Last week, it was The Washington Post putting all Republicans on notice that if they run for office, the media will hunt down every rumor of every bad thing they ever did, going all the way back to high school, and splash it across their front page. This week, it is The New York Times with a similar message for any conservative thinking of speaking out against President Obama: if you are even planning to spend money opposing Obama we will label you and your family racists, and will make sure every business you own and operate becomes the target of left-wing pressure groups.
Yesterday, The New York Times ran a front page above the fold story accusing “Joe Ricketts, the founder of the brokerage firm TD Ameritrade” of commissioning a “$10 million plan” to “do exactly what John McCain would not let us do,” meaning run commercials linking Obama to incendiary comments by his spiritual adviser, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. The Times was also sure to note that Ricketts “is also the patriarch of the family that owns the Chicago Cubs.”
