Obama mania
January 29th, 2009 at 5:30 pm by David FarrarGod I am getting sick of almost 24/7 coverage of everything Obama does. Don’t get me wrong – I have no criticism of the job he is doing to date. But the media fixation is just so over the top.
Ian Wishart reminds us that Reagan’s inauguration in 1981 got a 37% TV share compared to 29% for Obama. But Reagan didn’t have the media report on his first ten days with near hourly updates.
As one example, the NZ Herald has done 103 stories mentioning Barack Obama from Inauguration Day last Wednesday to today. 103 stories in nine days.
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January 29th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
Wonder how many Yanks lost their jobs and homes this week Mr Nobama? Or should I ask the Clinton side show act?
Vote:January 29th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
If I may quote David Rees’ Get Your War On again:
Girl: Have you seen those videos of people lined up outside McCain/Palin rallies? Jesus.
Guy: What, you don’t think the folks screaming “Barack Osama” and “Go back to Kenya” are the types of forward-thinking optimists that made America a great place?
Girl: I think you mean, “that made America a great place TO OWN SLAVES.”
Vote:January 29th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
I was asked the other day if I’d got up to watch the inauguration. I asked why I would when I’d never watched any other presidents inauguration. I just don’t get the fascination. Great rhetoric but I’ll judge him on as achievements.
Vote:January 29th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Sounds like someone needs a lesson in who were the slave owners, who lost the Civil War, and who introduced and held to the Jim Crow and other segregation laws.
JC
Vote:January 29th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
The one good thing about wall to wall coverage about Barack Hussein Obama is that the expectation levels of his ability to solve everything are skyrocketing through the roof. Once reality starts to bite the electoral backlash will be phenomenal.
Never before has someone so average been hype so much by so many.
I’m will Rush Limbaugh, I hope he fails.
Vote:January 29th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
“I’m will Rush Limbaugh, I hope he fails.”
Yooo wot?
If the economy of the most powerful country in the world fell over, that would be a price well worth paying just to prove some point about the relative merits of moderate left vs moderate right political ideologies???!? Or are you talking about some other potential failure?
OMFG!
Vote:January 29th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
I am interested in the blatant racism (a word i don’t usually use) on this site. Quite frankly even though I would have preferred Ron Paul I don’t want Obama to fail.
Exactly what did bush do? and before you say no terrorist have attacked the US since 9/11 well I would say police states have that effect.
I don’t believe in the socialist economics that is taking place but then how many billions were given by Bush and his cronies to his cronies
Vote:January 29th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
im conflicted.. i dont want obama to fail.. but i want him gone.. hes a socialist.. thats not good for the planet.
once a few banks are “nationalized” and he introduces some dopey global warming policy.. the backlash will be enough to have him booted in 4 years..
unless he can make it so the 15 million illegal mexicans can vote..
Vote:January 29th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Has anyone else noticed the similarities between the current Battlestar Galactica and US presidential politics?
President Laura Roslin seems to be very much a character based on George Bush. She managed the fall out from an act of terror in a pragmatic fashion. At various times she has obtained information from Cylons by dunking their heads in water. She has detained Cylons without trial, has ignored the colonial quorum, has plotted the use of weapons of mass destruction, has ordered executions without trial, has banned some religious groups, and has made a number of other decisions that skirt democratic process. However, she would justify this by the need to keep the fleet safe.
Baltar, on the other hand, is a charismatic speaker who is currently the object of worship to a large group of vacuous followers who think he is some sort of god. He may be cleverer than Roslin, but often there is little of substance behind his words, except as is required to advance Baltar’s own situation. I can’t believe that the writers haven’t modeled him on Obama… it can’t just be coincidence.
Vote:January 29th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
I hope Obama fails to implement his policies. Obama is a snake oil salesman with plans to increase taxes and redistribute wealth. In other words, he is a socialist. In any case, no politician of any stripe is worthy of the fawning obsequiousness that is defined by the media and all the other deadbeat losers towards Obama.
Bill.
Vote:January 29th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Where’s the birth certificate, Mr Hussein-Obama?
What we want or don’t want is relevant. He is a socialist. He is predestined to fail. If only the American people had fought back harder in November and not glumly accepted the election result.
Vote:January 29th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
Well Pushmepullu where are the WMD?
er and the money where did that go?
Vote:January 29th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
People put ten times as much effort into moving away from pain as they do into moving toward pleasure.
You can see that in the stock market and you can see that in every individual.
All of this is merely a reaction against the negative experience of the Bush years and for those who still support him, get real.
What’s really interesting is that this collective sigh of relief is not just confined to the US but appears to be global.
Personally I don’t think Obama is going to be that great, if he’s allowed to survive, although he’s making some encouraging reversals of some of the worst aspects of the Bush policies, but that’s a debate for another thread.
It’s interesting though that people are still using the antique left-right dynamics to analyse the politics. When will they ever learn, when will they eeeeeeever learrrrrrn????
Vote:January 29th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
kiki – good to see youre happy to have a liar for president.. cause umm the last one did?
gotta love how the left can justify anything!
