Seems that way now that Obama is president.
How many of us even know that US deaths in Afghanistan are at a record pace in 2009? Think that wouldn’t be major headlines in every paper and every MSM news report if Bush or McCain were president?
How do I even know this? Because it was mentioned in the second to last paragraph in an AP article that leads off with the following:
“A rare rocket attack on the main U.S. base in Afghanistan early Sunday killed two U.S. troops and wounded six other Americans, including two civilians, officials said.”
A RARE rocket attack. Just an isolated incident. Nothing to be overly concerned about. These things happen. Hey, wonder how Barack is spending Father’s Day. He’s such an inspiration. Don’t you just hate Bush even more now that you know how wonderful things are with Barack Obama leading us as the father of our country? Jennifer Weiss, writing for the SF Chronicle, actually said this:
“On this Father’s Day, the American public should proudly note that our president takes his personal role as father (and spouse) as seriously as he does his job as father of the country.”
Excuse me? Father of our country? Excuse me while I wretch.
But I digress…
Bottom line: the war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, the war on terror in general… no longer really news worthy now that we can all rest easy in the knowledge that any deaths now are for a good cause and therefor hardly worth getting upset over.
One other thought along a similar line: after months of being told that the health care system is broken and we will all be losing our health care, polls are showing that Americans consider health care a major issue that needs to be addressed… shocking.
After months of being told that Israel needs to be more flexible and the Arab states have gotten a raw deal, polls are showing support from Americans dropping dramatically.
So… when we are told something is true over and over, is it any surprise that polls show we actually start believing in this new version reality?
Nor should we be surprised that these polls, influenced by our president, are then used to justify his positions… shocking.
