A couple of years ago, a film called “
Death of a President” was met with critical acclaim. It was a documentary-style production with George W. Bush’s head digitally composited where needed. Those who found the subject matter tasteless were told to “lighten up”, as it was only a movie.
Harry Smith, anchor of CBS’ “The Early Show”, in a Tuesday morning interview with Senator Ted Kennedy, took it to a dark place in reference to presidential candidate Barack Obama….
“When you see that enthusiasm though, and when you see the generational change that seems to be taking place before our eyes, does it make you at all fearful?”
I’m not
alone in the utter dismay of what must be going on in Harry Smith’s mind. Not to say that he’s alone, but to be an anchor of a national morning show and “verbalize” it was just plain tasteless.
Black people have long said that should they ever live to see a Black president, he (or she) would probably be assassinated. For the most part, that was said in jest because most of us believed we’d never see a Black president elected.
"I just, I think, what I was trying to say is – sometimes agents of change end up being targets, as you well know. And that was why I was asking if you were at all fearful of that."
Yes, we all know what Harry was trying to say, but what I don’t understand is how he could be so cold as to insinuate Obama might be in danger, and say this to a man who lost two brothers to an assassin’s bullet?
While we know the media loves a good story, and you know what I think liberals internally believe when it comes to Black people, do you think there are some in the media that really do want Barack attacked? Not because they want him hurt, but because it would be a great story? Possibly the story of a generation?
Think about it.
Besides the obvious wall-to-wall coverage that would go on for weeks, imagine all the social sub-plots they could, and would, interject. They would go on and on about race, as this would cause a tremendous racial divide in America.
Even if the killer were a poor welfare mother, the media would still attempt to link her to some white supremacists and/or even the Republican Party, somehow. Barack Obama would be likened to Dr. King, and even though he isn’t one, this would give some Muslims around the world just another excuse to riot.
So thanks to Harry Smith at CBS, the unthinkable has been thrown out there. Of course, most of us wish no harm on any president. But the growing lack of taste in our media is disturbing, and the closer Obama comes to winning the nomination, the more we’ll hear about the left’s obsession with death.
Sad, but true.
