One wonders why journalists are allowing this corralling of the press? Would they have allowed George W. Bush to pre-pick journalists like that? Would they meekly sit by and allow themselves to be systematically ignored, their freedom to ask questions silenced by any Republican? Would journalists so eagerly vie with one another for the favor of Bush like they are Obama's?
For her part, it seems that Carol Marin is starting to wonder at the "bizarro world" that is being invented by the pliant and smitten Obama loving press corps.
As ferociously as we march like villagers with torches against Blagojevich, we have been, in the true spirit of the Bizarro universe, the polar opposite with the president-elect. Deferential, eager to please, prepared to keep a careful distance.
The Obama news conferences tell that story, making one yearn for the return of the always-irritating Sam Donaldson to awaken the slumbering press to the notion that decorum isn't all it's cracked up to be.
The press corps, most of us, don't even bother raising our hands any more to ask questions because Obama always has before him a list of correspondents who've been advised they will be called upon that day.
Will the rest of the press retake their manhood and again become the tough guys they have always claimed to be or are they going to stay so smitten by Obama and their love for The One that they will allow themselves to continue being forced into a subservient role?
One has a sinking suspicion that the press is allowing itself to become Obama's lapdog extraordinaire.
(H/T NewsBusters reader Matthew Stahlhut)
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Quelle surprise! Someone is
January 12, 2009 - 21:56 ET by thebutlerdiditQuelle surprise! Someone is finally seeing this? Well, it did only take a couple of years. I have a feeling the miffed will stay miffed, because he is probably going to do this all the way through. He probably plans to call on someone from Fox once every year.
Bringing the government in to run Wall Street is like saying, "Dad burned the dinner, let's get the dog to cook." PJ O'Rourke
Seems to me that I have
January 12, 2009 - 22:02 ET by Nortonalecheard something like this before. Didn't the press beat themselves up for not questioning the intelligence that the Bush administration presented before the Iraq war? I guess they haven't learned from their mistakes, huh?
Who will protect us from government gone wild?
"It's such a fine line between stupid and clever."~David St. Hubbins
I know! I know! Let's ask
January 12, 2009 - 22:03 ET by bigtimerI know! I know!
Let's ask Helen!
Retake their manhood....you have got to be kidding...you have had to had that in the FIRST place to begin with.
Sorry...I'm just too busy LMAO with all of this...have been watching every single so-called O Presser.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
The Media Got What They Wanted
January 12, 2009 - 22:06 ET by BW222The media wanted Obama. They slanted the news to favor him. Now they have him.
Interestingly during the final weeks of the campaign, one of the CBS reporters stated that of the four candidates, Sarah Palin was the most open with the media (after Sarah went "rogue" and broke away from that idiot Nicole Wallace).
BW222
And Sarah was SMART to do so - I hope NO future
January 14, 2009 - 21:21 ET by Cape ConservativeRepublican candidate ever has Nicole Wallace on their staff...I'm sure she was the one doing the Monday morning sniping!
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Obama is giving the
January 12, 2009 - 22:07 ET by WorriedObama is giving the shut-out journalists reason to write anti-Obama pieces. Nobody likes to be ignored.
And all they want to do is get close enough...
January 12, 2009 - 22:20 ET by wnaegele...to kiss his backside.
Let's break out the "Man Song" for the press.
January 12, 2009 - 22:27 ET by pbthinkerThe press voluntarily neutered themselves, during this election so it's a little late for them to cry foul now. As Ann Coulter has been saying lately, there are going to be a lot of surprises for everyone, these next 4 years.
Election 2008-God's way of showing us that elections count.
The Chosen One Will Make the Choice
January 12, 2009 - 22:33 ET by dboThe press corps, most of us, don't even bother raising our hands any
more to ask questions because Obama always has before him a list of
correspondents who've been advised they will be called upon that day
Par for the course from the Zero. Remember..."John, John, let me just cut you off, because I don't want you to waste your question"...?
Another one - "that's enough, guys...hey, I answered 7
January 14, 2009 - 21:22 ET by Cape Conservativequestions!" as he just walked away ;-)
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Only those not paying
January 12, 2009 - 22:55 ET by celatorOnly those not paying attention could be surprised at this latest example of Obama censorship.
