12-17-2008, 12:35 AM
KennyDec 16 2008, 01:35 AM I could not be gladder to be rid of that election. Obama's campaign was quite possibly the most cynical political movement in American history, where a shady character from Chicago's south side with less experience than a candidate for middle-school student council, and connections to some of the sleaziest people imaginable, actually had the nerve to bleat about "hope" and "change" and "a different kind of politics" and "transformation" and all that shit (and an embarrassingly gullible media buying every word of it) -- even as the good senator's surrogates went on and on about how Bill and Hillary were racists, and McCain and Palin after them; coupled, of course, with repeated slights about McCain's age and military record.
But that was just Part I of the media's fellating of Barack Obama: now as they move into the White House, it is to be Camelot II, and Michelle Obama Jackie Onassis reincarnated. Bleargh! I think I might move to Russia after this; at least then I'd know my leaders were assholes, without Charlie Gibson attempting to convince me they're the eighth avatar of Lincoln or whatever.
Anyway, that's my rant. [/quote]
lol, at least you made me laugh.
Really, I don't know if Obama is going to live up to expectation. Probably not, but we can't judge him yet...he hasn't even taken office. Whether the media played a role or not, never hurts...I'm sure McCain would have loved it. Then again, he has Rush Limbaugh.
I really think Sarah Palin was a polarizing pick, just as Hilary would have been for Obama. I really, really was not impressed with her or her comments. She's just as inexperienced as Obama and works for a state smaller than my own city. I went to the town she was mayor of last summer and it is SMALL (they were happy to have a Wallmart).
Ultimately I think that sentiment of Bush translated to sentiment of the Republican party, and thus why they lost. It might not be right, but that's what happened...
I think the media thing is far overplayed, but no one will really ever know.
But that was just Part I of the media's fellating of Barack Obama: now as they move into the White House, it is to be Camelot II, and Michelle Obama Jackie Onassis reincarnated. Bleargh! I think I might move to Russia after this; at least then I'd know my leaders were assholes, without Charlie Gibson attempting to convince me they're the eighth avatar of Lincoln or whatever.
Anyway, that's my rant. [/quote]
lol, at least you made me laugh.
Really, I don't know if Obama is going to live up to expectation. Probably not, but we can't judge him yet...he hasn't even taken office. Whether the media played a role or not, never hurts...I'm sure McCain would have loved it. Then again, he has Rush Limbaugh.
I really think Sarah Palin was a polarizing pick, just as Hilary would have been for Obama. I really, really was not impressed with her or her comments. She's just as inexperienced as Obama and works for a state smaller than my own city. I went to the town she was mayor of last summer and it is SMALL (they were happy to have a Wallmart).
Ultimately I think that sentiment of Bush translated to sentiment of the Republican party, and thus why they lost. It might not be right, but that's what happened...
I think the media thing is far overplayed, but no one will really ever know.