Sanger on ABC: Obama 'More Moderate than Expected'; Brown on CBS: 'Spring Time in America!'

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Asked by George Stephanopoulos to name the “most important thing we've learned” about President Barack Obama during his first one hundred days in office (which is still three days away), David Sanger, a Washington correspondent for the New York Times, asserted: “I think we've learned that he's more moderate than we had expected.” That says a lot about the mindset of New York Times reporters and prompted George Will to retort, during the roundtable segment on ABC's This Week: “He's less moderate than I thought. He's going to design our cars. He's going to design our light bulbs. He's going to tell us where our house shall be built. This is supervisory liberalism in the most nagging, annoying sort.”

Bob Schieffer brought aboard CBS's Face the Nation the Washington Post's Bob Woodward and Tina Brown, Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Beast site, to assess Obama. Brown could barely contain herself, trumpeting “what a force-multiplier Michelle Obama has turned out to be” as she and her husband work in “flawless concert,” so while “the world is talking about torture and the Bush administration, then we have Michelle with her vegetable garden. Talk about Spring time in America!”

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Brown's excitement:

One of the great surprises is what a force-multiplier Michelle Obama has turned out to be because these two are working in such, sort of, flawless concert. You know as the world is talking about torture and the Bush administration, then we have Michelle with her vegetable garden. Talk about Spring time in America! There's a real sense that these two are operating in a kind of wonderful symbiosis that we really haven't seen, I don't think ever, between a President and a First Lady.

Sanger's complete answer on the April 26 This Week:

I think we've learned that he's more moderate than we had expected. I think we've learned that he is quite determined to follow through, almost as a checklist, on his campaign promises. And I think we've also learned that we don't really know his bottom line. Whether it's the banks or Iran, we haven't yet figured out whether or not there's an element in this personality that wavers a bit.

—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center


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Sring time in America???

And he's the geatest president ever! These people are delusional!

NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"

 

Obama!

It may be spring time in Washington. Everywhere else, it's winter, because hell will freeze over with this clown as president.

I heard Sanger say this

and almost chocked! How LEFT did he want????

I was just about to change the channel when George Will answered him and I was Soooo Glad to hear Will finally stand up to these Arse Holes!

Brown says it is "Springtime in America" and if I remember the Mel Brooks theme in a movie?, correctly it was

SPRINGTIME FOR HITLER !!!!!!

 

Michelle

Think of all the people that are struggling or have lost their jobs. They wake up in the morning and are depressed, but suddenly they see Michelle Obama on TV and it is "Springtime in America". They now feel much better. LOL

We Have Truly Entered Bizarro World

The USA and, in particular, D.C., is more and more becoming Bizarro-World. 


Schieffer's Face - Dead Give Away

I watched Bob Schieffer do a short pro-mo for his show today.

He couldn't contain his "We're gonna get him" face, when speaking of the possible coming comments about the George Bush administration and its evil doers. Naturally, I didn't watch.

He is as bad as Larry King. Get off the stage, old man. It's over!

Springtime!?

  Here's an interesting read that Drudge posted.  Shows what's really happening to ordinary folks as Washington drags out this recession and obama can't focus on simply improving the economy.  Keep in mind what something like cap and trade would do to these folks.

I swear, I am starting to

I swear, I am starting to think there has been a major fissure in the space-time continuum, and I am now trapped in an alternate universe where everything is up-side down and completely bass-ackwards.

-Dave

This coup has gone on long enough. The time to put it down is NOW.

evaD yeH

evaD yeH

yraG   <~:)

Gary,

LOL-Yep, that is exactly what it feels like.

-Dave

This coup has gone on long enough. The time to put it down is NOW.

I saw these segments this

I saw these segments this morning, I am beyond barf-bag time, or duct-tape, I'm at the point of just laughing and clicking the channel, lemmings remain just that, lemmings.

I am just waiting to see the day they all jump over the cliff with O leading the way and Matthews and his msnbc team following.

Bye-Bye

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

  Who would have thought

  Who would have thought Baghdad Bob would be the new template for modern 'journalists'?

Obama spasms

I swear on the 100th day, I'm gonna go into

hibernation cuz I have no duct tape available

right now.   I won't watch any MSM.  If I watch

any t.v. it's gonna be FOX only.

