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Brandon BarkerHowObamaGotElected.com Doesn't Click
The right wing operatives who launched howobamagotelected.com--a site dedicated to exposing how the liberal media's bias scored a victory for President-elect Barack Obama--have indeed exposed an undeniable truth about our nation: Some folks are not so sharp.According to the site, a film crew making a documentary called "Media Malpractice... How Obama Got Elected" sat down with 12 Obama supporters on Election Day and asked them a series of questions concerning the months and months of media coverage leading up to that historic Tuesday. The site's homepage claims, "these voters were chosen for their apparent intelligence/verbal abilities and willingness to express their opinions to a large audience."
Apparently, they were also chosen from the University of Phoenix Online Course in Method Acting.
Ultimately, though, left-wingers should not scoff too much while watching this video. In fact, it may seem all too familiar, waking up after Election Day with the realization that scores of misinformed voters have elected into the nation's highest office a man with "limited experience," "radical alliances," and "extreme positions."
Or, how about it happening twice in the last eight years?
Test your own knowledge of the 2008 election
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B. Brandon Barker's writing has appeared in Global City Review, The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror (St. Martin's Press), Verbicide, The Feed and online at McSweeney's. He's also the author of the novel Operation Emu. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, he was born in England, raised in Arkansas and now lives in Virginia.
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Patricia Oliver
10:23AM Nov 18th 2008
It wasn't just the media, it was mostly the color of his skin.
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BILL
10:27AM Nov 18th 2008
ODD HOW THE MEDIA WILL JUMP ON SOMETHING IF THEY THINK IT MAY BE A STORY OF A COVER UP, BUT WHEN THEY ARE INVOLVED THEY PULL THE SHEET OVER THERE HEAD TO HIDE....WE NEED A HONEST MEDIA, NOT RUN BY A GROUP WHO WANT TO RUN THE NATION FROM A SMOKE FILLED ROOM...
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(0) John
10:27AM Nov 18th 2008
Patricia,
What?!?! How old are you? 14?
John in Philadelphia
What?!?! How old are you? 14?
John in Philadelphia
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(0) the raven.........
10:30AM Nov 18th 2008
IF YOU ARE SMART.............YOU WILL TURN OFF THE NATIONAL NEWS AND ONLY READ THE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS FOR LOCAL NEWS ONLY.
ONLY FOX NEWS IS FAIR AND BALANCED
ONLY FOX NEWS IS FAIR AND BALANCED
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(0) Brenda
10:32AM Nov 18th 2008
LOOK, LET'S MOVE FORWARD. OBAMA WAS JUST AS QUALIFIED AS ANY OF THE OTHER CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. HE IS NOW THE PRESIDENT ELECT AND NOTHING CAN CHANGE THAT, EVEN ALL THE NEGATIVE TALK AND THE VERBAL ABUSE WON'T CHANGE A THING. LET'S JUST GET OVER IT AND STOP BEING SO NEGATIVE ABOUT EVERYTHING, IT'S OVER, MOVE ON.
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(0) Joseph M. Krebs
10:34AM Nov 18th 2008
STUPID people are EASY to CONTROL!!!! Since the 1960's America is FALLING BEHIND IN EDUCATION!!!!!
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(0) Joseph M. Krebs
10:34AM Nov 18th 2008
STUPID people are EASY to CONTROL!!!! Since the 1960's America is FALLING BEHIND IN EDUCATION!!!!!
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(0) John Huckleberry
10:37AM Nov 18th 2008
First off, as a press agent for over 400 companies, the media is owned over whelming by conservative interest. Second, votes got Obama elected because of the economy and the mistakes President Bush made. Get the story right and stop repeating made up stories, mho.
