# Are you still "basking in the warm glow"..... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 23, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694 "2012-04-23T15:29:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/1 "2012-04-23T15:29:46Z")
…like the [NYT](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/opinion/sunday/a-hard-look-at-the-president.html?_r=2) ? In this piece by their Public Editor there is a defense that they did mention Obama’s failure to embrace Erskine-Bowles in an article on February 27. I wonder if that was the only time… its not like debt and budget defecits are rarely in the news. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/2 "2012-04-23T23:39:30Z")
So tell me, mighty OP: Do you do anything else with your SDMB time other than cast about for sticks with which to beat President Obama? Psssssssst – your obsession is showing… ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/3 "2012-04-23T23:52:57Z")
Seriously, dude, there are 7 months until November. You need to pace yourself. ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/4 "2012-04-24T01:00:44Z")
Dammit, quit spamming the board with your stupid Obama obsession! And put threads in the right forums. Sheesh! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/5 "2012-04-24T04:47:46Z")
OP, what, have, you, got, against, commas? ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/6 "2012-04-24T05:58:29Z")
I’ll admit, the frequency of additions to my shrine has gone down recently. Also, last night I forgot to bless and thank Obama for my dinner. I tried to make up for it by going twice as long in my pre-bedtime ritual of staring at a “Hope” poster and crying with reverence, but I’m not sure if it was enough to please The One. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/7 "2012-04-24T06:15:41Z")
Well, since the Center for Media and Public Affairs (CMPA) at George Mason University found bias in 2008 presidential coverage in favor of McCain, I can honestly say that I no longer have McCain fever. Seriously, what is with the dots? What are you trying to convey with them? Is it Morse Code? ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/8 "2012-04-24T07:34:10Z")
Sorry to double post, but I just found this online > [@](#): > > Overall, it was no contest. From Jan. 2 through April 15, Romney’s coverage was 39 percent positive, 32 percent negative, and 29 percent neutral, the researchers found. Obama’s coverage was 18 percent positive, 34 percent negative, and 34 percent neutral. That means Romney’s depiction by the media was more than twice as positive as the president’s. So much for liberal bias. > **[Yahoo News: Latest and Breaking News, Headlines, Live Updates, and More](https://news.yahoo.com/)** > > The latest news and headlines from Yahoo News. Get breaking news stories and in-depth coverage with videos and photos. So …to…be…continued…! ---
**Author:** ![Carmady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Carmady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carmady)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/9 "2012-04-24T07:47:51Z")
Posting so that this thread will be next to “I just got out pee-storied”. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/10 "2012-04-24T12:45:19Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > So tell me, mighty OP: Do you do anything else with your SDMB time other than cast about for sticks with which to beat President Obama? > > Psssssssst – your obsession is showing… Yep… do you know how to research that? ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/11 "2012-04-24T12:48:36Z")
> [@miss\_elizabeth](#): > > Dammit, quit spamming the board with your stupid Obama obsession! And put threads in the right forums. Sheesh! I am having a hard time with that…especially since all I have to go on in GQ is the precise term “political jab” . I do seem to stand out don’t I… for multiple reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/12 "2012-04-24T12:51:09Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > I am having a hard time with that…especially since all I have to go on in GQ is the precise term “political jab” . > > I do seem to stand out don’t I… for multiple reasons. And here comes the martyrdom… ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/13 "2012-04-24T12:54:54Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > I do seem to stand out don’t I… for multiple reasons. Nope, that pony only knows One trick. I counted. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/14 "2012-04-24T13:06:12Z")
I never had any “warm glow”. My reaction was more “after 8 years of Bush, the best we can get is _this?!_” So much for the “pendulum swinging the other way” like I’ve been told for most of my life; if a utter disaster like Bush can’t get anyone better into office than a guy who is politically basically Republican-lite, then America isn’t going to stop sliding to the Right short of fascism or theocracy. Obama is just a pause until the next right winger gets into office; one who’ll be even farther to the Right than Bush, and who will be handed even more power. In ten years or so I expect we’ll be talking about the good old days when we thought the Tea Party was extreme. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/15 "2012-04-24T13:07:38Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > I am having a hard time with that…especially since all I have to go on in GQ is the precise term “political jab” . > > I do seem to stand out don’t I… for multiple reasons. Abuse of ellipsis notation among them. ( **Three** dots. Not four, not more. **Three**.) ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/16 "2012-04-24T13:19:02Z")
But ellipses are often used to indicate that…thought has gone into a response, that there is some…important meaning in what is written there. Without an…abundance of ellipses, one cannot have true…_profundity_. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/17 "2012-04-24T13:22:35Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > But ellipses are often used to indicate that…thought has gone into a response, that there is some…important meaning in what is written there. Without an…abundance of ellipses, one cannot have true…_profundity_. Years ago, I Pitted one of my coworkers who always responded to emailed questions with answers that always ended in ellipses. Drove me batty, it did. I always found myself waiting to see if he’d ever finish his sentences. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/18 "2012-04-24T14:09:46Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > Years ago, I Pitted one of my coworkers who always responded to emailed questions with answers that always ended in ellipses. Drove me batty, it did. I always found myself waiting to see if he’d ever finish his sentences. I know a few people in addition to the OP who do this, which to me is the text equivalent of aimless muttering: “hmm, I can still taste that donut I had an hour ago…my ankle itches…wonder what’s on TV tonight…” I’ve politely asked each of those people what they are trying to indicate with this non-standard punctuation, and no one has ever answered. What’s up with that? It’s not a rude question, it’s genuine curiosity. So, OP, I’m asking, why do you do this? ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/19 "2012-04-24T15:52:13Z")
Moving from IMHO to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694/20 "2012-04-24T16:04:08Z")
> [@](#): > > I do seem to stand out don’t I… for multiple reasons. One reason only. Over and over. Give it a rest. Try on a new schtick, it’s getting stale! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-still-basking-in-the-warm-glow/619694.md?page=2)