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By Michael Eden
I came across an Associated Press headline that left me racing to the toilet to hurl: Obama breaks from Bush, avoids divisive stands
Let me play the first few bars of this article for you, so I can explain what is so profoundly wrong with it:
‘Barack Obama opened his presidency by breaking sharply from George W. Bush’s unpopular administration, but he mostly avoided divisive partisan and ideological stands. He focused instead on fixing the economy, repairing a battered world image and cleaning up government.
‘“What an opportunity we have to change this country,” the Democrat told his senior staff after his inauguration. “The American people are really counting on us now. Let’s make sure we take advantage of it.”’
I have two reactions. In no particular order: 1) Wow. That Obama. So wonderfully bi-partisan and non-divisive. I hope they come out with an Obama teddy bear so I can hug him all night long. 2) It is truly frightening that a news service as large and as important as the Associated Press would issue something so blatantly untrue and so nakedly partisan in its presentation.Let’s see a couple of titles that should serve to contradict the paper’s thesis that Obama is avoiding partisan political stands:
Barack Obama to end US army’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy towards gays
Obama reverses Bush abortion-funds policy
Our Socialist Energy Czar
Obama to GOP: ‘I Won’
Support for the LGBT Community (Obama’s own website detailing his radical plans to advance the political goals of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and Transgenders, accessed January 25, 2009).
http://startthinkingright.wordpress.com/2009/01/26/media-praise-obama-for-his-wonderfulness/