Are People This Naive?

7:50 am EST November 16th, 2009 | News | 13 Comments

Back in 2003 I argued to the chagrin of some techno-utopian types at a blogging conference, that as a Howard Dean supporter I would be really upset if he was wasting time blogging when he should be glad-handing with possible supporters. I’m reminded of that because some on the tech blogs are expressing some mild surprise that President Obama isn’t the person writing his tweets on Twitter.

Come on. Seriously?

Next thing you’ll tell me that you think he composed all those e-mails during the campaign and that they weren’t the work of highly skilled pro writers.

Also, professional wrestling is pre-scripted. Even when Trish Stratus kissed that girl.

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13 Responses to “Are People This Naive?”

  1. Matt Osborne says:
    November 16, 2009 at 8:15 am

    WAIT!!! PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING IS FAKE??!!1!

  2. Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle says:
    November 16, 2009 at 8:37 am

    Are People This Naive?

    Yes!!! This has been another episode of simple answers to simple questions.

  3. Max Reddick says:
    November 16, 2009 at 11:49 am

    Could you not have informed me that professional wrestling is fake? I really, really need something to believe in.

  4. I'm a Hick says:
    November 16, 2009 at 11:58 am

    As Paul Boesch would say whenever anyone asked him if wrestling was fake, ‘Do you want to step into the ring and find out?’

  5. Football shirts says:
    November 16, 2009 at 12:14 pm

    “Are People This Naive?”

    Yes, very much so I’m afraid.

    There are industries built completely on that :)

  6. soullite says:
    November 16, 2009 at 12:35 pm

    Obama got a lot of people to vote for him by promising up and down that he wasn’t like every other politician.Now his partisan supporters are shocked when people get upset that he’s been revelealed to be the same as every other politician.

    Naive? Maybe, but Obama told them to be naive so he really only has himself to blame for other disapointment he engenders.

  7. Cargo says:
    November 16, 2009 at 2:02 pm

    if (Obama.uses_twitter) {

    print “OMG, the Kenyan Muslim usurper McHopeyChangey is spending all his time on Twitter and blogging when he should be doing real work! As a registered Democrat concern troll, I’m EXTREMELY CONCERNED.”

    } else {

    print “OMG, the Kenyan Muslim usurper McHopeyChangey is delegating vital tasks to underlings! He’s Just Another Politician! As a former Obot concern toll, I’m EXTREMELY CONCERNED.”

    }

    Repeat

  8. Cargo says:
    November 16, 2009 at 2:04 pm

    As an exercise for the reader, whenever you see wingnut or concerntroll outrage about whatever unbelievably minor shit is getting their panties wadded that day, imagine their outrage if Obama had done the exact opposite thing.

  9. Indeed says:
    November 16, 2009 at 2:21 pm

    Done and done. That wasn’t so difficult, was it?

  10. jr says:
    November 16, 2009 at 3:03 pm

    these are the people stunned that record company interns manage their favorite band’s myspace page

  11. Sanuk D says:
    November 16, 2009 at 7:25 pm

    Yeah, and the Heenes were framed!

  12. jojo says:
    November 16, 2009 at 11:08 pm

    I was always amazed at the difficulty people had in recognizing the difference between “fake” and “scripted.”

  13. SaveFarris says:
    November 16, 2009 at 11:30 pm

    If they’re naive enough to believe Obama saved or created jobs in the Missouri 14th, they’ll believe anything.

    Hope. Change.