Obama, It Is

The people have spoken and more importantly, the electoral college has spoken and our President-elect for 2009 to 2012 is Barack Obama.

Congratulations to both campaigns, each fought dirty and one prevailed.

After eight years, the Democrats have the White House again and we can all hope that every U.S. citizen benefits.

I do wonder, though…

Left wing fanatics and over-zealous liberals have been relentless in their hounding of the Bush administration and the Republican Party. Now that they have who they chose to be their president, will the right-winged, extreme conservatives relish in their turned tables? Will they mock and critisize President-elect Barack Obama whenever something goes astray?

This is a shot in the dark, but I believe conservatives will be seeking revenge.

Everyone knows that whatever party owns the White House, is never the popular party. Not in the sense that they can escape scrutiny beyond the necessary investigations. 

Obama has his work cut out for him. He is indeed entering the presidency during trubulent times. Much like current President G. W. Bush’s second term, his is set up to disappoint. He must prove to the people that he can face the economic problems head-on and overcome what many see as impossibilities.

Good luck Barak Obama, the country is counting on you.

The 2008 Presidential Election

I won’t drone on about this years election, it’s tough enough trying to avoid all the slanted talk coming straight out of the media.

But I do want to point out something many of you may already know about.  Journalism.org has been keeping tabs on these powerful networks that serve as a communication line to the people. They had some interesting discoveries about the election.

What they discovered only underlines the point of this blog. The slanted way the media reports is disgusting! Surprisingly, FOX seemed to be the most balanced when it came to negative and positive reporting for both McCain and Obama. I’m not saying that they’re exempt from bias’. Having watched one program on FOX, they seem to be rellishing in the fact that they are more balanced (when it comes to the presidential election.) Which hardly seems like anything that should warrant praise!

The media has become so partisan that when they actually do what they’re supposed to do they expect a pat on the back! Hah! They should simply touch on the statistics instead of gloat the way they’ve been doing; only making themselves look worse.

Either way, I encourage you to see the website linked here about the statistics journalism.org found. It is truly interesting.

Their website is also on my blogroll under A Watchful Eye on the Media.