Get Diane Sawyer together with George Stephanopoulos on World News and they can't contain their giddiness over President Obama. Back on Friday, January 23, when Sawyer last anchored, Stephanopoulos hailed Obama's first three days as “disciplined and strategic,” thus enabling “sweeping change,” while Sawyer gushed over “change...at warp speed.” Monday night, Sawyer returned to the anchor chair and excitedly announced how “the trillion dollar week has begun” and so “finally,” as if it's been too long of a wait, “the stimulus starts to flow.” She soon heralded how “we embark on a week like no other in American economic history” with “a presidential whirlwind of spending against a recession.”
After a story from David Muir on the “dizzying and daunting amount of federal spending that President Obama will tackle this week,” Sawyer brought Stephanopoulos aboard to admire what Sawyer described as a “scrapbook, if you will, of the President's journey on the road to the stimulus package.” In other words, photos released by the White House. Nonetheless, she effused: “I want to show everybody at home, because there is the President, it's Super Bowl night, and he's serving cookies to congressional leadership in the White House screening room.” (jpg of the photo as shown by ABC.)
The narration switched to an awed Stephanopoulos: “These are just remarkable, Diane. We've never really seen anything like this before in real time.” Over a picture of Obama leaning back in a chair he oozed: “You see the President taking a little bit of a well-deserved rest right there.” Sawyer matched Stephanopoulos' smile: “Yeah, I wonder how often they'll take that scrapbook out and look through those pictures.”
Audio: MP3 clip which matches the video above of Sawyer setting up the pictures and the first words from Stephanopoulos (27 secs, 170 kb)
Neither the CBS Evening News nor NBC Nightly News on Monday evening advanced the Obama administration's PR efforts by showing the official photos.
My January 23 NewsBusters item, “After 3 Days, Obama Delivers 'Sweeping Change' at 'Warp Speed,'” recounted:
ABC and CBS on Friday night delivered glowing assessments of President Barack Obama's first three days in office, with ABC's George Stephanopoulos declaring "this first week was disciplined and strategic" enabling "sweeping change." Fill-in anchor Diane Sawyer pronounced: "Change the tone and change it at warp speed."...
Admiring how Obama's discipline is meant to demonstrate he's "moving on all fronts to bring change," Stephanopoulos trumpeted how on day one and day two he's used executive orders to bring "sweeping change to open government," "sweeping change in foreign policy" and "then day three, today, two promises kept."
With “Trillion $ Week” as the on-screen graphic, Sawyer teased the Monday, February 16 World News:Welcome to World News. Tonight, the trillion dollar week has begun. Finally, the stimulus starts to flow. Help for homeowners on the way. And car-makers coming back for more.She led the newscast:
Good evening and welcome. Tonight, we embark on a week like no other in American economic history. From money in your pocket to mortgages to car-makers. A presidential whirlwind of spending against a recession. And David Muir is here to lead us off.David Muir:
Diane, as you know, it is a dizzying and daunting amount of federal spending that President Obama will tackle this week. The economy, the auto industry and on housing and by week's end, he will have covered a trillion dollars in federal spending....Following Muir:
DIANE SAWYER: Let's turn now, because today they released some photos, a kind of scrapbook, if you will, of the President's journey on the road to the stimulus package. I want to show everybody at home, because there is the President, it's Super Bowl night, and he's serving cookies to congressional leadership in the White House screening room, George?
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: These are just remarkable, Diane. We've never really seen anything like this before in real time. There were Republicans and Democrats at that first meeting. That's when the President hoped to get a lot of Republican support for the plan. It wasn't meant to be. We're about to see a picture, I think, right there, of the President meeting with the Republican caucus. You see that stern look on his face. He wasn't going to be getting much support from Republicans. The package started to lose some altitude and the White House believes that they turned the corner on getting support for this package, the President went on the road, right there going to Indiana, with the Indiana congressional delegation, going public with that prime-time press conference earlier this week [actually last week]. In Florida with Florida Governor Charlie Crist. And that built up public support for the plan as the week went on.As we all know, by last Thursday, right there, Rahm Emanuel, the President's Chief of Staff, received word that a compromise has been reached and you see the President taking a little bit of a well-deserved rest right there.
