Letters to the Editor
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Except Obama - Yeah Right
Edward McClelland's article is consistent with what now passes for journalism - he tells you nothing meaningful about the candidates - with one exception. He starts off his article stating that everyone is getting into authentic Wisconsin culture except Obama, and then extensively quotes Obama's speech. Does he present any other candidates views to the same extent? No, apparently Edward McClelland is a fan-boy of Obama, like the guy in his story who buys a T-shirt. The media has its narrative, and sadly, Salon is no better: its a foregone conclusion that Obama's the guy, forget the fact that Hillary's actually received more votes (more people voted for Hillary in Florida than have participated in all the polls conducted so far in this election cycle - but then thanks to Howard Dean and the media, polls matter more than actual votes). So in standard media horse-race reporting tradition McClelland tells us that Obama is too good to eat fried fish, is favored to win, wants the minimum wage raised every year and...not much else.