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I Got a Crush on Obama!
Watching America has this article from Portugal, whose title says everything there is to say about this Portuguese writer’s perspective on the U.S. presidential elections: I Got a Crush on Obama
This writer thinks that Obama’s genuineness, rhetoric and naturalness, are indeed everything they’re cracked up to be, and that his election would be profound not just for the United States, but also the world.
Read his thoughts here, on WatchingAmerica.com
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21 Responses to “I Got a Crush on Obama!”
And here is one of those poster who Is NOT endorsing a candidate or trying to get Obama elected.
This writer thinks that Obama’s genuineness, rhetoric and naturalness, are indeed everything they’re cracked up to be, and that his election would be profound not just for the United States, but also the world.
Pretty much sounds like an endorsement to me.
Now if this writer had posted another piece bad mouthing Obama and explaining why Obama should not be president then Id call it fair and balance journalism.
But unless you simply dig really deep and realize this is not the Ops opinion but rather simply someone else’s glowing opinion then you have no choice on the surface but to be convinced that this is a glowing endorsement of Obama by both this author and TMV in general for allowing such.
A picture is worth a 1000 words. Many people skim the pictures, get the subliminal message and go on. I had to read and reread the above before it dawned on me.
The wording seems to suggest that “This author” Meaning Robin a TMV author endorses Obama. AFter finally establishing that it does not I realized how deceptive the entire article was.
I can only conclude it was meant that way. A subtle endorsement of Obama without claiming to endorse Obama. Very Ingenious.
No need to get too worked up over TMV’s political advertising copy being inserted in the guise of a thought piece, Somebody.
It is now substantively (9 months’ worth of trying)established that Obama’s “likeability” results do not get him up near enough to the “electability” result.
Media can hype his “closing the gap” with Hillary in Iowa as this week’s attempt to sell more newsprint, but that national gap is still as big as the Grand Canyon.
Actually Im not worked up at all Casual.
I do not care if TMV endorses Obama or Hillary or anyone else. That is their right. However I was given a rebuke by Joe the other day for suggesting that this sites AUTHORS are attempting to get Obama elected, Hillary Dethroned and the right laughed off the stage.
I simply, in the above posts, am pointing out what I perceive to be further evidence of my assertion that the authors here indeed are trying to get Obama elected even though this sites official position is that they do NOT endorse anyone.
Nonsense! If Obama is the Democratic candidate, I’m likely to vote Republican.
Seriously? You’d vote for Rudy over Obama?
I’d be interested to hear your thinking behind that one.
Of course I would! For me, Hillary Clinton is the only acceptable Democratic candidate and John McCain and Rudy Giuliani are the most acceptable Republican candidates.
I must disagree there. The one thing the three seem to have in common is a love for endless wars that don’t promote America’s interests.
Well, that and Rudy is bat sh@t crazy.
I don’t “got” [sic] a crush on Obama or anything else.
I know English, even if Obama voters and other lefties don’t.
I’m confident that even the truly batty candidates, those who don’t want to stand against Iran but to appease it instead, and who appeal to the batty part of our US electorate, will be constrained by reality once they are in office. I hope so, anyway.
Anyone who would vote for a Repub as Prez in 2008 is affirmatively choosing, endorsing and requesting another Alito, Roberts, Thomas, or Scalia as Supreme Court Justice. That would make a rock solid majority of 5 super conservatives for decades to come. Personally, I find that irresponsible.
Too bad – you’ll just have to make the Democratic candidates more responsible so that this Democrat can vote for them. So far, I haven’t had to vote for a Republican for President and I hope that I don’t have to.
I will continue my record of voting for either myself, Spongebob Squarepants, or Willie Wonka for any national political office in protest. I find all the presidential candidates distasteful. Well, not all. I find Ron Paul barely, slightly less distasteful because he’s entertaining.
To Israel….
That clears things up Holly. Perhaps if Obama promised to increase aide to 5 billion and keep the “special provision” that they can spend it on their own weapons rather than ours.
Holly, why would you vote Republican if the Democratic candidate isn’t “more responsible”? Why not shun both of them if it comes down to you voting Republican? Just curious.
Because votes for 3rd-parties are generally wasted.
I respectfully disagree with that viewpoint. I feel that a vote is wasted if you really don’t want to vote for a candidate but do it anyways (or don’t vote at all obviously).
I never understand the rationale for defaulting to the Big 2 because a vote will be wasted on another party. Why do we owe the Democrats and Republicans a default vote? They get enough defaults as it is IMHO.
*grumble*
This nation is not ready for 3 or 4 or 5 parties. We are a nation that believes in right or wrong. Good and bad. Left and Right. Up or down.
Until this nation is no longer driven by the principals of
Behavioral economics then I am afraid that a third or fourth party is only a pipe dream of a extremely small minority.
I am painfully aware of that point, Somebody. But I rather have the pipe dream instead of lying to myself and feeling like fresh crap. There is so much more than Left/Right. Much more.
We need at least five to make it competitive and interesting as well as practical and useful.
Let’s say this is so, that all votes on issues can be affirmative or negative. If you have five issues, that is a total of 32 different combinations of votes on the five issues. How do only two parties satisfy the desires of the voters?