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We don't watch a lot of TV. So the commentary, even on PBS, is kind of getting to me.
Here are the things I'm already sick of:
* BUT THE PARTY IS DIVIDED!
Despite the fact that they can't actually find anyone on the convention floor who is not supporting Obama, they just keep driving it home that all the Clinton voters are disgruntled and it's all dicey whether they'll support the nominee or not. I know a total of one actual Clinton supporter who is planning not to vote for Obama in 2008, and even she wouldn't vote for McCain. As for the rest of these mythical disgruntled Clinton supporters who are planning to vote Republican in this election, well, all I can tell you is this: Put them on camera or else SHUT UP about them. I am so sick of the media inventing problems just so they have something to report on.
* Obama's choice of Biden merely underscores how inexperienced he is!
This is the latest Republican talking point about the Biden pick, and I can't tell you how pukeworthy I find it. It's a perfect illustration of how we just will never win in the media under these conditions: attacked if you do, attacked if you don't, attacked with special vigor if you try to correct whatever it was you were attacked for in the first place. You know, gang, you can push that crap if you want, but why pretend to be neutral while you're doing it?
Plus--and I'm just waiting to see someone bring this up--what the hell foreign policy experience did Clinton have before he was elected? Or, as long as we're bringing up past presidents, George W? Or is it that it's only since GWB's presidency that it's occurred to anyone that experience is something we ought to have in a president, seeing as this crap is what happens when we elect someone who doesn't have a lick of it? Well, OK, but may I point out that the real problem with GWB is not just that he has no experience, but that he is incapable of LEARNING from it?
:argh:
I'm also starting to get very pissed off about all the "humanizing the candidate" rhetoric. Sure, they talked about this with Kerry, they talk about it with all Democratic candidates. All the same. Why does Obama have to prove he's human? Can we not take that for granted at this point?
:argh:
Still. Michelle Obama did a great job after what I thought was kind of a nervous opening; the kids are just so friggin' cute you can't stand it, and all in all it looks like it'll be a good week for us. But I don't think TV coverage, at least what I've seen, has gotten any better since 2004.
C ya,
The Plaid Adder
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