Dole advisor blames the media

"Unfortunately, the media in this state is to the left of Hugo Chavez," he said. "I have worked most states east of the Mississippi and a couple on the other side, and I have never seen anything like this. That was a great example of a hack job."

Everybody's a comedian.

The media in North Carolina is not left of Hugo Chavez. There is no media in North Carolina. Most of our media is absentee ownership. The media here in North Carolina represents the views of the boss back at the home office in anytown, USA.

The absentee ownership ran off our redneck media people. Our homegrown media people now work for Betty the Bojangles biscuit maker. Newspapers no longer print news, they print money. And with less money being made will be more long distance news from the home office. The views of North Carolina are formulated in California by Southern California rednecks.

"Home is where your dog's at".

Sen. Elizabeth Dole, locked in a tight race in North Carolina, couldn't make it to a neighbor's cocktail party in Washington on Friday. So she sent a popular family member instead: Leader, the family dog.

While the senator and her husband, Bob Dole, worked the rope lines in her home state, the miniature schnauzer was the life of the party at the Watergate, the Doles' D.C. base.

This is really a stretch to blame the media for what we have been talking about for six years in this state. Every time Dan was asked about the time spent in the state, no documentation. When he was asked about her non-participation on the banking committee, no documentation. This is what it has come down to, because in reality, her heart was not into the interests of this state to begin with.

"McLagan said the charge was "unfair."

"Unfortunately, the media in this state is to the left of Hugo Chavez," he said."

I suppose they're "godless", too?

Listen - my politics are pretty left, though not in the Hugo Chavez neighborhood. The NC media is, in my opinion, fairly dead center - which is how it should be, I suppose.

And it's typical of Dole's campaign to blame the media. If Dole travelled here on her own dime, she still would have record of it in her datebook or calendar. Someone in her office must keep one. They could have rebutted with actual dates, but instead, they blame the media -- that tells me that 1)The claims were accurate, and 2) Dole's campaign is trying to create distraction by blaming the media for Dole's inaction.

That's one of the reasons I voted for Kay Hagan. Enough of this.