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Obama loses another debate. All media further lose relevance.
I'm comfortable with Obama answering the White House phone at 3 a.m. — as long as he's not also in the middle of a debate.
The
kind of debate he would prefer to have — one in which he would be able
to exhibit himself as someone thoughtful, honest, forthright, prepared,
open to the other side's opinion, etc. — is not the debate he's
offered. What he's offered is an embarrassing romp through the
shit-for-brains, lead-to-nothing "talking points" that
<b>still</b> pass for politics in the media.
Why
he doesn't accept what is, and then intelligently,
forcefully move on to do something effective about it (change his
approach or change the debate) — after all, he could -- I don't know.
But I don't like it. It's as though he's thinking, "I'll do it my way
and win anyway." While he most likely will win the nomination, even
doing debates his way, his refusal to change how he debates — how many
has been in by now? — smacks of arrogance.
Meanwhile, back at
the media ranch, what news anchors, pundits and commentators across the
media spectrum still don't get is that the vast
majority of the voting and non-voting public is getting less interested
by the minute in what Obama correctly calls "distractions."
Comments (2)
The 3 AM phone call is bullshit. Is there a single example of a president having to make a life or death decision in the middle of the night, with no warning?
If we're attacked, our military responds without needing presidential orders.
If any other crisis occurs, one that does not involve our own immediate security, any middle-of-the-night call is mostly heads-up, and all presidents will study the issue further as the fog lifts.
Put this canard, the 3 AM call, up there with the terrorist and the ticking bomb. The media are watching too much adventure TV.
April 17, 2008 8:55 AM | Reply | Permalink
He does not need to change the way he debates. The point he made last night about how foolish got cha politics is was a good one. he is not losing the debate he is changing it. He is not debating about his foolish statement or Clinton's. He is aserting that we should not be distracted by this sort of foolishness. People are smart enough to get that argument. They have proved it time nad again with their reactions to the debates. The pundidts say she won but the veiwers say he won. That is because the viewers are smarter than the pundidts and know that the debate has changed. Last night Obama made clinton look like a petulent child being scolded by a skillfull mentor. That is a win. He will do the same to McCain.
April 17, 2008 10:15 AM | Reply | Permalink
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