Spring Break
Judgment Day too early
Mary Dixon
Issue date: 11/18/08 Section: Opinion
Never judge a book by its cover, right? That's not exactly the outlook of the American people right now. Barack Obama is officially the presidential-elect. But just because he is next in line to be President doesn't mean he IS the President. Yet.
Analyses and conspiracies have been flooding the media circuits. Some have gone as far as to compare him to Adolf Hitler. That's right, the same person who was responsible for the extermination of millions of European Jews. As I'm watching these reports on Fox News, I can't help but think that this man hasn't yet had the chance to do ANYTHING, good or bad, and already he is facing this extremely harsh and unfair scrutiny.
The rumors and accusations are nothing new to Obama in his pursuit of the White House. The first, and perhaps biggest, smear campaign was the infamous story that "Barack Obama is a secret Muslim." This rumor-although untrue-still circulated among various news outlets and blogs during the campaign. He has said many times that he is a Christian. However, in times like these, what should be more important to the American people-someone's religion or their promised actions? We shouldn't be focusing on the holy doctrine that someone follows; we should be concerned about the policies that they are going to try to enact.
There has also been the nasty nickname of "Obama Bin Laden," and the never-ending scrutiny of Obama's middle name, "Hussein." William Shakespeare stated in the 16th century, "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." People living hundreds of years ago understood that a name is nothing; therefore, the American people need to stop trying to insinuate that Obama is a terrorist simply because of a name that the man didn't even choose for himself!
Another topic that was extremely popular at the beginning of the race was, again, an extremely irrelevant piece of information. On his jacket, he did not wear an American flag pin. The fact that people would even focus on something like that is crazy! I don't wear an American flag pin, ever, and that does not mean that I care about my country any less.
I feel that everyone needs to step back and relax. There is no need to bail out the boat before any water has entered the vessel. Countries around the world celebrated and rejoiced at the news of our new president-elect, so maybe we as citizens need to stand behind our new leader and hope that we can see the best in him, rather than comparing him to a man accountable for acts of genocide.
This writer can be contacted at opinion@theeastcarolinian.com.
Analyses and conspiracies have been flooding the media circuits. Some have gone as far as to compare him to Adolf Hitler. That's right, the same person who was responsible for the extermination of millions of European Jews. As I'm watching these reports on Fox News, I can't help but think that this man hasn't yet had the chance to do ANYTHING, good or bad, and already he is facing this extremely harsh and unfair scrutiny.
The rumors and accusations are nothing new to Obama in his pursuit of the White House. The first, and perhaps biggest, smear campaign was the infamous story that "Barack Obama is a secret Muslim." This rumor-although untrue-still circulated among various news outlets and blogs during the campaign. He has said many times that he is a Christian. However, in times like these, what should be more important to the American people-someone's religion or their promised actions? We shouldn't be focusing on the holy doctrine that someone follows; we should be concerned about the policies that they are going to try to enact.
There has also been the nasty nickname of "Obama Bin Laden," and the never-ending scrutiny of Obama's middle name, "Hussein." William Shakespeare stated in the 16th century, "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." People living hundreds of years ago understood that a name is nothing; therefore, the American people need to stop trying to insinuate that Obama is a terrorist simply because of a name that the man didn't even choose for himself!
Another topic that was extremely popular at the beginning of the race was, again, an extremely irrelevant piece of information. On his jacket, he did not wear an American flag pin. The fact that people would even focus on something like that is crazy! I don't wear an American flag pin, ever, and that does not mean that I care about my country any less.
I feel that everyone needs to step back and relax. There is no need to bail out the boat before any water has entered the vessel. Countries around the world celebrated and rejoiced at the news of our new president-elect, so maybe we as citizens need to stand behind our new leader and hope that we can see the best in him, rather than comparing him to a man accountable for acts of genocide.
This writer can be contacted at opinion@theeastcarolinian.com.
Viewing Comments 1 - 9 of 19
J
posted 11/18/08 @ 10:31 AM EST
To the last paragraph of this sentence. I couldn't give two sh#ts if the countries around the world rejoiced at the fact he was elected. They do not live here and their happiness about our election is definitely no concern of mine. (Continued…)
Jennifer Vogt
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posted 11/18/08 @ 11:53 AM EST
Well when the President-elect has made promises to all the idiots who voted for him... and now he's changing everything he said, as he did during the election, Those people should pay the price. (Continued…)
lil
posted 11/18/08 @ 12:30 PM EST
He's not even an American citizen. If he was, he wouldn't be so reluctant to show his birth certificate. So, basically, he shouldn't have been allowed to run. (Continued…)
Mr. Sir
posted 11/18/08 @ 1:58 PM EST
I am pretty sure that back then, they did care what was in a name. That was everything to them. That decided who they were and what social class they were in. (Continued…)
twisby
posted 11/18/08 @ 9:05 PM EST
I just moved to this state from Chicago and I am appalled to read these comments. I've never met a person so uninformed and blatantly classist as you all seem to be. (Continued…)
vicki
posted 11/18/08 @ 10:30 PM EST
i think the writer is just saying lets give the guy a chance before we decide what kind of president he will be. hopefully he can do some good. we all need to try and stand behind our leaders in washington. (Continued…)
Mr. Jones
posted 11/19/08 @ 5:04 AM EST
The fact that North Carolina went blue was like the cherry on top of an already sweet election, or at least that's what people in North Carolina are calling it. (Continued…)
Britney
Britney
posted 11/21/08 @ 9:46 AM EST
Referring to the above comment "However, in times like these, what should be more important to the American people-someone's religion or their promised actions? We shouldn't be focusing on the holy doctrine that someone follows; we should be concerned about the policies that they are going to try to enact. (Continued…)
Zach
posted 11/21/08 @ 10:46 AM EST
LoL. In This Thread: McCain supporters whine about their candidates complete failure by attacking the victor.
It's obvious, both by our countries majority, and the worlds majority, that the republicans are grossly inept. (Continued…)
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