On the April 28, 2011 edition of the LA Times, the newspaper shows the opening shots of the 2012 campaign. The RNC chairman, Reince Priebus, announces that he is unsatisfied with what Obama has been doing lately. No, this does not relate to the budget, but instead to the fact that Mr. Priebus declares that Obama cares more for celebrities, then he does for solving the national problems. In response, the president said that he would also rather like working on current issues then having to worry about birthers and Donald Trump. Snide remarks seem to always open the campaign season or should I say the hunting season? The one problem with that is that the prey shoot back.
Link to Article: LA Times
Now is this article journalism? I would say no. It may be news, but it does not provide the populace information which will make them free and more self-governing. It is simply an article to fill space and has no useful information for the reader. It tells the reader that politics is a dirty business and that is nothing new under the sun.
This week's core biblical truth is Sin: "The words and actions of a man reveal the true nature of his heart". This core biblical truth is particularly fitting for this article. The words of both men presented in the article show us that it only matters how they are perceived by the people who vote. Since it is the main objective of a politician to become reelected this is no shocker. What is a shocker though is the fact that neither side seems able to figure out how to actually run the government. If the budget battle is any indication it might be better for us to simply go around electing independents and not Donald Trump so that things will actually get done in the government. Enough of this squabbling.
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