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So much for respect for the office. It was only a matter of time.
First Read - GOP candidate to Obama: 'Go to hell'
ever wonder why we've become so nasty? our would be leaders encourage it. i'm sick of it, all the way around.
Those who pay attention to political rhetoric say an unusual amount of profanity has emanated from this White House – even without counting famously colorful White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel. But before this statement becomes fodder for yet another partisan debate (with conservatives saying Obama is disgracing the presidency, and liberals that the media are once again being unfair), they quickly add that Team Obama is no crasser than administrations past. It’s just that they are being quoted more accurately.
What’s different, according to linguists, media analysts and reporters who’ve covered past administrations is the media: Networks and newspapers have become far more willing to run with quotes, video and audio of political figures and their aides saying things that never used to be repeated. They attribute the growth of the political potty mouth alternately to the proliferation of recording technologies; intense interest in all things Obama; the explosion of new media platforms that both circumvent and push traditional media while sharpening competition; a general coarsening of the public dialogue; or some combination of all of those factors.
“Cursing happened all the time, across the board, wherever you went in the White House or on the trail or in campaign offices – it simply wasn’t written about,” said Haynes Johnson, a former reporter for The Washington Post who covered the campaigns or presidencies of every president from Dwight Eisenhower to Bill Clinton, and has written books about the working White House, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon and, most recently, the 2008 presidential election.
Setting aside all issues of party for a moment, I think it has less to do with changing tone and more to do with changing coverage.
Very interesting article, read the whole thing.
thanks...i'll go with the combination of all factors. i don't, however, think that 20 years ago we would heard a campaign speech in which the speaker told the president to "go to hell", nor do i believe we would have had congressmen belting out "you lie" during a presidential address.
150 years ago, we had a Congressman beat a Senator into a coma on the floor of the Senate. Politicians regularly libeled each other in the press using pseudonyms and duels were not uncommon. Politics has always been a filthy business.
RightNYC,
Your link doesn't work. Still, the segment you did post makes a valid argument. The national TV airwaves have been getting alittle more risque where politics are concerned, and with with the people on both sides of the political isle having the ability to record conversations in the palm of their hands it's no wonder we're hearing more and more "inappropriate language" in the media from politicians.
Still, I can handle the occasional censored vulgarity here and there. What I'm finding truly offensive is the rabid display of disrespect being shown towards the Office of the President of the United States. It's as if some people no longer hold the office with the highest regard anymore. It's like I said in another thread just yesterday, "dislike the man and his policies, but don't disrespect the Office".
Still, I can handle the occasional censored vulgarity here and there. What I'm finding truly offensive is the rabid display of disrespect being shown towards the Office of the President of the United States. It's as if some people no longer hold the office with the highest regard anymore. It's like I said in another thread just yesterday, "dislike the man and his policies, but don't disrespect the Office".
So much for respect for the office. It was only a matter of time.
First Read - GOP candidate to Obama: 'Go to hell'
ever wonder why we've become so nasty? our would be leaders encourage it. i'm sick of it, all the way around.
150 years ago, we had a Congressman beat a Senator into a coma on the floor of the Senate.
So much for respect for the office. It was only a matter of time.
thanks...i'll go with the combination of all factors. i don't, however, think that 20 years ago we would heard a campaign speech in which the speaker told the president to "go to hell", nor do i believe we would have had congressmen belting out "you lie" during a presidential address.
Damn, it would be cool if the USA still allowed duels. Palin could challenge Obama to a duel from 200 meters. :lol:210 years ago, Vice-President Aaron Burr, shot and killed Secretary of The Treasury Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
First Read - GOP candidate to Obama: 'Go to hell'
ever wonder why we've become so nasty? our would be leaders encourage it. i'm sick of it, all the way around.
We need more of this.
RightNYC,
Your link doesn't work. Still, the segment you did post makes a valid argument. The national TV airwaves have been getting alittle more risque where politics are concerned, and with with the people on both sides of the political isle having the ability to record conversations in the palm of their hands it's no wonder we're hearing more and more "inappropriate language" in the media from politicians.
Still, I can handle the occasional censored vulgarity here and there. What I'm finding truly offensive is the rabid display of disrespect being shown towards the Office of the President of the United States. It's as if some people no longer hold the office with the highest regard anymore. It's like I said in another thread just yesterday, "dislike the man and his policies, but don't disrespect the Office".
So much for respect for the office. It was only a matter of time.
thanks...i'll go with the combination of all factors. i don't, however, think that 20 years ago we would heard a campaign speech in which the speaker told the president to "go to hell", nor do i believe we would have had congressmen belting out "you lie" during a presidential address.
RightNYC,
Your link doesn't work. Still, the segment you did post makes a valid argument. The national TV airwaves have been getting alittle more risque where politics are concerned, and with with the people on both sides of the political isle having the ability to record conversations in the palm of their hands it's no wonder we're hearing more and more "inappropriate language" in the media from politicians.
Still, I can handle the occasional censored vulgarity here and there. What I'm finding truly offensive is the rabid display of disrespect being shown towards the Office of the President of the United States. It's as if some people no longer hold the office with the highest regard anymore. It's like I said in another thread just yesterday, "dislike the man and his policies, but don't disrespect the Office".
But Obama would be the one choosing the weapons and he would choose basketballs...Damn, it would be cool if the USA still allowed duels. Palin could challenge Obama to a duel from 200 meters. :lol:
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thanks...i'll go with the combination of all factors. i don't, however, think that 20 years ago we would heard a campaign speech in which the speaker told the president to "go to hell", nor do i believe we would have had congressmen belting out "you lie" during a presidential address.
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