According to ABC correspondent Claire Shipman, the botched Olympic bid by Barack Obama is actually a "good" thing for the President. Writing an online column for True/Slant, Shipman (see file photo at right) bizarrely spun, "It would have been great had he come home a winner. Great for all of us. But maybe not so much for him. Why? Because then he would have then [sic] really irked his critics." (H/T to DB of Biased BBC.)
Continuing this theory that a loss by Obama will calm some sort of seething rage, the Good Morning America reporter added, "They’re [critics] already secretly and not so secretly peeved that he’s been voted the world’s prom king. Another victory would have just started a wave of dangerous, uncontrollable seething." [Emphasis added.]
Who voted him the world’s prom king? Could it be journalists such as Shipman who, in January of 2007, referred to Obama’s campaigning as "fluid poetry?" So, it’s not surprising that she would try to find some silver lining for the President. Additionally, her husband is Jay Carney, the Communications Director to Vice President Joe Biden. Shipman raised this point in the column, even as she tried to see the upside to Obama’s embarrassing failure at Copenhagen:
Story Continues Below Ad ↓The Chicago loss is actually a win? I know. It’s hard to wrap your head around it. I got a sense of this as I test-drove my counter-intuitive (yet brilliant) theory by my baffled and distracted husband over the weekend. I figured he’d surely see the logic. After all, he’s now a spin doctor himself–Communications Director for VP Biden.
Towards the end of the piece, Shipman cooed that Obama’s inability to win the Olympics for Chicago somehow makes him more likable and his critics less:
It’s an especially good thing because it punctures his detractors ballooning and poisonous envy. Opponents, gleeful about their rivals’ embarrasement [sic], become a bit less hazardous. In the meantime, everyone else can empathize, which sometimes makes the heart grow–more sympathetic.
The website True/Slant describes itself as "an original content news network tailored to both the ‘Entrepreneurial Journalist’ and marketers who want a more effective way to engage with digital audiences." With columns such as this one by Shipman, it seems as though it’s simply another outlet for liberal media spin.
—Scott Whitlock is a news analyst for the Media Research Center.
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The Chicago loss is
October 6, 2009 - 14:04 ET by NewsbusterbrownThe Chicago loss is actually a win? I know. It’s hard to wrap your head around it.
It's only hard if you have a functioning brain, Claire. It probably was easy for you, however.
“There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
For this she got a Columbia Degree?
October 6, 2009 - 14:18 ET by allanfThe amazing thing is these cultists write this pablum without embarassment.
I'm not concerned about her
October 6, 2009 - 14:06 ET by notonmywatchI'm not concerned about her mental state. She's a propaganda tool. That's perfectly rational.
I'm concerned for the people who swallow this stuff though.
You'd have to have a dangerously loose grip on reality to swallow this level of propaganda.
I suppose that's why a leftist nutjob went & shot up a Jewish center.
It's a dangerous crossover. [b]They are reinforcing delusions at this point.[/b]
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She has unwittingly cited a
October 6, 2009 - 14:10 ET by karelingShe has unwittingly cited a reason not re-elect him.
Good one, but...after
October 6, 2009 - 14:53 ET by mattmGood one, but...after twisting the logic around a bunch more times she can make it a reason to do the opposite.... That's the luxury the liberals have of not being reqired to make sense.
Not bizarre logic
October 6, 2009 - 14:15 ET by motherbeltBetter not to win, as that would be a minus in the long run?
That's not bizarre logic; it's a textbook example of "sour grapes."
MSM Logic
October 6, 2009 - 14:15 ET by Darwin AkbarNo doubt, in Shipman's mind, a few thousand people sick with swine flu would also actually be "good for Obama," since it would demonstrate the need for socialized medicine.....and when Islamists nuke Patterson, NJ, that, too, is "good for Obama," since it proves that his "dream of a world without nuclear weapons" is something to aspire to.
Let's just save some TV time going forward....let's just declare, as a matter of policy, that each and every current event is only to be judged as to whether it is "good for Obama," and that the answer is always "yes!".
