F**k The Press

I am sick and tired of the ultra lame coverage the press provides the Presidential race. They are always looking for the new angle. They are always looking for the tag line, the sound bite, the attention getting point of view. The Huffington Post headline this morning, "Media Jumps Ship From Obama," was idiotic. What did they mean? Who is the media? Is this a real story or a made up story.

We hear endlessly about Reverend Wright. We hear about the flag pin. The latest includes press articles indicating that the media is no longer enamored of Obama. One writer in the New Republic (who probably wasn't born in 1972) has now compared Obama to McGovern in taking up the Clintonista unelectable argument.

We continue to hear about the straight talk from McCain. The press drinks that kool-aid nonstop. More on that later, as I am convinced that McCain is the polar opposite of straight talk. Straight talk is nothing other than Rovian framing, in the same category as War on Terror, WMD and Family Values.

The press doesn't give focus to the really big stories. The big stories are the hundreds of thousands, even millions of new voters that the Obama campaign has brought into the political process. The big story is the young people excited about voting for a leader for the next generation. The big story is about changing the politics as usual landscape in Washington, DC.

The press has a difficult time digging deep and being thoughtful. And today, I am sick of it.