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Basking in Obama’s Presence

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Reading a Canadian Press article this morning that a reader had forwarded to me, I was struck yet again at how fawning the media have been toward this President, certain that because of his presences, his coolness, his rhetorical gifts and the singular nature of his election (the first black man elected president in a nation with a history of mistreatment of blacks) his must needs be a historic, transformational Administration.

Despite the “adoring press,” Obama has received, he hasn’t yet effected any great transformation for the better.  His highly touted foreign speeches haven’t lead to any tangible results, save to alienate our allies:

While the press is still chewing over Obama’s Cairo speech, this celebrity style coverage ignores the fact that Obama’s endless world tour is not actually  accomplishing anything. Instead his combination of ego driven photo op appearances and clueless treatment of foreign dignitaries have alienated many of America’s traditional allies. Those who aren’t being quietly angry at Obama, like Brown, Merkel or Netanyahu, instead think of him as as absurdly lightweight, as Sarkozy, King Abdullah or Putin do.

As the President puts on his show, striving to imitate his illustrious predecessors, some, mainly in the media, do fall for his act, with the Washington Post Style columnist Tom Shales rhapsodizing that “the most justifiable criticism that could likely be made: ‘Barack Obama still seems too good to be true.’”

So eager to be in Obama’s presence are some of Shales’s media colleagues that they’ll neglect their duties (to cover the Administration) to attend an off-the-record Barbecue at the White House.  Can you imagine the media reaction had Obama’s predecessor attempted to organize such a shindig?

The eagerness of the media and other left-wing hangers-on to bask in Obama’s presence, reminds me of the brainy kid in high school eager to befriend the high school jock.  He gains little by the association, save to be in the circle of the popular kid.   Maybe he hopes the mere association will reflect some of the BMOC‘s glory onto him.

Comments

  3. I love how you quote from an opinion article as if it’s fact. Writing 101, my friend: conclusions != analysis. Anyhoo…

    So eager to be in Obama’s presence are some of Shales’s media colleagues that they’ll neglect their duties (to cover the Administration) to attend an off-the-record Barbecue at the White House. Can you imagine the media reaction had Obama’s predecessor attempted to organize such a shindig?

    Is this a joke?

    CRAWFORD, Tex., Aug. 28 (2003)– In the time-honored political tradition of keeping your friends close and your enemies closer, President Bush invited the White House press corps out to his ranch Wednesday night for a poolside barbecue.

    Google really isn’t that hard, I swear.

  4. um, torrent, what does quoting from an opinion piece have to do with the point of the post? Did I call Shales a “reporter”? It was the dewy-eyed rhapsodizing I was referencing.

    Oh, and was the Crawford BBQ off the record as was Obama’s July 4 shindig?

    So, please before commenting, please read my posts. Thanks.

    (Added later: Seems the Bush event was off-the-record and seems the media did raise a ruckus. It would be interesting to see if those raising a ruckus about W’s off-the-record BBQ similarly chastised his successor.)

  5. Did I call Shales a “reporter”?
    Glad we agree on something.

    It was the dewy-eyed rhapsodizing I was referencing showing toward the article. Fixed.

    Seems the Bush event was off-the-record and seems the media did raise a ruckus.
    The media raised a “ruckus”? Was Froomkin’s article supposed to be proof of the alleged “ruckus”? Is this – “Nevertheless, I’m told that several reporters expressed squeamishness about last night’s event” – all it takes to get a good ruckus started? Man, I’ve been doing ruckuses all wrong all these years. Who knew several unattributed comments told to one reporter was a “ruckus”?

    So, in other words, you were wrong about the latest ZOMG-Obama-is-TEH-WORST thing, completely, despite your desperate attempt to use “off-the-record” as your saving differentiator (like a Bush event would be on the record! LOL See what I did there?), and then claimed disparate treatment in the media handling of it, using one article with unattributed reports of the vapors to show this vast difference.
    Well argued, sir! Hell, in Peter terms, I’ve been destroyed*.

    Have a good weekend, GPW.

    * Destroyed (adj): Feeling wisps of air about your ankles as you attempt to use logic and citations with conservative dead-enders.

  6. Notice how torrentprime completely dodges the fact that while he and his fellow leftists were screaming about the Bush event, they were slavishly and obediently worshiping at the Obama event without a word of criticism.

    This is typical, though. Gays like torrentprime, being infantilized children, are incapable of applying basic standards of consistency or intelligence.

  7. Has my point been destroyed or did I just pick a poor example?

    As to “raising a ruckus,” Froomkin’s piece is a start as well as the others referenced?

    So, enjoy your self-satisfaction, torrent. While I grant that the Bush BBQ shows I picked a poor example, it doesn’t diminish the point of my post, about the dewy-eyed rhapsodizing of many in the media. I should I have instead referenced Even Thomas’s deification of president.

    But, let me repeat the point I made in my previous comment–will the same journalists (e.g. Froomkin) who chastised W for his off-the-record shindig similarly chastise Obama?

    And no, using “off-the-record” was not desperate, it was the entire point of the of the example. As to your assumption that a Bush event would be on the record, that’s just another example of your anti-Bush prejudice.

  8. So, please before commenting, please read my posts. Thanks.

    Golly, how many times have GPW and other good people had to say that to clueless lefties, on this blog?

  9. #3: “(AP) – In the time-honored political tradition of keeping your friends close and your enemies closer, President Bush invited the White House press corps out to his ranch Wednesday night for a poolside barbecue.”

    So the State-Run AP admitted that they were the President’s enemies? For once, they were telling the truth. If you apply the same logic (a foreign concept to TP, no doubt), then you could make the case that this current occupant of the Oval Orifice is the MSM’s best friend.

    Checkmate.

    Regards,
    Peter H.

  10. Has the state run media thrown a fit over Obama calling the head of the CBO to the White House to “discuss” the CBO’s horrible predictions of the Obama deficiets and the COST of Obamacare. Obama lies and said Obamacare would SAVE the budget money. Will Obama fire another whistleblower who disagrees with him?

  11. “The eagerness of the media and other left-wing hangers-on to bask in Obama’s presence, reminds me of the brainy kid in high school eager to befriend the high school jock.”

    Except that the brainy kid actually accomplished something on his own merit.

  12. I liked the litehearted way the state media portrayed Obama’s supposed “apology”. They were so giddy at first……”the President came out in the press room, with just two minutes notice…..(breathless….panting) and he told us how this was a reflection of America…..(wow, how great ). The CNN anchors were all smiles, wow, now he can put this behind him……

    Umm dummies, it was a President Obama created controversy. And for any police officer it wasn’t funny.