For liberal Democrats and the Old Media, everything is crisis, chaos, calamity and catastrophe. That justifies stealing your property and liberties.
House plants?
January 12, 2009 - 23:14 ET by Dan Diego"Obama always has before him a list of correspondents who've been advised they will be called upon that day."
If they know they'll be called on, I'd bet Obama knows the questions. Smells like the One has taken a page out of Hillary's playbook. Of course this is done to shorten the press conference by reducing the uhs and ers.
that way he can read his answers from the mini-
January 14, 2009 - 21:24 ET by Cape Conservativeteleprompter at the podium ;-)
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mini TelePrompter ... you
January 15, 2009 - 08:55 ET by dscottmini TelePrompter ... you mean his Blackberry? Why else do you think he is addicted to the gadget? It's literally his life line to a cast of spin artists on the other end.
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.
Wasn't there a "stinky plane?"
January 12, 2009 - 23:27 ET by P. AaronThe O-Bots will tolerate anything from their leader. They're just like a bunch of parents watching their kids at a school play; they just want to see him do well.
The Clintons pulled stunts like this too. The press corps is walkin' around with a big liberal stick up their you-know-what.
If comunism is such a great idea, why didn't they put up a picture window instead of an Iron Curtain?
Call me an optimist...
January 12, 2009 - 23:30 ET by Indiana Joe... but I don't think the press, as a body, will put up with this for 4 whole years. If it's this obvious now, how can it not become completely blatant with the passage of time? Since O, according to Marin, snubs "most of" the press corps, seems he's going to create more enemies than friends in this regard.
This may turn out to be a case of Obama believing he has the press so completely in hand that he can play puppet-master. That may have flown during the campaign, but I don't think he can get away with it as Prez. I mean, the Slum-Times, along with Marin, was one of his biggest cheerleaders, and they're the ones "outing" him here already.
"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss..." - The Who
"I want to do everything I
January 12, 2009 - 23:37 ET by Dan Diego"I want to do everything I can to make this thing work, this new presidency work ." XOXOXO Chrissy
Disagree
January 13, 2009 - 00:09 ET by Warner Todd HustonJoe, I couldn't disagree more. I see them making mild protests (just like the story I link which was written with far more whimsy than outrage) but NOT getting in high dudgeon. I think they WILL put up with it for 4 years for EXACTLY the reason that little Chrissy Matthews said. They feel their job is to cover for Obama to "make" him successful. They do not care about the truth, the "news," or what's best for the country.
Well, Warner,
January 13, 2009 - 00:21 ET by Indiana JoeThat's why I said "call me an optimist." At this point, your scenario seems much more likely, but I hold out hope that the MSM will somewhere find a set of cojones, even if they have to share them amongst themselves. Guess I can't imagine anyone with a shred of self-respect playing lap-dog for that long. But, "self-respect" may be the operative phrase here. If I thought all journalists were the equivalent of Chris Matthews, well, I think I'd have to just chuck the whole thing.
And, as I said, I find the fact that it's the Sun-Times and Marin making this charge to be somewhat encouraging in that regard, whimsical though it may be. Call it hoping for the best (optimistic),while expecting the worst (realistic).
"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss..." - The Who
Me too
January 13, 2009 - 00:23 ET by thebutlerdiditAnd don't forget, they have a lot invested in this guy. They did the heavy-lifting to get him there.They want him to do well, just as they wanted to bash Bush. There will probably be some small up-risings over the years, by some who are stung, but the plan is to make it work, at any cost. And they will.
Bringing the government in to run Wall Street is like saying, "Dad burned the dinner, let's get the dog to cook." PJ O'Rourke
“…but the plan is to make it work, at any cost.”
January 13, 2009 - 02:36 ET by needleI think you are right, I am just afraid of what the cost will be.
Playing the optimist myself, I am thinking the cost for the Democrats will be Congress in 2010 and the Presidency in 2012; but what Obama, the Democrats, and the Media will do to the nation and the world to bring about such change I dread to think.
Impunitas semper ad deteriora invitat.
