I don't know about you, but I'm just a little disturbed that our news agencies have so much time to fill up on TV that they have not only predicted the winner of the presidential race but are now beginning to speculate on what Governor Palin's post-defeat role will or should be in the Republican Party. I have seen an article speculating on the reaction of African-Americans to a defeat of Senator Obama. Another article make the statement that the Obama team willl need to have a shadow government in place during the transition period so that our allies will not be caught short on January 20.
Come on, folks. Can't we wait until the election is over before moving on to the next phase? After all, there's still a strong possibility that McCain will pull a Harry Truman on us and surprise the networks. In 2000 we had to wait a couple of weeks before we knew who our next president would be. (Everyone credits the Supreme Court for callilng the shots on that one but I believe the winner was determined by whose moving van showed up at the White House first.)
Please join me in saying "No!" to pre-election reporting of post-election events.
amen to that!
ReplyDeleteOh, but isn't predicting the future the fun part. I'm still imagining the next election. I think it will pit Romney against Harry Reid what do you think.
ReplyDeleteOn a mildly serious note, you could argue that the best thing for Romney's future prospects would be for Utah to vote for Obama. It would send a clear message to the Republican Party that they can't merely bank on the Mormon vote. And in particular, making anti-mormon alliances would not be tollerated.
See its fun to pontificate about the, most likely irrelevant, possible future.
They seem to be more concerned about what the candidates are wearing instead of what their issues are. And then when they do talk about issues, they pick and choose the ones that best fit their agenda. The news media gets an "F" in my opinion because I don't feel they "report" the news as it is, but they "selectively report and predict" the news.
ReplyDeletewe've stopped watching TV a long time ago
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