John Huckleberry
CEO
Hollywood Tonight LLC
John Huckleberry
CEO
Hollywood Tonight LLC
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(0) SPacificGrove
10:37AM Nov 18th 2008
You just don't "just" win a landslide.....The GOP was bludgeoned overall because they simply ran out of ideas to present to the average American voter....Clearly the best candidate won the presidential contest by nearly 9 MILLION votes (and rising), and getting over 365 electoral votes (270 needed).....The right wing needs to get off of the denial/blame mode and do some real soul searching about their party's brand: smaller gov't, fiscal responsibility and accountability, defending our Constitution, staying out of foreign conflicts, keeping the gov't OUT OF the private lives of its citizens...These used to be the "old fashion" republican values until they were hijacked by the neo-conservative fringe and their evangelical partners....
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(0) John Fung
10:38AM Nov 18th 2008
Okay, so what is the point? My guess is that you could ask any person voting for McCain who John Boehner is. Or who Jon Kyl is. They would have no idea. On the other hand, if you were to ask them if who the Muslim candidate was, or who was the socialist on the ballot, you would get them to identify Obama. The fact is that the American public is dangerously ignorant about current affairs and government. The media works both ways, don't tell me that Fox is fair and MSNBC is not. If you believe that, you are as ignorant as those you make fun of.
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(0) Vince
10:41AM Nov 18th 2008
Minnesota Senate Election
This is a state that elected a wrestler (how'd that work out for ya) then voted for president a guy who has never run anything in his life, never attended a foreign policy meeting and has limited (at best)in congress. The populus has also elected any number of incompetent fools (too numerous to mention) and now, not to be outdone they and the DNC along with ACORN are electing a foul mouthed clown whose only credentials include writing dirty stories for Playboy, working on and investing in a failed radio station (no one would listen) and bad mouthing and threatening anyone who dared to disagree with him. You trully deserve this guy, the only thing left to do is to "neuter" all of the residents of this state and prevent any of them from leaving and poluting the remaing 49, with exception of MA, that place has long since gone straight to hell. Enjoy bozos relax and watch your "newest" blunder take your pitiful state further down the drain.
This is a state that elected a wrestler (how'd that work out for ya) then voted for president a guy who has never run anything in his life, never attended a foreign policy meeting and has limited (at best)in congress. The populus has also elected any number of incompetent fools (too numerous to mention) and now, not to be outdone they and the DNC along with ACORN are electing a foul mouthed clown whose only credentials include writing dirty stories for Playboy, working on and investing in a failed radio station (no one would listen) and bad mouthing and threatening anyone who dared to disagree with him. You trully deserve this guy, the only thing left to do is to "neuter" all of the residents of this state and prevent any of them from leaving and poluting the remaing 49, with exception of MA, that place has long since gone straight to hell. Enjoy bozos relax and watch your "newest" blunder take your pitiful state further down the drain.
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(0) Billy Williams
10:42AM Nov 18th 2008
Prayer elected Obama.
Blacks were praying that God would elect a black man as President and Whites were praying that God would save America.
God answered the prayers of both Blacks and Whites.
If right wing conservative republicans want to elect their idiots, they need to pray and ask God to damn American.
Blacks were praying that God would elect a black man as President and Whites were praying that God would save America.
God answered the prayers of both Blacks and Whites.
If right wing conservative republicans want to elect their idiots, they need to pray and ask God to damn American.
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(0) daytradervin
10:42AM Nov 18th 2008
Minnesota Senate Election
This is a state that elected a wrestler (how'd that work out for ya) then voted for president a guy who has never run anything in his life, never attended a foreign policy meeting and has limited (at best)in congress. The populus has also elected any number of incompetent fools (too numerous to mention) and now, not to be outdone they and the DNC along with ACORN are electing a foul mouthed clown whose only credentials include writing dirty stories for Playboy, working on and investing in a failed radio station (no one would listen) and bad mouthing and threatening anyone who dared to disagree with him. You trully deserve this guy, the only thing left to do is to "neuter" all of the residents of this state and prevent any of them from leaving and poluting the remaing 49, with exception of MA, that place has long since gone straight to hell. Enjoy bozos relax and watch your "newest" blunder take your pitiful state further down the drain.
