Comments on: Is Barack Obama obligated to speak about Michael Jackson? http://kellyecarter.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/is-barack-obama-obligated-to-speak-about-michael-jackson/ No subject is off limits. If I'm touched by it, then I blog about it. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:00:05 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: kellyecarter http://kellyecarter.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/is-barack-obama-obligated-to-speak-about-michael-jackson/#comment-47 kellyecarter Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:23:05 +0000 http://kellyecarter.wordpress.com/?p=740#comment-47 I don't think it's crazy for us to care Maureen. Obama wouldn't have been the first sitting president to comment on the death of a huge entertainer. My friend whom I referred to in this post sent me the following: Following Presley's death in 1977, US President Jimmy Carter said, "Elvis Presley's death deprives our country of a part of itself. He was unique and irreplaceable. More than 20 years ago, he burst upon the scene with an impact that was unprecedented and will probably never be equaled. His music and his personality, fusing the styles of white country and black rhythm and blues, permanently changed the face of American popular culture. His following was immense, and he was a symbol to people the world over of the vitality, rebelliousness, and good humor of his country." I don’t think it’s crazy for us to care Maureen. Obama wouldn’t have been the first sitting president to comment on the death of a huge entertainer. My friend whom I referred to in this post sent me the following:

Following Presley’s death in 1977, US President Jimmy Carter said, “Elvis Presley’s death deprives our country of a part of itself. He was unique and irreplaceable. More than 20 years ago, he burst upon the scene with an impact that was unprecedented and will probably never be equaled. His music and his personality, fusing the styles of white country and black rhythm and blues, permanently changed the face of American popular culture. His following was immense, and he was a symbol to people the world over of the vitality, rebelliousness, and good humor of his country.”

]]> By: urbantravelgirl http://kellyecarter.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/is-barack-obama-obligated-to-speak-about-michael-jackson/#comment-46 urbantravelgirl Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:14:34 +0000 http://kellyecarter.wordpress.com/?p=740#comment-46 You know, I too was fascinated with this obsessive, "What will President Obama say about Michael Jackson -- and when will he say it?" It may seem crazy for us to care, but in this celebrity-obsessed, 24-hour-news cycle world, we expect Obama to have a well-crafted answer to everything from global warming to the North Korean missile crisis to whether Sarah Palin was right in her fight against David Letterman. But a few reasons we DID want to hear his thoughts on MJ: They're contemporaries, with Michael just a few years older than the Prez himself. Because we all know Obama is a HUGE music buff, we wanted to know if he was an MJ fan, if he had "Thriller" and "Off the Wall" on his iPod. And because we know Obama is cool and in touch with what's happening in the REAL world, we assume he's been as touched by Michael's demise as the rest. Hopefully the Commander in Chief considers it a compliment that we actually CARE what has to say in a situation like this which, while it's not world peace, still matters a heckuva lot to a whole lot of us. Maureen You know, I too was fascinated with this obsessive, “What will President Obama say about Michael Jackson — and when will he say it?” It may seem crazy for us to care, but in this celebrity-obsessed, 24-hour-news cycle world, we expect Obama to have a well-crafted answer to everything from global warming to the North Korean missile crisis to whether Sarah Palin was right in her fight against David Letterman.

But a few reasons we DID want to hear his thoughts on MJ: They’re contemporaries, with Michael just a few years older than the Prez himself. Because we all know Obama is a HUGE music buff, we wanted to know if he was an MJ fan, if he had “Thriller” and “Off the Wall” on his iPod. And because we know Obama is cool and in touch with what’s happening in the REAL world, we assume he’s been as touched by Michael’s demise as the rest.

Hopefully the Commander in Chief considers it a compliment that we actually CARE what has to say in a situation like this which, while it’s not world peace, still matters a heckuva lot to a whole lot of us.

Maureen

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