Corporate Media Desparately Wants to Give Bush a Bounce

Let there be no mistake: There is something terribly wrong with the mainstream American media. They are so intimidated that they bend over backwards to give Bush the benefit of the doubt and shill for him whenever they get the chance.

CNN and MSNBC are panting headlines like, "Bounce for Bush?" because of a "good week".

Let's see:

In a White House that had virtually forgotten what good news looks like, the past few weeks have been refreshing. A Republican won a much-watched special congressional election. President Bush recruited a Wall Street heavy hitter as Treasury secretary. U.S. forces killed the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. And now the architect of the Bush presidency has avoided criminal charges.

Now, let us examine the "successes" that are worthy of crowing about. A Republican won a California congressional race in a very tight race in a very RED district - foreboding how weak the GOP actually is going into the November elections. Bush found a new Treasury Secretary scapegoat for his continued horrible economic policies. U.S. forces killed Abu al-Zarqawi only to have another man promoted to his spot within hours. And now Karl Rove has escaped an indictment in the CIA Leak case which in and of itself is a thorough disgrace - anytime your top political aide and "indictment" are in the same sentence, you've lost the court of public opinion right off the bat.

But the corporate media myopically fails to see it this way in their eternal right tilt.

To me, Bush's secret trip to Iraq last night, Zarqawi's death (and the inhumane framing of his death picture) and all the rest of it is just more public relations spin packaged with a bit of truth to make the American citizen forget to remember what they already know.

I'm sorry. Zarqawi didn't do 9-11. Osama did. Where's Osama?

I don't care how many secret trips Bush makes to Iraq. Nothing's changing in Iraq until the country's leadership changes.

Everytime you look around, Bush and the GOP leadership is sticking it to the American people to the benefit of corporate America and the right wing social extremists.

People are fed up. I think people have become immune to Bush's PR moves and are tuning him out.

Zarqawi's death is not going to change anything in Iraq except perhaps it will get worse. Why? Because Iraq is going down the tubes because of American foreign policy, not because of one or two men. When individual men are killed, more will only take their place.

Karl Rove is free but the stink of corruption still follows him and the Republican Majority.

What has changed? Americans are suffering everyday financially, spiritually and physically. Soldiers are still dying and the IEDs in Iraq are still going off.
Nothing's changed.

Yesterday, a CBS poll came out to support my take saying al-Zarqawi's death and other recent "successes" are making little difference.