Tag: Michelle Obama

Damned If They Do, Damned If They Don’t

For months I have been hearing the media hammering Obama and his wife that the American people do not know who they are and that explains why the polls are not better. They have said that he needs to identify himself to the blue collar worker. And that he, Obama, is not viewed well by these and other voters.

And that is just what Michelle Obama set about doing just that at the convention. She told the public about her life and her life with Barack; she showed that her story was a “typical” American story. That they both were brought up in modest means and worked hard and long to get where they are today.

Now the media vultures are slamming them for being too mild mannered in the speech; that McCain was not attacked and that the speech was too mild mannered. The media is saying that McCain is getting a free ride at the convention and that 25% of the time was wasted on a life story instead of hitting McCain hard and fast.

Enough! At what point does the media stop driving the conversation and direction of the convention and election? At what point does the media stop looking and creating drama and start reporting on the issues that are facing the voter?

Dems In Denver–Day 1

Well the convention is off with a bang.  As usual there was a seemingly endless steam of party loyals, telling everyone what they already knew.  Obama is the nominee and they all are gonna work together to help him win the election.

There were a few highlights of the day.  The first was the tribute and the appearance of Ted Kennedy.  He was his usual democratic lion that he has been for years and at times his speech was very emotional.  Next was the days keynote speech of Michelle Obama.  She had to address the convewntion and the country on who she is and who Obama is.  Sad that an American has to be pushed to this point, but she was and may I say she was Spot On!  She gave an excellent and insightful speech.

The finally highlight of the night was the 7 year old daughter of Obama, she stole the show at the close of the speech.  She grab the mic from her mom and basically went about interviewing her father.  A great convention moment.

I have one last thing to add about the first day of the convention.  Is it the Dem convention or a bipartisan convention?  I ask this because there were as many Repubs interviewed in the media as Dems.  I think the the Dem convention should be for Dems.  And I will be watching next week and the Repub convention to see how many Dems are interviewed by the media.

ON to day 2.

McCain’s Media Free Ride

First, Michelle Obama made the statement the , “for the first time in her adult life, I am really proud of my country….” To begin with most media outlets and pundits leave out the words “adult” and “really”. Why? Without the words “adult”and “really” in the comment it seems to have a more ominous meaning. She is being misquoted and no one wants to correct the error. Why?

Now how about Mccain. It appears that he is getting a free ride on his comment in the past, “…I did not love America until I was deprived of her company……” Why is this not reported? Or how about a recent phone interview where he said, “……that it is tough at times to love the US……” (I paraphrase here).

Where is the pundit outcry over these statements, you know, something in the neighborhood of those aimed at Michelle Obama? There is none that I have seen or heard. Without equal coverage of this then I would think that McCain is getting a free ride from the media. You know the same thing that some are saying that Obama is getting.

Has the media signed on to the McCain campaign? Maybe not all, but most, that is.