Posted on 10/28/2008 11:05:46 AM PDT by bpjam
With the election just a week away and Barack Obama pulling away from John McCain, tiny tendrils of trepidation are starting to drift over the liberal members of the commentariat and the political press corps.
If McCain wins, ample boilerplate exists from which to form their disposable Wednesday, Nov. 5, stories about his victory: "He took risks and they paid off … courage of his convictions … left for dead one time too many … the pundits eat crow … how could the pollsters have gotten it so wrong—again! … Will his White House harbor Straight Talk or double talk?"
But if Obama wins, these scribes know that they'll be facing the toughest assignment of their careers. They've all oversubscribed to the notion that Obama's candidacy is momentous, without parallel, and earth-shattering, so they can't file garden-variety pieces about the "winds of change" blowing through Washington. They're convinced that not only the whole world will be reading but that historians will be drawing on their words. Will what I write be worthy of this moment in time? they're asking themselves. It's a perfect prescription for performance anxiety.
(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...
Obama pulling away? What poll has this dude been smoking?
Sickening article!!
When I see the word ‘rapture’ used in a political sense I get the vision of my money floating out of my wallet and drifting towards DC.
I am sure that Peggy Noonan, that gifted wordsmith, will find her muse and speak to us hicks out here in the cornfield.
Are we The Children of the Corn, now?....:)
[I like it]
Pulling away in the opposite direction, perhaps, as he sinks further in the polls?
I can assure you, it it is written by Peggy Noonan, this hick will never read it. Her Palin bashing article was the VERY LAST thing that I will ever read that was written by Noonan....
>> “With the election just a week away and Barack Obama pulling away from John McCain...’
Obama pulling away? What poll has this dude been smoking?
Pay no attention. They just make things up as they go. They figure if someone just sees it, they’ll think it’s true.
More rubbish. About 85+% of news media people are Democrats. The anxiety they should feel is whether anyone will continue to read or watch their junk. I won’t.
Like one of those Chinese Fingers, the harder you pull, the tighter it gets.
The kool-aid has affected this guy’s ability to understand reality.
What happens if McCain wins in a landslide? I suspect there is a silent majority of voters that are not going to let their country fall to the communists. I hope I am right.
Post election prep is the same for either outcome.
I'll pick up a few more boxes this weekend.
I read it three times and I have decided that he is probably masturbating while typing.
Neither will I!
A lot of reporters suffer the same symptoms, perhaps Viagra would help but I doubt it.
“More rubbish. About 85+% of news media people are Democrats. The anxiety they should feel is whether anyone will continue to read or watch their junk. I won’t.
Neither will I!”
Agreed. I will go OUT OF MY WAY to avoid news, news shows and pointedly search out advertisers of major networks in an effort to quietly and purposefully undercut their products and flame my own propaganda in an effort to tank their stocks.
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