Two words: media malpractice.

If you have the stomach for it, head over to howobamagotelected.com. If you have the time, watch the 10 minute video up top. If not, head down to the bottom to the stats.

It’s absolutely crazy how the media contributed to this election. And it was very interesting to watch on election night when it was obvious that Obama would carry the day… the news anchors started commenting “wow, we really don’t know much about this guy, do we?”

The truth of the matter is they didn’t report much (most, really) of what they did know. And what they didn’t research and uncover may be even worse.

Again, it’s not that people are inherently stupid. It’s that we live in a headline driven society, and people don’t think. They go with the headlines. And that means the media ran this election.

And if you have a hard time swallowing that, step back from your preconceived notions for a moment and be objective. Seriously.

Just think for a second. 100 years ago, people got their news from papers. Longer stories, more details. Today, we get our information from a 8 minute segment on the 10:00 news. There’s, at most, about 3 sentences about each story. Headlines only. That’s all anyone hears.

And the lines between satire, comedy and real news are so blurred, people can’t remember who’s who or what’s what.

How in the world, HOW could a country that the media classifies as right-center elect the most blatantly liberal man to ever hold the office?

Ah well. I guess things had to get a lot worse before they could get better.

If you remember this tune from the 80’s, this explains it all:

Too funny.

When a Republican goes into the booth, they see two different choices: “McCain” or “Not Obama”.

When a Democrat goes into the booth to vote, they see two choices: “Obama”, or “Not Bush“.

At any rate, whatever side of the aisle you’re on, if you haven’t already, go vote.