Talk about defining deviancy down. If the incessant “rock star” tenor of the presidential campaign was not syrupy enough to trigger your gag reflex, today’s school girl euphoria over shirtless Obama photos may be the thing. I hope someone has revived Chris Matthews.
Yes, this does reflect poorly on Obama’s supporters in the media because it lays bare, so to speak, the depth of their thinking about Obama. While the President elect is being questioned in connection with the potentially criminal behavior of his closest political advisors, so called journalists are swooning over his physique. How do we rate the relative merits of Obama against say Stephen Harper? It’s hard to say. Most people don’t know who Stephen Harper is because his staff hasn’t arranged for him to appear shirtless on a beach. So there really isn’t much to talk about.
This is further evidence of genius in the Obama camp however. When the dialogue about the President centers on his next quote in Men’s Health, there is little room to be disappointed in his handling of trade policy. All the Obama team has to do is toss their lapdogs in the press a little beef stick and their short term memory is reset.
Critics in the objective and unbiased media are mesmerized by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saint’s involvement in California’s Proposition 8. The Church is well organized and quick to mobilize. Membership includes many productive, prosperous families willing to work for a cause they believe in. As a result, the LDS Church is widely recognized in this country and by governments abroad as an important ally in the effort to fight hunger, improve literacy and provide medical care for those in need.
It is worth noting that Mormon’s support of Prop 8 has not involved discussion about how their opponents are strange, spooky, or weird. On the other hand, the proponents of gay-marriage, failing to make their case with the voters of California, have defaulted to shrill, vitriolic attacks on the Mormon’s.
Mounting a rebuttal along the lines of ”Hey, your pretty weird and a lot of people don’t like you” might make your arguments look weak to the thinkers in the crowd. The Mormon’s have been listening to this kind criticism for a long time now. Remember when Lilburn Boggs made it legal to shoot Mormon’s in Missouri. Critics have been predicting that the “Mormon Moment” is passed for more than 160 years to no effect. It’s enough to make you wonder.
Critics should focus on an honest debate about the virtues of their cause. Predicting the worst for the Mormons or blaming them for society’s ills has proven ineffective. Note that Pundits still consider two Mormons as top potential presidential possibilities for 2012. Among those campaigning in Georgia for Saxby Chambliss, it’s worth noting that McCain and Palin rallies were free. Romney still commands $2,500 per couple among conservative supporters.
Marriage is the very substance of our society, our lives and who we are as human beings. There is nothing more essential, or eternal than human love and the family. That makes this debate emotional and consequently contentious. Gay activists and their supporters in the totally unbiased and objective media are seeking to exploit that emotion and an easy target instead of making their case.
Rachel Maddow borrowed some lines from her old Air America buddy Al Franken, calling McCain and Palin Lying liars with their pants ( and skirt ) on fire .
With Keith out, Rachel was compeltely unplugged. It’s hard, watching this tirade, not to remember Wolf Blitzer, Campbell Brown and company licking their wounds the night of Palin’s speech and talking about how mean the Republicans were.
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