As part of a documentary, "Media Malpractice... How Obama Got Elected," Obama supporters were asked a series of questions on the key members of Congress, which party was in control of Congress and questions about incidents that happened on the campaign trail (which candidate said there were 57 states or I see Russia from my house) or issues from candidates backgrounds (who plagiarized, who cleared the field when they ran for their first elected office). Of course the results are what you'd expect:
The MSM did a great job of dumbing down the electorate. You can read the results of the Zogby poll here. Nothing surprising there as well, about what you'd expect from people who voted for the candidate who was:
A. For hope and change
B. Going to cut their taxes
C. (was)n't the Republican
D. Black
E. All of the above
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I enjoyed the interviews. I already knew what the answers would be. The media crucified Palin. Completely twisted her words and SNL should be ashamed as well as all the late night comedians.
One person of African ancestry wins the presidency in 200 years and all the Lil'Abners come out enrage. So much for democracy.
I watched your video and I'd like to know where you got these people from. Where I live and where I was raised you would be hard pressed to find people who do not know that Democrats have run Congress since the past election that ushered Nancy Pelosi into the role of Speaker of the House. Barney Frank has been in the news quite a bit, in fact he was one of the lead spokespersons during discussion of subsidizing the auto industry. Harry Reid is the majority leader, and as such is on TV quite a bit. What would be more realistic for your video to say is that some people are uninformed not because of the media, but because the are bombarded by sound bites and most people's lives are too busy to read newspapers or watch more informative TV programs such as C-Spam, and NPR.
This guy John Ziegler (How Obama got Elected.com) has to be one of the biggest media morons amongst our twisted media establishment.
He is the pot calling the kettle black. If you review all of clips
and watch his appearance on The View, it becomes apparent that he has his own agenda. Not every American is ill-informed, though too many are. However it seems he found 12 who definitely are. (Wow, I bet that was truly difficult.)
But to the cruxt of the matter. Palin nor the media did not give Obama the election, they merely helped. The election came down to
Sen. McCain vs Obama. There were so many who could not make up there minds,given the state of our country. McCain, a man I have great admiration and respect for, is highly intelligent and a hero. Yet simultaneously here brash, hard nose, quick to anger, and verbally bumbling. Everyone who was not aware of those FACTS are aware now.
This guy John Ziegler; (How Obama got Elected.com) has to be one of the biggest media morons amongst our twisted media establishment.
He is the pot calling the kettle black. If you review all of his clips
and watch his appearance on The View, it becomes apparent that he has his own agenda. Not every American is ill-informed, though too many are. However it seems he found 12 who definitely are. (Wow, I bet that was truly difficult.)
But to the cruxt of the matter. Palin nor the media did not give Obama the election, they merely helped. The election came down to
Sen. McCain vs Sen. Obama. There were so many who could not make up there minds, given the state of our country. McCain, a man I have great admiration and respect for, is highly intelligent and a hero. Yet simultaneously he is brash, hard nose, quick to anger, and verbally bumbling. Everyone who was not aware of those FACTS are aware now.
Now given the crisis that our country (and the world) is in, it seemed to me that neither Obama nor McCain were equipted to lead us out of this mess. However when you must choose between a quick-to-anger, well respected war hero and a calm, cool-under-pressure, strategist, whom chooses his words (for the most part) carefully;
The American people chose the later. People like the idea of a hopeful America. Not the continuation of more hard-ass symantics that are spewed w/o a degree of articulation. (We have enough eneimies already), To add; (tax breaks don't feed our hungry in America, nor do you get one if you don't have a job. They don't build bridges - of any kind -they don't do much for education in any way, and the American public after every previous tax break has been spent, is back looking at their leaders asking 'what have you done for me lately')
NO John Ziegler and Rush Limbaugh, President Obama won the election at a time terrible to almost everyone, by strategizing, staying cool, (one mark of any true leader), articulating his ideas in a clear, concise manner, (even if you disagreed with them) and greatly important, giving people the open hand of hope, not the closed fist of hardness. And let's not forget one of his very important, successful firsts; reaching out to our young inattentive, frustrated young through technology....hello-o-o-o-o
The proof of it all is that a man who happens to be Black, has the middle name of Hussein, and has some Muslim roots, and has very little experience, (aside from the ability to think clearly and keep his foot out of his mouth; again for the most part),was overwhelmingly elected by the Popular American vote to be our Leader for the next four years.
Those are the REAL facts. Let's now get on with the business of doing what we all can do to make life in this country better than it was yesterday. In doing so maybe we can all benefit in some way and eventually reclaim our rightful GOD-given place as the true leader on this planet.
Re: A U.S. Army Ranger "...the media did not give Obama the election, they merely helped." Uhhh, I'm glad YOU said it--that's Ziegler's whole point! The media shouldn't HELP any candidate get elected! They're supposed to inform the public with the facts and let us make our own minds up. Whether or not Ziegler has his own opinions (isn't he allowed?) is irrelevant if he's got a valid point.
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