SAWYER: Yeah, I wonder how often they'll take that scrapbook out and look through those pictures.
—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center
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Gag me with a silver spoon
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 20:39 ET by QueenMumOH MY GOD! This is about the most disgusting example of Obama worship I've yet seen. Note to Pres. Obama: The campaign is over. Time to get serious about the job.
OMG! Barf-Barf time...and
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 20:41 ET by bigtimerOMG!
Barf-Barf time...and mb...pass the duct tape if you aren't busy applying some to yourself...I'm about to run out!
On the way,
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 21:24 ET by motherbeltOn the way, bt....industrial strength...I've had to upgrade.....
Oh, my, do you believe this?????
“These are just remarkable, Diane. We've never really seen anything like this before in real time.”
Getting that tingly feeling, Georgie????
Framed 8x10's available for $9.95....George will take one of each.
I am literally laughing by myself over here....this is so pathetic it's actually comical.
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My eyes adored you....though I never laid a hand on you, my eyes adored you.....
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
mb... You have me
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 21:28 ET by bigtimermb...
You have me seriously laughing too...that is a perfect tune for this...and it is comical.
Problem is, they don't even realize it!
We thought it was bad with Clinton...we ain't seen nothing yet...and four years to go!
Oh my aching head! When
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 20:42 ET by semolina_filcherOh my aching head! When will all this swooning over President Handyman ever going to end? Now he's giving cookies and milk too? What is it that this guy couldn't give out -- for free?
Stephanie just lost his/her marbles of journalism "objectivity". As for Diane, well, that's old age creeping up...sentimentalism over the "real-time" present O-give-me.
Me want coooooo...kie!
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 20:49 ET by QueenMumIf he's got chocolate chip, I'm in. Why pay for Girl Scout cookies when he's giving 'em away for free? Isn't that just typical of the left. No concern for unintended consequences.
Serious
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 20:52 ET by TexndocWonder what comments President W. serving cookies would have prompted in a time of "economic crisis". Our Presidents need to avoid doing silly things and not appearing deep in thought and at work 24/7. I was very angry at W. for allowing himself to be photographed strumming a guitar in Arizona with a smile when Katrina hit. Alas, I think Diane and Stephanie would cover bigtime for the O, as here.
Texndoc
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 02:36 ET by thebutlerdiditJust curious, but why were you so angry at Bush for strumming a guitar when Katrina hit? What were you wanting him to do, instead?
All a Democrat needs is the upper-story window of public attention and the chamber pot of rhetoric. How else to explain the rise of Joe Biden? P.J. O' Rourke
It's nice to see
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 20:53 ET by BlazerIt's nice to see everything is perfect with Steph and Diane in Pleasantville, but it's been almost a month and I thought for sure I would be flying around on my Skittle powered Pegasus by now.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
Have an award winning cookie
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 20:55 ET by mom_roxObama: I asked Hillary at the last Cabinet meeting to make a batch of cookies for the party. Enjoy.
mom: Ouch! Well done.
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 20:58 ET by QueenMummom: Ouch! Well done.
'cept it was Bill who baked
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 21:01 ET by semolina_filcher'cept it was Bill who baked them and gave the very first cookie to Monica to taste.
Which is why President Baker is grinning in the picture....
Sorry Brent.
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 20:57 ET by superconI couldn't read all of your post. It was too disgusting.
This was the last thing I read.
“These are just remarkable, Diane. We've never really seen anything like this before in real time.”
It was just too much.
Because with a name like Obama... you know it has to be good.
Don't feel bad...
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 21:26 ET by motherbeltDon't feel bad...that's as far as I got too....
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
Is it me, or does it look
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 21:01 ET by BlazerIs it me, or does it look like The One is sporting a spare tire and some love handles in that pic?
Don't they realise thier supposed to Photoshop some ripped abs onto the Beefcake In Chief?
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
Aw Blaze...his shirt was
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 21:10 ET by bigtimerAw Blaze...his shirt was just rumpled and un-tucked from all the hard, hard, work he has been doing for us out here...non-stop...why he is a workaholic don'tcha know...just ask Diane....if she can catch her breath that is.
