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  Daily Blog Buzz: Obama Campaign Geography

  http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2008/05/daily_bl...
  147 days ago in The Weekly Standard · Authority: 1,613

  Over the weekend, bloggers discussed a few more of Obama's problems. And as these bloggers note, you have to rely on the blogs to hear about these issues, since the mainstream media just loves him too much. First, Obama had to get rid of yet another
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  Old Media Ignores Obamas 57 States, But Couldnt Get Enough of Quayles Potatoe

  http://www.bizzyblog.com/2008/05/11/old-media-ignores-obamas...
  148 days ago in BizzyBlog · Authority: 349

  During the 1992 campaign, when incumbent Vice President Dan Quayle made a spelling mistake, the New York Times was all over it. Its clear from the Timess story that the rest of the media was also in full pursuit: So Jay Leno has a weeks worth of new Dan
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  Obama: The 22nd Amendment Must Bow to My Awesomeness

  http://www.slublog.com/archives/2008/07/obama_the_22nd.html
  78 days ago in Slublog - Changing the World, One Rant at a Time · Authority: 91

  President for Life! Bring on the flying unicorns! DrewM tries to figure out what the Democrat nominee is thinking. Maybe the Obamessiah is hoping the super-secret seven states will help him change the constitution. Criminy. Imagine if Dan Quayle had made these two misstatements in 1988. We'd never have heard the end of it. I wonder what's different about the media's treatment of Obama? Gravitas.
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  AP: There Are Now 49 States

  http://invinciblearmor.blogspot.com/2008/06/ap-there-are-now...
  102 days ago in Invincible Armor · Authority: 21

  Tom Hanks loses Idaho , but another word would be more costly. Good thing Obama has extras, but I couldn't find any AP reference to Barack's seven extra states.
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  Asymmetric approach to Barack Obama and the Fair Blogging Alliance

  http://www.nelsonguirado.com/index.php/asymmetric/2008/06/20...
  108 days ago in Asymmetric · Authority: 122

  About a month ago, some people (..cough..Hugh Hewitt..cough...) made hay about Barack Obama saying that he didn't "want his daughters punished with a baby." I knew what Obama meant and didn't mention it here or in serious conversation with my liberal friends- the statement was just a dumb way of saying that an unplanned pregnancy inconveniences a girl's life. In other words, I cut him some slack (not that he was especially relieved or anything). Obama might be our president. I don't want to spend the next four years hating my president, constantly sniping at him like so many of my left brothers have done with our current commander in chief. As a consequence, I developed some rules for my blogging that I think will keep me sane and loving regardless of what happens in November. Also, maybe, just maybe, if people stick to something similar to what I describe below, political and cultural discussions would be more substantive and the ever mud-mired "tone" may experience some uplift. Blogging Code of Conduct 1. Don't criticize the other guy for something, that if done by your guy, you wouldn't mind enough to withdraw your support (Don't be a hypocrite.). Would you not vote for McCain had he sought help from a shady character to purchase a home? If you still would, be quiet about Obama. Do you really care if a candidate flips on some issues to suit the temperament of the moment? Why do ideologues who'd vote for their party's candidate if his previous job had been knee-capping old ladies for their social security checks pretend to care about things they really don't? Because they're shills. Their audience isn't other hyper-partisans, but the squishy undecided voters who can't tell Tom Tancredo from Dennis Kucinich but know that: "He's a liar," "He doesn't wear a flag pin," or, recently, "He wants to take my babies." What about people suggesting that Obama doesn't like Muslims because a staffer replaced headscarved Muslim girls with a more vital demographic? Do people really think that Obama hates Muslims? That's not to say that we shouldn't have any standards- just be sincere. 2. Everybody makes gaffes: If McCain had said that he's visited "57 states with one to go," would you stay home for the election? Would most Republicans call him stupid (Actually, many do now.)? 3. Seemingly disqualifying characteristics: How likely would it be to hear a partisan Democrat say: "I'm not voting for any ticket with Jim Webb because Webb has a temper." Do you think Arianna Huffington wouldn't vote for Ted Kennedy because he's too old? Do you think Brent Bozell wouldn't vote for Bobby Jindal or Sarah palin because they're too inexperienced? Bush's speaking style? Most left Democrats would vote for Mel Tillis if he promised single-payer health care. Scandalmongering: Going through people's trash, figuratively and literally, destroys the trash digger's soul primarily, but negatively affects the nation too, as the prospective candidate pool evaporates and the dialog coarsens. Lying, promoting unverified memes, etc. go without saying. Exceptions to the above would be to point out hypocrisy on the other side ("What would happen if a Republican had said that?"), although even that can get silly fast: "Your guy is a liar." "Oh yeah. What about your guy. In 1994, he..." "He just did that for...In 2003, your guy..." Jokes are within bounds as is anything that doesn't imply you really care about the alleged transgression if you really don't. Anyways, if there are any bloggers who want to start a "Fair Blogging Alliance," let me know. If you're familiar with graphics and logos, that would be great. Powered by b2evolution.
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  Vicepresident Dan Quayle blundert bij bezoek basisschool

  http://oudnieuws.web-log.nl/oud_nieuws/2008/06/vicepresident...
  109 days ago in Oud Nieuws · Authority: 10