I just read this over on
October 6, 2009 - 14:30 ET by ricklailI just read this over on Daily Wave. Reading between the lines it appears Chicago was doomed from the very day they were announced as one of the final four. This is from June of 2008.
Chicago got a strong dose of reality in the IOC’s report assessing the technical bids, which cited problems with finances and transportation, among other things.
The IOC report said Chicago’s wording on government guarantees “does not fully confirm” with requirements; questioned the $27 billion figure listed for highway and transit projects; said sports venue construction budgets “appear low and may warrant review,” and cited a “lack of detail” in plans for transportation between venue clusters.
Semper suprene nitens
OBAMACARE: If it ain't good enough for my Congressman then it ain't good enough for me.
Well that's not new.
October 6, 2009 - 14:29 ET by Sestren_NK"In the meantime, everyone else can empathize, which sometimes makes the heart grow–more sympathetic."
And this is all the argument comes down to. Doesn't surprise me since their kind has told me to show more empathy towards terrorists, child predators, gangs, just about everything indefensible and just about every fool in this world.
Democratic spin- its all
October 6, 2009 - 14:31 ET by BKeyserDemocratic spin- its all just a Jedi mind trick.
Southside Chicago = the Dark Side
October 6, 2009 - 14:41 ET by Galvanic"Come to the dark side of the Farce, Luke." -- Barack Hussein Kenobi
WTF!!!
October 6, 2009 - 14:33 ET by CrashIf being a loser is what gives a politician a "boost" ... McCain is a shoe in in 2012.
I'd vote for him for prom
October 6, 2009 - 14:33 ET by criticalthinkingI'd vote for him for prom king
Losing is really winning . . .
October 6, 2009 - 14:37 ET by Galvanic"Towards the end of the piece, Shipman cooed that Obama’s inability to win the Olympics for Chicago somehow makes him more likable and his critics less:"
And if he keeps his winless streak going, Team Obama will get to select first in the college player draft.
Actually, if Obama were competing in the Special Olympics, Shipman might have a point. But in the world of American and international politics, losing is still perceived as losing, no matter how cuddly you might seem.
Prom king?
October 6, 2009 - 14:40 ET by StarAZNow THERE is a picture--a prom with all the inhabitants of the Star Wars bar.
MORON ALERT!
October 6, 2009 - 15:57 ET by George S PattonMORON ALERT!
Some thought proccess
October 6, 2009 - 16:49 ET by general companyI got a sense of this as I test-drove my counter-intuitive (yet
brilliant) theory by my baffled and distracted husband over the
weekend. I figured he’d surely see the logic. After all, he’s now a spin doctor himself–Communications Director for VP Biden.
Kinda says it all, dont it?
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
"spin"
October 6, 2009 - 16:57 ET by Texndoc"After all, he’s now a spin doctor himself–Communications Director for VP Biden."
So basically she admits before even giving her argument that it is "spin". That is, she's going to put her Prom King in a favorable light no matter what the facts. You are an idiot, woman.
Spinning
October 6, 2009 - 17:19 ET by Kat Outta the Bag"You spin me right round baby right round like a record baby right round round round..."
Obama: "Veni, Vidi, I got
October 6, 2009 - 21:31 ET by RR GOPObama: "Veni, Vidi, I got my a$$ handed to me in the international arena."
Wish I could write all that in Latin.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
Latin
October 6, 2009 - 21:33 ET by Free StinkerVeni, Vedi, Carter.
You forgot the spew alert
October 6, 2009 - 21:35 ET by BlondeBad, Free. Go to your room.
I hope he fails, too.
~How about..
October 6, 2009 - 21:34 ET by choselife3xVeni, vidi, pwned.
It has a certain ring..
Kossacks hate me. And yes, it does feel good.
Bizarro Woman
October 7, 2009 - 11:14 ET by Bighead227It only took a week to come up with this spin right. Good job moonbat. I wonder if she had help. Let's see, where could she get help on this embarrassing attempt at spin??? Oh yes, Her husband is Jay Carney, the Communications Director to Vice President Joe Biden.