tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post7917827668927918364..comments2023-12-25T10:47:28.707-05:00Comments on Work of the Poet: Obama in Detroit todaymaryt/theteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17516961981692076719noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-41186079211729072392008-06-22T00:49:00.000-04:002008-06-22T00:49:00.000-04:00Did you hear about the Dunkin Donuts thing? Sheesh...Did you hear about the Dunkin Donuts thing? Sheesh, getting worked up about head scarves is stupid.<BR/><BR/>However, this makes me wonder about the inside of a political campaign. Any campaign. How much does the candidate know about his own image making process and how much does he stay purposefully ignorant of?Marilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06984777868047304830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-44597235118289288242008-06-20T23:53:00.000-04:002008-06-20T23:53:00.000-04:00Well said. I agree with you that his staffers sho...Well said. I agree with you that his staffers shouldn't discriminate. I also agree with those who commented here today that it wouldn't matter because the media is going to pick nits about anything they can sensationalize.<BR/><BR/>It's a sorry state of affairs.Travis Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06192526507760146748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-53314730822206493362008-06-20T21:52:00.000-04:002008-06-20T21:52:00.000-04:00Yup. That's a bummer. The image police define inte...Yup. That's a bummer. The image police define integrity, I guess.SandyCarlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752798823532580733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-66751228308276418952008-06-20T10:03:00.000-04:002008-06-20T10:03:00.000-04:00I think the media would definitely use it if they ...I think the media would definitely use it if they were behind him. And I could just hear the reps calling it out just as they did with his middle name and so on and so forth. I understand where you coming from, but it would hurt him as oposers would use it against him. At least that's my thought for Friday. Have a great weekend!Ivanhoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14568486975589895670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-31050271821742826932008-06-20T09:21:00.000-04:002008-06-20T09:21:00.000-04:00I agree with "Mo"...Media is nothing but glorified...I agree with "Mo"...<BR/><BR/>Media is nothing but glorified fiction of one man's opinion. Being that Obama is the nominee and our next president, the media is trying its hardest to dig up dirt on the man, and I think eventually it'll all backfire. He has handled other things in the past with eloquence and dignity...he'll do it again.<BR/><BR/>Come see my show n tell today. See what I got.<BR/><BR/><BR/><B>OBAMA in 09!!!</B>Hootin Annihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08811326085498312568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-3164655247029173572008-06-20T09:09:00.000-04:002008-06-20T09:09:00.000-04:00Yeah but we also want him to win. He's got to use ...Yeah but we also want him to win. He's got to use some media savey to get there. Being the first black president is huge and he's gonna need all his smarts to get there. He's already been accused of being into Islam that will not help him. In fact it will hurt him. I can totally understand why he has to play the media game and I believe as un-pc as it is right now he needs to do what it takes.Suziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13150191994661266181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-75562822124416695442008-06-19T23:48:00.000-04:002008-06-19T23:48:00.000-04:00Well, well. I am the most liberal fundamentalist ...Well, well. I am the most liberal fundamentalist you could run into. It was not the right thing to do but probably it was <I>politically correct</I> when you're running for office.<BR/><BR/>Had they (Obama machine) done their proper screening those two wouldn't have even been near for the cameras to pick up.<BR/><BR/>The L.A. Times is a very liberal newspaper--I read it occaisionally. I wonder if they had a reporter over there? Not a whole lot of people go to Detroit.<BR/>..Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982249173214655060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-79958580476034551032008-06-19T20:28:00.000-04:002008-06-19T20:28:00.000-04:00I guess it depends on where you get your informati...I guess it depends on where you get your information. The LA Times reported about this incident, today. Their report said it was <B>volunteer</B> staffers who made these decisions, not paid staffers. I me this makes a difference.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13716690020687995783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-44401425718718308702008-06-19T20:25:00.000-04:002008-06-19T20:25:00.000-04:00I once worked for the Commission Against Discrimin...I once worked for the Commission Against Discrimination here in my state. It's a circle. It always has been. I agree with Raven, with careful handling, there is always hope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-24357319676149439052008-06-19T20:00:00.000-04:002008-06-19T20:00:00.000-04:00I was/am very disappointed and I don't think the c...I was/am very disappointed and I don't think the campaign staffer apologizing was enough.<BR/><BR/>I don't envy him the impossible place he is always in though.<BR/><BR/>He was quoted back in April as saying that every time he said he wasn't a "secret Muslim" he felt he then needed to remind everyone that being a Muslim wasn't a crime or a sin.<BR/><BR/>I'm so sick of this crap. I want to talk about my health insurance, my mortgage, I want to hear about doing something about the Army Corp of Engineers so we don't keep having this once in a lifetime floods every freaking year!!Diannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02946500110072411468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-15025252794278306382008-06-19T18:51:00.000-04:002008-06-19T18:51:00.000-04:00I'm with Raven, if you're going to get criticized ...I'm with Raven, if you're going to get criticized by someone either way, then choose the morally right path -- no exclusion, no discrimination.sgreerpitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764262558160301061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-701551867421771212008-06-19T18:35:00.000-04:002008-06-19T18:35:00.000-04:00I too left a comment earlier... darn blogger!You j...I too left a comment earlier... darn blogger!<BR/>You just can't win with the media today - either he includes people and he's a terrorist on one channel, or he excludes people and he's a sexist racist on another channel.Mo and The Purrieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16654573008006116939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30988056.post-52923718066250874082008-06-19T18:10:00.000-04:002008-06-19T18:10:00.000-04:00I wrote a whole eloquent (!) response and blogger ...I wrote a whole eloquent (!) response and blogger zapped it. Grrrr. Hate recreating comments. Now that I have ranted about that... I totally agree with you. Given the state of our media and the opposition, they were probably sort of damned if they did and damned if they didn't, but bigotry is always the wrong way to go. Hopefully, if Obama handles the situation well, though, it may defuse this as an issue in the days ahead. We can hope so anyway.Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04996538460071167819noreply@blogger.com