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Barack's Media Facade
I read something earlier that aluded to this and it got me thinking about the facade's that our media create for people (mostly derogatory for Democrats) in public life.
Al Gore the serial exaggerator.
John Kerry the flip flopper.
Hillary Clinton the ball buster (or worse).
Bill Clinton the womanizer (maybe a bad example).
John Edwards the pretty boy.
George W. Bush the strong leader.
John McCain the protector.
I've noticed several attempts to paint a facade for Barack Obama (inexperienced, unknown, naive) and there didn't seem to be one that stuck. Now they seem to be comfortable just simply painting him as your stereotypical "black man" and it seems to be catching on.
I think in the past Barack has been so multi-faceted that the facades slipped off as he showed an adept ability to move past the MSM's attempt to pigeon hole him. This week he seems stuck in a rut and unable to pivot past this lastest media blockade.
The questions that I would ask of you are:
Do you think the media will finally be successful in slapping the "black candidate" label on Barack or do you think he can emerge from this week and remind everyone why he was attractive as a candidate in the first place?
How does he get back to the 52% to 43% edge he had ove McCain two weeks ago?
Comments (2)
I think this also has to do with what seriously looks like a media pass for McCain. I mean, AP and CNN didn't report on the al-Q and Iran comments! I have no words for that kind of irresponsibility.
Fact is, the ratings are in the Democratic primary at this point, and since it's now starting to "get ugly", the Democrats are losing their edge. Both Hillary and Barack have lower numbers against McCain than they did a few weeks ago.
Negatives for Obama and Hillary will go up with all this coverage, and with McCain in the background, his will stay the same or go up. That's why I'd like to see an end to all this before August - by June, once the primaries are finished. Gives the scales time to hopefully tip back in our favor, if the media ever starts reporting on his war-mongering behavior.
March 21, 2008 12:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
maybe think about it this way:
Obama is 50% white, 50% black, to put it crassly.
What do you think the odds are that he could ever run as a white guy.
He's never had a choice.
That said, the reason he defies caricature is because he is in fact who he says he is. He is authentic. Anyone trying to be someone else, or at least appear to be someone else are quickly found out and easily ridiculed.
It was easy to caricature Al Gore2000, not so much the 2008 version.
March 21, 2008 12:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
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