Politico's Allen Tells Jann Wenner to 'Get a Room' With Obama

Photo of Mark Finkelstein.

It's turning into quite the morning for, uh, outing double-standards in the media. First was my item mentioning that Bob Herbert of the NYT had accused Hillary Clinton of "opening a trap door" under Obama. Readers are invited to imagine the PC outrage if a conservative had expressed the desire to do the same to the Illinois senator.

Now comes Mike Allen of the Politico. In his Playbook column of this morning, Allen offers this quote from Jann Wenner's over-the-top endorsement of Obama in Rolling Stone:

We have a deeply divided nation . . . A new president must heal these divides . . . Like Abraham Lincoln, Barack Obama challenges America to rise up, to do what so many of us long to do: to summon 'the better angels of our nature.'

Allen's suggestion to Wenner in reaction to his breathless prose: "Get a room!"

This to a man who famously left his wife and is now in a relationship with a male partner with whom he has a son.

Insert here the outraged reaction from the MSM, the gay community and the Obama campaign if a conservative commentator had made a similar suggestion.


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I don't care who you are, that's funny..

Get a Room . . . . is certainly brought to mind.  Politico wasn't "reachin" on that comment.

Liberal reaction if a

Liberal reaction if a conservative commentator had said it?

Mark F.....Now you're asking a tough question. . . .

I can't help but Remember the Howard Hughs movie, and how he was portrayed in his testimony to Congress.  

We need another of thsse once in a million Televised Events, where politicians/Journalists who are in the Sack swapping Spit are publically reprimanded and Exposed.   But right now, the MSM TV screens would not show it, if it happened.  As it is now with the Success of the Surge if the Iraq War . . . gone missing in action from your TV screen.

As to your Question as to how the Politically correct muzzel seems to be on the Right side of the Aisle right now.....SNL, and NB's Video Blog here which had a very fast run up the "you tube" rankings . . I think Humor at the absurdity of the current MSM is going to work very well, but RUSH L. would catch Grief on the Same Comment.   They have guys in the bushes, with Scopes trained on Rush....we would have to go down the far right food chain a little more to find someone on the Right that could survive the "comment", maybe Cunninham could get away with the same comment ?

Maybe the Layoff of the very BUSY Screen Writers gave them a chance to watch a boatload of MSM TV.....and I find it funny that SNL came out so fast with "laugh track scripts" about Talking heads.  

There is further examples of this effect (new media) to me, as.....

I did NOT watch SNL

I did NOT watch the Debate

Yet I know what each did, and the context of the Humor, via the internet "news".  That's in itself is pretty amazing and is pointing to the shifting of the "irrelevancy" of the MSM.

Does that cover

remind anyone else of THIS ?

That's the first thing that popped into my head. LOL

»→ No motherbelt

Obama's lipstick is prettier.

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»→ Get a room

Look at the cover again.

Don't you think the androgynous look with the lipstick is a nice touch?

Didn't even get smeared in the limo ride over to the RS shoot.

I'm surprised they didn't include the Gore Potato in the pants thingy.

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You've got to be kidding, right?

Equating Osama Bama with Abraham Lincoln?  You've got to be kidding, right?

That's like equating Gollum Kucinich with Ronald Reagan! And the sad part about that is that left wing morons in Ohio's 10th congressional district decided to put him up for re-election this past Tuesday!

With liberals, stupid is as stupid does!

"Yeah! That's the ticket!" - Tommy Flanagan

»→ Not kidding

But Lincoln didn't wear lipstick.

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Holy Smokes

Oh, I don't know.  Somewhere north of the Imus reaction, I'd imagine.

I see San Fran up in arms, marching, demanding the public and spectacular self-immolation of Mr. Allen.  On second thought, they'd probably want to light the fire themselves.

His comment is perfect though, for all of the Obama-adoration.  Every time the media does the Obama genuflection, someone ought to tell them to "Get a Room".  It would shut them down in a hurry, just like a crowd member yelling at McEnroe "Boring" when he acted out.  

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

Obamaman

I see Obama posed as Superman.

With lipstick.

'Faster than a speeding Hybrid, more powerful than a wind mill farm, able to swoon large crowds with a single call for 'change! . . .'

»→ Obamaman

And his suit would have an O emblazoned on it if Oprah and Overstocked didn't already have dibbs on it.

