Why an actor would go out of his or her way to annoy half of the potential audience is beyond me. Seriously. Don’t they know that their livelihood depends utterly on their popularity?

Or do they honestly believe, as too many liberals seem to do, that all the real people are Democrats, and Republicans are too few and far between to worry about? (How many times have you heard a public speaker, at a non-political event, speak as though it was a natural assumption that there were no Republicans in the room?)

Or do they not realize that, if hated Conservatives and despised Tea Partiers pay money to see their movies and shows, the money is just as good as if it had come from someone else?

Yup, Cary Grant was a class act. Johnny Carson comes to mind as another old-time entertainer who Got It. (He’s on record as saying that he’s just an entertainer, that he knows it, and that politics come at the expense of being entertaining, so why would he want to ruin his stock-in-trade?)

What it takes is something that jars them from their comfort and complacency with the “mainstream” media sources. But even something that really puts the bias of the media into sharp relief is usually not enough: they need to keep seeing it over and over before they begin to catch on.

Just like the problem is not Obama, Nancy, Harry, and the rest of the Lefty gang with their hypocrisy — big corporate donor whores (“President Goldman Sachs”) but yet who are “standing with” those protesting greedy capitalist companies like…..Goldman Sachs.

Just like the problem is not Al Gore and his cronies flying hither and yon in their private corporate jets and living in huge mansions, while they declare that climate change is going to make the world come to an end !! unless we working stiffs trade in our 19 mpg mini-vans for tiny hybrids and all install those horrible neon twisty bulbs…..

No. It is the media. These people are never CALLED on their bull-s–t. Only conservatives are. Aside from “alternate” media like the internet; AM talk radio, and SOME of Fox News….the other 90% of the media – t.v., print, NPR radio, internet — and this INCLUDES — which is CRITICAL to note — the entertainment media also……is absolutely in the tank for the Left.

The “narrative” being followed, is what is important. Truth is not. Fairness, objectivity, providing INFORMATION and FACTS instead of a propaganda message? Forget about it.

If we had a fair, objective, and professional media establishment in this country, Obama’s approval rating would not be 40+%. It would be in the teens.

Why wasn’t Penn challenged with the obvious follow-up question: “If the Tea Party is filled with racists who hate black people, how do you explain their favorite candidate being Herman Cain.”?

Easy answer: It might disrupt the narrative.

Tea partiers are racists may not be the actual truth, but it is indeed …”Pravda.”

My “moderate” friens who are not really into politics — and won’t be until the election gets closer – they don’t frequent conservative sites or visit Drudge, etc. They get their news from the heirs of Uncle Walter. And they think the Tea Party folks are extremists and “far right.” Mission accomplished. They think Palin is a moron, was slutty as a young woman, may not be the mother of her kid, and was far too inexperienced to be on McCains ticket. Mission accomplished.