Comments on: Evanescence http://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2009/06/07/evanescence/ Since 2002, News, Technology and Pop Culture, 24 Hours a Day, Live and in Stereo. Editor of the PJ Lifestyle Website. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:57:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ken S http://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2009/06/07/evanescence/#comment-3244 Ken S Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:38:30 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/eddriscoll/?p=19124#comment-3244 Steven, I would have added this to your blog, I came here from there. Don't blame you for not allowing comments though. Anyway, as far as your, “No, better not, he might be another Obama,” comment, it made me think of what my little brother said before the elections. It was along the lines of, "The U.S. needs to have a black president, but not Obama. He's going to set things back, not advance them." He felt that people will end up saying exactly what you're thinking. And I think the media propping him up will only make it worse. Steven,

I would have added this to your blog, I came here from there. Don’t blame you for not allowing comments though.

Anyway, as far as your, “No, better not, he might be another Obama,” comment, it made me think of what my little brother said before the elections. It was along the lines of, “The U.S. needs to have a black president, but not Obama. He’s going to set things back, not advance them.” He felt that people will end up saying exactly what you’re thinking.

And I think the media propping him up will only make it worse.

]]> By: Buckman http://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2009/06/07/evanescence/#comment-3239 Buckman Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:55:31 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/eddriscoll/?p=19124#comment-3239 It is still early days as far as being blatently obvious to the entire population goes. If Chance is phenomally kind to us, nothing so bad as to make that obvious quickly will happen. I am not terribly impressed, but at this stage, because the option of replacing or retaining the employee is far off, the employers do not have as much incentive to go digging very deep when time might do the job for them. It is still early days as far as being blatently obvious to the entire population goes. If Chance is phenomally kind to us, nothing so bad as to make that obvious quickly will happen. I am not terribly impressed, but at this stage, because the option of replacing or retaining the employee is far off, the employers do not have as much incentive to go digging very deep when time might do the job for them.

]]> By: ubu roi http://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2009/06/07/evanescence/#comment-3220 ubu roi Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:45:25 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/eddriscoll/?p=19124#comment-3220 The problem isn't that the media isn't reporting anything that would convince the average voter that Obama's lousing up; the problem is that the average voter can't see that Obama's lousing up without the media to tell them. The problem isn’t that the media isn’t reporting anything that would convince the average voter that Obama’s lousing up; the problem is that the average voter can’t see that Obama’s lousing up without the media to tell them.

]]> By: Christian Toto http://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2009/06/07/evanescence/#comment-3185 Christian Toto Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:20:09 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/eddriscoll/?p=19124#comment-3185 Fineman had the guts to write that piece ... but doesn't have the guts to call his colleagues to task for their actions. And kudos to Steven ... I couldn't say what he said any better if I had a 1,000 words to work with. Fineman had the guts to write that piece … but doesn’t have the guts to call his colleagues to task for their actions.

And kudos to Steven … I couldn’t say what he said any better if I had a 1,000 words to work with.

]]> By: Steven Den Beste http://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2009/06/07/evanescence/#comment-3182 Steven Den Beste Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:29:37 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/eddriscoll/?p=19124#comment-3182 "...they don’t want to see the first African-American president fail..." I think this is a really important point. For liberals, electing a black to be president is the dream of a lifetime. But it's a risky dream, which could become their worst nightmare. If the Obama presidency is widely viewed as a terrible failure, then instead of being the first of many minority presidents he could be the last one for decades, as voters look at each successive minority candidate and think, "No, better not, he might be another Obama." That's something which liberals in the media want to prevent at all costs. Combine that with their unspoken principle that "reality is what we say it is" and you get them trying to create a successful presidency in their reporting, with little or no regard to what is genuinely taking place. The hyperbole and positive spin is due to the fact that liberals in the MSM cannot and will not report anything which might convince the average voter that Obama is lousing up. “…they don’t want to see the first African-American president fail…”

I think this is a really important point. For liberals, electing a black to be president is the dream of a lifetime. But it’s a risky dream, which could become their worst nightmare. If the Obama presidency is widely viewed as a terrible failure, then instead of being the first of many minority presidents he could be the last one for decades, as voters look at each successive minority candidate and think, “No, better not, he might be another Obama.”

That’s something which liberals in the media want to prevent at all costs. Combine that with their unspoken principle that “reality is what we say it is” and you get them trying to create a successful presidency in their reporting, with little or no regard to what is genuinely taking place. The hyperbole and positive spin is due to the fact that liberals in the MSM cannot and will not report anything which might convince the average voter that Obama is lousing up.

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