Newsweek editor Evan Thomas has created a precious contrast in the media's approach to presidents Bush and Obama.
"Well, our job is to bash the president, that's what we do." -- Evan Thomas responding to a question on whether the media's unfair to Bush on the TV talk show Inside Washington, February 2, 2007.
"I mean in a way Obama’s standing above the country, above – above the world, he’s sort of God." – Evan Thomas on Hardball, June 5, 2009.
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Thomas has merely....
June 8, 2009 - 10:09 ET by Prester John....."grown" and his opinions on the role of the press have simply "evolved" in the age of Obama.
Wow
June 8, 2009 - 09:56 ET by saw the lightThanks, Tim. It really doesn't get much more stark than that. Kind of like Chris Matthews stating that the job of journalists (and Chris too, since I don't consider him one) is to help the president succeed.
Of course, that "epiphany" of Matthews' occurred after the election of Obama and had no relation to how he covered President Bush.
"I think that when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody." Barack Obama to "Joe the Plumber"
He is sorta God
June 8, 2009 - 10:03 ET by MES41067Mr Thomas you really picked this numb nut as your God?
(Lenin called them "useful idiots" I for one have no use for them.)
Obama is to the gods...
June 8, 2009 - 10:14 ET by CobraMan...As Bubba was to the common man, a complete fabrication. Isn't that how the MSM portrayed Clinton, as one who could relate to the common man? It's interesting to note the contradiction between how they portrayed Clinton and how they now portray Obama.
Thanks to a single election, the Presidency has been elevated from a Man of the People to The God of all Mankind. Obama stands above us all, Godlike in his demeanor and intelligence, and we all should tremble in awe as we bask in the glow of his omnipotent presence.
And they portrayed Bush as an elitist! What a bunch of hypocrites!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court
Obama God like? No.
June 8, 2009 - 10:25 ET by CTMore like a petulant punk.
Please use lower case
June 8, 2009 - 10:27 ET by EdhenryPlease use lower case "g". He is not a god and he is not my God.
He is just another gifted politician that has the backing of a like minded media, poised to enact and force policies that run contrary to individual responsibility and individual liberty.
The Camelot Delusion
June 8, 2009 - 10:30 ET by danebramageI think a lot of this has to do with these dummies' fantasy that they're living through some sort of key moment in history, when in actuality it's just another day. People in the future aren't going to give two shits about Obama. Insofar as anybody does remember him, it will be as a bad guy, not a good guy, and his sycophantic courtiers in the press are going to be indicted right along with him.
You want pseudo-Camelot?
June 8, 2009 - 10:50 ET by BlondeI'll give you delusional Camelot....my mom was just reading yesterday's newspaper and read me the ad for the Michelle Obama Inaugural Doll....it compared her "elegance, grace and style" to that of Camelot's Jacqueline Kennedy and Princess Diana, both of whom are fortunately (for the Danbury Mint) too dead to protest the comparison.
If the stupid thing weren't so expensive, it would be a great gag gift for the liberal twits in my family....but my mom & I got a great laugh out of it anyway. Can you imagine adults getting all ga-ga over a Klingon in a Barbie doll dress (fun fact, MO's horror show of a gown was designed by a doll dress designer...go figure!).
I hope he fails, too.
NOT a doll face
June 8, 2009 - 11:03 ET by SickofLibsCheck out the Drudge frontpage photo of MO glaring at Carla Bruni.
Seething hatred, anyone?
I beg to differ
June 8, 2009 - 11:14 ET by mandrakeThat expression is meaningless. There is a photo in our family albums of me looking at my wife with same expression. It was a moment of annoyance..she said something stupid.. nothing more. But I still love her. :)
Glare Down
June 8, 2009 - 11:33 ET by BlondeYes, MO certainly looks, um, cross in that pic. Poor Michelle, having to endure photo ops with a real live supermodel....even a full time make up artiste can't help erase that "angry" look thingy she has going on all the time.
Maybe she should have led with her (bare) arms instead of her face? That's her best feature (how pathetic is that?)
I hope he fails, too.
Re Glare Down
June 8, 2009 - 12:06 ET by slickwillie2001Here it is again in case Drudge takes it down: If Looks Could Kill
Could be a caption contest. Kinds of explains why the Bamster turned down dinner in Paris with the Sarkozys.
Spot on, slick
June 8, 2009 - 12:26 ET by BlondeThat never occured to me, but I'm now certain MO put the stops to dinner with the Sarkozys. Dollars to donuts Carla didn't take the "girls" shopping either.
