tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995697694540328378.post5762309199010877195..comments2022-03-19T14:20:43.619+00:00Comments on Thoughts from the North: Obama hypeJohn Woodmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16679169985121897581noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995697694540328378.post-45645505243273008692008-11-08T11:09:00.000+00:002008-11-08T11:09:00.000+00:00Have we got an Election coming up, John? ;-) If so...Have we got an Election coming up, John? ;-) If so, I would just like to confirm that I am still apolitical and quite apathetic - or should that just be pathetic? I appreciate being on your list of links, and will stick you on mine. Well, we live in the same village, so why not?Stinking Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13577508577062044906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995697694540328378.post-59636820206017040252008-11-06T16:13:00.000+00:002008-11-06T16:13:00.000+00:00I can easily get as gooey as the next person with ...I can easily get as gooey as the next person with the Rosa-Martin-Barack concept and we are certainly living through a historic moment. Yet I feel considerable disquiet as I see so many similarities between the 2008 US situation and the UK situation in 1997. The lawyer and the lawyer wife; the young kids living in the seat of power; the age of the leader; the regular guy image; may be little items in themselves. However this widespread belief that things are going to change considerably - the almost messianic terms in which both members of the public and broadcasters have spoken on TV suggest to me that it will all be an anticlimax and ultimately a disappointment in the same way as New Labour.<BR/>And this 52%:46% voting pattern can hardly be described as a landslide even if the voting is normally closer.<BR/>As for the BBC's coverage - totally overboard and totally biased.<BR/>Finally I couldn't help noticing how graciously the Right admitted defeat. They do losing so much classier than the Left are ever able. I think that says a lot.Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05279890687481412751noreply@blogger.com