visiting and reading your post here. thanks

I was referring to the media’s portrayal of Obama, and in particular to the metaphorical crucifixion which will follow should he succeed in the forthcoming elections. A president like many others in a position of power is given a public period of grace, a journalistic ‘honeymoon period’.

However, the media are in the business of creating and destroying cultural icons, if their chosen subjects no longer draw interest and thus advertising revenue, the media will dismantle their creation publicly and almost certainly with as much venom as possible. Negative headlines draw far more audience and thus revenue than positive reporting.

The media is bias to the right and left, and invariably switches sides to maintain its own popularity. The only religion that still maintains the attention of the mass is politics, politicians have the ultimate say over our freedoms, collective destiny, economic strategy, and many other aspects of our individual lives. The presidential system has become a process of global media influence and a servitude to the generic, the over-simplified, and to put it bluntly, a quick fix for the nation’s woes.

Obama has won! Yet already the international news coverage has begun to ask the very same question I have with this piece, as a reporter at the BBC continues to ask the those celebrating the win, ‘Now that Obama is President, won’t the expectations of the American public be stratospheric?’. My answer is yes, it is an amazing moment in history, but the world economy is still in turmoil, we are entering a potential economic depression, the troubles in the Middle East continue, Africa continues to starve, the world and the USA are in the worst state for decades. One man cannot perform miracles, let alone instant ones. No matter what happens now I am glad that Obama has won the US elections, as many across the world will agree, I just hope that those who so believed in him will now show him the patience he so deserves. Repairing a country, putting the world to rights, finding solutions to all the troubles that face Barack will take time, a long, long time. So I ask, all those who support him, and all those who do not, reserve your judgement, the media have a habit of turning the tables, don’t let them, stay focused on the day-to-day, as I am sure the new President of the USA will do, he faces a mammoth task, I only hope the world will maintain a sense of perspective as Obama prepares for Government. The light of day can be a cold and hard one, be prepared for the worst of times before the best of times can follow.

Thanks for your visit! I agree with you on Obama.He’s facing a hard period in history.But what has been achieved will stand,his election.From Portugal I followed the election process since January and it was very interesting in several aspects.Your country and President allways played an important role in the world issues. So many times in the past we wish we could also vote along with you, not just this one time!!:-) I hope he does his best so that America can have a better future!

I have always been right of center, a fiscal conservative and socially liberal. However, when experiencing the mess that the Bush White House has made of everything, I voted for Obama. He is not God, but this is the time for some dramatic changes, not just in the US but around the world. I am also tired of the US’s (I live in the US) “better than thou” arrogance. It’s time for a little humility.

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this is a beautiful concept, very traditional.

If I think about how Jesus was almost a fad during his time, I see the connection most clearly. To me this points out how Jesus and Obama are saviors in that they provide(d) a hope that wasn’t present before. It made me think about things. Thanks.