Politics | 06/23/2009 7:00 am
Dear Mr. President …
Mr. wOw recently had some advice for Gov. Palin. Now, he’s back with a few words for Obama.
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Recently, Mr. wOw felt compelled to advise the beleaguered and annoying governor of Alaska and her smart-ass annoying critics – please shut up!
Now I fear I must offer the same rude two words to our president, whom I admire greatly: Enough already with whining about the bad rap you get at FOX News! So what?
Mr. wOw does not agree, as per Fox, that the entire media is "in the tank" for Obama – and wait till the press turns on him, it’ll be super ugly. But surely President Obama is buoyed up enough in general that FOX should be no more of an annoyance than that fly he famously swatted and crushed.
As with jumping on Mrs. Palin, Obama’s citing what he sees as a negative slant on FOX only empowers them. The entire evening lineup – Beck, O’Reilly, Hannity, van Susteren – is then up in arms, hackles raised, defending themselves and … dissing Obama even more. (While claiming the highly amusing "fair and balanced" bit. Well, it’s their mantra and they’re sticking to it!)
Barack Obama was elected despite FOX. That should say something to our thin-skinned commander in chief. Something like – turn the other cheek and … make yourself available to every "enemy" on Rupert Murdoch’s network. In Mr. wOw’s opinion the first thing Barack should have done, seconds after his Inauguration, was invite Sean Hannity to the Oval Office for a cozy one-on-one. No, Hannity’s enmity wouldn’t have thawed, but think of the fun Obama would have had, knowing Sean was just hating being in the room with him; still as a journalist summoned for an interview, Hannity had to do his duty.
Get over wanting everybody to love you, Mr. President. It can’t be done. After all, you don’t love everybody. Mr. wOw doubts you even like most of the media that has been so supportive. Adoration can breed contempt.
Now I fear I must offer the same rude two words to our president, whom I admire greatly: Enough already with whining about the bad rap you get at FOX News! So what?
Mr. wOw does not agree, as per Fox, that the entire media is "in the tank" for Obama – and wait till the press turns on him, it’ll be super ugly. But surely President Obama is buoyed up enough in general that FOX should be no more of an annoyance than that fly he famously swatted and crushed.
As with jumping on Mrs. Palin, Obama’s citing what he sees as a negative slant on FOX only empowers them. The entire evening lineup – Beck, O’Reilly, Hannity, van Susteren – is then up in arms, hackles raised, defending themselves and … dissing Obama even more. (While claiming the highly amusing "fair and balanced" bit. Well, it’s their mantra and they’re sticking to it!)
Barack Obama was elected despite FOX. That should say something to our thin-skinned commander in chief. Something like – turn the other cheek and … make yourself available to every "enemy" on Rupert Murdoch’s network. In Mr. wOw’s opinion the first thing Barack should have done, seconds after his Inauguration, was invite Sean Hannity to the Oval Office for a cozy one-on-one. No, Hannity’s enmity wouldn’t have thawed, but think of the fun Obama would have had, knowing Sean was just hating being in the room with him; still as a journalist summoned for an interview, Hannity had to do his duty.
Get over wanting everybody to love you, Mr. President. It can’t be done. After all, you don’t love everybody. Mr. wOw doubts you even like most of the media that has been so supportive. Adoration can breed contempt.
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Well "Mr. Wow"…my daddy always said that it was better to be a smart-ass than a dumb-ass….so at least I’m on the ‘right’ side of that one….
Funny isn’t it?…How a poster here will get deleted for the very same demeaning comments such as you have directed at Palin’s defenders. Ah…the ‘level playing field’ of the left…how quaint..oh…and let’s not forget ‘inclusive’…and then there’s that ‘tolerant’ thing…
Note to Wowowow staff…try dealing with political issues on Palin, instead of attacking her personally, (that includes her family) and maybe you would find a greater sharing here of opinion…and less time spent defending her. But…naw…that’s just not the way you guys roll….is it?
"Mr. Wow", one quirky thing about the narcissistic personality, is that they just can not stand to be criticized. Hence, your saviors thin skin regarding a balanced network. It is something, isn’t it…how, when compared to the other fawing and slobbering networks….Fox appears to be the only critic of Obama. Ya…that compare and contrast thing again….
