We know Newsweek hates traditional Americans... why would they do this? It's strange ...
Yes, it is strange. Could it be that some in the media are finally realizing that they have no credibility or believability, and maybe they're trying to regain a shred of legitimacy?
Nah, I doubt it. There must be another reason.
I haven’t figured it out completely, but I am getting a sense of what I call the “Dad syndrome” amongst Leftists these days.
You see, in my theory, a lot of the Left in America (and elsewhere) is totally fair weather. They “fight” for social justice not from any real deep-seated commitment, but actually from some vague sense of “fairness” and because it’s cool, and that’s where all the fun is.
But at the same time, they want their Starbucks, their Birkenstocks, their iPhones and all that. They hate discipline, don’t really want to study and work, but they know that somebody has to do it, or there will be no goodies for them to enjoy when it’s raining outside and they don’t feel up to “fighting for social justice”.
Getting Obama elected was cool. They really stuck it to “the man”. Hell, the whole Occupy movement was nothing more than one long party. But...
The economy is crashing. Everyone can sense it. Either Obama doesn’t have a clue as to how to fix it, OR he has no interest in fixing it. They can sense that, too. And the reality that fact portends is starting to scare the piss out of them.
This is true not only for the young, but also for the upper crust Libs. They are starting to realize that in the brave new world rapidly being created through destruction of American institutions, their positions will be extremely shaky. If the bottom falls out of the dollar, if the capitalist market economy falls — their savings, their assets, their social positions, their very lives could totally collapse.
They’ve bitten off more than they can chew and they are secretly scared to death.
Newsweek is the first major Liberal media organ to bolt, but they won’t be the last, I reckon.
Time to put the grownups back in charge.
Magazines run on advertising revenue. When a country is in a depression, advertising revenue dries up. I suspect that perhaps someone in accounting has seen the numbers and advised the editorial staff that if Obama is re-elected they are all going to be on the unemployment line and then the editors decided that the prudent thing to do to save their sorry ass jobs is to jettison the guy causing all their problems.
They may agree with Obama 100% on his socialist/communist agenda, but money talks and under Obama, these news magazines are seeing less and less of it every day.
Or maybe not.
I see it as a form of insurance in case Obama gets the boot in November.
And Newsweek wouldn't feel a need for insurance if they were still confidant Obama would win reelection.