The Headline Tells the Story

Sometimes a headline writer hits the nail on the head and exposes more than perhaps they wanted.

The candidate of Hope and Change, of a new kind of politics and and end to the old ways of doing things in Washington has announced his pick for Vice President. Naturally every news outlet and political blog will be examining the choice in the minutest detail.

CNN ran an analysis with a headline that puts the lie to the Hope and Change Obama mantra:

I thought Obama was strictly "new school."

CNN does raise the issue in the first sentence


But then proceeds to ignore the question altogether and focuses on the wonderful old-schoolness of Obama.

I'm sure Obama is not too woried about his message of change - because that's all it ever was a marketing message. Like all politicians Obama will do, say, or fake anything to get elected.

Hopeless and Changeless. Politics as usual.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 08:38 PM | No Comments | Add Comment