Of course, they
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 21:04 ET by HockeyKidOf course, they conveniently left out the photo of Obama after the gameday meal, kicked back on the couch with his belt undone and his hand tucked into the front of his pants.
Matthews would have lost it altogether to see that one...
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Too bad they weren't
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 21:40 ET by cocodrieToo bad they weren't peanut butter cookies.
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Re: Diane Sawyer, the only
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 21:40 ET by nadadhimmiRe: Diane Sawyer, the only thing flowing at warp speed is her vaginal lubrication when she thinks of Obama. Disgusting?, not as much as the msm ass kissing of the "Savior"
Sawyer...ummmm
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 21:46 ET by seesalrunSawyer returned to the anchor chair and excitedly announced how “the trillion dollar week has begun” and so “finally,” as if it's been too long of a wait, “the stimulus starts to flow.” She soon heralded how “we embark on a week like no other in American economic history” with “a presidential whirlwind of spending against a recession.”
This Kentucky girl, a traitor to her own hillbilly kind. Likes to spend the dough though I am sure and knows where to spend it in the City of No Return.
Exploited her own kind, people entrenched with a little bit of nobility and a bunch of poverty for her own ratings. Miss the "special"?
I just want to vomit. I'm sorry. Ignorance must be bliss. I am just not that lucky.
Relaxing during a
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 22:01 ET by ThisnThatRelaxing during a well-deserved rest. Are you kidding me? Rest from what? And which MSM-type is counting the number of vacation days, like they did with President Bush? And who's going to make a big deal of "the most vacation days taken during the first 30 days in office"? These people are so far in the tank they need scuba gear.
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The challenge is to follow a consistent plan despite inconsistent prices - Sarah Palin, State of the State of Alaska speech
The picture we wanted to see
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 22:17 ET by nkviking75Where's the picture of Obama with the pitcher of Kool-Aid? Oh, yeah!
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
Hosanna
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 22:28 ET by averageschmoeHosanna, Heysanna, Sanna Sanna Ho,....Sanna Hey....sanna Ho.....sanna......................................
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feWcodU51QY
Barack Hussein, Superstar -
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 22:33 ET by QueenMumBarack Hussein, Superstar - Do you think you're who they say you are?
To paraphrase SouthPark:
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 22:52 ET by KevroyTo paraphrase SouthPark: Once, I saw these two guys kissing....and up until right now, that was the gayest thing I ever saw.
This is interesting because
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 23:00 ET by Dan The Man 2This is interesting because I remember President and Laura Bush stopping by a day care center for a photo op. They were reading and interacting with teh kids and when teh cameras left they still were. Dont have teh article but it would be interesting to see Duh One when cameras were not on him.
The adolation and worship really makes me want to destroy the temples and asheroth poles.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
Don't touch it...
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 23:28 ET by Scrapiron"Yeah, I wonder how often they'll take that scrapbook out and look through those pictures" Every time they need a sexual moment until it's so soaked with seaman it's unsafe to handle. If a Lame Steam Media hype is around it might take a while since they are all in bend over or on the knees mouth open mode. I no longer wonder why none of the Lame Stream Media outlets are ever on in my home. If the government mental health wonks would do they're job they would lock up every crazy sucker on CNN and throw away the key.
Old, Retired and glad of it.
Well the media may
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 23:30 ET by MidAmericaWell the media may still be in love but I can tell you the peasants are starting to get a little edgy. The glorification of obama while he lives the good life and all the pictures of the leading congressional democrats with giddy smiles on their faces is building resentment. In only one month the image of obama has changed, except.... for the media. So let them continue the hossanahs and the strewing of rose petals for they are building the path to a resurgent opposition.
MA... I sure hope you are
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 23:41 ET by bigtimerMA...
I sure hope you are right!
One thing about it...time will tell.
Well I listen to how
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 23:47 ET by MidAmericaWell I listen to how people talk locally and the the bloom is definately off of obama's rose. Those that supported obama thought it was all going to be different. Well it is. But what has happened is that they have gone from being disgusted at the President (Bush) to now they are beginning to fear their government. This is after one month. If it continues to build, the emotion will develope into outright anger. I've seen it all before... sometime back in the seventies... now who was that President?
