First I want to start off this diary by saying that I do not support his candidacy and in the General Election I might protest with a vote for whoever I feel like writing in.
I guess I should probably explain this as most of you are very vocal majority that is Obamatron. I don't fault any of you for supporting him and I am sure if elected he would do the best he could.
Here is my reason for not supporting Obama: I don't like him. There are myriad reasons I could cite of why I don't care for the guy. The main reason is: he's tryin to play me for a sucker. More on that in a minute.
He's been making great speeches since 2004 which have effectively "fired up" a new Democratic Base. A demographic nightmare for any other candidate in the field. This fire has been fueled for 7 long years under a regime that will undoubtedly go down in History as the most upside down, corrupt, lying and generally offensive administrtions. I can be happy that people are waking up from this neo-con nightmare and doing what we should: kick the bastards out of office.
However, there has been an emerging trend since Iowa and even before that. That trend is seriously disturbing to me and some of my fellow Democrats. It's not something that can be ignored and nor should it.
Everyone knew about Hillary Clinton's negatives and the pundits all agreed it would be VERY difficult for her to overcome those negatives in order to run a successful campaign to the White House. They have been proven correct. But, why is it so? Why are her negatives so consistently high? Why so much vitriol for a woman who has dedicated her life to public service and helping the less fortunate? She's been called everything from closeted Jew to a murderer, if you can fathom that.
Here's the nuts and bolts of my argument. A couple of studies done by the Center for Media and Public Affairs. Here:
http://www.cmpa.com/...
This first one was completed before the New Year arrived.
And then a later study here:
http://www.cmpa.com/...
No one said Hillary is perfect. She isn't. What bothers me is that we have a supposedly objective media and there is this type of disparity in positive media coverage?
The MSM is marginalized by this type of study and no one will notice. They'll just continue to suck up everything the MSM has to offer them.
Now here is the reason I don't like Obama: He's a beneficiary of this biased 4th estate and is totally complacent to accept all of the positive press. All the while attacking, counterpunching and belittling Senator Clinton. This only compounds the negative views people hold of her. Making it impossible to run even a modestly successful campaign.
Lets be honest here; would anyone have a chance against a candidate with such favorable press coverage? It's possible. Not probable. The "negatives" everyone talks about Hillary having have been put under the MSM microscope while Obama doesn't have to overcome any negatives. The machine that Obamatron is will do it for him.