At the Confluence, myiq2xu, isolated the money quote from Newsweek’s “Now it can be told” nasty trick on voters:
“Curiously, though Obama drove his rivals mad by receiving reams of mostly friendly publicity, he was not well liked by reporters, many of whom found him chilly and guarded. He was more popular with editors, who regarded him as a phenomenon.
This is not such a shock to those of us who read that Keith Olberman was originally a Hillary supporter until given his marching orders. Also, as an Air America listener I remember when Randi Rhodes was an ardent supporter, before calling Hillary and Ferraro f*ing whores.
I am even old enough to remember a time when “journalist” was not a joke but actually a good thing to be
Somehow, I wouldn’t be surprised if some day editors also come out with their own confession:
“We hated his guts too, but directive came from upstairs…
OK, maybe they won’t confess, but this is the truth.
It took over a decade of unhinged attacks on Clinton and swooning over W and his wars and only very recently did the “liberal media” moniker been to obviously ridiculous to be used anymore.
Now, Obama’s critics from the right have picked it again, as if nothing happened and it drives me nuts!
I remember this argument having been used by the right: most reporters are liberal, therefore so is the media. That’ why I love this quote. It’s the fastest way to refute that theory.
And it’s the clear proof that the fix for Obama was in, no matter who the opponent - so you may stop looking for McCain’s or Hillary’s mistakes. There was only one clear mistake they all made: they weren’t Obama.
And does anyone think that this article means we’ll get honest coverage from now on?
Bwa-ha-ha-ha! Dream on! I too dreamed that once the general election is starting the media will turn on him.
Nah. It’s puppy questions from now on. And Obama’s darkest moment? Having to apologize to Nancy Reagan. After all, he is the rightful heir (like W once was)
Adding WaPo’s mea culpa (which leaves out their anti-Hillary bias)
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November 8, 2008 at 8:47 am
That cartoon is great! I am enjoying the political cartoons I have seen in opposition to him this week.
November 8, 2008 at 9:19 am
And if you’ve even been a reporter, you know that the editors drive.
And if the reporters dont’t produce what the editors want, then the reporters get their beats taken away or shown the door.
So this was a love affair from the top.
The reporters were just the foot soldiers, some who truly fed Obama’s self-adulation.
November 8, 2008 at 9:27 am
Puppies…oh, I have a thought about puppies…
I want to see a lot more of Obama’s “humor…he made an idiotic remark at the presser, even with the teleprompter…He went off script and….oops. What a total IDIOT!!!!!~
Obama Humor: Get Used to It! The Jerk Makes a “Careless and Offhanded” Joke About Nancy Reagan
http://insightanalytical.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/obama-humor-get-used-to-it-he-disses-nancy-reagan-in-an-attempt-at-making-a-joke/
November 8, 2008 at 9:50 am
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November 8, 2008 at 9:53 am
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November 8, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Whether or not the media- editors, journalists,pundits- ever reveals the machinations behind the Obama love affair, as the economy bottoms out and unemployment rises, public opinion is going to turn against Obama.
He’s going to pay for this “win” -and I still wonder why either side wanted to win this election.
November 8, 2008 at 2:19 pm
I predict a best- selling post election expose book that reveals all the nasty secrets we PUMAs knew about, but the public chose to ignore. Are you up for it, Edge?
November 8, 2008 at 3:34 pm
This validates it: Familiarity breeds contempt, at least with teh One.
I’ve talked to a couple of Obama campaign staffers with whom I work, and with his multiple visits here to CO, not to mention the convention, each had the opportunity to meet him several times.
Neither could elucidate any positive response to meeting him. Instead, they said things like, “He looked really nervous.” “He was tired.” “He seemed really frustrated about something.”
I contrast those remarks with my single face to face meeting with Hillary. She connected with and spoke to each person who spoke with her, she was relaxed, engaged, laughed a lot and seemed to thoroughly enjoy herself.
She even charmed O’Reilly, when he interviewed her.
Obama just sounds worse and worse as time goes on.
November 8, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Oh, and a friend of DH’s, who does event management, and was at the convention, met him and shook his hand. He later told us that Obama’s handshake is “weak and wimpy”.
LMAO!
November 12, 2008 at 3:42 pm
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