That picture is priceless, and you're right, it would make a perfect Capfest. I can think of a zillion.
I hope he fails, too.
Well, Evan Thomas would agree with Chris Matthews..
June 8, 2009 - 10:33 ET by Gary HallThe post, Tim, is clean, sharp and to the point - and, as it is. (;~>
I'm almost surprised that Matthews didn't either get another trickle down his leg - or repeat this one for Thomas:
Hundreds of them working together for cha cha cha change.
cha cha cha change back, you mean
June 8, 2009 - 10:44 ET by CobraMan"Hundreds of them working together for cha cha cha change."
cha cha cha change back, you mean. Here's what drives the Liberals nuts: The whole country (possibly even the whole world) changed, thanks to President Bush. Some may argue that it changed for the better, some may argue that it changed for the worst. But there's no denying that it changed. It this fact ( a Republican changed America!) that makes the liberals hope, beyond hope, that Obama will, somehow, be able to match the power of change that Bush brought to the entire country.
They can't stand the fact that their greatest enemy, a Republican, has the ability to change the country, for better or for worse. That type of power is only supposed to be available to the liberals, right? That's why Obama ran under the banner of Change, for the power to affect change is the greatest power of all.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court
liberal "god"
June 8, 2009 - 10:46 ET by xyzzypoofsI thought a lot of of these liberal nutjobs did not believe in God (or a god) ...does that mean they are starting to not believe in Obama Hussein also?
Write Your Heart Out, Evan
June 8, 2009 - 10:40 ET by rammingspeedThis is a watershed; two small quotes that will be ignored by the MSM but will wash over the rest of us who still have our senses. The November '08 election launched these people - "progressives" - into a state of hubris never before seen. They are laughingstocks. Their phalanx, the MSM in general and twerpy publications like Newsweek, are destroying their movement more with every issue and all the words they publish.
Personally, I'm encouraged. The more these idiots shout out their banana-brained thoughts, the sooner there'll be a backlash. The MSM created Obama and led the Democratic politcal surge in '08, and now that things are in place and failing horribly, the MSM is leading the Democratic party into the trash heap.
Idolatry of Obama
June 8, 2009 - 10:55 ET by merlin61As this man is driving this wonderful country into
the ground, how many more days or months is it
going to take before people start calling for his
impeachment? He's in a hurry to push his agenda
without any thought of how much it will cost this
country in money, or integrity. His only thought
is his own engrandizement.
History Lesson
June 8, 2009 - 10:53 ET by slickwillie2001The last leader of a country thought to be a god was Emperor Hirohito, and that didn't end too well.
This Obama lunacy has gone well beyond celebrity worship
June 8, 2009 - 11:00 ET by R D HelmIt has now become rampant Obamadolatry.
It's disgusting, and not a little dangerous.
-Dave
Evan might want to check his status with
June 8, 2009 - 11:12 ET by FranksamEvan might want to check his status as to the following :
ONE: 'You shall have no other gods before Me.'
TWO: 'You shall not make for yourself a carved image--any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.'
Clearly Evan has carved a metaphorical concept of a mere human as a god. I believe that the Romans got into a little trouble when the emperors were given too much status, and even agnostics and atheists know that it is not nice to fool Mother Nature.
Whatever belief system one might have, elevating an elected official who is supposedly a servant of the people, is absurd and indefensible.
They do agree
June 8, 2009 - 11:32 ET by StarAZHaven't you seen Tingles and Evan agreeing--it's quite a common sight.
Don't stand too close to Thomas
June 8, 2009 - 11:50 ET by 1611LilacLadyHussein "sort of God". . . . Lightning does strike!!
Isaiah 5:20a Woe unto them who call evil good, and good evil. . . KJV
What ??? What bias???
June 8, 2009 - 12:27 ET by LionKingThis clown is laughable.
I would ask him about journalistic integrity, but alas, I fear he knows niether the meaning of journalism nor integrity.
The majority of the
June 8, 2009 - 13:17 ET by bigtimerThe majority of the msm are becoming the exact replica's of what was written in the Left Behind Series.
Eerie
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Good punctuation
June 8, 2009 - 14:58 ET by FranksamWhen the title is used in front of a name, it should be capitalized. For example, President Obama is making a bigger mess of things than any other president.
Re Capitalization
June 8, 2009 - 15:42 ET by slickwillie2001I always capitalize Doofus, Bamster, el Presidente, and President Prissypants.