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Came home to find the week’s issue of “The Economist” on the doorstep…
And I thought to myself…
Y’know… it’s election day. Obama hasn’t even been elected democratically by the voting public, and a major newsmagazine, The Economist, is telling us that *It’s time* over a picture of a very stately Barak Obama. I’m gonna go out on a limb here and *suppose* that the editorial board of The Economist feels pretty certain that Obama’s gonna be POTUS, otherwise they’re sending out a *very* mixed signal. It’s like they already knew, (whenever this issue rolled off the presses… I mean… how many days ago was this thing printed in order to hit my doorstep *today*?! Election day!) It’s like the editorial board just felt that all of the research data at their disposal and gut instincts told them that Obama is *the man* and they’re just cutting to the chase and assuming that it’s a done deal.
Otherwise…
I’ll say it with a heavy heart…
Obama is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. I *Hope* I’m wrong.
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Yes… I’m a party pooper… I wish I weren’t
I’m not suggesting that editorial content in a magazine is *wrong*, I’m saying that the decision to run with Obama on the cover had to have been made in late October given the date on the magazine.
I don’t think that the cover is an “op-ed” piece… I think that they wouldn’t gamble like that unless they were beyond certain that they wouldn’t have egg on their face come Nov. 4th (the day that the magazine appears on the doorstep). To put a finer point on it (again), I think that the entire Obama campaign has been a massive marketing/propaganda success.
Perhaps I do need a slap on the wrist, but that’s not at all what I’m trying to get across with regards to The Economist cover.
I don’t think there’s a single publication in the world that doesn’t think about Truman holding up that paper before they run an election headline.
But… if you’re *sure* that there was a McCain cover ready to go for my doorstep this morning… then I guess your full-house beats my pair
Comment by broadcastthis November 5, 2008 @ 6:09 amLook, obviously your shorts are a bit too tight, or you have some kind of insecurity issues….
Does it ever occur to you that perhaps the PEOPLE at the economist, remember, it’s run by living breathing thinking people, maybe they are expressing their opinion? Preselected?
Grow up. People are tired of partisan crap.
Comment by Michelle November 5, 2008 @ 3:28 pm…pair of *what*…exactly?
BTW, I can support your paranoid distress over BIG MONEY supporting campaigns…just remember, there *are* limitations to all donations, and they are directed to a party, not an individual/wolf.(HOW *DARE* YOU!!!)
AND, hell ya, Obama ain’t Jesus, (but he does hear everything), but he is the *best* leader/face of a party, any party, to come along for awhile; intelligence, good judgement, calm demeanour, confidence balanced with humility…but he does/will not act alone…
AND, the *hope* has already arrived…Have you looked outside the window today?
Never underestimate the power of symbolism…It can be a very *real* thing…beyond words.
Comment by Karen Ivany November 5, 2008 @ 4:21 pmMichelle – I’ll admit that my shorts are tight and I’ll grant you my insecurity fo’ sho’…but “partisan”?! Are you sure that’s the word you were looking for? You make me sound like a Republican, when all I was saying (and have been saying for months) was that an Obama Administration has been a “fait accompli” for some time. Still… I don’t think it was courageous reporting… I think that they were assured that they wouldn’t look like journalistic idiots by printing this up *days* beforehand.
Karen – Perhaps you’re right. Maybe the world has changed. Maybe we’ve all changed and hope will pull us out of this economic mess and bring an end to the war. Because… that *is* an Obama policy… isn’t it? Didn’t Obama say that he’d fix the economy and end the war?
Comment by broadcastthis November 6, 2008 @ 1:05 pmHe *didn’t* say he’d *fix* the economy. He has indicated a finacial turn-around will take some time…perhaps upto 2 years.
He *did* say he would end the war in Iraq. (Because really, have the Republicans ever come up with a clear definition of what “winning in Irag” is????)
He has indicated, more troops in Afghanistan might be necessary.
But, hey, anything said during a campaign can’t be taken all that *seriously*…:)
Comment by kivany5 November 7, 2008 @ 3:39 pm