A tiny bit of good news...

Love it that President Ronald Reagan's inauguration in 1981, with only THREE networks in existence at the time, was viewed on TV by roughly 4 million more than Obama!

I suppose some party-pooper will come along and say that many were watching on the Internet, which I understand was hot and heavy. But still, think about it. The population has grown tremendously since Reagan's inauguration and there are probably more TV's in households.

Obama's inauguration was shown on 17 or so TV stations... compared with three measly little stations back then. I was surprised when I read the article, and pleased.

Hat tip to RightReel on Twitter for RT on this one, made me smile just a bit to have a tiny glimmer of rightness in this currently gloomy world.

Obama Inaugural Ratings Fall Short of Reagan’s
Thursday, January 22, 2009 1:30 PMBy: Rick Pedraza
Although the number of viewers watching the presidential inauguration coverage of Barack Obama was impressive, they fall short of those who saw Ronald Reagan take the oath of office for his first term in 1981. According to Nielsen Media Research, 37.8 million television viewers tuned in Tuesday to watch the swearing-in ceremony, which was the largest inaugural audience in 28 years. Reagan's first inauguration in 1981 drew a whopping 41.8 million...
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/obama_inaugural_reagan/2009/01/22/174132.html?s=al&promo_code=789C-1

Financial crisis causes glee amongst liberal media...

It struck me today as I was listening for the umpteenth time to a media-type comment how the financial crisis has kicked news of Sarah Palin off the top of the news-heap that they sounded positively gleeful about it! I'm so glad that this crisis is giving them something two things to feel happy about!

The first of course, is their contention that bad news in the economy is bad news for John McCain.

They were almost jumping up and down about early voting starting today in some states and how it should help Barack Obama given the current financial crisis.

I saw a good analysis of the current financial situation on the JMac Politics blog. I gather she found it on someone else's blog, so I will lift it from her and post a link here, too! It's on Bloomberg.

How the Democrats Created the Financial Crisis: Kevin Hassett

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&refer=columnist_hassett&sid=aSKSoiNbnQY0

Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) — The financial crisis of the past year has provided a number of surprising twists and turns, and from Bear Stearns Cos. to American International Group Inc., ambiguity has been a big part of the story.

Why did Bear Stearns fail, and how does that relate to AIG? It all seems so complex. But really, it isn’t. Enough cards on this table have been turned over that the story is now clear.

The economic history books will describe this episode in simple and understandable terms: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac exploded, and many bystanders were injured in the blast, some fatally.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&refer=columnist_hassett&sid=aSKSoiNbnQY0(Thanks to http://mccainpalin2008.blogspot.com/ for finding this and posting this!)

Obama's Different. Sure he is.

Politics as usual is more like it. More of the same is more like it. Lies, lies, lies. Move-on dot org du jour.

Old Media Helps Obama Push False Rush Limbaugh Immigration Quotes
By Warner Todd Huston
September 18, 2008 - 05:21 ET
Yesterday, the Washington Post's Ed O'Keefe reported that the Obama campaign was releasing some new Spanish language campaign ads on TV in Florida and other markets that feature Rush Limbaugh making what appears to be anti-Mexican comments. The ads then link Limbaugh to McCain on immigration attempting to smear them both in the minds of voters. The Limbaugh quotes, however, are so out of context that their use constitutes a lie. Unfortunately, too many media outlets are allowing these lies to stand unchallenged.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2008/09/18/old-media-helps-obama-push-false-rush-limbaugh-immigration-quote

Limbaugh, hitting back over usage in ad, says Obama "stoking racism"
Rush Limbaugh, featured in a new, Spanish-language Barack Obama ad, says the commercial distorts his past statements and amounts to "race-baiting" by the Democratic nominee. The commercial, to air in Limbaugh's home state of Florida as well as Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada, features a picture of the conservative talk show host and shows his words on the screen: "Mexicans are stupid and unqualified" and "Shut your mouth or get out." It was first reported by the Washington Post's Ed O'Keefe.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0908/Limbaugh_hitting_back_over_usage
_in_ad_says_Obama_stoking_racism.html

From the Fact Check Desk: Obama's New Spanish Language TV Ad Es Erróneo
September 17, 2008 5:53 PM
Natalie Gewargis
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., has launched a new Spanish-language TV ad that seeks to paint Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., as anti-immigrant, even tying the Republican to his longtime conservative talk-radio nemesis Rush Limbaugh.
As first reported by the Washington Post, Obama's ad features a narrator saying: "They want us to forget the insults we’ve put up with…the intolerance…they made us feel marginalized in this country we love so much."
The screen then shows these two quotes from Limbaugh:
“…stupid and unskilled Mexicans”—Rush Limbaugh
"You shut your mouth or you get out!”—Rush Limbaugh
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/from-the-fact-1.html