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Bwana Takes WaPo To Task
By Greg L | 8 January 2007 | 50th HOD District | 5 Comments
Renaissance Ruminations takes a thorough look at today’s Washington Post hit job on Delegate Jackson Miller and warns readers that this is a hint of the kind of election cycle we’re going to see in 2007. Bwana writes:
The WaPo chooses to omit any comment by any other republicans, nor do they ask Delegate Moran what he means by “politics of extremism”, or clarify what is meant by this term. For all I know, extremism in this context means refusing to raise people’s taxes because it is the easiest way to do something.
Nicely done by the WaPo. By selective quoting and cherry picking his record, the WaPo seeks to frame Jackson Miller as an extremist before he even casts a vote in Richmond. Moran is a Democratic Pary legislator, so his prattling can be dismissed as partisan bloviating…but mark my words-no matter what Jackson Miller does this session, no matter how he votes, Moran will be back on the soapbox this fall claiming that Miller could have emulated Harry Parrish, and instead choses to side with the extremist elements of the GOP.
I’m pretty sure Jackson Miller is going to do precisely what he promised during his campaign, which should drive the liberals to distraction. It should be interesting to watch folks like Brian Moran and Jeanette Rishell whine to voters that Jackson Miller is actually doing the job voters in the 50th District elected him to do, as if that’s a bad thing. Seeing as the liberal’s favorite elected officials have a tendancy to casually discard their campaign promises immediately after being elected, Jackson Miller must certainly seem to be an elected official who deviates greatly from the ideal of the Democratic Party. For many of us in the 50th, that would be considered a good thing.
How hard the Washington Post will try to sneak derogatory commentary about Jackson Miller into their news articles will be fascinating to watch. As they continue to throw away whatever journalistic integrity they have left in favor of the promotion of a clear political agenda, their readership declines and their financial position erodes. Not fast enough for my tastes, but the schedule of their implosion is under their own control. Here’s the first entry in 2007 for what will probably be a long list of clearly partisan shots that the Post will take as it sabotages it’s jounalistic reputation:
Broad-shouldered and built like a linebacker, Miller is not a typical glad-handing, back-slapping politician but a “law-and-order” legislator with a tough, no-nonsense approach that can come off as dour or defensive. But current and former colleagues praise him as a friendly, intelligent stand-up guy who follows through on his campaign pledges.
Yeah, that’s supposedly “reporting”, and not “editorializing”. Is there a quote or a source for this “dour or defensive” snark? Of course not. And the only colleague they can apparently find willling to comment on the record regarding Jackson Miller represents Alexandria? This story is completely littered with this sort of journalistic malfeasance, which I guess shouldn’t come as any surprise to many of us.
Bwana is right on the money with his analysis. The key here is how much time and effort Brian Moran is going to spend on the 50th District while there are so many other seats that Northern Virginian Democrats want to turn over. With Jeanette Rishell as a Democratic challenger for Jackson Miller, Brian Moran and the Washington Post are going to have to spend a lot of time in Manassas.
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Hit job?
“… current and former colleagues praise him as a friendly,
intelligent stand-up guy who follows through on
his campaign pledges” - that looks like a blurb for
a campaign mailing piece.
If this is the worst the WaPo can do to Jackson, then he
is home free as long as he wants to serve the 50th.
I don’t know how much of a hit job it is but they do mention his “colleagues” many times but the only person in a town full of republicans they can find to interview is the independant?
Interestingly, the hit that the dems like to put on him - that he’s a right wing nutjob is precisely why they lost: he isn’t a nutjob and their candidate was/is!
The independent was a colleague of Jackson on the council
and endorsed him in the general election.
Smart people in both parties know they must have the
support of moderate independents to win close
elections.
My take is Jackson is a rising star in Virginia politics -
his base loves him and the middle likes him
and have/will vote for him.
He could be a rising star if he wants to make a career out of politics. Only real threat I see to Jackson is it is still early enough for him to be swamped by larger tides.
What the WaPo really hates is Republicans who think and act like conservatives. They think all Republicans should be pro-choice and “sensible’ like Nelson Rockefeller. Jackson Miller told his district exactly what he wants to do, and he’s gonna do it. Remember, the Post only likes Republicans when they sound and act like Democrats