tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post2459699129323197853..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-77127527016262319472008-12-07T22:06:00.000-05:002008-12-07T22:06:00.000-05:00You know, after the Ayers issue gained traction (Fox, Hannity, Limbaugh and even Sara Palin getting the "mainstream" media to acknowledge it) I wondered why the American people didn't rise up in high temper about it. Or Reverand Wright, for that matter. <BR/>Why, oh why didn't the American People think that Barack Obama was an American-hating, terrorist-loving kind of guy?<BR/>Now, if the election was close, I would say, well, the media is behind it.<BR/>Ater all, even though Bush's approval rating can drop from 80% post 9-11 to negative seven, hey, people just can't think for themselves.<BR/>NOT.<BR/>Now granted, there's plenty of dumb people out there, but dumb people vote both ways.<BR/>And Barack won by seven per cent - a thumping margin.<BR/>Heck, he even won Indiana.<BR/>I mean, not even Carter, Clinton, Gore, Kerry, Mondale, Humphrey, McGovern, Stevenson, or plucky Harry Truman pulled that off.<BR/>So something bigger was happening than the media bias so beloved of Fox (#1 ranked cable news show) and Rush (tens of millions of daily listeners).<BR/>So why didn't the linkage between Ayers and Obama resonate more with the American voting public?<BR/>It was the temperment.<BR/>The cool steady debate performances.<BR/>The unflappable campaigner in action.<BR/>In the end people saw the relationship for what it really was.<BR/>Ayers was a fairly prominent academic in Obama's neighborhood.<BR/>Young Barack had no idea of his past.<BR/>When he found out, he naturally assumed that some sort of atonement had occured and when the infamous quotes from Ayers happened in 2001, he realized his error.<BR/>And Barack cut him loose.<BR/>That's all.<BR/>But perhaps next time you'll be more successful - maybe unpaid parking tickets will finally derail him in 2012.jbargeusahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06368438005261727048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-177257580705698002008-12-07T12:54:00.000-05:002008-12-07T12:54:00.000-05:00Perhaps someone would like to try an 'I am not a reckless driver, I didn't kill anyone' defense after a massive car crash, to see how that works for them?Downtown Indyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06239811599722585898noreply@blogger.com