Conservative Musings: Middle East Edition

The Middle East is on fire currently and all the media can focus on is Mitt Romney.  I have a lot to say about this, particularly because the media's obsession with focusing on Mitt Romney has overshadowing dozens of valid questions about President Obama's Middle East policy.  However, as I wish to avoid copious amounts of swearing, I will instead turn to other conservative writers to voice my feelings.

First off is Stephen Hayes, senior writer for The Weekly Standard, a conservative opinion magazine.  I know him primarily through his role as a Fox News contributor, however.

In this article, he challenges the media's assertion that Mitt Romney has been political in the chaos of the new 9/11 attacks and the week following.  He lists off just how [infuriatingly] political President Obama (or more to the point, his campaign) has been on both the day of and the days following 9/11/2012.  Both his article and the facts speak for themselves, so give it a read and judge for yourself.

You can find Steve Hayes' article, "Wait, Who's Political?" here.

Next up is David Limbaugh.  Yes, that's right, another Limbaugh, the brother of the more verbose Rush.  Unlike Rush, however, David focuses more on writing than speaking.  Don't mistake his preference for the pen as a sign of weakness, however.  He is just as aggressive in his defense of conservatism as his more famous brother.  And perhaps a little more articulate.

In his column this week, Limbaugh more directly addresses the media bias that is less directly criticized by Steve Hayes.  He calls out the media's obsession with Romney's comments while simultaneously pointing out President Obama's abdication of leadership by preferring a campaign stop in Vegas to the Oval Office in a time of crisis.  However, since I'm writing this post so you'll read the articles themselves and no my ramblings, I'll stop here and let you find out for yourself.

You can read David Limbaugh's article, "Liberal Media Might as Well Wear Obama Buttons" here.



The final article today is written by Hugh Hewitt, a radio talk show host and a Catholic.  I generally find his writings informative and insightful.

His article is similar to Limbaugh's, but approaches it from a slightly different angle to reach the same conclusion about the media's reaction.   I don't have as much to say about this one, so I'll just give it to you without the extra commentary, besides saying it's worth reading.




You can read Hugh Hewitt's article, "Which Is Melting Faster: America's Position in Middle East or MSM's Position in America?" here.

That's it for the week.  Hopefully there will be less Middle East next week.