Man do I miss Chet Huntley! You don't remember Chet Huntley? When I was young, he was very famous. He READ the news every evening - -man was he boring. Yes, I sure do miss old Chet. The evening news was reported to us on the Huntely-Brinkley News Hour every night -man was it boring. Oh we were well informed of course, but there was something lacking. You see those guys did not try to "explain" the news to us, they just made sure we were aware of it. I guess they thought that our opinion was every bit as important as theirs was. They actually thought that we could make up our own minds about what they reported. Can you believe it we actually had to sift through all the information and make up our own minds about things. There were lots of things to think about to, like who would make a good President, or who was right or wrong in the world. Boy am I glad we are past all of that!
Yep, now the well informed news media does that for us. They tear down the unworthy right before our eyes. I am sure they find that unpleasant, but if they don't show us just how stupid somebody is, well we might just miss it. After all we all were not selected to go to journalism school were we. You know if Charlie Gibson had not asked Sarah Palin about the Bush Doctrine, I might never have figured our just how dumb she is, and then where would I be? You see I did not even know what the Bush Doctrine was myself, so how could I make my own judgement about her. Man if somebody would just ask Obama about the Clinton Doctrine, we might get the whole picture. I guess they did that in private and he must have passed. I kind of wish I knew where he stood on that though. If we intend to invade Dar Four when he is elected, I would like to know now- I think. Yep, it is that old pesky Clinton Doctrine rearing it's ugly head, and to think Sarah might not even know what the Clinton Doctrine is.
By any measure this is an historical election. The first black running for president, and the first Republican woman on the national ticket. Obama may well be the greatest president of our time. If he is elected I sure hope he is, we could use it.
I don't have a problem with Obama, OK maybe I have a problem with that whole redistribution thing, but hey he is not the first to advocate that and we survived. No my problem is I just don't know him. I know he makes really good speeches, but for me that is just not enough. I still don't know what a community organizer is. He is 47 years old, he has been running for President for 2 years, he was a community organizer for 3 years, what about the other 42 years.
The real question is, why am I a bad guy for wanting to know? If the media has already done all that research about Obama, why can't I know about it. The same media has made sure I know all about Sarah Palin.
I don't think that is a bad thing. After all we are electing the President and Vice President of the free world. Sure seems like to me, we should know all we can about each candidate-the good, the bad, and the ugly. Where they come from, where they want to go, and what they want to do.
I really don't think I need the news medias help in my decision process, but I sure could use there help in getting the facts!
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I don't remember Chet, but I'm sure he told the whole story. Ahh, the media. It's my life right now. I study it. I read it. I watch it.
As you know, I'm conservative. But, I do agree with Obama on some things. Only because I did research myself, not because I saw it on CNN(which I don't watch much).
Still, I'm for the old guy. Experience wins if you ask me. Sure Palin doesn't know what the Bush Doctrine is, but ya know I just can't help but like her and her expensive wardrobe. By the way, why have they not discussed Mrs. Obama's expensive looking wardrobe? Personally, I think they both look classy and elegant. And with the media being the center of everyone's lives, looks do play an important role. Nixon/JFK debate...remember!
Ok, in conclusion, I miss you! And I wish we could have discussions about this because you know I value your opinion! You've taught me a lot about politics. Everyone should just ask Uncle Danny forget about Campbell Brown, Shepard Smith, and those other anchors!
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