As you know, if you've visited here recently, our president and I do NOT agree on everything.  But when I saw this story on FOX News Channel this morning, I wondered how...or even IF the drive-by media would cover this story;

"Throngs of people grasped Bush's hands, arms and fingers on the streets of Fushe Kruje, a small town near the airport where he stopped to chat in a cafe with business owners. Unused to such adoring crowds in America, Bush reveled in the attention. He kissed women on the cheek, posed for pictures and signed autographs. Someone reached out and rubbed his gray hair.

"Bushie, Bushie," people shouted. Some of the business people have received small loans under U.S. government programs.

The scene was uncharacteristically wild for a presidential crowd. Bush spokesman Dana Perino said later that the Secret Service assured Bush's safety, as always. "If they didn't think the president was safe, obviously they wouldn't have put him in that position," she said.

While the United States supports Albania's bid for membership in NATO, Bush said this country still has to make more political and military reforms and crack down on corruption and organized crime.

(AP) U.S. President George Bush shakes hands with Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha after a joint... Full Image

"We are determined to take any decision, pass any law and undertake any reform to make Albania appropriate to receive the invitation" to join the western military alliance, Berisha said at a news conference with Bush.

Albania has eagerly embraced democracy and idolizes the United States. Three stamps have been issued featuring Bush's picture and the Statue of Liberty, and the street in front of parliament has been renamed in his honor."

So of course, I had to go looking to see how the left-wing media would spin the story.  It didn't take long to find the first negative report here. 

"The president will return from Europe, where he received a hero's reception in tiny Albania, to a Washington that holds little good news for him.

On Monday, the Senate will debate a non-binding resolution that one of his most trusted confidantes, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, "no longer holds the confidence of the Senate and the American people."

Negative spin about Bush...go figure.  I do have to give them credit for even reporting the story.  So let's check out Dan Blather's former employer.  He may not be there any more, but their philosophy does not seem to have changed much.  See if you can find any mention of it here?  Or how about here?  Hmmm....strangely mute, aren't they? 

Now imagine if the left-wing's hero Bill Clinton had received those same accolades.  It would be the leading news story for the next month!

You know what really frustrates me the most?  It is actually the reason I began blogging.  I realized that for years I had been deceived, and often outright lied to...and if there is one single thing in life I HATE, it's being lied to.  Guilt by omission is just as bad as the kinds of flat out lies the media has fed us over the years.  Without talk radio, bloggers, and the internet, we'd still be swallowing the swill they pass out to us which masquerades as "news".