Needle
January 13, 2009 - 02:42 ET by thebutlerdiditMy guess is we ain't seen nuthin' yet. Scary, huh? I hope we see a return in 2010, but am not really confident. I am afraid it will require us hitting bottom, before this happens. I am not an optimist, I wish I were.
Bringing the government in to run Wall Street is like saying, "Dad burned the dinner, let's get the dog to cook." PJ O'Rourke
a possibility for optimism
January 13, 2009 - 16:31 ET by needleOh, I most certainly agree that we ain’t seen noithin’ yet on the cost side of the ledger, and that is what I was referring to above; but I believe that there is still a possibility for optimism with respect to Media bias:
Hannity keeps screeching that the Media died in 2008; and with respect to objectivity I think that is a reasonable assessment.
However, we are moving into a new phase of death. In the Clinton years the Media, with a very few and minor exceptions, voluntarily declined to challenge the president at news conferences. But now the Media in a position where they are essentially involuntarily not challenging the president. In the Clinton years they almost gladly shielded Clinton from scandals (remember that woman from Time who said she would gladly “service” Clinton sexually); we see that same behavior with Obama (e.g., sanitizing his relationship with Blagojevitch). However, when things start to go conspicuously wrong – the Middle East is replete with such opportunities right now – with his administration, Chris Matthews and people of his ilk may not care; but for people like Carol Marin it may be cathartic, especially with Fox and a significant portion of the Chicago Sun-Times’s readership excoriating them for their lapdog behavior.
This is something worth watching.
Impunitas semper ad deteriora invitat.
Yep, I agree here
January 13, 2009 - 00:26 ET by bigtimerYep, I agree here Joe....
I remember well thinking the pressers with Clinton with all the varying scandals would be eye-opening, they would ask important relevant questions over eight years of time to do so...
WRONG!
Heck, possibly one, just maybe two would ask something relevant, no matter what part of the world he would constantly run and hide to depending on the troubles with his latest scandal, nope, they would just be obligatory...then they would move on, it was despicable.
The Chosen ONE...not gonna' happen.
I do hope I am proven wrong though Joe.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
I agree with Warner on this...
January 13, 2009 - 06:26 ET by motherbeltIn their eyes, Like GM, he is too big for them to allow him to fail.
Why are they upset? Do
January 13, 2009 - 00:18 ET by RR GOPWhy are they upset? Do they plan on asking him any real questions for a change?
Also, how does it matter which lot of pandering MSM types ask the questions? I assume they'll all ask the same softball questions anyway.
One of the 24% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 89% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
Good point. I ask harder
January 13, 2009 - 01:16 ET by GinaEGood point. I ask harder hitting questions to my kids when I find a dirt smudge on the carpet.
You both forget that
January 13, 2009 - 09:28 ET by Hunter12You both forget that afterward in the pressroom, the chosen ones get to preen, "He answered my question! He answered my question!" You know that the world wants to know what his daughters' favorite colors are.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
Oh, you're so close...
January 13, 2009 - 09:34 ET by dscottOh, you're so close... They are upset because only selected people get to ask the questions. Obama is the message and the message is Obama, the questions in and of themselves are irrelevant, it all about name recognition. If you don't get to ask questions then you are a nobody, pretty soon an unemployed nobody with parts of the MSM going belly up. If Obama doesn't call on you, you are a nobody, so you better ask the right question that will support the message. The MSM is running scared, they invested so much in their message that they can't afford any possibility of failure, and no one wants to be a part of failure. If Obama fails they fail and Obama knows it, thus he has them by the balls. Who will be so blessed to be called upon by Obama, who will be lifted up?
Careful Mr. Obama fear has an ugly habit of turning into rage when they find out it's all a bluff.
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.
selling journist seats
January 13, 2009 - 09:37 ET by AgnosticI wonder how much money a media organization would pay to have their reported placed on the list to ask questions. Just thinking out the next logical step for a Chicago politician.
A person may be won over with logic and reason but the masses must be bought with spectacle and platitudes. - 2008 Elections
surprise surprise
January 13, 2009 - 01:50 ET by richbI am not surprised. Only that Carol Marin noted it. On the question of would a Republican get away with something like this.