This is a state that elected a wrestler (how'd that work out for ya) then voted for president a guy who has never run anything in his life, never attended a foreign policy meeting and has limited (at best)in congress. The populus has also elected any number of incompetent fools (too numerous to mention) and now, not to be outdone they and the DNC along with ACORN are electing a foul mouthed clown whose only credentials include writing dirty stories for Playboy, working on and investing in a failed radio station (no one would listen) and bad mouthing and threatening anyone who dared to disagree with him. You trully deserve this guy, the only thing left to do is to "neuter" all of the residents of this state and prevent any of them from leaving and poluting the remaing 49, with exception of MA, that place has long since gone straight to hell. Enjoy bozos relax and watch your "newest" blunder take your pitiful state further down the drain.
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(0) Jarret Anson
10:42AM Nov 18th 2008
Ha, it's taken us this long to realize how stupid people are? Who do you think makes up at least 60% of the polls every four years? The ignorant, you know those who vote for issues like God and abortion only, those who vote one party because mommy and daddy did. This isn't news people ask those who actually vote on all the issues, they could have told you this was clear as day to them. America is full of stupid people; always has and will be.
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(0) rat5459
10:43AM Nov 18th 2008
This is nothing new in our media saturated society. On the counter point this same kind of ignorance got us into a war in Iraq. The fact is the American public is badly misinformed from both ideological perspectives.
So, here we go again, the cherry picking of the stupid and exploiting it. Any first year journalism student could get the same responses from a another select audience. In fact this film only proves how bad the media is and how poorly Americans are when it comes from getting their information. I find it odd that I never get interviewed or polled. Is it because I look smarter?
I sure wish these same people asked the same baited questions from McCain voters.
Yeah, I know, so much for the lack bias in any media.
Rick Tucker
So, here we go again, the cherry picking of the stupid and exploiting it. Any first year journalism student could get the same responses from a another select audience. In fact this film only proves how bad the media is and how poorly Americans are when it comes from getting their information. I find it odd that I never get interviewed or polled. Is it because I look smarter?
I sure wish these same people asked the same baited questions from McCain voters.
Yeah, I know, so much for the lack bias in any media.
Rick Tucker
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(0) KC
10:44AM Nov 18th 2008
Of course the media helped get him elected. They never asked the hard questions and when one of their own did (Brian Ross-Rev. Wright exposure) it was treated as if religion was all of a sudden a sacred cow and the reporter was at fault. Where was the sacred cow when Bush proclaimed his "Born Again" alliances. They constantly berated Bush for "using" his religion. They demonized Clinton, while putting Obama on a pedestal. I have yet to see a late night talk show make a joke about Obama and yet they still ridicule Clinton and McCain. They would not even use the word arrogant when discribing Obama for fear they would be considered "racists", yet they'd use all sorts of sexual pejoratives about Hillary. Did they get him elected, how could I think otherwise.
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(0) Tonya
10:45AM Nov 18th 2008
Why are we still talking about this? I think the only ones still talking about it are the ones who are bitter and mad that Obama was even selected to become the next President. We need to understand that this man is well educated, a great human being, a good family man and he's going to do the best job in the White House that he can under the circumstances. We also need to remember that the economy has been bad for a long time and that is not Obama's fault, he not even the President yet. Let's just give this man a change to try and do the right thing for everybody, even the jerks that are running their mouths.
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(0) A Shamed America
10:48AM Nov 18th 2008
Brenda thinks Obama is jsut as qualified as the rest of the Candidates. His close association with Known Criminals and His lack of Disclosure should have been enough for everyone to Raise an eyebrow and say Humm! I know every one says this is America and if you don't want to respect the Flag and the National Athem you don't have to, you are absolutely Right. If you are one of those then YOU DON'T DESERVE NOR ARE YOU QUAILIFIED to be president of this once great nation. He Has Not Been Nor will He ever be Totally Honest about his past. I would be ashamed of it too.
For the First time in MY Adult LIfe I am Ashamed to be an American.
For the First time in MY Adult LIfe I am Ashamed to be an American.
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(0) RustyShackleford
10:49AM Nov 18th 2008
Behold- the Obama electorate.
You reap what you sow.
You reap what you sow.
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