMeemie]

16. As a Packers fan this really pissed me off.

;) No, not really. Big Whoop. So he didn't grow up in Wisconsin. This proves that he is not ready to run our country. (/sarcasm off)

[Algorem]

17. How to best force media to be fair before they fix this election too?

Matt Lauer certainly appeared to have eased up on Kitty Kelley today and also tried to smooth over the golf-with-Bush1 this morning.DUers had to have a lot to do with this with their e=mails,phone calls andwhat else?