Monday, June 16, 2008

Why Doesn't The Press Mention That Obama's Winning?

All the stuff I see about the race now seems to be "Obama still having trouble with White working class voters."  Like, Duh!    Yet if you just look at polls like pollster.com it looks to me like he's:

A: winning the popular vote 

B: winning the electoral vote (if the election was today) and 

C: he's just basically kickin' butt BEFORE there's even been a debate scheduled!  

And does anyone seriously think that McCan't (cute, huh?) has any chance of beating him in a debate?  

Stylewise: Obama wins. 

Oratorywise: Obama wins.  

Withstanding attacks:  Let's see, Bush kicked McCain's but in 2000 with negative attacks, while Obama, our first legit "African-American" canidate took CONSTANT playing of his wacky pastor's rantings and is STILL winning in states like Iowa.  So.....Obama wins, again.  

And I'm not even gonna' put a "substance" category, 'cause that's just piling on.  Basically, I think people are gonna' be SHOCKED at how big Obama's landslide victory is gonna' be.  Don't get me wrong though.  I know we still have a lot of work to do.  I'm just saying people who are moaning with stuff like "the middle of the country is racist!  We don't stand a chance against the Republican smear machine" are just wrong I think.  They're like left-wing versions of people who over-estimate how serious the Islamic jihad movement is.  (Don't get me wrong again.  I think Al-Quida IS a serious threat.  And I think Obama and the NEW dems are gonna' fight them harder and more effectively than the Bush administration ever has.)

But my overall point is that no, of  COURSE the KKK and red-neck neo-nazis aren't gonna' vote for Obama.  But they're not voting for McCain either.  In fact, I bet they're just staying home, so fuck 'em.  But Obama is bringing in SOOOO many new people and electrifying SOOO many SMART people to actually come out and vote.  I really think this is gonna' be amazing.

Come back in November and tell me how wrong I was.  I can take it.  

PS - I'm sad about Tim Russert too, but enough coverage already.  Wouldn't he want us to get back to covering shit that matters?  I would. 


2 comments:

Jennifer Haase said...

Fuck Yeah!!

Watch the smart people flock, even if just to be part of a truly historical election.

Obama was a speaker at one of our work conferences in 2006. I was in TEARS as he spoke, thinking "My Gawd, I'm mere inches away from the next President of the United States."

sometimes ya just know, ya know?

Jennifer

barneybarnbarn said...

Hey Jen. Thanks for the response. Did you meet him?