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To: Mr. Blonde
It is silly to blame things like egotistical entertainers and athletes on the President.

Like I said, a president's rhetoric, or that of any high profile leader, contributes to an atmosphere, and those who identify closely with that leader can easily be influenced by it. There is no news there. And it has been a common practice in the past for the MSM to attribute behavior of followers or admirers, or just supposed conservatives, to the words and actions of high profile conservatives.

And if cult like behavior begins to surround a particular leader, their influence over admirers can become even greater. Obama is exhibiting in-your-face behavior unlike any president I can recall. W exhibited such behavior on occasion, but not that often. The idea of 'creating an atmosphere' has been used for years, and a case can be made that Obama is creating an atmosphere that encourages in-you-face behavior by his admirers.

Or, he's setting or example many believe he should not be setting.

38 posted on 09/14/2009 6:06:12 AM PDT by Will88
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To: Will88

Fine, but find a better example than Kanye West. He has always been an idiot. Athletes have always been prone to outbursts. As has been said, most aren’t mic’d. Do you not think a Baseball manager has said what Serena said and worse in the past?

How has Beyonce been immunized from the terrible effects of Obama in all of this? Some people, like Kanye, are trash, others are capable of being being good gracious people. Who the President is has little to no bearing on that. I assure you, if Kanye is still around after Obama is out of office and a Republican is in office he will still be acting like this. Athletes will still be getting mad at calls made during athletic contests.

This is all a reach.

I’m sure there are much better examples out there without a history of this behavior. Find them and use them. Don’t try to make a connection that isn’t there.


49 posted on 09/14/2009 8:12:03 AM PDT by Mr. Blonde (You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
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