The Mainstream Media Wouldn’t Know a Gaffe if it Bit Them on the Butt

If you are among the deluded who still believe what the mainstream media serves up, then Republican presumptive Presidential nominee, Mitt Romney’s oversees jaunt was a gaffe-fiesta and the candidate is a bungler who can’t seem to manage to avoid stepping on his own manhood.

But it’s my contention that the mainstream media wouldn’t recognize an actual gaffe if it walked up a bit it on their collective ass!

Romney has been excoriated by the Palestinian toady’s in the press for his comment about Jerusalem being the capital of Israel. This despite the fact in 1995 the 104^th  U.S. Congress passed into law the Jerusalem Embassy Act (Senate 95-3 and House 374-37) which initiated the funding and process of moving the U.S. Embassy to the capital of Israel, Jerusalem.

Despite the fact that Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama have ignored the law, it still exists! The most amazing thing is that the press ignores the FACT that then candidate Obama, while speaking to the pro-Israel group the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) said basically the same thing:

"[A]ny agreement with the Palestinian people must preserve Israel's identity as a Jewish state, with secure, recognized, and defensible borders. Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided."

Olympics Gaffe

The media also took Romney to task over his comments in London about the preparedness of the Olympic committee for the then forthcoming  Summer games. Oddly enough, a week prior to Romney’s comments the British press was delivering front page stories saying exactly the same thing!

The Brit press reported that nearly half of those polled believed that the security of the games was a still unanswered question! The mainstream media is so in the tank for the Obama reelection campaign, desperately seeking anything to prop this clown up.

Equally the handful of conservative media outlets are misguided when they continue to label Obama’s “you didn’t build that” comment as a gaffe. That was no gaffe, that was how this guy actually feels about business and business owners.

The Community Organizer in Chief thinks that business owners didn’t really work hard to build their success, they were simply the winners of a government infrastructure lottery. This thought process is so specious and the media’s attempt to spin this as Obama referring to roads and bridges, it’s laughable! If success was dependent upon roads and bridges, then way do businesses fail? Unfortunately more often than not the culprit is faulty business plans or government regulatory over-reach that dooms business…not a pothole in the road!

Newsflash! The Olympics Does Not Hand Out Participation Medals!

A first time Olympian, Tyler Clary ripped Olympic swimming legend Michael Phelps in an interview with Jim Alexander of the Press Enterprise (Riverside, CA) saying, "The fact that [Phelps] doesn't have to work as hard to get that done, it's a real shame. I think it's too bad. You see that all too often, where you get athletes that are incredibly talented that really take it for granted.”

Clary continued, "Basically, he was a swimmer that didn't want to be [at practice.] They can talk about all of these goals and plans and preparation they have. I saw it. I know. It's different. And I saw somebody that has basically been asking to get beat for the longest time."

Is this clown kidding me? Phelps broke the nearly unbreakable record of Mark Spitz, scoring 8 Golds in the last Olympics. Phelps has EARNED 54 medals in international competition…medals covered in GOLD, and this guy is whining that because Phelps is more talented and doesn’t have to work as hard, that he somehow didn’t earn what he’s won?!

Phelps crushed…yes crushed Clary by 1.5 seconds in the 200 Fly at the recent U.S. Olympic Trials…1.5 seconds is a lifetime in swimming. Clary harbors bitterness and jealousy of Phelps. His best international finishes; 400 IM silver medals at the 2009 and 2011 World Championships, were really made possible because Phelps chose not to swim those events. Phelps made his 400 IM return at trials and Clary got kicked down a step to third place and summarily off the Olympic team for the event.

I think it may go a bit deeper and trace its roots to the ridiculous mindset that we have created in this country where we try to level the playing field. We can’t keep score, because little Johnny will come to the realization that he’s just not as good has little Jimmy! After all…Johnny works hard and deserves a participation medal! And we wouldn’t want the kids to know the difference, so they should all be the same color!

Here’s a newsflash for Mr. Clary; Michael Phelps is flat out better than you! Get over it! You are on the U.S. Olympic team, so it’s likely that you’re a whole lot better at swimming than a whole lot of folks…you don’t hear them whining, do you? So STFU, because the Olympics doesn’t hand out participation medals!