By a margin of 76% to 11% respondents in Pew’s weekly News Interest Index survey named Obama over McCain as the candidate they have heard the most about in recent days. But the same poll also shows that the Democratic candidate’s media dominance may not be working in his favor. Close to half (48%) of Pew’s interviewees went on to say that they have been hearing too much about Obama lately.

I’ve been warning about this since the last election cycle when the House race in my district (PA-6), which was fairly close, caused the Democrat challenger to pour on the TV and radio ads until it became sickening. She eventually lost (for the second time). I hope she doesn’t run again this year because I’m still sick to death of her.

Yes Virginia, there is a limit to what money can do for you in an election.

Frankly, a coon hound’s got it all over Obama… far more of that “Presidential pose” going on, don’t you think? And infinitely more likeable.

Comment caught at another site: “Hey Obama, Ross Perot called—-he wants his ears back”

He didn’t choose coon you pathetic idiot. He said coon hound.

Sure! And Reverend Wright was saying, “God dam America!” You know: he felt that our energy policy should be about hydroelectric plants, rather than drilling for oil.

But then, what would you expect from a devoted urban denizen but ignorance of coon hounds.

Frankly, a coon hound’s got it all over Obama… far more of that “Presidential pose” going on, don’t you think? And infinitely more likeable.

He could have used any of a variety of words to describe Obama, suet, and he chose “coon.” When you couple that with his previously-stated view that

He didn’t choose coon you pathetic idiot. He said coon hound. Do you know what that is? Obviously not. Its as in raccoon hound. A hunting dog. Hunting dogs need to be active in order to be worthwhile. They shouldn’t lie there. Its kind of like claiming you’re being racist when talking about a blackhole too. Oh yeah some moronic democrat did that too already.

But hey you need to look for everything as being racist, to assuage your actual racist tendencies I’m sure. Probably cross the street when you see a group of black guys coming the other way, that is if you even live in an area that is at all diverse.

Just wondering???

Boy! Talk about twisting someone’s words by quoting selectively …!

He could have used any of a variety of words to describe Obama, suet, and he chose “coon.” When you couple that with his previously-stated view that

Black America is totally racist, why? They use racism to get ‘freebies’ from the taxpayers so the sorry among them (90% of the black population) don’t have to work.

then there is no twisting being done here. Scrapiron knew exactly what he was writing, and “coon” was le mot juste he was looking for.

But remember: nobody at all is against Obama because he’s black, and anyone who suggests that anybody is a racist is, in fact, a reverse racist who is racing to play the race card. Or whatever it is that you guys believe. It’s hard to keep up with the spiral.

Boy! Talk about twisting someone’s words by quoting selectively …!

thanatopsis

Obama or his minions trying to infer McCain is racist??!!?!?

“Imply,” I think, is what you mean here.

Ask him about this statement today and watch him lie like a worthless coon hound.

“Coon.” Nice. You sure hate Blacks, don’t you, Scrapiron?

Here is the quote the left is seizing upon, puffing it up into some sort of martial law intent as an extreme:

Sen. John McCain: “And some of those tactics, very frankly—you mention the war in Iraq—are somewhat like that we use in the military. You go into neighborhoods, you clamp down, you provide a secure environment for the people that live there, and you make sure that the known criminals are kept under control. And you provide them with a stable environment, and then they cooperate with law enforcement.”

Absurd and unnatural leap from this statement to martial law. McCain is not suggesting we send in the military to “clear and hold” US crime ridden areas. The military is limited in their use by a Commander in Chief… and this isn’t one of those uses.

Instead the concept is akin to advocating increased police efficiency, in tandum with Neighborhood Watch organizations. Right now, citizens who’d love to clear out the crime do not do so out of fear. Police aren’t around to protect them, and the gangs and criminal element exercise strong control… and punish snitches and rats, or those who do not cooperate. On this level, it’s not much different than jihad radicals in control over Muslim villages.

What McCain is saying is that with increased security (from police, as is appropriate under US law) can come a more active Neighborhood Watch… people who do not feel fear battling the criminal elements in their midst .

But expect the left to morph this into some advocacy of dictatorship and martial law for campaign purposes.

But I also don’t agree with some here that you are insinuating McCain’s a racist. The only place I see where you even touched on the race division is your comments on McCain’s speech to the Nat’l Urban League. So for the record, I did want to clarify that to others.

I appreciate that you have criticisms of both candidates. Heaven knows there’s a lot of us here that are disgusted at the choices for President this year. But I have to wonder if your notion that JSM may come across as thinking you’re”stupid” is based on the campaign presentation that the press deems negative. As you point out:

Even when it comes to economics, education and yes, even the energy policy, he maintains a banal and sublime approach to problem solving that on the one hand condemns his opponents for beliefs his fellow GOP comrades have and maintain.

I saw a very interesting analyst on one of the talking head shows yesterday discussing just that… McCain’s “message” being dominated by negative info on Obama. And he brought up a point I hadn’t thought of… and that’s McCain losing battle for any substantial press coverage.

As the analyst pointed out, the only way JSM gets any press coverage is when he talks about the media’s pet subject … Obama. They don’t cover McCain’s view of the issues as broadly simply because McCain just doesn’t have the media draw Obama does. And the media is all about numbers, advertising and cash. Even here on FA, post on McCain, no one cares. Post on Obama, and they flock with comments.

There is truth to the argument that if JSM can’t get media traction talking about the issues, then the only other choice is to get traction by bringing up how your opponent is wrong on the issues. The choice is no press vs the media talking about your negative press. Obviously the latter is the best option.

But you seem to think that JSM would remove habeas corpus to US citizens. Why would you get that idea? Quite the leap. Gitmo detainees are a unique case of imprisoned fighters. They are stateless enemies picked up on the battlefield. Even their Geneva Convention rights are in a gray area, tho they are treated with far more respect and care than they treat western hostages.

INRE oil exploration off US coasts and the Black Sea… you have to remember that oil companies are private. They will explore, develop and extract where there are resources, and are permitted to do so. There’s no reason they can not explore and produce off Turkey, as well as the US territory. The more, the better… What’s stopping them from doing any US territory drilling is the US Congress… and they’ve been doing so for decades. *Both* parties. It’s not an either/or proposition.

It looks like much of Congress is back peddling on their decades of errors. That cannot be held to JSM only, and it’s long overdue as well.

You think McCain wants to stay in Iraq forever. And you resent his reassertion – like not only prior Presidents, but Obama himself – that Israel has the right to defend herself. The former is an erroneous talking point by the BHO campaign. The latter is not unusual. Supporting a democracy over despots and dictators is what the US is all about.

I suspect that most your problems with McCain is a lack of clear communication as to who he is, what he as done and what he means to do. Unfortunately, McCain does not enjoy the same opportunity to talk about himself – where the media hangs on his every word – that Obama has to talk about *himself*. McCain only catches the media eye when he talks about Obama. Obama only misrepresents what McCain is all about.

Understandable with the media coverage. But there is still a plethora of data and history on McCain that you needn’t depend on a biased media to get to some facts for yourself. But I would suggest you start forming an opinion about the GOP candidate based on his words, and not the media’s or Obama’s twist on McCain’s words.