Calling Bush "shrub" is also infantile. And Fidoohki, there has been tons of criticism of Obama (justified and eminently unjustified), which has not
been met by accusations of racism. This "woe is us, hapless victims of the biased media" nonsense really ought to stop. The media chases whatever it
thinks the public likes to see, and that even applies to openly biased media outlets like Fox - ultimately, they are beholden to stockholders more than to any
ideology. Obama gets a lot of favourable coverage because he is charismatic and likable; McCain also gets a lot of favourable coverage due to his (not exactly
factually unassailable) status as a "maverick" and POW history.
The race issue has been used against Obama at least as much as it been used in support of him; ignoring that is applying ideological blinders to your vision.
been met by accusations of racism. This "woe is us, hapless victims of the biased media" nonsense really ought to stop. The media chases whatever it
thinks the public likes to see, and that even applies to openly biased media outlets like Fox - ultimately, they are beholden to stockholders more than to any
ideology. Obama gets a lot of favourable coverage because he is charismatic and likable; McCain also gets a lot of favourable coverage due to his (not exactly
factually unassailable) status as a "maverick" and POW history.
The race issue has been used against Obama at least as much as it been used in support of him; ignoring that is applying ideological blinders to your vision.