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Sen. Obama and Sen. Clinton and how they are treated by the press...
Over the last few days (weeks) there has been a lot of ink (digital and otherwise) spilled about how the press are treating the two democratic candidates for president. The really funny thing is it is obvious to me, and others on the republican side of the house, as to what the real reason is behind this special treatment that Sen. Obama is receiving from the press.
First and foremost, the issue comes down to race and gender. The media simply put is not ready to attack a black man on the national stage. Attacking a woman, and a Clinton, is however very much acceptable. Now don't get me wrong I am not saying that Sen. Obama has played the race card but he hasn't folded it yet either. He is very much aware that the media can't risk attacking a black man and so are those advising him. A good example of this has already taken place in the state of Massachusetts with Gov. Patrick. When Patrick was running for office it was easy to vilify the white republican, Mitt Romney, and he was a Mormon to boot. In both of these elections, Obama and Patrick, the media never once came out seriously against either candidate. Now Gov. Patrick did catch flak early last year after his election for some spending issues as well as, some other personal blunders caused by people on his staff.
Click here for a story about a top aide of Patrick's getting arrested for rape. ~Courtesy of the Boston Herald~
Click here for a story on spending. ~Courtesy of Boston.com Local News
Now these are just two stories that I, and others in Massachusetts heard about last year. Normally the media would have come out in droves to watch the feeding frenzy. Yet Gov. Patrick only got a few ruffled feathers and he and his people managed to spin the stories deflecting all damage. Why didn't the media pursue the stories harder? There was obviously plenty of information out there to sink teeth into. Again we go back to the issue of race. The media cannot stand to go after a black politician. Remember the story about a Lousiana congressman who was found with $90,000 in his freezer? The media, I should say the liberal media, treated the congressman with kid-gloves for such serious charges. I could go on and on with examples but I think you get the point. If you don't get the point by now, I am guessing you are probably a democrat.
Back to Sen. Obama, he is about to make a big step forward, actually he already has, in that, he is really the first black man in our nation's history who has a serious chance of winning the democratic presidential nomination. I am predicting that he will also take the White House. Since I have been old enough to vote I have not seen the media treat a candidate in such a nice manner. I mean this guy can't do anything wrong. On the other side of the coin, Sen. Clinton can't do anything right. Life is never so one sided, and the democrats should know that old saying, "if something (someone) is too good to be true then it/they probably are..."
The media keeps saying that Sen. Obama, if he wins the primary, will have a tough time in the general election. Tough time of what? Do they really think that we believe they will press him with the hard questions, or pressure him the way they have the other candidates? I sure don't, not for a minute. Now I am not against a candidate of any color, race, gender, etc… but I am very much against a candidate who is elected simply because no one wants to challenge him seriously on the issues. I am against a candidate, who is only trying to make people feel good to get himself elected, but will in reality never be able to follow through on what he is telling people. And what exactly has he told us? Not much of anything if you really listen to what he is saying. Sen. Obama reminds me of the old snake-oil salesmen I used to watch in T.V. westerns. They could sell anything to anybody and make the person feel great about buying it to boot. The problem is that eventually the people figure out the guy was a fraud. In this case however once he is elected we are stuck with him for the next 4 years. I have to agree with what the republican pundits have said to this point, and that is as republicans, we should just start looking to 2012.
First and foremost, the issue comes down to race and gender. The media simply put is not ready to attack a black man on the national stage. Attacking a woman, and a Clinton, is however very much acceptable. Now don't get me wrong I am not saying that Sen. Obama has played the race card but he hasn't folded it yet either. He is very much aware that the media can't risk attacking a black man and so are those advising him. A good example of this has already taken place in the state of Massachusetts with Gov. Patrick. When Patrick was running for office it was easy to vilify the white republican, Mitt Romney, and he was a Mormon to boot. In both of these elections, Obama and Patrick, the media never once came out seriously against either candidate. Now Gov. Patrick did catch flak early last year after his election for some spending issues as well as, some other personal blunders caused by people on his staff.
Click here for a story about a top aide of Patrick's getting arrested for rape. ~Courtesy of the Boston Herald~
Click here for a story on spending. ~Courtesy of Boston.com Local News
Now these are just two stories that I, and others in Massachusetts heard about last year. Normally the media would have come out in droves to watch the feeding frenzy. Yet Gov. Patrick only got a few ruffled feathers and he and his people managed to spin the stories deflecting all damage. Why didn't the media pursue the stories harder? There was obviously plenty of information out there to sink teeth into. Again we go back to the issue of race. The media cannot stand to go after a black politician. Remember the story about a Lousiana congressman who was found with $90,000 in his freezer? The media, I should say the liberal media, treated the congressman with kid-gloves for such serious charges. I could go on and on with examples but I think you get the point. If you don't get the point by now, I am guessing you are probably a democrat.
Back to Sen. Obama, he is about to make a big step forward, actually he already has, in that, he is really the first black man in our nation's history who has a serious chance of winning the democratic presidential nomination. I am predicting that he will also take the White House. Since I have been old enough to vote I have not seen the media treat a candidate in such a nice manner. I mean this guy can't do anything wrong. On the other side of the coin, Sen. Clinton can't do anything right. Life is never so one sided, and the democrats should know that old saying, "if something (someone) is too good to be true then it/they probably are..."
The media keeps saying that Sen. Obama, if he wins the primary, will have a tough time in the general election. Tough time of what? Do they really think that we believe they will press him with the hard questions, or pressure him the way they have the other candidates? I sure don't, not for a minute. Now I am not against a candidate of any color, race, gender, etc… but I am very much against a candidate who is elected simply because no one wants to challenge him seriously on the issues. I am against a candidate, who is only trying to make people feel good to get himself elected, but will in reality never be able to follow through on what he is telling people. And what exactly has he told us? Not much of anything if you really listen to what he is saying. Sen. Obama reminds me of the old snake-oil salesmen I used to watch in T.V. westerns. They could sell anything to anybody and make the person feel great about buying it to boot. The problem is that eventually the people figure out the guy was a fraud. In this case however once he is elected we are stuck with him for the next 4 years. I have to agree with what the republican pundits have said to this point, and that is as republicans, we should just start looking to 2012.
