Just so you all know how crazy the local paper is...
Now, this particular paper always had a conservative bent, but years ago it was somewhat reasonable. I would sometimes pick it up together with the usual newspaper in order to get different points of view on one story... and it used to have more local news and better comics than the regular newspaper. But since then, it's gone way off in a different direction.
I think today's headline wins the prize:
"Obama disses white guys"
In huge block letters. With the subtitle, "Rallies blacks, Latinos, women." Because, even from the account within the story itself, that's all he was doing -- here's what they quote from him:
"It will be up to each of you to make sure that the young people, African-Americans, Latinos and women, who powered our victory in 2008, stand together once again."
Well... yeah. A lot of people of those demographics did vote for him as President, and there was a great voter turnout... I don't think that's in dispute. And he'd like to keep having that kind of support... I wouldn't think that would be a huge shock.
But the article itself within the paper frames it with this headline: "Obama gives up on white men."
Really?
I think today's headline wins the prize:
"Obama disses white guys"
In huge block letters. With the subtitle, "Rallies blacks, Latinos, women." Because, even from the account within the story itself, that's all he was doing -- here's what they quote from him:
"It will be up to each of you to make sure that the young people, African-Americans, Latinos and women, who powered our victory in 2008, stand together once again."
Well... yeah. A lot of people of those demographics did vote for him as President, and there was a great voter turnout... I don't think that's in dispute. And he'd like to keep having that kind of support... I wouldn't think that would be a huge shock.
But the article itself within the paper frames it with this headline: "Obama gives up on white men."
Really?