Anyone getting tired of all this Obama hype?

Governing from the center would be a welcome change and a move to a new era following the hard right of Bush...

Quote from dave74:

In spite of all the talk of "change" and a "new era", the reality is that Obama will be governing from the center.
 
Americans are running as fast as they can. Running from the reality of just how bad things really are. Somehow, watching a black man taking the oath will make us all feel better, if only for a moment. We can all feel good about ourselves and that's really, REALLY important to Americans.
Sadly, reality will have it's day, and right quick. This man, yes he's just a man, will have to destroy America to fix it. He will have to destroy capitalism, crush the working class with taxes, and sell the very soul of our government to foreign entities.
Many will blame Bush for the calamity that is about to fall upon us, but like 9/11, the guy in office will take the heat because it'll happen on his watch. To say things are going to get worse before they get better is an under statement of the highest magnitude. Looking back we will know that these are the last of the good old days.
Our country is about to change dramatically and they'll be plenty of blame and finger pointing for all to see. The rodeo has come to town, and I hate to break it to ya' Mr. Obama, but you're not the bull rider, you're the clown in the barrel.
 
Yes, it's overkill, IMO.

All it's doing is hurting Obama by raising the bar even more so.

His campaign manager, Axelrod, should be wiser about managing this affair.
 
Quote from dave74:

This build up toward inauguration is simply unprecendented.

Seriously, what other leader in all of human history has received this type of hype? Even the greatest leaders of all time have received almost no hype compared to this man. People are acting like he will be a greater leader than Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Reagan, and Churchill. I can guarantee you, that will not be the case.

The press is simply falling over themselves praising Obama for whatever he does. We will simply not be getting a fair assessement with this press that is brazenly pro-Obama and has dropped any pretense of objectivity. One actually has to watch Fox to get the entire picture. Most of the press is simply afraid to criticize him because he is black.

Is this an example where the expectations are so gargantuan, that Obama will inevitably fail to fulfil them?

If the new president were white, would he would be getting anywhere near this kind of attention? Not a chance.

Have people lost their mind?

I have to wonder if this isn't one of the mass delusions Charles Mackay was talking about.

In trading; the masses are always wrong.
 
In politics, the masses are always right, at least until they change their mind...and then they think they are now right...but were never wrong before, it was always the politicians who were wrong...



Quote from stockerup:

In trading; the masses are always wrong.
 
Quote from ZZZzzzzzzz:

In politics, the masses are always right, at least until they change their mind...

Correction: In politics the media is viewed as always being right-- it persuades the masses.
 
Another person who blames the media for the choices of the masses...

Quote from stockerup:

Correction: In politics the media is viewed as always being right-- it persuades the masses.
 
Quote from ZZZzzzzzzz:

Another person who blames the media for the choices of the masses...

Another person who is in denial and believes that the media has no control over the information it presents to the masses and it expresses no bias.
 
I see, human beings are just computers who run the programs downloaded to them by the media who controls them...they are powerless to do otherwise in your estimation.

LOL!!!

You make an unsound and false argument that there has been a complete and forced abdication of personal responsibility...

People have the freedom to believe what they will, they are not controlled by the media...

Quote from stockerup:

Another person who is in denial and believes that the media has no control over the information it presents to the masses and it expresses no bias.
 
Quote from ZZZzzzzzzz:

I see, human beings are just computers who run the programs downloaded to them by the media who controls them...

LOL!!!

You make an unsound and false argument that there has been a complete abdication of personal responsibility...

People have the freedom to believe what they will, they are not controlled by the media...


If the media has no effect on the masses, then why is so much money spent on advertising?

You are expressing extreme naivete.
 
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