"Obama's Moment"

I found “Obama’s Moment” by Matt Tabbi to be a very entertaining article. Even though I didn’t agree with his position, I found his writing to be engaging. At the beginning of the article, Tabbi reaches out to his audience. He doesn’t want to appear to be the typical uptight political analyst who usually writes about the presidential race; instead he wants to seem like an average American. He begins his article by relating to Americans frustrations with the presidential race:

“People don’t want to feel this way, but the attitude everywhere is the same: What choice do these assholes give us? And it’s that grim prejudice that has pervaded this process for a generation, forcing the public to choose from an endless succession of lesser evils and second-raters of the Kerry-Dole genus, stuffed suits who offered nothing like a solution to the main problem of feeling like shit about the American civic experiment."

Tabbi is obviously fed up with the way the American political system is run and like his audience, is ready to see change. To him, that is exactly what Obama embodies. Now that he has connected with his audience, Tabbi feels free to give his comments on the election.

Tabbi remains connected his audience by directing his commentary and language to the average person. He is obviously sick of the status quo and believes Obama represents a fresh angle to politics. He says Obama is “a stark contrast to the bloated hair shitbags we usually elect to positions of power in this country."

As a commentary, it is appropriate for Tabbi to give his negative opinion of certain politicians. (Which he freely does while bashing Republican candidates Mitt Romney and Rudi Giuliani claiming they are vengeful and greedy). However, as a commentary he is not attempting to write facts. It is his personal opinion and comments regarding the presidential election. The reader doesn’t have to agree with him.