Oh…and the FACT that Fox continues to gather viewers while the other networks are rapidly tanking…I guess that goes right along with the diminishing numbers of those identifying with the far left…..ya…those pesky facts can really be irritating.
Now…on to the meat of the matter…Obama surrounds himself with those that he bought and paid for. Image is everything and he is ever fearful of becoming out of control and off-script. Therefore, he sends millions in stimilus to GE and the CEO’s which also own MSNBC and NBC….sooooooo no criticism of Obama is permitted there. As a matter of fact, it is encouraged to go after and attack those that oppose Obama policy.
The network news is dead. Real reporting is dead. The investigative journalist has been shut out. Let’s talk Tom Brokaw now…12 days after interviewing Obama on D-day…Brokaw gets an appointment to the Fellowship Commission…and (drum roll) the infomercial that Obama has orchestrated on Health Care!
WOWOWOW…what a surprise! No dissenting opinion allowed…no opposing advertisments allowed…no other news networks allowed. Hmmm….no that what I call transparent!
‘Transparently’ controlling and self serving….but that’s the M.O. for B.O. Obama is a fraud and is lying to the American people. Not to mention, he is making fools out of those that cling to the crumbs of misinformation that he hand feeds them.
"Mr. Wow"…your emperor has no clothes…and is stealing the shirt off of Americans.
Thanks Queenie…one can always tell when Obama’s numbers start dropping, or one of his fraudulent issues starts to unravel…the left starts the attacks…on Fox, Bush…etc. They ring the bell and out they come…ding ding ding!
I can smell their fear from here….ewwwwwwweee…
Breaking: TVNewser has learned the CBS Evening News has once again set an all-time low last week with 4.89 million Total Viewers and 1.42 million A25-54 viewers. But it was also the lowest (since records began in the 1991-‘92 season) for ABC’s World News with Charles Gibson. The Gibson program drew 6.42 million Total Viewers and 1.77 million A25-54 viewers.
New All-Time Lows for Both CBS & ABC Evening NewscastsBreaking: TVNewser has learned the CBS Evening News has once again set an all-time low last week with 4.89 million Total Viewers and 1.42 million A25-54 viewers. But it was also the lowest (since records began in the 1991-‘92 season) for ABC’s World News with Charles Gibson. The Gibson program drew 6.42 million Total Viewers and 1.77 million A25-54 viewers.
Details, details…S.J.!
Thanks for the post…
However…considering the gay sex and drug allegations made by a man who says he had homosexual relations with Obama….and the gay chruch memeber that allegedly had a homosexual affair with Obama ( who was found shot dead) that comment about Brian Williams was not so funny…..
Obama is nothing if not brazen.
Kelly…omg…didn’t even think that way….oh now…that is way too funny!!! No wonder obama was laughing so hard at his own jokes (written by someone else, of course)!!!
Ya Libra Lady….this is one story that has been pushed under the rug….it has been alleged that Obama had an on going sexual affair with a gay black man in Wrights church. Then, after that man had contacted the other man that said that he had a one night stand with Obama….the guy was shot dead in his home…no forced entry, nothing taken.
Michelle has called the publishers and has done all that she can to stop the publishing of the book by Larry Sinclair. It is suppose to be out this week, Borders had a pre order available.
Now you know why they had such a high profile "date night"…it certainly doesn’t make sense in the context of this economy and unemployment numbers….but it seems that having a "date" with a "wife" was very important….. uh-huh….
Kelly…you mean date night with mo wasn’t in the back of a limo???? Lucky Larry!!!
Ahhh phyllis… you give me too much credit!
Larry Sinclair is not my smear…he has an interesting story there. Lie detectors are not admissable in a court of law. And yes…he is a sleaze…of course…who else but a sleaze would one expect to buy cocaine from and get back seat sex from as well?
It is also very interesting that another from his church was allegedly involved with Obama…but that man was murdered…and 2 other black male homosexuals as well, from that area. Very interesting. Politics is a nasty and sometimes fatal game…money does that to some people…money and power.
After all….Obama is 95% smoke free…perhaps he is 95% heterosexual as well….just saying….
Oh, and no…I will not "give it a rest" phyllis. If it has been reported, then I want to know….