But the lipstick is a nice touch.

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Cool

Thanks for the visual image there, fella.  Only his suit would be Superman's with a big "O" on the front.  I wish I knew how to photoshop it.

I am laughing so hard.  

And for some reason, the phrase "lipstick on a pig" comes to mind.  Okay, that's it, I'm banned. 

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

»→ Lipstick man

A cheap wig and you're looking at Ru Paul.

OK, I'm banned too.

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I see Obama posed as

I see Obama posed as Superman.

  Yeah he's doing a Superman pose but I think he's too 'metro-sexual' to be Superman.  I see him as Mary Poppins (Barry Poppins if you will), the stern but fair nanny that has come to set us children straight.  And with just a Spoonful of Hope the medicine will go down.

Stop it MidAmerica

This comment is all your fault.

"Just a spoonful of candy makes Larry Sinclair . . . "

I can't do it!!!  Waaaaah!!!

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   careful......  (haha)

   careful......  (haha)

Like Abraham Lincoln?

I'd be wary about using a comparison between Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Obama if I were he. The American Civil War started a year AFTER Mr. Lincoln was elected president in 1860, remember?

Right Cobra....Lincoln sure

Right Cobra....Lincoln sure "united" the country didn't he?

We have a deeply divided nation . . . A new president must heal these divides -Wenner

Really? And exactly how is Obama going to do that?

Let's see....all the people who agree with him will still agree...

And all those who disagree with him...will suddenly see the light and agree?

And as for uniting: Obama has made it plain that he's NOT open to compromise. He only wants to work with those who agree with him. He doesn't say we should find things we can agreee on, he says he will work with people who do agree with him on certain things.

Exactly how is that special?

»→ Rolling Stone

How racially insensitive of RS to tease an article on "The Black Crowes" on the same cover?

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OH MY GOD how dare

OH MY GOD

how dare they....The African-American Crows was a great band when i was in high school (cough 17 cough years cough ago)

 

I was a professional twice over - an analyst and a therapist. The world's first analrapist

The Black Crowes!!! Is that

The Black Crowes!!! Is that a racial slur??/ Is that a subliminal message???? You know, like "spade work"?????

  I'm torn between wanting

  I'm torn between wanting watch the reaction of BO's adoring supporters when he is beaten in the general election or if elected being shredded by political and real world reality thereby losing his angel wings and crashing to earth as a mere mortal.  

How about one more choice?

MA,

Why not include "all of the above"?  

"Yeah! That's the ticket!" - Tommy Flanagan

come on dude how can you

come on dude how can you think a man who says things like this

 "We need to hope for change and change because of hope.  The past has already happened, but the future has yet to come and we will change that future.    But we can't forget that the present is now.  and yes we can change for hope.    It seems some people out there don't think that change is good but we know that it is good to change, and look I have a handful of change in my pocket.   We can't change the past, because it has past us already but now we are in the present and that leads us to the future and the future leads to......change"

would crash and burn in the real world

 

I was a professional twice over - an analyst and a therapist. The world's first analrapist

Rolling Stone magazine...yeah, that one....

 

I used to read Rolling Stone -- back in the '70's -- just to see how often the members of Led Zeppelin would "diss" the staff (being a huge Zep fan, then and now).  For anyone at this rag to believe their pot sustained pontifications hold water is akin to believing everyone in a Texas jail is the victim of overzealous traffic cops trying to make a quota.

Yeah, you've got a forum (a magazine) and an audience (people looking for juicy gossip about rock stars), but little clue about how the real world functions.  A cursory review of Rolling Stone presidential endorsements reveal an ignorance rooted in the aforementioned state of chemically altered perception.

Advice to Jann Wenner:  stick to sniffing the flatulent discharge of rock stars, avoiding serious discussion topics for fear of being accused of paying attention to matters you possess absolutely no ability to comprehend.

Well said.

Well said.

Remember The Source

This is Rolling Stone magazine, for cryin' out loud. They have almost as little credibility as the New York Times.

I'm shocked, shocked I tell

I'm shocked, shocked I tell ya'...this is the first time I have ever heard Allen say anything that is right on point and true too...better late than never.

Only a far left liberal

Only a far left liberal would think that some candidate would or could somehow "unite" the nation espousing far left policies and politics. I don't feel much like "uniting" when I listen to Obama. Does any other conservative "feel the love"? Where did this "Obama uniting the nation" come from anyway, the Obama cult - the MSM?

