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I try like hell NOT to get involved with political topics, but with that said I just HAVE to open mouth and insert foot.....
I'll preface this with the following...
I'm white, 32, voted for The Big O and was damn proud of it, I give a shit what race he is, nor do I care what ANYONE'S race is for that matter. I'm not a follower of the tin foil hat society, and I don't think the gov has black vans circling my block and tapping my phone lol.
But WTF is going on here, I've been around for quite a few presidents so far, and for almost as long as I have been alive the media has been a big (sometimes HUGE) part of our world, I watched the Challenger explode live on TV, I watched hostages freed, I saw the wall come down all on "live tv"
I watched about blowjobs, and inhaling, say no to drugs, and everything in between, but NEVER in my entire life have I seen the media circus that is going on right now on live TV.
When Regan was elected he did not have 4 sets of coins for sale on TV where he's paired with Kennedy and Lincoln, when Bush Sr. was elected there was not coverage on the DISNEY CHANNEL (Yes you read that right!), when Clinton was elected there was not a huge simulcast on MTV (He DID play the Sax on MTV and SNL) when Bush Junior was elected there was not a star studded fucking HBO SPECIAL.
What did I miss here, I never got the memo that Obama was a super hero, with comic books, commemorative coins, and prime time TV specials as far as the eye can see.
Every TV station, radio station, newspaper, and even our own industry advertisements (look up up up lol) is flooded with stories, clipings, specials etc. and even if you block it all out, the people around you bring it up to you.
I've seen more "artwork" featuring Obama then ANY other president I can recall in MY history, It looks more like propaganda then actual news worthy stuff.
I'm I just missing the main point here, is it because he's a black man (and sorry if that's not PC these days) but is that it? if it is I get it, and I can even live with it, it is a big thing, to be the first of anything, but does it really honestly warrant as MUCH of a media / marketing blitz that is being shoved in every orifice we have available?
As I prefaced this with, I'm not a tin foil hat wearing, paranoid freak, but this just does not sit well with me, Obama is a man, not a superhero, not a god, and not the second coming of christ, hell, I honestly think ANYONE could have won if they were breatihng and running on the democratic ticket, thanks to the 8 years of hell Bush and co has put us through.
Am I missing something here? is this allot bigger then it really needs to be or should be?
has this in fact happened every election and I just missed it cause I work too much OR am I right that this time around there is more and more and more and more media and marketing this time around??
-Loki-
/end rant
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