Answer 1,237 to why more people watch Fox News.
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 00:39 ET by tomchrisIt is because of barf inducing fawning by people who no longer seem to care how shamelessly partison (and ridiculous) they sound. You don't suppose both Diane and George would spend a nano second discussing what is actually in this trillion dollar "stimulas," do ya,? Of course not. Not when there is bull crap White House photo-ops to be shown while reading news copy that sounds as if it was phoned in from Nancy Pelosi.
Lately, Diane Sawyer seems to be trying to out giddy Katie Couric, if that's possible, and Stephanopoulos...well...just who is Rahm Emanual speaking in that photo above (wink, wink)?
If ABC News ever has to replace these two giants of "hard-hitting journalism" I'd suggest Kelly O'Dell and Billy Bush of "Access Hollywood." Because why pretend to have celebrity-worshiping hacks when you can have the real thing
Sawyer and Obama Need to Get a Room
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 01:28 ET by chestnuttSawyer's constant state of Orgasm when talking about Hopey Changey is sickening the country.
She really needs to let it go and move on (move out) or find a rock to crawl under.
It's really embarassing!
What's wrong, Comrades?
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 01:52 ET by DoktorFrankenWhat's wrong, Comrades? Don't you know how to get along the Socialist way? Get with the programming.
DIANE SAWYER: Let's turn now, because today they released some photos,
a kind of scrapbook, if you will, of the President's journey on the
road to the stimulus package. I want to show everybody at home, because
there is the President, it's Super Bowl night, and he's serving cookies
to congressional leadership in the White House screening room, George?
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: These are just remarkable, Diane. We've never really seen anything like this before in real time.
Someone get these folks a freakin' towel.
Am I the only one feeling overwhelmed here at NB.
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 02:11 ET by JWFThis is not bias anymore. This is outright worship.
Sincerely,
a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.
JWF
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 02:16 ET by DoktorFrankenThat's the tactic. Inundate your enemy. It wears me out sometimes, too.
The scariest part is that these folks really cannot help themselves. They are compelled to slather and tingle and God knows what all.
They are The Left.
yes
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 13:10 ET by katainkentSome articles I have to stop about a third of the way through because its just so vomitous. This was one of them.
"Never again will you be capable of ordinary human feeling. Everything will be dead inside you. Never again will you be capable of love, or friendship, or joy of living, or laughter, or curiosity, or courage, or integrity. You will be hollow. We shall squeeze you empty and then we shall fill you with ourselves." - George Orwell - "1984"
Real Time
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 07:41 ET by sam.i.am“These are just remarkable, Diane. We've never really seen anything like this before in real time.”
* He's never seen Super Bowl parties?
* He's never seen a camera before?
* He's never seen a picture of a president before?
* He's never seen a president smiling before?
* He's never seen congressmen sucking-up before?
Everything Obama does is praised like he just made his first doody like a big boy. His first smile. His first nap. I have a scrap book like that for my baby. WTF?????
Well deserved rest . . . My widdow boy must be vewy tired after his big week.
Suited
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 07:49 ET by nadadhimmiFinally, Obama has found a position that suits him. I'd say being a waiter is his natural calling. You see, a president needs original thought, not just the ability to recite Saul Alinsky in a deep voice. Obama isn't even a natural born citizen and the Supreme Court is actually protecting, and in collusion with Obama, to defraud the American People on the most basic provision of the Constitution. A simple look at his BIRTH CERTIFICATE, and Occidental College records will answer many questions. Other than that, we could all just worship this usurper as the lord god almighty as we are damn well told to do by the media ass kissers.
from the great Michael Ramirez - a Valentine for Obama
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 08:11 ET by mom_roxhttp://www.investors.com/editorial/cartoons/CartoonPopUp.aspx?id=319328033990081
Here is a tissue Diane, you
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 09:13 ET by USA4freedomHere is a tissue Diane, you missed a little on your lip..
Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.
Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.
Good grief
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 09:29 ET by katiejaneHow long are we going to have to endure the fawning, slobbering over Obama by the press? It is bad enough that the mindless voters do it but it makes the press look even stupider.