NOT A CHANCE
Bush and Cheney would have had just as much right to do so, to make a press conference worthwhile. The stupid and idiotic questions that they faced boogles the mind. I would have only answered questions from reporters from Fox if I been them.
We will only see softball questions for the next four years. Can't have any "mistakes" coming out for Rush to pick at. The questions for Obama will make the softball questions asked of Prez Clinton look hard hitting.
Carol Marin
January 13, 2009 - 03:17 ET by DoktorFrankenCarol is one of Chicago's head Socialists so, yes, this is a complete surprise that she has discontinued carrying the water bucket for Hussein.
''. . . and many of them now 'don't even bother raising' their hands to be called upon.''
Moooo! The new Call for the 'Free Press'.
Rabid dogs.
January 13, 2009 - 04:52 ET by DragonsbreathWonder what will happen when they ask a question the One does not approve of and they are no longer permited to ask again? Will they become rabid dogs and turn on him? Also wonder why those who are not allowed to ask questions just do not write up their columns saying they were not permited to ask again?
This guy has it nailed pretty good in this section of his strip. From here over the next few days is good.
http://www.daybydaycartoon.com/2008/11/13/
“We Americans were d@mn tired of being thought of as dumb, by the rest of the world. So we went to
the polls in November and removed all doubt.”
More like puppy dogs
January 13, 2009 - 05:22 ET by Warner Todd HustonI think it'll be more like puppy dogs running home with their tail between their legs!
SMACK!
January 13, 2009 - 07:37 ET by motherbeltSMACK!
Please, sir, may I have another????
To add
January 13, 2009 - 08:47 ET by Warner Todd HustonTo add MORE insult to injury, Obama will smack 'em with a rolled up newspaper, too!
And
January 13, 2009 - 17:12 ET by RukusIt will be a New York Slimes!
Gary
"Mom's ROCK!!!" -Me
IF there are any left around to roll up ;-)
January 14, 2009 - 21:29 ET by Cape ConservativeA PROUD member of the Oogedy Boogedy branch of the GOP!
We are sooooo screwed.
January 13, 2009 - 06:28 ET by sentforth5We are sooooo screwed.
Why bother then?
January 13, 2009 - 07:34 ET by Red JeepWhy go through the charade? Obama's people should post their talking points on line and the MSM distribute them.
The hypocrisy of the MSM is again what is so galling. Imagine President Bush doing exactly the same thing. Wouldn't hear the end of it.
I think we'd better get the economy size Tums package -
January 14, 2009 - 21:37 ET by Cape ConservativeIt's going to be a lonnnnnnnnnnnngg four years!
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You can tell by the look he gets
January 13, 2009 - 10:43 ET by StarAZSurprise--The One doesn't love the press. He sort of fobs them off in answers--almost like when Bush said "you see it on your TVs" like this was an alien form of communication. He also gets his signature "see I am bemused but still very cool, think so?" expression.
If you ain't got that tingle....
January 13, 2009 - 12:04 ET by cest moi...then you is not gonna mingle!
Reminds me of a song!
January 13, 2009 - 12:07 ET by Mike BrattonIt don't mean a thing
If it ain't got that ting...
Doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, yeah!
--Mike
www.thebrattonreport...
No Guts
January 13, 2009 - 12:16 ET by NorthCoasterWhat are Obama's handlers afraid of? Asking a question that offends "The One"? More likely asking a question that hes's not prepared for.
I'll bet that the selected correspondents get a list of approved questions and if they stray from the list they fear getting blackballed.
Rah Rah Siss Boom Bah
January 13, 2009 - 12:52 ET by UtherpendSorry but I don't have the same confidence in the MSM that some do. They are like the cheerleaders that group aroundd the quarterback, hoping he will pick them to be his girl friend. Even when he doesn't pick them they still have that hope that one day he will and then they can show him just how good they are.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you."
How Else?
January 13, 2009 - 14:13 ET by illumnaHow else is the anti-christ suppose to come about? He can't possibly have people surround him that oppose him; otherwise, the truth would be let out of the bag and the anti-christ doesn't like truth.
Why does this surprise anyone?
