Has any candidate before been warn so much about being cocky or arrogant as Obama has

[thepurpose]

by the MSM?

[EFerrari]

1. No. n/t

[bunnies]

2. 2004. Bush was a cocky MF.

The media was silent. Go figure.

[Joe Chi Minh]

4. Only Will Ferrell noticed.

[livetohike]

9. He was cocky in 2000 too

He was born cocky, imo.

[Cosmocat]

16. He ALWAYS ...

was a cocky little puke ...

Rich, entitled, everything in the world handed to him puke ...

Clear as day ...

[JerseygirlCT]

28. I think it was worse than silence.

Admiration. Love-fest. That cocky swagger was admired.

[Joe Chi Minh]

3. The cream of the joke is that they were depicting it as a problem for the

Democrats!!! When, of course they meant for themselves. In a genuine democracy, where voting isn't a charade, massive, adoring crowds everywhere translates into an electoral landslide victory. The Republican noise-machine has a job on its hands.

[Cosmocat]

17. What would have the media done if it had been BO ...

pictured in a golf cart with Clinton wearing a turtleneck shirt ???

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

5. Well, he is the first black nominee.

They wouldn't want him acting all uppity and out of place.

[Cha]

11. Yeah, I'm thinking the mediawhores are

soon going to get a big..

"FUCK YOU"

FROM AMERICA!

[Median Democrat]

6. What About John McCain? Has He Ever Been Wrong on Foreign Policy?

He refuses to concede that the decision to invade Iraq was a mistake. Boneheaded and arrogant if you ask me.

[thepurpose]

7. Yes, that is true, but when was the last time you heard the MSM warn McCain?

[Hamlette]

8. JFK

some of it has to do with age, I think. And with JFK he was seen as a rich kid elitist. JFK was seen as cocky by the right. The rest of us loved it.

Now you know why Bush wanted to paint himself as a Texan. Somehow rich Texan oil men are different from rich kids from the East. Not sure why but it worked for Bush.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

10. Their job is to plant the seed in the minds of White America that this "uppity negro"

has forgotten his place. The problem is that Obama shot himself in the foot with the "bitter" comment and so now they harken back to that gaffe to justify what they're doing.

[TBF]

29. That "bitter" comment is one of the reasons I still hold hope that Obama

will be a great president. It assures me that he knows what he's dealing with and is just pandering to the right with some of the recent comments he has made (faith-based initiative, moving the war theatre to Pakistan).

That comment doesn't show that he's arrogant, it shows that he's intelligent. YMMV.

[Orsino]

12. They don't dare use the word "uppity." This is code. n/t

[MichiganVote]

15. I have to agree. I haven't seen or heard anything suggestive of arrogance w/Obama

I do think this is covert racism. But I also thought that when the media and others referred to Sen. H. Clinton as "Hillary" that was a sign of covert sexism.

[Orsino]

24. Yep.

Not all of it, to be sure, as Clinton herself encouraged the use of her first name. But some of the Hillarying was done to remind us that she's a girl, presumably with cooties.

[JerseygirlCT]

27. Agree.

He certainly doesn't swagger around like that cocky little twerp occupying the WH now. But when twerp did that, it was cheered. "All-American" "guy you want to have a beer with" and all that crap.

This is code for black guy who thinks he really ought to be taken as seriously as white guys - and how dare he!?

[polichick]

13. Well, blacks are supposed to act like whites are doing them a big favor to let them in the room...

How dare he behave as if he belonged there all along!

[elkston]

14. Exactly! Well stated. n/t

[butterfly77]

18. No,they think he needs to bow down...

as though he is some type of second class citizen. Bush was arrogant,cocky and dumb as hell and that was fine just because he is white..

[Gabi Hayes]

19. GORE! you forget how the media discussed the fact that they loathed him

because they thought that HE acted like he was better than they were

Dana Milbank said so explicitly

CNN's Reliable Sources August 10, 2002 was a genuine eye-opener. Guest Josh Marshall, webmaster of Talking Points, stated, "... I think deep down most reporters just have contempt for Al Gore. I don't even think it's dislike. It's more like disdain and contempt."

None of the talking heads disagreed. Guest Dana Milbank, White House reporter for the Washington Post offered, "You know what it is? I think that Gore is sanctimonious and that's sort of the worst thing in the eyes of the press. And he has been disliked all along and it was because he gives a sense that he is better than us ... as reporters."

thanks to atomic kitten for the above

[anonymous171]

21. I despise reporters.

Where have all the journalists gone? The only place where I can find something that vaguely resembles journalism is on the blogs these days.

[high density]

30. Yeah, Gore was definitely given many of the same hurdles

The question is, why is McCain being given a free pass? He is being 10000 times more sanctimonious then the last three Democratic presidential candidates combined. He has clear contempt for the press but the narrative is still written daily to his favor.

[World Citizen]

20. what the call arrogance is really confidence

they are either jealous of it, or don't recognize it

[WeDidIt]

22. It's code

They're telling Obama outright that he's uppity.

[Captain Angry]

23. Smiling genuinely instead of only on cue can be construed as cocky.

Look at him. He actually enjoys talking to people. He's SMILING.

After 8 years of Cheney, people are suspect of smilers. :-)

[AllentownJake]

25. Media Whores are afraid of a blowout

If its a blowout what the hell are they going to cover in late October and the first week of November.

They all want their Russert moment from 2000 and going to bed at 10pm on election night knowing who the next President will be will anger them.

[JerseygirlCT]

26. it's amazing what a young and confident African American man

will do to them, isn't it?

I think "arrogant" is now code for something less socially acceptable.

[crankychatter]

31. it truly is the new "uppity" - no question about it - NT

[gblady]

32. I have a question I think relates....

during the Obama administration...
will there be a shift in the MSM to a more progressive approach to covering the news?

one that focuses on real issues and not this kind of BS?

Do administrations actually affect that at all?

[treestar]

33. I really think the MSM is getting to the point where it has no credibility

After hearing about how "arrogant" he is, when they see more of him, the average person will wonder why he was described as "arrogant" and think "he's not arrogant at all, why we they saying that?"

[Avalux]

34. No, but Obama is a black man. How dare he.

I mean really - a black man, candidate for president, travels overseas and is received enthusiastically by throngs of people and world leaders? It's just not right. ;-)

[Pryderi]

36. It's the "uppity negro" phenomenon.

[Radical Activist]

35. A lot of people said that about thim when he ran for US Senate.

I think he learned how to deal with that and not come off as too arrogant as much as he used to.

[ileus]

37. There’s never been a perfect presidential candidate b4

They have to have something to whine about.

[Motown_Johnny]

38. All the Black ones, it sounds like. "keep your place boy" to me.. I try to tune it out