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A recent CBS poll revealed that the public feels that the media is easier on Obama than the other candidates (who knew?). The media isn’t alone. Folks seem to be very defensive about Obama. You can see it in the forums, in comments, and in listener email. That’s what John Curry found after the June 7th episode of No Agenda. Some people felt that he and John Dvorak were unnecessarily bashing Obama. It is to this news that Dvorak said something very interesting.

“Obama is the new Macintosh – you can’t say anything.”

There is a lot of truth to this statement. Obama is defended by religious zealots. If you say anything negative the fanboys appear and go crazy, sometimes issuing death threats to bloggers.

While no candidate is perfect, Dvorak is not the first to make this comparison. Roughly Drafted Magazine made some interesting notes on Obama and McCain’s connection to technology. Glenn Beck talked about how Obama has an image like apple, hybrids, and the like on his show. Matt Cooper compared Obama and Clinton to the tech industry including Clinton as Dell in the mix. The list goes on and on

Here’s the problem: Apple’s market share is somewhere around 8.1 percent. While they are a rather loud minority, you wonder if they can provide the number of electoral votes needed to win the presidency.

Most folks remember the 1984 Apple Ad that was redone with the democratic candidates, but here is one Obama ad you might have missed.