Saturday, November 08, 2008
Things We Learned This Week:
1. It's perfectly OK for middle-class white idiots to congratulate themselves for congratulating random African-Americans on the street in the wake of the election, because it makes them feel good about themselves.
It's not required that they email everyone they know to tell them about it, but doing so makes them feel even better about themselves, which is all that matters.
2. The media will let off the hook any Republican who said unconscionably nasty things about Obama as recently as Monday night as long as he or she now falls into line and disingenuously mouths all the right things -- and voters will forgive and forget.
3. The next four years will be spent in an entrenched political battle over court appointments, and a huge percentage of swing voters who voted for Obama because they wanted "change" will be swayed by dishonest Republican talking points into supporting outrageous filibusters against his judicial nominees.
Meanwhile the media will fail to debunk those dishonest talking points because the controversies will be good for ratings.
4. As far as his most dedicated supporters are concerned, there are and can be no legitimate concerns about Barack Obama's commitment to any issue, past, present or future, regardless of his statements, his record, or his actions. Any such concerns are purely personal attacks, and are to be refuted not with a dialog about his commitment to the issues in question, but with retaliatory personal attacks. His election made millions of people feel good about themselves, and that's all that matters.
5. Fox News admitted it doesn't report, so you can't decide.
6. Sarah Palin can dish out the Republican Party's smears, but she can't take them.
It's not required that they email everyone they know to tell them about it, but doing so makes them feel even better about themselves, which is all that matters.
2. The media will let off the hook any Republican who said unconscionably nasty things about Obama as recently as Monday night as long as he or she now falls into line and disingenuously mouths all the right things -- and voters will forgive and forget.
3. The next four years will be spent in an entrenched political battle over court appointments, and a huge percentage of swing voters who voted for Obama because they wanted "change" will be swayed by dishonest Republican talking points into supporting outrageous filibusters against his judicial nominees.
Meanwhile the media will fail to debunk those dishonest talking points because the controversies will be good for ratings.
4. As far as his most dedicated supporters are concerned, there are and can be no legitimate concerns about Barack Obama's commitment to any issue, past, present or future, regardless of his statements, his record, or his actions. Any such concerns are purely personal attacks, and are to be refuted not with a dialog about his commitment to the issues in question, but with retaliatory personal attacks. His election made millions of people feel good about themselves, and that's all that matters.
5. Fox News admitted it doesn't report, so you can't decide.
6. Sarah Palin can dish out the Republican Party's smears, but she can't take them.
