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| -Short Attention Span Theater- |
| ". . . the fluffiest, most inconsequential coverage of the candidate." |
| 2008-07-23 |
| Denis Boyles, "Europress Review" @ National Review Online . . . the Independent covers Obama the way Men&'s Health covers workout programs: Barack Obama for beginners The piece snark-snipes the competitive zeal of hard-working American journalists who are “outdoing each other in a race to produce the fluffiest, most inconsequential coverage of the candidate. On Wednesday, cable news breathlessly reported that Obama had spent more time in the gym than on the campaign trail as he prepared for his European tour. We also now know the contents of the candidate's iPod…,” which, the Indy adds wryly, is apparently Bob Dylan. “He has at least 30 Bob Dylan songs on his iPod, including the entire Blood On The Tracks album.” The story runs for miles. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #6 What's all the fuss? The fluffiest, most inconsequential coverage seems appropriate for the fluffiest, most inconsequential candidate. McCain should be able to take Obama down with the fact that Obama's entire foreign policy experience consists of a week of photo ops. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2008-07-23 21:01 |
| #5 OTOH, NET Poster > opined that in the so-called OBAMESSIAH, Amers will see the worst of both CARTER + BILL CLINTON years redux. Namely: (1) US trusting IRAN NOT to dev nuclear weapons > new CARTER-ERA SOVIET PROMISE NOT TO INVADE AFGHANISTAN; + (2) CHANDRA LEVY MURDER as MAN-GATE [vv Barack's alleged homosexuality] > NEW MONICA-GATE??? (3) NEW US WAR IN IRAN OR PAKISTAN = CHANDRA's WAR > NEW MONICA's WAR??? (4) GLOBAL WARMING CRISES > NEW 1970's STAGFLATION + PRICE CONTROLS. (5) Other. BLASTS FROM THE PAST. OUCH! And Amer is still low on POPCORN thanx to GASAHOL! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-07-23 20:46 |
| #4 You know you are living in interesting times when you can't tell the difference between an Onion story and the real thing. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-07-23 15:18 |
| #3 The Onion nailed this one not long ago. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-07-23 13:55 |
| #2 We're just the common people, tu3031. The really important people agree with them, and they know it. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2008-07-23 13:48 |
| #1 Well, it appears everybody's aware of it. So why's it keep on happening? Or does the media not care that it's being perceived as having the ethics of a South Side crack whore? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-07-23 12:33 |