Is Mitt Romney the Republican to Tiger Beat in 2008?

I hit "Next Blog" and happened to come across an article on The Carpetbagger Report which criticized NewsMax, a politically conservative news magazine that reportedly pulled uber-gushingly flattering remarks about Ann Romney's appearance, after criticism about the unbalenced nature of those remarks started appearing in the media. They noted that this happened not long after publishing similarly gushing comments about Mitt's "Sensational Good Looks".

The Carpetbagger Journal described the covert changes, NewsMax did not tell its readers of the changes in the story, it just made the gushing words go puff in the intermist, as "unethical".

Of course, one has to wonder, if a publication is not actually publishing News, per se, is it held to the standards of journalism?

However, all this is not the real reason for this post, amusing as it might be to make fun of such Republican love-fest antics.

In the comments to the post, a brilliant reader known only as "Former Dan" wrote a brilliant musical parody that captures the essence of the struggle. I apologize that the attribution did not go into the "Clipped" version, I have to figure out how to edit that today.

clipped from www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com - The Carpetbagger Report - http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com - If the presidential race were a beauty contest… clipped from www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com Another stupid Butchery (Hey Mickey…) Oh Romney, you’re so fine, You’re so fine you blow my mind Hey Romney! Hey Romney! Hey Romney!!! You’ve been around all issues, And that’s a little spun. I think you’ve got the right, And you think you’ve got it wrong. Why can’t you stay on topic But u can take my vote, Romney! Please take my vote Romney! Cuz when you say you do, It always means you don’t. The hair givin’ me the chills, Baby please, baby don’t! Every night you spin Leave me all alone, Romney! Oh Romney, what a pity, You don’t understand! You take me by the heart And you take me by the hand! Oh Romney, you’re so pretty Why can’t you understand? It’s guys like you, Romney! Oh, what you do, Romney Do, Romney, Don’t break my heart, Romney! Oh Romney, you’re so fine, You’re so fine you blow my mind Hey Romney! Hey Romney!

It seems to me that The Carpetbagger Journal is making its own hint about whether NewsMax is actually a news source when it says:

"So, read NewsMax: the Tiger Beat of the 2008 Republican Primary."

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