Comments on: Election 2004 vs 2008 http://turntablemedia.com/blog/2008/10/24/election-2004-vs-2008/ experiences / observations / ideas / inspiration Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:04:36 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Wayne http://turntablemedia.com/blog/2008/10/24/election-2004-vs-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-24032 Wayne Sat, 25 Oct 2008 06:50:03 +0000 http://turntablemedia.com/blog/?p=210#comment-24032 I guess the youtube embed doesn't work http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vagD-4AH4Vc I guess the youtube embed doesn’t work
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vagD-4AH4Vc

]]> By: Wayne http://turntablemedia.com/blog/2008/10/24/election-2004-vs-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-24031 Wayne Sat, 25 Oct 2008 06:48:55 +0000 http://turntablemedia.com/blog/?p=210#comment-24031 I'll be happy to see it end. Obama has been heads above any candidate in our lifetime. But as "transformative" as he has been, the sad fact remains that, despite the serious and complex issues at hand, most people want reductive coverage. What's so disheartening is the media is willing to devote the amount of time necessary, but that time is spent at a child's level. What I will remember of this election is seeing many clips like this one: What scares me is a lot of these people went to college, drive minivans and work in offices. They are well-fed on Applebees. They aren't illiterates that emerged from some distant woods. And, at the end of the most prosperous years, they have been reduced to this. Now Obama is faced with leading them through the lean times. I'm concerned. I’ll be happy to see it end. Obama has been heads above any candidate in our lifetime. But as “transformative” as he has been, the sad fact remains that, despite the serious and complex issues at hand, most people want reductive coverage. What’s so disheartening is the media is willing to devote the amount of time necessary, but that time is spent at a child’s level.

What I will remember of this election is seeing many clips like this one:

What scares me is a lot of these people went to college, drive minivans and work in offices. They are well-fed on Applebees. They aren’t illiterates that emerged from some distant woods. And, at the end of the most prosperous years, they have been reduced to this. Now Obama is faced with leading them through the lean times. I’m concerned.

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