Vote:January 29th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
As much as I dislike this left and right stuff my personal description of myself would be somewhere to the right of Ron Paul. I’m just amazed how blinkered some people are when it comes to their idols, that includes Obama. This republican good Democrat bad is just to simplistic
Vote:January 29th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
“I am interested in the blatant racism (a word i don’t usually use) on this site. Quite frankly even though I would have preferred Ron Paul I don’t want Obama to fail.”
There’s a cruel irony. Ron Paul is perhaps one of the best known antisemites and racists in US public life, and of course, a gay hater. Read the Ron Paul newsletters written under his name.
JC
Vote:January 29th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
I say, the more stories the better. Let’s not stand in the way of the MSM self-destructing.
Vote:January 29th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Now that Rush Limbaugh is running the Republican party I want him to make sure that bible spice Palin wins in 2012.
Vote:Obama is a bore with his worries about jobs etc etc.
With bible spice in charge we can be sure the yanks will invade both Russia and Iran, damn that will be fun to watch.
January 29th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
There’s a cruel irony. Ron Paul is perhaps one of the best known antisemites and racists in US public life, and of course, a gay hater. Read the Ron Paul newsletters written under his name.
JC
The ones aired by Wolf Blitzer are pretty bad, i would hope who ever wrote those under his name was sacked immediately.
I like this guys take on things though http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ItmcIxe5Fs&feature=related
Vote:January 29th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/01/21/inauguration-day-in-dc/
Listening to Mike Hosking on ZB he sounds like a seven year old who had just found Jesus.
Vote:January 29th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
I quite like Ron Paul, much more than Obama or bible spice Palin.
“damn that will be fun to watch”
I’m sure we would see the northern Hemisphere glowing from the aftermath way down here.
Vote:January 29th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
By the way if you click the above link don’t read the comments they make you puke.
Vote:January 29th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
Mike Hosking, Jim Moron, and that self-aggrandizing lump of lard John Bishop…all acting like Benny Hinn followers. Makes me puke and I didn’t even click the link!
Vote:January 29th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
“What about 24 with a black president.
subliminal acceptance to the masses??
Vote:January 29th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
Aniti-semite as in someone who doesn’t see any cost benefit in propping up a utopian society.
Vote:January 29th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
“damn that will be fun to watch.”
I’ll let you in on something.
There are no spectators in a world war.
They not going to let us sit smugly in front of our plasma’s.
If you think its going to be conventional war ….. think deeper.
Vote:January 29th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
Since Holmes went to Sat. morning and Hosking went to the am. slot, both programmes have become boring.The result is a mishmash and bad alignment of both bloke’s talents. I can understand Paul wanting a lie-in at his age but he has left a hole in the morning slot too big to fill. I will stick with Leighton from 9 to 12 and forget the rest.
Vote:January 29th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
erm .. sorry. Wrong spot.
Vote:January 30th, 2009 at 6:12 am
No Minister has regular posts on the Messiah.
Vote:But they take a refreshingly different view to those commonly found
January 30th, 2009 at 8:00 am
Obama’s room for a mighty fall is mighty slim. Expectations are way too high, especially from Afro-Americans.
Vote:The latest stimulus package, promoted by that idiot Nancy Pelosi, is just another pork filled Democratic hand out to legislators. Not one Republican voted for it, the reason being that it does nothoing really to stimulate economic activity.
Hyperinflation will be the next name of the game in 2010/11. Who will get the blame ? the 45th President Obama. The geniuses,Obama,Pelosi and Harry Reid, with charisma,sex appeal but no new ideas. The stimulus package is old fashioned “pork” dressed up as turkey.
January 30th, 2009 at 10:08 am
But the media fixation is just so over the top.
It is obvious that the media are so jubliant over the Bushes departure rather than Obama’s arrival.
Vote:January 30th, 2009 at 10:42 am
Hes bigger than Jesus……
Vote:January 30th, 2009 at 10:42 am
davidp
Sounds like you are post rationalising. Get a grip man! I think mcuh of BG was written before Obama became the man of the moment, though Rosalin could be a GWB inspiration. Is Baltar a Tony Blair type?
PS if you dipped a Cylon’s head in water, wouldn’t it short out?
Vote:January 30th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Responding to David’s initial post. Don’t blame the papers. It’s a combination of good old fashioned news values and the fact that very little newsworthy action is happening in NZ. NZ is still in Silly Season Twilight.
Vote:January 30th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Not the new ones.
Vote:January 30th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
Did anyone see the film of Obama trying vainly to open the door to his office only to discover it was a window? Probably not because practically zero play was given to the clip. unlike when Bush had trouble with a door in China and it got wall to wall coverage with the implied wisdom that Bush was too dumb to open a door. Couldn’t say that about the Messiah though. Might tarnish his image.
Vote:January 30th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
I’m not picking on Obama but thought this link was appropriate to this post. Tracking Obama’s Campaign Promises.
Vote:January 30th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
DPF:
“God I am getting sick of almost 24/7 coverage of everything Obama does. Don’t get me wrong – I have no criticism of the job he is doing to date. But the media fixation is just so over the top.”
