Atlantic City Mayor, Phony Soldier, Under Investigation… but a Democrat?
Posted on October 6, 2007
Imagine this scenario: A Republican Mayor of a famous city lies about his service in Vietnam and is caught at it but before that revelation comes to light he was already in trouble as he was about to be recalled by the citizenry for commonly being absent at city council meetings. What’s more he also presides over a city council that has several members under investigation for sexual misconduct, drunk driving and at least one recent council member who is in jail serving a conviction for bribery. Imagine how the MSM would howl over the Republican “culture of corruption?” And yet, this scenario that I describe actually exists with but one small alteration in the particulars. The mayor in question actually exists. His city council is as corrupt as I describe. Only the mayor is a Democrat instead of a Republican… not that the MSM seems to have noticed.
Once again, the AP seems to have forgotten to mention the party affiliation of a wretchedly corrupt Democrat who is under fire for his perfidy.
Yet, with all the fire Rush Limbaugh — a radio guy with no legislative power — is under for not saying that soldiers that come out against the war are “phony soldiers,” a New Jersey Democrat — a man who has the reins of power under his control and who really IS a phony soldier — is forgotten by the wild-eyed media elites.
It seems that, while Mayor Robert Levy, (Democrat – New Jersey) was a decorated U.S. soldier from the Vietnam era, he felt the odd need to embellish his military service by falsely claiming that he was a member of the Green Berets during his tour of duty.
But that is the least of his worries. He is also under scrutiny for being very close with a convicted and jailed former councilman as well as for his spotty attendance record at city council meetings. And, now he seems to have driven off and disappeared. No one has a clue where he went.
And the AP is not the only ones to have forgotten to mention that “D” beside Mayor Levy’s name. So did Editor & Publisher,Reuters, USA Today’s Blogs, even Fox News seem to have somehow forgotten to mention that Mayor Levy is a Democrat.
So, what’s the deal? Is “corruption” only a Republican thing as far as the entire media establishment is concerned? Is Democrat corruption somehow more obviously unconnected with party affiliation than is corruption perpetrated by a politician who happens to be a Republican?
How is it that the MSM feels the need to alert everyone that a corrupt politician is a Republican, but that the same MSM seems never to notice if a corrupt politician is a Democrat?
Should we all just imagine that this is just an accident?
Well, I, for one, would certainly believe it to be merely accidental… if the elves and fairies that wrote the news rode in to work on their unicorns, that is.
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#1. Bob Levy was a lifelong republican until just before he was elected as mayor of Atlantic City. He changed parties realizing that he had no chance to win as a republican in Atlantic City.
#2. Do a google news search for this story and see 308 news results, including the Associated Press, Reuters, New York Times and many other national and international sources. Does this qualify as “MSM”
Typical of a right wing website to not research and just start bitching.
The point is that Levy is a Democrat. He will not be vilified by the MSM. If he was a Republican he would have been crucified.
The defense that he was a Republican proves no point at all. The point of the article is not the conduct of a political party but the conduct of the MSM. If you think the MSM is not biased you must be living in a different world.
This is typical of the media, I for one look forward to the media’s bias. Working in San francisco, surrounded by liberals, the media provides me with ample opportunity to dismantle every argument they try to pose, interestingly when I bring up these little tidbits, they “always” claim to have not heard about these facts. Why do you suppose that is.
My favorite example is the infamous Rep. William Jefferson, he was found to have $90,000 stored in his freezer, had been involved in some shady telecommunications deals, additional investigations have determined at least seven other cases where he has attempted to gain compensation for official acts he has performed. Isn’t he still in office? Of course he is, the corruption found throughout the democratic party would never stand by and let such a loyal socialist go down.
40 years republican – 2 years democrat. Can’t change a tigers stripes or a weasel’s whiskers.
Didn’t one of your Generals or Admirals get pilloried for having a combat award on the wrong ribbon or something, a while back.