Leftist Fixations, or, Why Can't the Media Leave Sarah Palin Alone?

Sarah Palin, the darling of leftist media everywhere. What's behind their nearly constant obsession with this woman?

The leftist media hate giving up their elitist control of the political and social narrative. Yet the media's consistent attacks against those who don't stand with them ideologically is now exposed for what it really is: a blatant attempt to maintain power at any costs and mania against all things conservative. After all, according to the Alinsky playbook, there is no such thing as good or evil and any means to an end is perfectly acceptable. Let the character assassinations continue!

Just look at the media's (and Nancy Pelosi's) attempt to keep Anthony Weiner in power, despite Weiner's own admission of guilt. (Of course Pelosi had to sing a different tune when Weiner admitted texting a 17 year old girl.... After all, Democrats have some limits - not sure what they are - but they do have some.)

The leftist media are so fixed on keeping the power, that character assassinations have become commonplace and very nearly universal.

Here's a modest list of the top psychoses afflicting the leftist media:

Sarah Palin Derangement Syndrome
What is it about Sarah Palin that after three years as an "also ran" vice presidential candidate, the media just can't seem to leave her alone? She doesn't even have to actually be a candidate for the Republican nomination in order to have the media nipping at her heels like ill-behaved yippy-dogs chasing after cars on the street.

Palin is dangerous to leftists because she represents an uncanny ability to connect with right wing voters. There's nothing more dangerous to leftists than a community organizer who appeals to, in the words of MSNBC's Chris "Tingly Leg" Matthews, the "rural" Americans, the conservatives, the Christians, and the "culturally backward."

How awful it must be to the radical left that there are Americans who don't believe in socialist ideology.

George W. Bush Derangement Syndrome
It's always nice to have a whipping boy on which to blame all the world's troubles. And while the current president of the US is always accused of causing the world's problems, none have been so maligned as George W. Bush. The fact that Obama and the media still point to Bush as the cause of all evil in America is proof positive of a mania - especially when Obama in Afghanistan and Libya looks like a bad B movie remake of Bush foreign policies and the "solution" to the national debt is more of the same.

Andrew Breitbart Derangement Syndrome
When the Weiner story broke, did the leftist media immediately jump all over the congressman to bring truth to power? No. Rather, the media (and Weiner) relentlessly attacked the messenger: Andrew Breitbart. (That is, until Weiner actually confessed in public.)

Because Andrew Breitbart has stood up to the mainstream media and because he's not a blathering liberal, the leftist media point to him as a modern-day Joseph Goebbels, and deny the facts right in front of their noses.

When Breitbart got his moment to stand and ask the media "Where have I ever lied?" the media ignored simple facts and continued to paint Breitbart as the propaganda machine of some fascist phantasm.

Surely Breitbart must be doing something right in order to get the leftist media twisted into such a rage.

Rush Limbaugh Derangement Syndrome
Limbaugh's been around for a long time and has unprecedented audiences. Nothing gets the goat of leftist media more than a successful competitor. Especially one who doesn't preach the gospel of "social justice" or "redistribution of wealth." If Breitbart is Goebbels, Limbaugh is the Great Satan, from whom all evil flows.

But what really gets the media all riled up over Limbaugh is that he uses the left's own tactics to point out how bankrupt their narrative really is. And he's been doing it successfully for years and years.

Glenn Beck Derangement Syndrome
Beck was a firestorm that hit the mainstream media right where it hurt them the most - in their pocketbook. He became so "dangerous" to the leftist media that the international billionaire, George Soros, funded the website Media Matters in order to try and maintain control over the political and social narrative in the US.

And while Beck has indeed left FOXNews, his voice is still heard by more Americans than all liberal talk radio can manage. The derangement stems from the simple idea that leftist media cannot comprehend that more Americans would rather listen to conservative talk radio than liberal talk radio. Hence, liberal talk radio must continually be bailed out by such folks as George Soros. It cannot survive without being on welfare.

FOXNews Derangement Syndrome
George Soros'  Media Matters also takes special aim at FOX, which has a larger market share than any other liberal-bias media. The leftist media war cry against FOX implies that it too is the Great Satan of America, spreading lies across the globe with unfair advantage.

Considering that FOX is the only conservative mainstream media, of course it attracts the largest group of Americans. And it's hardly fair to compare FOX on the one hand with ABC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and PBS. If FOX must be vilified in order to compete with six other networks, maybe, just maybe, the narrative of the leftist media isn't appealing to most Americans.

Just a thought.