January 13, 2009 - 15:30 ET by Jeff.RoeYou Libs just don't get it, do you? That's what happens to idealogues, often too late, when blind devotion is finally trumped by real world facts.
Get used to it. The Marxist (you know, the personal belief system of "the one" that you didn't want to believe or hear about) wants total control over his message, and will crush anything or anyone that trys to interfere with that.
As I have written before, occasionally a small crack appears that allows us to peer in to understand how Obama and "his crew" think. This small revelation is the latest. As time goes on, and more decisions are made, more cracks will appear, and once and for all all those who followed this man blindly (no matter what facts appeared to give us all pause) - especially the U.S. media - will finally realize what you have just done to this country: elected a Marxist as President.
It's okay, we understand. Liberalism is a disease. We'll be patient until you wake up and smell the tyranny.
Good luck with all of that.
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Look, no disrespect - but you Journalists need to just sit down and shut
up now. You are waaay too over-inflated with your own sense of
self-importance. Fact is, "The Man" no longer needs your
assistance or any of your sass, thank you very much.
You did your job and got our guy elected. Now if you don't have
anything nice to say, then don't say it at all. You need to let our man
do his work now and totally support everything he does. Seriously.
Anything counter to an attitude of total support for our man is, well,
Counter-Revolutionary for starters... And that will simply not be tolorated.
We all know he is 100% infallible and the Earth Mothers gift to wymen
kind. These are special times and this gift from the stars was sent down to save us, don't you dare go messing with that! That is an established fact. He can do no wrong - and on what
possible basis would anyone think to the contrary?
So seriously, Journalists and MSM, what exactly is your function from here
on our regarding President Obama? Praise the Dear Leader but do not
criticize. That is your function in life now, and yes we are instructing
you on what your function shall be. You should be grateful that we are
asking you nicely. Your questions or concerns are not warranted.
Look, we all put our guy in there together, you Journalists/Media and
our party the Democratic party. You have done well up to this point and
followed our instructions to the letter. Don't go thinking you can slack
off on your mission now or get uppity. Now we all need to be team players and
support our guy. I hope none of you dare to make any trouble, or we'll
make trouble for you. Got it? Now go do your sole job which is ONLY
to mess with Republicans. Got it? Good.
NAACP
January 13, 2009 - 17:14 ET by TWOTIMETUNAI'll bet he calls on the black reporters first.
Jet and Ebony will be the main calls.
Obama's form of spreading the wealth around.
The Government is the Enemy
Now there would be an
January 13, 2009 - 17:45 ET by needleNow there would be an interesting object lesson for the elite of the press corps.
Impunitas semper ad deteriora invitat.
Re Journalists
January 13, 2009 - 18:46 ET by slickwillie2001Anyone that thinks the liberal media will somehow learn a lesson from this, or become more aggressive with Obama is terribly naive. They became what they are by putting their personal politics before any journalistic ethics, and most of them have been doing this their entire careers.
Their careers depend on their politics, not their ethics. If they 'found' some integrity, it would in fact hurt their career. They will spend four years being treated like sheep because that is a minor inconvenience considering the triumph of The One.
Of course the Liberal Mass
January 13, 2009 - 18:56 ET by justsmithersOf course the Liberal Mass Media will s*ck up to their Liberal darling, now that he is about to take office (or begin his "rule"). They have stopped reporting the news long ago and when Obama started his run for the presidency, they became his personal propaganda distribution network. Why should things change now? Why shouldn't the Liberals continue to reason that Americans are too stupid to notice that these news conferences are nothing more than promos for Obama or Obama infomercials? But the Iranians are not fooled: they are already burning Obama's image.
Obama is not the be-all-end-all. He is not anything and never will be anything other than a trumped-up community organizer who can't make any decisions on his own. He picks his own advisors carefully (and without any Media opposition whatsoever!) and basically will hand the running of the country over to them. Oh, that and he will do the typical Liberal thing of throwing heaps of money at whatever issue might arise, again without so much as a peep from anyone in the Media and certainly without any condemnation for his actions (even though they will be exactly what President Bush did and proposed).
As far as the Great One's inaguration is concerned, who cares? I'm renting a video!
smithers... who
January 13, 2009 - 19:09 ET by Clear thinkersmithers... who cares?