Chris... ...but...but...he

Chris...

...but...but...he is gonna' save our soles...ooooops... or is it souls...either way he's gonna' save both doncha' know!

He got the POWER!

BT, It's like they dismiss

BT,

It's like they dismiss about half the country when they say Obama brings "hope". All he brings me are cold chills down my spine and a sick feeling in my stomach from the thought of his kind of "change".

Where did this "Obama

Where did this "Obama uniting the nation" come from anyway, the Obama cult - the MSM?

You answered your own question. LOL

Do these idiots think that if Obama is elected, all of a sudden people are going to agree? 

I know all politicians talk like this about unity etc, but this is on a whole 'nother level.....

 

LOL... You got that

LOL...

You got that right...

...but in their eyes it is "We Are The World" and Kumbaya and all that jazz...

It's more than "We Are the

It's more than "We Are the World", bt....that video with them chanting his name over and over is dowright creepy. When did you ever hear a song written for a politician that was actually a hymn TO him? Granted, a lot of them are talking about what "we" can do, but the running theme is his name....

It's become a cult with

It's become a cult with kool-aid and everything. Oh, if only a spaceship were coming to whisk them all away...

mb... LOL...I saw your

mb...

LOL...I saw your video link last night and just laughed, like I said long ago...and you too...these lemmings are followers just like a cult, tent revival time, whatever you want to call it...

Like I asked Noel...have you ever seen anything like this?

Yep, I stick to the same lines I have used long ago it seems now (lol) after listening to his speeches one by one...be wary, very wary.

The assertion that Obama

The assertion that Obama will "unite the country" is patently absurd. He isn't espousing so-called "centrist" policies. He isn't even trying to hide his radical liberalism. This rhetoric used to be applied to "moderates" like McCain or Bob Kerrey. Why would they think, for even one second, that a far left politician would suddenly become acceptable to conservatives? This has got to be the lamist con job ever attempted from the grifters of the media.

Right Chris...he says he

Right Chris...he says he will work with people who agree on a living wage, universal health care, college for every kid.....and he's assuming that's a majority of the country.....anyone who doesn't agree can go pound sand, I guess...

I know we've beaten this into the ground and we're all repeating ourselves, but it's just so frustrating. It's hard to believe that so many people can think it's that easy....

mb,I suppose it goes back

mb, I suppose it goes back to this country's collective short memory. Why else would they think liberal policies that were attempted for decades, failed, and caused new problems would suddenly work now? It's not that conservatism failed. Conservatives could never even begin to undo the liberal programs and policies that were already in place. At best, they may have slowed their growth down slightly. I wish conservatism and it's programs would be tried.

It's because we are meanies,

It's because we are meanies, and insensitive and racist and stupid and violent (sarc) if not downright evil . How can our programs ever be in the same moral plane as theirs. Remember it's for mother earth and the children and the oppressed and peace and love and change and hope. The whole socialist movement has always been imbued with this magical utopian becoming.

Hillary's Last Stand

I saw that headline on the cover of the Rolling Stone. One can only hope it ends like the historical "Custer's Last Stand" - not that I'd ever want to besmearch General G.A. Custer by comparing Shillary Clinton to him; only the circumstances of his demise. Yes, an overconfident Hillary shouting "We got' em on the run boys" followed by her and her team charging recklessly to what they believe to be a great victory, only to find themselves surrounded on a hill. Then in an effort to save herself, she shoots down all her horses (staff) to make a barricade. Finally, ammo running out, she and her adjutants are shot down (figuratively of course), scalped, butchered, stripped, and left to bloat in the hot sun of the political specturm - finally to be buried under a skiff of dirt so the coyotes and vultures can scatter their bones all over. Unfortunately, the MSM doesn't ride with her to the actual battlefield, so they're left to continue spitting invective. Finally, the DemocRats could then build a big monument to her political career and argue for centuries to come about what could have been, who betrayed her, etc., etc., etc., just the same as the "Custer debate".

Of course one could then argue that as the Sioux Indians were eventually defeated totally after the Little Bighorn, the same could be said of the GOP. But since the GOP/DNC political war is being fought on relatively equal terms unlike the Plains Indian Wars, we can hope that would never be the case.