First, a link to the article: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Politics/story?id=5601700&page=1
And now, to quote from a sentence:
"But Obama is scheduled to be in Virginia this Thursday, giving him a perfect moment in the days before the Democratic National Convention to anoint Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine as his running mate." (emphasis mine)
ANOINT?!? I checked dictionary.com, just to be certain that the word hadn't changed meaning overnight. It hadn't. Here's that link: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/anoint
I loved #3) "to consecrate or make sacred in a ceremony that includes the token applying of oil: He anointed the new high priest." (emphasis theirs.)
Great. Michelle Malkin and others call Mr Obama the "Obamessiah," and "The One." They do it sarcastically to draw attention to the cult of personality that has been created by the media. Here's the Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_personality It fits in with what the media's doing, doesn't it?
Remember reading in the American media how he was heckled at the Western Wall? I didn't read it there...I read it in the Times of London!! Here's THAT link: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article4388078.ece
You're also not reading in the American media about how abortion was not above his pay grade in 2001. Here's THAT link: http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber/2008/08/18/obamabortion/
Get the idea yet? The American media wants Mr Obama to be the next President. Finally, perhaps, somebody in the media is waking up to that fact: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/15/AR2008081503100.html?sub=AR This link discusses the type and amount of coverage between Mr Obama and Mr McCain.
"Numbers aren't everything in political coverage, butreaders deserve comparable coverage of the candidates."
Too bad they're not getting it.
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