Let's see... Obama Inaugeration Poll
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Journalists are being shut out by Obama
January 13, 2009 - 19:06 ET by NCMikeWhat a bunch of tools. Did they have no idea at all that they were being used? The mainstream media is the Pravda of the Democrat party.
Pravda
January 13, 2009 - 23:01 ET by nadadhimmiPravda printed the truth about the global warming hoax last week. That's a hell of a lot more honest than OUR media.
Thankful
January 13, 2009 - 22:59 ET by nadadhimmiThe MSM reporters should be thankful the Mess-iah pre picks his questions and their deliverers. You see, to ask a non pre-approved question of "the One" could very well get you a trip to the re-education camp. For your own good , of course.
And the point of this short article was.......
January 13, 2009 - 23:05 ET by DuudeAnd the point of this short article was.......? Tell us something we don't already know. Your just spinning your wheels here reporting on a situation that has been present for two years. Yes, he is now president-elect but given the treatment he has received over these two years, I'm not surprised at all. In fact, with the treatment he has received I would not only do the same, I would ask that they email their questions to me 1 week in advance. Is this good for our political system? Of course not! But Obama is going to do anything and everything he knows he can get away with. In all likelihood, we are setting ourselves up to provide cover for the strongest hand a new president-elect has ever experienced coming into office. Add to that mix a Chicago politics and we're flirting with disaster.
I think we now know where Hillary's testicle lockbox
January 14, 2009 - 21:34 ET by Cape Conservativeended up ;-) She gave it to 'the one' during one of their secret conversations!
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The Country Is Full ... Of Crap!
January 14, 2009 - 05:26 ET by TeachumHow many times must it be said? CLOSE THE BORDERS! The Country is full!!! Natural born and U.S. educated candidates only!!! This is getting ridiculous –if it goes on nobody will pay taxes for these idiots! I know many citizens who do not pay taxes now!! And, many others on the edge –the militias' that we haven't heard from since the 80s'! Listen-up politicians, listen-up to the majority, or they will rock to get the country back on course...
Are you surprised?
January 14, 2009 - 08:40 ET by brentroosBrent Roos
Welcome to the Soviet Union 2.0!
What else would people possibly expect when we elect a Marxist?
If people had done their homework, instead of simply absorbing propaganda, perhaps we wouldn't be in this situation. Hello New Party and DSA.
...And the driveby media plays right along with their Dear Leader...
Will people now question the integrity of journalism? Well, do you like being blacklisted or called racist?
Imagine if Bush had done this...or Sarah Palin!
No wonder the Messiah sounds so articualte. You would too if you had time to practice your answers ahead of time. This isn't really any different from reading from a teleprompter, is it?
brentroos.com
Hussein Dissing Journalists!
January 14, 2009 - 11:59 ET by VoreniousVorenious
Well, you finally got what you wanted! You kissed his rear-end for the entire election process, and you expect him to take hard core questions now from the journalists?
You must be all fools, for you fell for it and the media screwed up the election by not being partial in asking hard core questions to all, you just licked your lips and bellied up and now you are complaining!
You got the true Hussein! The Messiah, whose ego is so vast, that you reporters and other media are dung under his feet!
Next time, do your job and report fairly and how about getting rid of your liberal attitudes and become true journalists! Or did the die hard hippies teaching you, brainwash your feeble minds with their liberalism!
I'm afraid the diehard hippies succeeded, V
January 14, 2009 - 21:32 ET by Cape ConservativeA PROUD member of the Oogedy Boogedy branch of the GOP!
Anyone remember the last unscripted Q&A with The One?
January 14, 2009 - 14:09 ET by In_AweCertainly no member of the MSM wants to feel the lash that was given to Joe the Plumber - the last (only?) person to ask a pointed question of the One over the past 24 months. Better to silently transcribe the daily talking points and live to suck up another day...
He doesn't need them
January 15, 2009 - 07:51 ET by BigSky1970He doesn't need them anymore. He's got his own bully pulpit. He don't have to go back to Chicago and find some beat reporter who is dumb enough to put his stupid words into print. He's a rockstar, it's Obamanation 2009!! /sarc