Media Monday 080324 - Daily Times Leads Kratovil Bandwagon
Gannett’s Daily Times just can’t help themselves. Their favorite candidate lost in the GOP primary so they must now resort to front page propaganda in support of their new favorite, Democrat congressional candidate Frank Kratovil. Today’s AP article is so riddled with false claims and innuendo that the Kratovil campaign should have been charged for the space.
AP writer / Kratovil shill Kristen Wyatt begins her piece by inferring that Republicans are rushing to, at least listen to Kratovil, if not to necessarily vote for him. Her evidence? Clay Larrimore, a registered Republican in Kent County. Hardly a swarm of GOP grassroots support for Kratovil.
What is most significant is the balance of the article that attempts to take the edge off of Kratovil’s true liberalism. According to Wyatt, Kratovil is “hoping to pick up what is now an open congressional seat by striking a moderate tone”. Unfortunately for the voters of Maryland’s First District, moderation of tone is about all they can expect from Kratovil. He claims that he doesn’t support liberal Gov. Martin O’Malley “on everything”. That’s a pretty safe statement. What policies does he disagree with O’Malley on?
I don’t recall Kratovil leading the march against O’Malley’s tax increases. I haven’t heard Kratovil decrying O’Malley’s profligate spending. He certainly hasn’t criticized O’Malley’s sleazy attempts to illegally provide massive raises to friends and key allies on the state payroll. On what items does Kratovil specifically disagree with his left wing friend?
One of the greatest false inferences told by the AP (and the Daily Times) is regarding Kratovil’s heritage:
“Kratovil is trying to play up his Eastern Shore roots in an attempt to peel away Eastern Shore Republicans who routinely voted for Gilchrest.”
What Eastern Shore heritage? Kratovil was born and raised in Prince George’s County, hardly a bastion of Eastern Shore values. He merely carpetbagged his way up Rt. 301 and across the bridge to set up a run for office.
Buried in that same quote is a blatant attempt to portray Kratovil as some sort of underdog. As Ms. Wyatt has admitted in her own piece, Democrats hold a substantial registration advantage on the Shore and in the First District. Kratovil doesn’t need to “peel away Eastern Shore Republicans”. He needs to win the votes of First District Democrats. Unfortunately, that may be tough to do.
The First District is more conservative than Maryland as a whole. There is no question that Harris is far more in sync with the District than Kratovil.
The bottom line is that Kratovil needs the help of groups like the AP and the Daily Times to have a chance of getting elected. He needs them to infer that he is a moderate / conservative without actually taking any policy stances. If Kratovil actually claimed some of the stances that are inferred by his friends in the press his money would dry up tomorrow.
cross posted at Salisbury News
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Actually, one false claim is Kratovil’s “Eastern Shore roots”. This statement is not Kratovil’s, but from the writer.
I wrote that the article was riddled with “false claims and innuendo”. The statement about Kratovil’s “roots” would actually come under the heading “claim”.
The attempt to portray him as some sort of underdog is more innuendo.
c’mon. Can’t everyone see that Harris is just bad news for any district, not to mention this district? The guy is so whacked out of his mind on policy that it’s sometimes unbelievable. Also, if you’ve ever seen him speak, in person, you’ll realize why he’s an anesthesiologist, and not a “real doctor.” The way in which his voice attempts to protrude from beneath his arrogance makes it shocking that he ever gets a point across, I’d hardly want to know what his bedside manor is like.
I understand from the advertisements that this is obviously a conservative website, but sheesh! sometimes you gotta read the lines, not to mention between the lines, and realize that this might be one time not to vote straight ticket.
That’s the problem with liberals. You want to tag moderates as conservative, liberals as “mainstream” and the far left as merely “progressive”. The fact is that Andy Harris is a true conservative in the same mold as Ronald Reagan and Barry Goldwater.
If the voters of the First don’t send him to Congress, the loss will be ours. I for one will not continue to support candidates who call themselves conservative are in reality are nothing but the mirror image of the left.
The thing I find most amusing is that liberals (evidently) like you call names and tag Andy as “whacked out”, but never discuss which policies he is so “whacked out” on. Why? Because if people examine the issues, they will vote for a true conservative almost every time.
I see the inferences you don’t like, but where are the “false statements.”