If I could...
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 11:01 ET by dborschjr68I would take over the airwaves for 30 minutes and speak directly to the American public. No liberal puppet Obama worship, no bullsh*t about the economy, no hypocrisy about morals...just simply telling America that she is dying, and she needs to hold the government accountable for its transgressions. Just 30 minutes is all I ask.
"Liberate tutume ex inferis, liberal puppets." Me.
Would you...?
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 10:58 ET by dborschjr68Would you like some kool-aid with these cookies? I made it fresh this morning because I love you all soooo much!
No, no, act inconspicuous...this is a great photo op for my, "When I Took Over America", scrapbook. All hail Obama.
"Liberate tutume ex inferis, liberal puppets." Me.
Poor guy, missed the Super Bowl saving the USA
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 11:24 ET by ckbennetttn... and then jaunted off to Chicago to have a romantic dinner with his wife, get a haircut, and play basketball (none of which could have been done in DC, of course). If we are in such a desparate economic state, isn't what he did sort of like Nero playing the violin while Rome burns?
Obama: 'I screwed up'--We're going to be seeing this a lot.
Council on Foreign Relations
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 11:49 ET by BrutariusThis is to be expected since both Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. They were chosen for that organization because of their socialist and collectivist beliefs and in Obama they've found their true Messiah.
Stephanopoulous is also a Rhodes Scholar, which is like a CFR Gold Star.....
Want some coffee with those cookies? Don't buy Starbucks!
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 22:26 ET by Rush FanHoward Schultz, chairman and CEO of Starbucks Coffee Company, has an article in the far left Huffington Post today on why Starbucks is introducing instant coffee.
I stopped buying Starbucks coffee when I found out that Howard Schultz is a liberal democrat who is a big contributor to democrat candidates and the Democrat Party. That is why he feels confortable writing for that far-left website.
If you want good coffee purchase Dunkin Donuts coffee. The CEO of Dunkin Brands, Jon Luther, contributes to the Republican Party, and does not write for left-wing websites.
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Stimulus/ Cookies and Milk (reduce Fat 1%)
Sun, 02/22/2009 - 21:41 ET by Charles H. GarridoHello! Feb 22/09 21:30 Hours. Dear Mrs. Sawyer and Mr. Stephanopoulos "dicipline and strategic" Your comments and must Colleagues; please do not insult our Intellect or Intelligence . By all respect.. Fellows: please be soo.. "Baboso" (Idiot, Slobibering Slymy) Webster Thanks.- FDR October 1934 was always the system of private initiative should CLEAR all doubts by his subordinates...FDR- has chosen Socialism has been "TABOOD" incentive retain the private PROFIT.(Period) Thereford common sense let prevail. (words and quotes by Mr. David Lawrence Presidencial Medal of Freedom at the White House awarding our President Richard Nixon April 22/ 1970.(Please do not be sick) thanks.- Years 1933/34 to 1939 ups and down but actually our dollar were not being the hard currency on public hands ALWAYS BANKS WERE PLENTY AND HAD THE EXCESS OF THE RESERVES.- Note: go read & study the NRA 1933 National Recovery Administration, continue, RFC Resconstruction Finance Corp.(Editorials of David Lawrence 1970) We always knew our FDR was Liberal but he was a Men real Lineage American. NEVER EVER NATIONALIZED PRIVATE BANKS.- Now today .. this is the truth, such as STIMULUS $$$$$ be "GONE" all monies "bill" be Misappropriation= robbing Peter to pay Paul. This system Liberals, Socialism, Radicals , favors morally perverted corruption.- "Comes around goes around" This TURMOIL soon..today this Administration, Congress, States, Counties,finally our Cities will be by Intimidation and Harrasment impasse over "POLITICOS" civil rights First and Second Amendments. Will be the "fracas"big fight ..we Prevail.-Constitution provide. We are the Republic.- " Grounds for Impeachment" Impeachable conduct need not criminal, with that advice, a staff report set the stage for a wide-open inquiry-and partisan dispute.- (U.S.NEWS World Report- March 04/1974.-) Thanks & Cooperation.-
Charles H. Garrido, Miami Fla