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What if the Media had scrutinized Obama the way they did Michael Phelps?
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Posted on 02/05/2009 12:05:28 PM PST by publius321

What if the Media had scrutinized Obama the way they did Michael Phelps?

by MrArbitrage

It's interesting to observe how the news media has latched on to this story of Michael Phelps being photographed while allegedly smoking marijuana through a “water bong”.

If he is smoking marijuana, I think it is a shame but the part that intrigues me is what this reveals about our national psychology.

Phelps is an example of how...

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1 posted on 02/05/2009 12:05:31 PM PST by publius321
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To: publius321

He would not be POTUS right now.


2 posted on 02/05/2009 12:06:56 PM PST by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified DeCartes))
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To: SumProVita

You beat me to it. He would not be POTUS right now.


3 posted on 02/05/2009 12:08:30 PM PST by valkyry1
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To: publius321

Heck, what if the media had scrutinzed Zero the way they did Joe the Plumber??


4 posted on 02/05/2009 12:08:46 PM PST by Right Cal Gal (Abraham Lincoln would have let Berkeley leave the Union without a fight)
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To: Right Cal Gal

I’d be happy if they just scrutinized Obama as they did Bush and Cheney..or former Senator Allen...or Sarah Palin...or or or or.

List is endless.


5 posted on 02/05/2009 12:10:55 PM PST by Badeye (There are no 'great moments' in Moderate Political History. Only losses.)
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To: publius321

Michael Phelps is not a New God.


6 posted on 02/05/2009 12:13:44 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Obama thinks spending tax $ on abortions in Mexico helps more than controlling illegal immigration)
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To: publius321

Missing records:

Occidental College records

Columbia College records

Columbia Thesis paper

Harvard College records

Selective Service Registration

Medical records

Illinois State Senate records

Illinois State Senate schedule

Law practice client list

A Certified Copy of your original Birth certificate

Embossed, signed paper Certification of Live Birth

Harvard Law Review articles that were published

University of Chicago scholarly articles

Record of baptism


7 posted on 02/05/2009 12:15:31 PM PST by maggief
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To: Right Cal Gal
"Heck, what if the media had scrutinzed Zero the way they did Joe the Plumber??"

Forget joe, how about Sarah Palin?

8 posted on 02/05/2009 12:16:42 PM PST by Nathan Zachary
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To: publius321

Or Joe the Plumber or Sarah Palin or ......


9 posted on 02/05/2009 12:42:15 PM PST by SkyDancer ("Talent Without Ambition Is Sad, Ambition Without Talent Is Worse")
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To: publius321

Thanks for introducing Mr. Arbitrage. I like the way he thinks.


10 posted on 02/05/2009 12:52:19 PM PST by Skid Marx
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To: publius321

Does anyone have bong photos of Obama?
Someone out there MUST have photos of Obama toking up and partying. Why weren’t questions raised about Obama losing his funding and benefactors?


11 posted on 02/05/2009 1:07:12 PM PST by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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To: publius321

Pelps had the added dimension of the desecration of a premier atheletic body. His unparraleld athletic accomplishments were physical accomplishments. That is what made the drug using all that more shocking.


12 posted on 02/05/2009 1:30:35 PM PST by marsh2
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To: publius321

The MSM is making money on their Star Obama. They do not care about his past, just like he is a movie star. If more people watch because of Obama, they can sell more ads. McCain did not have the Star qualities such as being a Socialist.


13 posted on 02/05/2009 3:02:20 PM PST by FreedBird (BB)
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