Comments on: If Obama Wins… And if Not… http://themoderatevoice.com/23833/if-obama-wins-and-if-not/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:08:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: JSpencer http://themoderatevoice.com/23833/if-obama-wins-and-if-not/comment-page-1/#comment-161146 JSpencer Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:45:17 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media/msm/23833/if-obama-wins-and-if-not/#comment-161146 DLS, that's a heck of a caricature you've thrown together. You get points for creativity - even if you are full of beans. DLS, that's a heck of a caricature you've thrown together. You get points for creativity – even if you are full of beans.

]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/23833/if-obama-wins-and-if-not/comment-page-1/#comment-161089 DLS Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:26:18 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media/msm/23833/if-obama-wins-and-if-not/#comment-161089 ???<br><br>The media, much more liberal and Democratic than the public, have been part of the Obama campaign! They don't just predict or expect Obama to win; they have always wanted, if not demanded, that Obama win.<br><br>They will be revealing after the election.<br><br>If Obama wins, they'll be stupidly gushing, alternating at times with smugness and typical contempt for those who don't robotically adhere to their views, in reptilian, brain-stem-only fashion (while they wink and giggle to each other in a silly manner).<br><br>If McCain wins, they won't just be surprised, as normal people will be; they will openly profess first shock and disbelief, denial until the unavoidable can no longer be avoided, a great deal of anger, and all kinds of vile statements directed at McCain and at the public that elected him. It will be a combination of the shock of 1994 and the scumbag-anger of 2000. ???

The media, much more liberal and Democratic than the public, have been part of the Obama campaign! They don't just predict or expect Obama to win; they have always wanted, if not demanded, that Obama win.

They will be revealing after the election.

If Obama wins, they'll be stupidly gushing, alternating at times with smugness and typical contempt for those who don't robotically adhere to their views, in reptilian, brain-stem-only fashion (while they wink and giggle to each other in a silly manner).

If McCain wins, they won't just be surprised, as normal people will be; they will openly profess first shock and disbelief, denial until the unavoidable can no longer be avoided, a great deal of anger, and all kinds of vile statements directed at McCain and at the public that elected him. It will be a combination of the shock of 1994 and the scumbag-anger of 2000.

]]> By: Silhouette http://themoderatevoice.com/23833/if-obama-wins-and-if-not/comment-page-1/#comment-161088 Silhouette Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:25:41 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media/msm/23833/if-obama-wins-and-if-not/#comment-161088 I hope all journalists realize that overblowing the Obama story is itself a form of racism.<br><br>Think about how demeaning that would sound to a given group. A [insert sterotype here] wo/man made it to the Whitehouse!! History is made!!<br><br>Do you see how demeaning that is? Implied message: "they're so inferior we cannot believe they actually made it."<br><br>Now I realize that may not be the impetus behind many people who see this as a historical moment. But playing it up will give it a roman-candle effect. We don't want future elections botched by Obama's failing to live up to superhuman expectations, simply because he's a member of a stereotyped group.<br><br>Just let the man be. Let him do good and let him screw up, just like anyone else. Trump nothing up. The more mundane you make his presidency, the more likely that others who aren't being represented right now will not be afraid to step up and run for Office.<br><br>OK? I hope all journalists realize that overblowing the Obama story is itself a form of racism.

Think about how demeaning that would sound to a given group. A [insert sterotype here] wo/man made it to the Whitehouse!! History is made!!

Do you see how demeaning that is? Implied message: “they're so inferior we cannot believe they actually made it.”

Now I realize that may not be the impetus behind many people who see this as a historical moment. But playing it up will give it a roman-candle effect. We don't want future elections botched by Obama's failing to live up to superhuman expectations, simply because he's a member of a stereotyped group.

Just let the man be. Let him do good and let him screw up, just like anyone else. Trump nothing up. The more mundane you make his presidency, the more likely that others who aren't being represented right now will not be afraid to step up and run for Office.

OK?

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