Is the New York Times trying to morph Obama into candidate Gore?

ArchieStone1

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Wed Mar-25-09 12:21 PM
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Is the New York Times trying to morph Obama into candidate Gore?

Edited on Wed Mar-25-09 12:23 PM by ArchieStone1

By Eric Boehlert

Media Matters for America

How? By suggesting Obama is becoming something of a chameleon who reinvents himself depending on the political setting. The press spent most of 2000 depicting candidate Gore as somebody who was so unsure of his own political skin that he was constantly 'reinventing' himself.

Basically, that Gore was a phony.

Now check out the headline to the Times' article on the press conference: "In a Volatile Time, Obama Strikes a New Tone."

More: http://mediamatters.org/countyfair/200903250017?show=1

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tekisui

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Wed Mar-25-09 12:23 PM
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1. I'm not that worried about it. He is no longer a candidate, he is the President.

He must speak with a different tone on different issues at different times. It's called leading.

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frazzled

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Wed Mar-25-09 12:37 PM
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2. Next they won't like his clothes

And then they'll complain he's wooden. They've already tried the too professorial bit.

They're frustrated that they haven't been able to put a dent in his mid-60s approval ratings yet (which is the only news they can think to make). They're going to get wilder and wilder, kids, so hang on.

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