No Lieutenant Governor Coverage, but Plenty of Coulter

By now, you all know that Lt. Gov. John Cherry spoke to Livingston Democrats at a picnic Sept. 23. Of course, you know that only because you read this blog, not because you read the Livingston Press and Argus.

The newspaper declined to staff the event, opting to cover a rodeo instead of the second highest elected official of the state of Michigan who would later cast the deciding votes that would end the state's budget crisis. The newspaper's rationale, apparently, was that there are more Republicans than Democrats in this county.

So that explains why when comedien Ann Coulter came to Clearly-not-a-University this week, the newspaper featured not one story, but two stories plus a photo gallery.

But it doesn't explain this. The caption to one of the photos read: "Ann Coulter spoke in support of the Republican administration at a luncheon hosted by the Livingston Economic Club at Cleary University Monday."

But when I read both of the stories about Coulter's appearance, I couldn't find any references to George W. Bush by Coulter. I saw references to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as "stupid" and to Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards as being womanish (as if there were something wrong with being like a woman.) But I didn't read any quotes from Coulter in support of "the Republican administration."

Guess the non-partisan, neutral, unbiased reporters were laughing too hard at the jokes to write down the serious stuff.