Convention Overload

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Late at night is not a good time to watch the News, to watch the rehash of the latest Convention going ons, from Denver. Specially when you have a smug arrogant fool like Wolf Blitzer hosting the damn thing. I mean, the ‘greatest political team‘ is stretching it. But come on, the other News Groups covering the convention are just as bad.

I suppose my biggest question is, who in the hell turned over our right to think for ourselves, to these smug arrogant know it alls? Like if I liked Michelle Obama’s speech, who is Wolf Blitzer to tell me what it meant? Like I can’t understand the words she said? Or how about Hilary Clinton’s speech? The greatest speech of her life? I don’t think so, that was when she said ‘i do’ to Bill to get her foot into the political door.

Yes, her speech was good, but let’s stop saying she is a team player. She isn’t, she is positioning herself for 2012 if Obama loses this November, and if not, then for 2016. That is WHY she spoke the way she did, and yes, she did a good job, but I am sick and tired of the nit picking. Like she didn’t say that Obama was ready to lead, which every one of the so called pundits lunged at. So what, like she didn’t have hours to speak. She did what was needed, but that isn’t good enough for some, which begs the question, Says Who?

Or how about that Clinton Cheer Leader, Carver, who was upset that Michelle Obama didn’t come out attacking the Republicans, or that just wasn’t enough ATTACKS. Doesn’t anyone see that the whole Obama campaign has been about being positive, not negative? Sure he’s had to fight back, defend himself from idiots that keep on harping about his middle name, about his supposed lack of patriotism, yet he’s managed to win the nomination without the heavy handed attack ads, that the Republicans are famous for.

Doesn’t that say something important?

Yet the political pundits seem unwilling to fathom that, and why? Simple, it makes for better ad copy, for better lead ins to their biased story telling. It isn’t like they report the news anymore. That would be expecting too much. And just who are these pundits? I mean Jeffrey Tubin? He’s a lawyer, so what qualifies him or Wold Blitzer as experts on what you and I think? Did they talk to every voter? NOPE, but hey they know more than me on what I should be looking for. They set the standards, which frankly is rather piss poor.

Course they just want all that revenue from the Advertising, which is why Wolf Blitzer was miffed when the Obama camp suggested people watch the convention from his web site. Gee, watching something without the pontificating drone from Wold Blitzer and other so called experts, now that is a novel idea.

Ian @ August 28, 2008