3 posts tagged “south carolina”

Now that Sen. Barack Obama has taken South Carolina, I am hearing from some media reports (the MSM seems to be very pro-Hillary Clinton) that he only won because the state has so many black Americans.
   Bollocks.
   Did Washington state once have an Chinese–American governor because it had so many Asians there?
   Obama won because people are suffering from CFS: Clinton Fatigue Syndrome. He is right: people associate the Clintons with a partisan past and younger and more cosmopolitan voters are sick of it.
   As we go into Super Tuesday, there are media claims that Sen. Obama will not take them because these are places where Sen. Clinton polls well.
   My belief is that he will take them because people will vote for someone who looks victorious, and bugger the issues. I am sorry for all the bloggers who think otherwise, but remember, if you are blogging fluently, you are probably already part of the smarter group of citizens that analyses the issues. Most people, sadly, do not even think about the issues and can be swayed by rhetoric and appearances.
   Sen. Obama is facing an MSM that wants a Hillary win so badly that it will look for justifications for why he won nearly double the number of votes that Sen. Clinton did. We are already seeing headlines about voting machine rigging.
   How out of touch the MSM has proven to be so far on this presidential race—and how they look like they are still wrong.
   While I am not so naïve as to think that Sen. Obama’s skin colour won’t be an issue for 100 per cent of the population, it’s far less of an issue than the white, middle-aged, male management of the MSM believes.

Former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential nominee hopeful Mike Huckabee released a 30 sec ad in the US talking about Jesus Christ, which appears to have got some Americans upset.
   The Murdoch Press quotes from the commercial: ‘Are you about worn out by all the television commercials you’ve been seeing, mostly about politics? Well, I don’t blame you. At this time of year sometimes it’s nice to pull aside from all of that and just remember that what really matters is the celebration of the birth of Christ and being with our family and friends.’
   Sounds good to me.
   I like a planet where we saw Hanukkah a few weeks back. I enjoyed seeing Muslims make pilgrimages for Eid ul-Adha on al-Jazeera. And, by all means, Gov Huckabee, a Christian, should proudly invoke his faith and talk about Jesus Christ.
   I thought the true meaning of political correctness was accepting everyone’s beliefs, not undermining those of the majority in their nations. In fact, I didn’t imagine political correctness equated to godless communism. Or maybe it does?
   Gov Huckabee told a congregation in San Antonio, ‘Sometimes in the middle of Christmas, Jesus is the one person who’s tough to find. You notice that? I can find Santa at every mall, you can find discounts in every store but if you mention the name of Jesus, as I found out recently, it upsets the whole world. Forgive me but I thought that was the point of the whole day.’
   I agree.
   With so many people sending holiday greetings this December from the western world, have folks noticed that many have missed Hanukkah? The ‘Happy holidays’ greetings I received are largely timed for Christmas and were sent after the Jewish festival this year. A number of Muslim friends have sent Eid greetings.
   When I know the sender does not follow Islam or observes Kwanzaa, then saying ‘Happy holidays’ doesn’t diminish the fact that the greeting is for Christmas, a day during which I can bet they are not working.
   My point is that there are a lot of people celebrating specifically Christmas, whether they proclaim a belief in Jesus Christ or not. In Mike Huckabee’s case, he’s celebrating it his way by going back to basics.
   I think he has a right to do that—and if he is a Christian, I am glad he is proud to proclaim his faith, rather than hide it because he’s so scared about offending parts of the electorate.
   I’d write a similar post if another candidate proclaimed another faith: if this is what one believes, then why hide it?

 
We haven’t linked this publicly yet, but readers may enjoy a preview of an article on actress Ashley Scott, whom I interviewed last year. We didn’t get to use all the pictures by Andrew Matusik, and there was an error in the print edition on attribution, so the online one fixes these issues. In addition, we’ve updated the article slightly to reflect Ashley’s work on the TV series Jericho, currently screening on TV3 in New Zealand.
   That means we have had three Lucire profiles this year on the website about celebrities with connections with the Carolinas. Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Brooklyn Decker has North Carolina roots, while Miss New Zealand Laural Barrett and Louisiana-born Ashley have South Carolina ones: Ashley was raised in Charleston, SC, and still believes the Holy City to be one of her favourite places.