Breaking News: Barack Obama Has a Name
Here's a fresh question from CNN for people following the 2008 presidential election to wrap their heads around...
Forget the issues, forget the personalities, forget everything about U.S. politics. The most important question about the 2008 election may be this: Can a man named Barack Hussein Obama be elected president?
The page doesn't seem to have a date on it, but according to the Google News homepage, it was posted by CNN about an hour ago. And the author of the piece is named Jonathan Mann -- not Rip Van Winkle or my dad -- so I have no idea what the hell is going on.
Later in the article, Mann makes this very thoughtful observation...
Since the attacks of September 11, 2001 set off a war on terror against Muslim extremists, the US has been grappling with its feelings about Islam as well.
Whoa! Consider my mind blown.
I checked and checked and checked, but could find no information on what color the sky is or how President Bush pronounces "nuclear." But I'll keep my eyes firmly planted on CNN and report back what I discover.
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One more thing...
If I had a dollar for every time I heard Obama referred to as "Black Democratic Candidate" I could fund the Iraqi war and set the price of gas.
As a show of balanced reporting, I ask that you refer to John McCain as "The White Republican Candidate" the next 1682 times. If you want to fast track things, you can also refer to him as "The 72 year old white guy running for President" 841 times instead.
Dear Jonathan Mann,
Can his name "hit" Obama's chances? How many times do we have to tell you not to ask for the crackpipe when you're writing a headline?
Let's catch up you up on history here:
Over a dozen voters selected Obama to run for President. Yes, they think he can win. This "Oh-bah-mah" guy is even leading in the polls.
The Wright brothers developed their flying machine into the first practical fixed-wing aircraft.
The earth we live on; it's actually 'round'.
Having lead in your drinking water; It's not a good thing...
Oh, and just in case your fellow tards are teaching you - the "fist pump" isn't a terrorist call to arms.
Listen, I know producing a tight race helps your station's rating, but now isn't the time to ask if people can look past his name.
As far as I'm concerned, there is nothing this countries worst enemy can do to this country that George W. Bush hasn't already started or achieved.
To Republicans that think Obama will ruin the country, I ask how can he screw it up more? What's he going to do to us? Balance the budget with tax revenue? No-no, please not another round of fiscal conservatism from the Democrats.
Remember the simple times when Americans voted for Bush Sr. to run our economy into debt (that Clinton later balanced) because he was avidly opposed to flag-burning and refused to raise taxes (which he did anyway)? I wish the 2008 election could only be simple.
Since the times aren't simple, please don't attempt to write again, or at least find a proof reader that follows the news. ('hit his chances')
I wouldn't care if his name was Adolf Ahmadinejad Jong-Il... and anyone with half a brain shouldn't care either.
Tabloid, bird cage liner, fish-wrap. Definitely NOT journalism, that would be calling burlap, raw silk.
The reporting in our country gets better and better...if already had yellow journalism what do we call today's? Brown Journalism?...as in crap.