Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Political correctness and expedience

Once again, the Erie Times-News has demonstrated it is riotously out of step with the American people as demonstrated by its hagiographic editorial today deifying Al Gore in abject deference to the Nobel award. It adds yet another monumental gaff to the Nobel panel’s long list of colossal blunders over the decades.

Both the Oscars and the Nobel panel have degraded the intrinsic value of their awards, not to mention the Times-News’s credibility, by sanctioning putative political correctness and expedience over integrity.

A Gallup poll taken right after the award was announced was expected to show a big lift in the public’s readiness to entertain Gore as a presidential candidate. But it registered just the opposite. Not even the Democrats polled said they wanted him as their presidential nominee.

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