Well, don’t watch it then. Really – this just looks like a dog-whistle to kiwiblog’s racists. Really disgraceful Farrar.
Vote:January 30th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
“this just looks like a dog-whistle to kiwiblog’s racists. Really disgraceful Farrar”
How ironic that YOU have taken a comment about news coverage and assumed that either Obama only gets that coverage (and his job?) because of his colour, or that DPF is only pissed off about the amount of coverage because of Obama’s colour.
How many people commenting on this site have mentioned his race? count them…..0 nome.
Who’s the racist nome? Perhaps the person who ONLY sees colour where others are commenting on his politics, hypocricay and the amount of favourable coverage he recieves.
Really disgraceful Nome
Vote:January 30th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
CraigM – Right wing racism has been forced into the the dark covert sphere by the ascendancy of left-wing progressive humanitarianism. Of course DPF isn’t going to mention Obama’s colour – that would be socially unacceptable in NZ’s public sphere. Shrewd people with racial prejudices will criticise everything about someone of colour, accept their colour – are you really so ignorant that you aren’t aware of this? I mean, come on, don’t be so naive.
http://www.blackwell-compass.com/subject/sociology/article_view?article_id=soco_articles_bpl057
Vote:January 30th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
“Right wing racism has been forced into the the dark covert sphere by the ascendancy of left-wing progressive humanitarianism”
Note to Kiwibloggers: by not mentioning someones race, you are being racist.
Nome, does that apply to any comment about anyone? I mean, if someone comments negatively about me and doesn’t mention that I’m white, are they really just being racist?
If I make a positive comment about someone and don’t mention their race/colour am I being racist then too?
e.g Obama is a fantastic Orator. Not racist?
e.g Obama will be a disaster because of his socialist ideals. Racist?
I’m pissing myself with laughter. Hello ! real world calling Nome, are you there?
Oh never mind.
Vote:January 30th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
“……left-wing progressive humanitarianism”
WTF ? !!!
That oxymoron is right up their with “military intelligence”.
You’re cracking me up Nome. Brilliant.
Vote:January 30th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
I know I’ve already posted this, but as DPF raises the subject; THIS was Ann Coulter’s take:
“…….Here’s a small sampling of the churlishness in just The New York Times:
– The American public is bemused by the tasteless show-biz extravaganza surrounding Barack Obama’s inauguration today.
– There is something to be said for some showiness in an inauguration. But one felt discomfited all the same.
– This is an inauguration, not a coronation.
– Is there a parallel between Mrs. Obama’s jewel-toned outfit and somebody else’s glass slippers? Why limousines and not shank’s mare?
It is still unclear whether we are supposed to shout “Whoopee!” or “Shame!” about the new elegance the Obamas are bringing to Washington.
Boy, talk about raining on somebody’s parade! These were not, of course, comments about the inauguration of the angel Obama; they are (slightly edited) comments about the inauguration of another historic president, Ronald Reagan, in January 1981…..”
Hmmmmm……….
Vote:January 30th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
The current Obama outpourings remind me of the early Mandela administration. The blacks had totally unrealistic expectations of Mandela and wound up very disaapointed.
The same will happen with the yanks In 6 to 9 months time with the economy still heading south in a big way black and white liberal America will begin to turn on him and see him as a failure.
Vote:January 30th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
I know it’s historic and all that, but the irony is that by making such a big deal about Obama being the first black president of the USA – they actually draw attention to race. Which is exactly what Dr King didn’t want.
The whole ‘black president’ thing is just an excuse for the left to have a love-fest.
After all – anyone who watches Deep Space Nine will be accustomed to have a black guy in charge
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Vote:January 30th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Woger.
You really will have to do better than that, you cannot shut down critics of Hussein Messiah Obama by labelling them as racists.
Vote:January 30th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
And in other breaking news – a notorious thug group, the “kiwiblog right” is denying the existence of physical violence. the group insists that all charges brought against people committing crimes associated with this notion should be dropped.
A spokesperson for the group known as “CraigM” commented that “for far to long the PC left have been using allegations of violence against our gang … i mean organisation, as a tool to bludgeon good upstanding neo-nazis. Well we’re her to say, this nonsense has got to stop”.
When asked if he also denied the existence of covert racism, CraigM then went on to physically assault the interviewer. Charges for this crime are now pending.
Vote:January 30th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
And he will be sentenced to death by the dreadful nome chair.
Vote:January 30th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Within a short time of taking office, the Obama administration has already started bombing people in Pakistan. I believe that most, if not all of those killed, are innocent. I also believe that such actions by the Obama administration were easily predicted, since he publicly revealed his stance before the election.
Vote:January 30th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
My favourite antedote to media rubbish of all kinds is Mr Rush Lambow… http://www.rushlimbaugh.com (Much better to listen to him, of course. You know where to look.) BTW, he criticises all liberal lunacy – black or white (+ half-black…or is it half-white? :^) ) equally
Vote:January 30th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
Military to Pledge Oath To Obama, Not Constitution.
http://jumpinginpools.blogspot.com/2009/01/military-to-pledge-oath-to-obama-not.html
It is expected that the oath to the Constitution will be entirely phased out within two years.
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