Posted by
Patriot Party #1 on Saturday, February 23, 2008 11:09:20 PM
Does anyone else out there think the way that Obama is being portrayed is disturbing? Especially Christians? The "hope" and the fainting is just too much. Even those in the news media that are jaded from years in Washington are feeling "something new." I think the Democrats have found the perfect answer to the Clinton problems. Have a candidate who doesn't have much of a record, and doesn't stand for much of anything. However, he looks good and sounds good on television, and that may be the best attribute of all in our visual media dominated time.
I'm reminded of the Kennedy-Nixon debates back in 1960. The surveys afterward told the story. Those that watched the debates on television thought Kennedy won, because he looked and sounded more presidential. Those that heard the debates on radio thought Nixon the overwhelming winner. You would assume radio listeners based their decision on the issues. How much more are people influenced by what they see and feel today than in 1960?
How much more influential will tv be this fall when Obama and McCain debate? McCain either puts you to sleep, or comes off angry and attacking. Obama looks and sounds great, but he doesn't have much content to his rhetoric. Maybe he won't need any! Maybe that's the plan.