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Burgergate: the media food-fight
We've got something a little different than the Sports Shot here right now, we bring you instead an early-evening rendition of the soapbox. Now, you might have heard us earlier discussing how certain extremely conservative pundits were mocking President Obama for asking for spicy mustard on his burger (it's way more elitist than "special sauce"), but this tiny example is just one in a recent tradition of railing against anything and everything that the president says or does, no matter how inconsequential it is. I think Rush Limbaugh might have started it with his whole �I hope the President fails� thing. Here�s my question: since when do the neo-cons think that it�s patriotic to hope that their democratically elected leader (yes, he counts even if you disagree with him) fails? I hope they realize that if Obama fails, beyond the hyper-partisan BS, that America will suffer. If all of Obama�s reforms don�t work � I sincerely hope that they do � then America is going to be in serious trouble. And that�s what the Republicans want?
Now, I wasn�t a huge fan of George W. Bush and I�m still not. I think that his policies were incredibly damaging to this country in a variety of ways. He sank our foreign policy in the toilet and forgot to flush. But did I ever, EVER actively want his policies to fail? You�d have to be crazy to hope that the leader of your country messes up. Even though I didn�t agree with most of the things he did � and thought many of those decisions were dead wrong � once they were made I couldn�t help but pray that they were the RIGHT decisions, and that it would be better if I was wrong rather than have the president lead the country in the wrong direction.
The GOP appears not to share this sentiment. They not only believe that they�re right (and who can blame them? Everyone is going to say that what they think is right), they�re so dead-set against the idea of them being wrong that they�d rather see America get pulled into the gutter than have to admit that the President made the right call. That�s ego taken too far, but what else should I expect from Rush Limbaugh?
The media (not ALL of the media, but some individuals, like, for example, a guy whose name rhymes with �Men Peck�) has got to wake up and realize that it�s got more important things to do than report (ad nauseum) on what condiment Obama put on his burger, and incite panics with talk of �fascism��because nothing says �fascism� like a democratically elected leader with 4 years in office and a legislative and executive branch complete with checks and balances. All I�m saying is that the media needs to realize that they have a responsibility to inform the people, and we need to stop watching their garbage.
Now, I wasn�t a huge fan of George W. Bush and I�m still not. I think that his policies were incredibly damaging to this country in a variety of ways. He sank our foreign policy in the toilet and forgot to flush. But did I ever, EVER actively want his policies to fail? You�d have to be crazy to hope that the leader of your country messes up. Even though I didn�t agree with most of the things he did � and thought many of those decisions were dead wrong � once they were made I couldn�t help but pray that they were the RIGHT decisions, and that it would be better if I was wrong rather than have the president lead the country in the wrong direction.
The GOP appears not to share this sentiment. They not only believe that they�re right (and who can blame them? Everyone is going to say that what they think is right), they�re so dead-set against the idea of them being wrong that they�d rather see America get pulled into the gutter than have to admit that the President made the right call. That�s ego taken too far, but what else should I expect from Rush Limbaugh?
The media (not ALL of the media, but some individuals, like, for example, a guy whose name rhymes with �Men Peck�) has got to wake up and realize that it�s got more important things to do than report (ad nauseum) on what condiment Obama put on his burger, and incite panics with talk of �fascism��because nothing says �fascism� like a democratically elected leader with 4 years in office and a legislative and executive branch complete with checks and balances. All I�m saying is that the media needs to realize that they have a responsibility to inform the people, and we need to stop watching their garbage.
WVBR SOAPBOX ARCHIVE
~Burgergate: the media food-fight (Fri 11/13)
~WVBR News Presents: The Student Trustees (Sun 4/12)
~Student Trustee Candidates Speak Out in Forum (Tue 4/7)
~WVBR Interviews Slope Day's Pat Maloney (Fri 3/27)
~Dragon Day Disappointment (Tue 3/24)
~WVBR News Endorses Chris Basil and Nikki Junewicz For S... (Mon 3/2)
~Why We Endorsed a Candidate (Mon 3/2)
~Marijuana Legalization (Wed 2/11) 1 Comment
~The Media Aids Terrorists (Tue 2/10)
~No Mo' Gitmo, Oh-Oh (Tue 1/27) 1 Comment
~Skorton's Murky Tenure (Thu 12/4)
~State of the Republican Party? A-OK! (Tue 11/18) 1 Comment
~What To Do About NBA Basketball (Fri 11/14)
~Marijuana Mandate in Massachusetts (Tue 10/28)
~Teunure Denied Based on Political Viewpoint or
Someth... (Tue 10/21)
~No Honorary Degrees, Says Faculty
Senate (Mon 10/20)
~Sam Levine, Once Again, On the Presdiential Election (Fri 10/17)
~GM foods soapbox (Wed 10/15)
~Stem Cell Soapbox (Wed 10/15)
~Education Soapbox (Wed 10/8)
~Sarah Palin Soapbox (Wed 10/8)
~Sam Levine on The VP Debate (Fri 10/3)
~BBC's Blatant Bias Rebuffs Climate Change Challengers (Tue 9/30)
~Sam Levine on Sarah Palin (Fri 9/26)
~McCain is Able (Tue 9/23)
~The Cornell Review's Response to the
SA (Tue 9/16)
~Sam Levine on Racism (Fri 9/12)
~A Legacy of Political Hunters (Tue 9/9)
~Sam Levine on Palin/McCain (Fri 9/5)
~Sam Levine on His Senior Thesis (Fri 9/5)
~WVBR News Presents: The Student Trustees (Sun 4/12)
~Student Trustee Candidates Speak Out in Forum (Tue 4/7)
~WVBR Interviews Slope Day's Pat Maloney (Fri 3/27)
~Dragon Day Disappointment (Tue 3/24)
~WVBR News Endorses Chris Basil and Nikki Junewicz For S... (Mon 3/2)
~Why We Endorsed a Candidate (Mon 3/2)
~Marijuana Legalization (Wed 2/11) 1 Comment
~The Media Aids Terrorists (Tue 2/10)
~No Mo' Gitmo, Oh-Oh (Tue 1/27) 1 Comment
~Skorton's Murky Tenure (Thu 12/4)
~State of the Republican Party? A-OK! (Tue 11/18) 1 Comment
~What To Do About NBA Basketball (Fri 11/14)
~Marijuana Mandate in Massachusetts (Tue 10/28)
~Teunure Denied Based on Political Viewpoint or
Someth... (Tue 10/21)
~No Honorary Degrees, Says Faculty
Senate (Mon 10/20)
~Sam Levine, Once Again, On the Presdiential Election (Fri 10/17)
~GM foods soapbox (Wed 10/15)
~Stem Cell Soapbox (Wed 10/15)
~Education Soapbox (Wed 10/8)
~Sarah Palin Soapbox (Wed 10/8)
~Sam Levine on The VP Debate (Fri 10/3)
~BBC's Blatant Bias Rebuffs Climate Change Challengers (Tue 9/30)
~Sam Levine on Sarah Palin (Fri 9/26)
~McCain is Able (Tue 9/23)
~The Cornell Review's Response to the
SA (Tue 9/16)
~Sam Levine on Racism (Fri 9/12)
~A Legacy of Political Hunters (Tue 9/9)
~Sam Levine on Palin/McCain (Fri 9/5)
~Sam Levine on His Senior Thesis (Fri 9/5)
