Sunday, November 9, 2008

Why the press was in the tank for Obama

Simple. Electing a biracial President would be historical. I think everyone in the press wanted to report the occasion. They wanted to see themselves on television reporting Obama had just been elected President, or pontificating the fact as a pundit or a newspaper reporter. It's something they would be able to show their grandchildren. It's a way of achieving immortality in our nation's archives. This coupled with the liberal leaning of journalists in general made it a slam dunk for Obama. The press is no longer a check on the political system. It controls it.

5 comments:

Mike West said...

He's not biracial - he's black. ;)

twest said...

NBC already has a DVD out on the life of B.O.and his road to the White House. Give me a break. Our newspaper had a photo of FDR addressing Congress referencing B.O's looming task of pulling us out of this recession (not Depression as they are insinuating). Give me a break. I have already heard some commentators refer to the irony that his slave ancestors built the White House and he can now walk thru the front door. Give me a break!!

vwatt said...

And I bet you all still think the Civil War was about "States Rights" -seems to be a lot of "black" and "white" fixation on the blog lately....incoming.......duck....

vwatt said...

And I bet you all still think the Civil War was about "States Rights" -seems to be a lot of "black" and "white" fixation on the blog lately....incoming.......duck....

vwatt said...

From the White house Historical Association:


Did slaves build the White House?

Construction on the President's House began in 1792 in Washington, D.C., a new capital situated in sparsely settled region far from a major population center. The decision to place the capital on land ceded by two slave states-Virginia and Maryland-ultimately influenced the acquisition of laborers to construct its public buildings. The D.C. commissioners, charged by Congress with building the new city under the direction of the president, initially planned to import workers from Europe to meet their labor needs. However, response to recruitment was dismal and soon they turned to African Americans - slave and free - to provide the bulk of labor that built the White House, the United States Capitol, and other early government buildings.