Honeymoon?

Now that Barack Obama has been elected President of the United States, becoming the most powerful man in the world, things are changing in America. By that, I mean the almost religious furor that has descended upon this country. Merchandise is being put out in vast quantities, selling off the shelves. Tickets to his inauguration are being sold on eBay and other sites for prices approaching $10,000. An elementary school has even been named after him. For me, this raises the question: Will Obama have a media honeymoon, or is he getting it now?

We are all aware of the amazing expectations that most people who voted for Obama have for him. They believe he can restore our world status, fix the economy, strengthen our defense, aid our education system, and make healthcare available to all. It is obvious to anyone who looks on that many of these expectations are unatainable given our current position, especially within a first term. So what happens after January 20?

I believe Obama will be expected by the people to begin making changes immediately. I also believe that the media will begin to reflect these expectations, and if he doesn't meet them soon, I believe the media will begin to abandon him. Of course, they won't hate him like Bush, but there will be dissapointment. And if that happens, I find a second term for President Obama highly unlikely.

Will there be a media honeymoon for Obama? I think not.

A note for the next President

Well, it's about to be the election. This sure has been an interesting time for our country. Many firsts have been acheived, with the first major use of web ads to the first prime-time advertisement to the first African-American presidential candidate. On Tuesday we will elect either Barack Obama or John McCain the next President of the United States. I have a message for our next president.

Mr. President,

In your new office, I hope that you will keep our country great. I hope you with set her on a good path. I hope that you will love her and the American people, and keep our wants and needs above those of the government. I hope that you will direct America where she needs to go, to where she can do her best to better the world. I hope that you will never give our enemies a moment of rest or peace. I hope that you will continue to keep the citizens first, the country second, and all else after. I hope that democracy and capitalism will be as strong as ever. I hope that we will continue to be a light to the world, showing them that there are indeed places to live free.

Sincerely,

Noah Solomon

LOLZ Joe Biden

I know, I know. It's been a while. I'm deeply sorry.

Here's the latest from Joe Biden.



That one's just funny. Pretty straightforward. He totally could have gotten away with it if he hadn't spelled jobs out.

This one's more problematic.



Now that one seems natural. yeah, new president, new problems, countries try to get their digs in before he gets powerful. But, this says two things. First of all, it breaks down a major leg of the Obama campaign. Obama has been promising us that his presidency will restore our standing in the world, and everyone will love us. That's what he was trying to point out with his international trip to Europe this summer. What Joe Biden is apparently saying is that no, Obama's not going to make the world love us. Though the logical among us knew that already, in brings down a major foundation of Obama's campaign: Bush has destroyed our standing, the world hates him. The world loves me, I will restore our standing.

Second, and I don't have a clip of this, but Biden goes on in this speech to say that their (his and Obama's) approval ratings will plunge and people will stop liking them. He almost pleads with the crowd to remember the love they now have for the Obama-Biden ticket and stick with them. Of course, this is after the Democratic party, including Obama and Biden, have spent years trying to undermine Bush's approval ratings, with much success. But now the tables are turning, and they apparently can do it to others, just pretty please don't do it to them. They'll be nice now. Be nice to them.

Yeah, right.

Read this

As people get more and more fired up for this election, I'm afraid that partisanship rises. Here is an article I just found. I personally love it.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/10/obamas_magic.html

- NFS

Grrr!

This'll be fast.

A story just recently broke that the moderator for the vice presidential debate this Thursday is releasing a pro-Obama book in time for the next president to enter office. Now, this is ridiculous because it just adds to the partisanship that is tearing our country apart. In my opinion, she should just zip it and wait until after all of this to state her opinions on this. Actually, everyone could use being a bit less publicly partisan. I think it would help.

Told you it would be short.

- NFS

Joe Biden is right

This is stupid.

A couple weeks ago, the Obama campaign decided to run an ad criticizing how McCain can't use a computer and is thus "out of touch" with society.



Obviously, this ad was meant to prove that McCain doesn't know how to interface with today's society and has no idea how to operate in the technologically advanced modern era. Those concerns, though they have a shaky basis, are legitimate. However, it came out recently that McCain cannot use the computer due to his injuries he sustained as a POW. Ouch. That's gotta hurt Obama. Even more interestingly, Joe Biden had this to say about the ads:



Well I couldn't agree more. Yes, I am a Republican, and yes, I am voting for John McCain, but I'll admit Joe is right on multiple accounts. Yes, it was terrible of Obama not to research into why McCain can't use the computer, but I believe Biden is also correct in saying it wasn't meant to be personal and that McCain's ad on Obama trying to teach sex ed to kindergarteners was also done without much research (it recently came out that the bill was more about teaching kindergarteners about innapropriate touching than legitimate sexual education).

I think both campaigns are running some dumb and uninformed ads that have little substance. This gets worse every year. At this rate, TV ads will soon just be conjecture about one candidate eaiting babies as opposed to the other murdering grandmothers. Barack Obama and John McCain both need to chill for a minute and get some facts before they run their ads. This is getting ridiculous.

My hat's off to you, Senator Biden. I never thought I'd say this, but I agree with you, sir.

Just a thought.

- Noah

Go news!

A friend of mine directed me to a link that in turn directed me to a very sad story.
(From National Review Online)

"Here’s all you need to know about the state of the elections…

A tally of name appearances at 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, September 16, on the ABC News website at “The Blotter from Brian Ross and The Investigate Team”

Palin: 24

McCain: 2

Biden: 1

Obama: 0"

This frustrates me for two reasons. One, even though I am a staunch suppporter of McCain and Palin, I will agree that this is unfair and detrimental to the Democrats. Two, many of the mentions of Palin are negative and an attempt to sway people to look at the Republicans in a bad light. This is a detriment to the Republicans. This unfairness in the media's coverage is hurting both sides of the race, and if they were to make it more fair, the election would be greatly helped.

Just my opinion.

Noah