The Axis of Liberalism – the other AOL – is the media, academia and Hollywood.
First, the media. About reporters’ reaction to the 2008 Obama campaign, Joan Walsh, editor of the left-wing Salon.com, said, “I was struck, when I got to Iowa and New Hampshire in January, by how our media colleagues were just swooning over Barack Obama. That is not too strong a word. They were swooning.” (Emphasis added.) …..
The second leg of the AOL is academia. The American Enterprise Institute examined the political registrations of professors at 20 colleges and universities…How out-of-touch is academia? …….Brian McHale is an Ohio State University English professor. A senior professor at this publicly supported school, McHale sent an email to fellow profs asking them to allow Obama campaign staffers to come to class and “make a pitch to your students about registering to vote.” He added, “If you were willing, the volunteers could also take a couple of extra minutes to see whether they could interest any of your students in volunteering for the Obama campaign themselves.”……
The third leg in the Axis of Liberalism is Hollywood. Of the entertainment industry’s total contributions of $200 or more, $9.7 million went to Obama in 2008, versus $1.2 million for McCain. Lawrence O’Donnell… said….The Writers Guild of America, my union, is at a minimum 99 percent leftist liberal and, like me, socialist. To Read More.....
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