  Op 15 juni 1992 maakte de Dan Quayle een zeer pijnlijke vergissing. Hij was als running mate met de presidentskandidaat George Bush op campagne. ‘Running mate’ zijn betekent dat, wanneer George Bush president wordt, hij vicepresident wordt. Tijdens een bezoek aan de Munoz Rivera School in Trenton (New Jersey) bedenkt het campagnepersoneel dat het wel aardig zou zijn wanneer Quayle de kinderen wat zou overhoren. Quayle krijgt een stapeltje kaartjes met woorden in zijn handen gedrukt, die hij aan de kinderen kan vragen. Hij laat verschillende leerlingen een woord op het bord schrijven, waarna hij vertelt of ze het goed geschreven hebben. En dan gebeurt het: Quayle laat de twaalfjarige William Figueroa het Engelse woord voor aardappel op het bord schrijven. William schrijft “potato”; en zo schrijf je dat inderdaad ook. Op Quayle’s kaartje stond “potatoe”, de spelling uit de vorige eeuw. Quayle vertrouwde echter op het kaartje en zei: “You're close, but you left a little something off. The e on the end.” (Je zit bijna goed, maar je bent nog een klein dingetje vergeten. De e op het eind.) Ja, dat was natuurlijk een stomme fout. Eerst had niemand het door, maar de massaal aanwezige media wel. De vicepresidentskandidaat stond flink voor gek en werd uitgejouwd en uitgefloten. Al was het maar een klein foutje, de media schrijven over de fout alsof er geen ergere bestaan. Als hij nog niet eens correct spelt, kan hij dan wel vicepresident zijn?! William Figueroa zegt in een interview over Quayle, “He’s an idiot”. Het heeft het imago van de beste man heel erg geschonden. Bush had hem als ‘running mate’ gekozen omdat hij er meer stemmen door dacht te krijgen. Niets bleek echter minder waar… - Links Artikel over Dan Quayle op Wikipedia “Dan Quayle and the ‘potatoe’ kid”, capitalcentury.com (en) “Old Media Obsessed Over Quayle's 'Potatoe'”, newsbusters.org (en) “The Vice-President and The Potatoe Kid” (veel foto’s!), potatomuseum.com (en) - Vindplaats afbeelding: 1 - 2
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  Media double standard

  http://www.hoystory.com/?p=5006
  118 days ago in Hoystory · Authority: 16

  Today CNN had as one of its top stories the a “flub” by Sen. John McCain. Instead of saying that he would veto every “bill” he said he would veto every “beer.” Not only can you watch video of the misstatement, but CNN.com’s people think it’s funny enough that you can buy a T-shirt of the remark. A few weeks ago, a tired Barack Obama talked about having visited 57 states, with one more to go. Did CNN host video of that flub or offer a T-shirt to immortalize the moment? No one is surprised. Share This
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  Media Snoozes While Obama’s ‘Altered States’ Gaffes Continue

  http://www.bizzyblog.com/2008/05/19/media-snoozes-while-obam...
  140 days ago in BizzyBlog · Authority: 246

  Noel Sheppard of NewsBusters posted Saturday on Barack Obama’s tirade against Fox News. The underlying report by Ryan Alessi of McClatchy’s Lexington Herald-Leader also contained this nugget (HT National Review’ Online’s Media Blog), showing that the candidate’s basic geography challenges continue: Obama conceded that he has a steep challenge to get his message and background to voters in states such as Kentucky — where he trails Sen. Hillary Clinton by 27 points, according to a poll published earlier this week — and West Virginia, where voters chose Clinton over Obama by 40 points on Tuesday. “What it says is that I’m not very well known in that part of the country,” Obama said. “Sen. Clinton, I think, is much better known, coming from a nearby state of Arkansas. So it’s not surprising that she would have an advantage in some of those states in the middle.” Trouble is, as a look at a US map (with territories) shows, Arkansas may be “nearby,” but Obama’s home state of Illinois is “adjacent”: Greg Polliwitz at NRO’s Media Blog asks: Can the man who wants to be President please tell us why Arkansas is somehow closer to Kentucky than Illinois?????? This gaffe comes on the heels of Obama’s “state”-ment of May 9 that “I’ve been in 57 states, (with) I think one left to go.” As I noted last week (at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog), during the 1992 campaign, Vice President Dan Quayle was pilloried from June until Election Day over his misspelling of a word. I would suggest that Quayle’s error is “small potatoes” compared to the stunning geographic ignorance that is becoming a routine occurrence with Obama. Clearly, Old Media disagrees. A Google News search on “nearby state of Arkansas” (in quotes) came back with three results. Two of them are Alessi’s report. The other is at the American Thinker blog. Perhaps, in addition to Jeremiah Wright and Obama’s wife Michelle, the candidate and his campaign will demand that geography be made an off-limits topic. Cross-posted at NewsBusters.org. _________________________________________ UPDATE, May 21: Michelle Malkin — “Gaffe Machine.”

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