These communist mouthpieces

These communist mouthpieces are a joke.

If Obama WERE in fact moderate (which he sure as hell ISN'T), there wouldn't be a desperate need to keep claiming this on the liberal media.

A nation cannot be free without a free, unbiased media. We are not free.

These communist mouthpieces

These communist mouthpieces are a joke.

If Obama WERE in fact moderate (which he sure as hell ISN'T), there wouldn't be a desperate need to keep claiming this on the liberal media.

A nation cannot be free without a free, unbiased media. We are not free.

And now, we turn to David Sanger, reporting tonight from Oz.

David Sanger, a Washington correspondent for the New York Times, asserted: “I think we've learned that he's more moderate than we had expected.”

Only NY Times and Pravda correspondents could make that statement. 

Tina Brown, Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Beast site . . . could barely contain herself, trumpeting “what a force-multiplier Michelle Obama has turned out to be” as she and her husband work in “flawless concert,” so while “the world is talking about torture and the Bush administration, then we have Michelle with her vegetable garden. . . "

I think my head just exploded! 

It's the media that's infatuated with 'rock star' Michelle Obama, from her wardrobe to her vegetable garden.  Real people living in reality don't give a damn. 

Brown: ". . . Talk about Spring time in America!"

Sounds like "Springtime for Hitler " from the film "The Producers." 

Frankly, I have no idea what this twit is talking about.  Does anyone?

So much to say. So little time to do so.

In a few short words Will accurately describe Obama and his adminastration. But given more time Will and for that matter any intelligent person could have greatly expanded on the explanation on how Obama is far left of middle America.

So much to say. So little time to do so.

In a few short words Will accurately describe Obama and his adminastration. But given more time Will and for that matter any intelligent person could have greatly expanded on the explanation on how Obama is far left of middle America.

ghastly

these people have a bizarre view on reality that I cannot even begin to comprehend anymore.   Moderate?  Who are they trying to kid? And what the hell is the obsession with Ms Obama and her vegetable garden?   She stood on a patch of dirt in 1000 dollar boots and forked over a patch of sod for the cameras.  She's not a homesteaders wife! Again, who do they think they're kidding?

I love to help the helpless but I'm not gonna help the clueless   ~Dennis Miller

Springtime...

...for Hitler und Germany.  C'mon, sing with along me! 

To quote Alice ...

"If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?"

Alice's dream has apparently come true.

Either that or the people on the left side of Wonderland have been exceeding their allotted doses of stupid pills.

metaphorsbwithu

Really?

 I'm really glad that Michelle Obama is setting such a brilliant example of sustainable living. If only I had money and land and tools I could do the same! Maybe they can work that into another stimulus package - Gardens for all! This is SO worth being on national news... meanwhile people all over the world, INCLUDING AMERICA, are DYING of hunger, etc... but at least the White House has a garden. Springtime.... really?

 

 

www.endthebias.com

I heard Sanger say this

and almost choked! How LEFT did they want????

I was just about to change the channel when George Will answered him and I was Soooo Glad to hear Will finally stand up to these Arse Holes!

Brown says it is "Springtime in America" and if I remember the Mel Brooks theme in a movie?, correctly it was

SPRINGTIME FOR HITLER !!!!!! 

 I could sing along and am happy someone knew what I was talking about re:Mel Brooks 

 

sing it!

Springtime for Hitler and Germany!   NOT SAFE FOR WORK

wow its been ages since I've seen this.  I love the audience responses. (well! talk about bad taste! *crickets*)

I love to help the helpless but I'm not gonna help the clueless   ~Dennis Miller

Moderate???????????????????????

Whats moderate about kowtowing to America's enemies?

Using localism and 'diversity' to possibly close down talk radio

increasing the national debt by trillions every year.

nationalizing banks and auto companies.

Making ACORN a billionaire and a Census partner.

Nationalizing and rationing healthcare.

Arguing in front of the SCOTUS that the Prez has the power to shut down films and books that are too political?

Giving the Prez the power to shut down the internet?

Trying to pass a Cap N Trade bill that will cause the price of everything to "necessarily skyrocket"

Trying to destroy private citizens who voice opposition? Joe, Rush and others.

What exactly is moderate about that? Please tell us what is moderate about that?