{"id":1154,"date":"2008-12-03T12:48:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-03T16:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=1154"},"modified":"2008-12-03T12:48:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-03T16:48:00","slug":"now-they-tell-us-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=1154","title":{"rendered":"Now They Tell Us, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

CNN makes an astounding discovery.  Many people are comparing Barack Obama to famous presidents of the past, but the news organization is urging caution<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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But will Obama be a great one? Even a good one?<\/p>\n

The Americans who are comparing him to those remarkable predecessors are putting a lot of faith in a man they barely know.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In the words of Warner Todd Hudson (to whom the hat tip<\/a> goes):<\/p>\n

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And why do we "barely know" Barack Obama, CNN? Is it perhaps because the American media never took the time to vet this man? Is it because all we’ve gotten is hero worship from the media?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The man’s been campaigning for 2 years; the media should have made sure we had more than just bare knowledge of the candidate, but his background, his associates, and even his middle name were considered taboo topics.  But now<\/em> they tell us we don’t know enough about him.  Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CNN makes an astounding discovery.  Many people are comparing Barack Obama to famous presidents of the past, but the news organization is urging caution. But will Obama be a great one? Even a good one? The Americans who are comparing him to those remarkable predecessors are putting a lot of faith in a man they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,9,22,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-democrats","category-doug","category-media","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t