Beck: Coverage of Obama Trip Almost Embarassing

[Bake]

Poor little Glen is crying out loud:

NEW YORK (CNN) -- "Sometimes it's hard to tell if Barack Obama is running for president of the United States or Mr. Universe."

If you're guessing that's a quote from Michelle Obama, you're wrong. It was the first sentence of a recent article about Obama's frequent gym visits, published by the esteemed Associated Press.

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My gosh, it's like he's not human! I'm surprised they didn't report how much he bench pressed, the incline level he used on the treadmill or what songs were on his iPod. Then again, I probably just didn't look hard enough.

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And then you have the almost embarrassing way the media have gushed over Obama's trip to the Middle East. There were 200 requests for the 40 press seats available on Obama's plane, and all three top network anchors (Katie Couric, Charles Gibson and Brian Williams) made the trip and are broadcasting live from each country Obama visits.

You can't buy that kind of publicity. And neither could McCain.

McCain made a trip to the Middle East in March and didn't have to worry about finding seats for any network anchors, because none of them wanted to go. And while Obama was flying from country to country this week in a plane packed with celebrity reporters, McCain flew to an event in New Hampshire. After his Boeing 737 landed in Manchester, he stepped out onto the tarmac and glanced at the one reporter who'd bothered to show up. Yes, one.

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OK, that's enough to give you the idea. But there's more. Oh, Lord, yes. There's more at the link:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/23/beck.obama.media/index.html

Can you spell P-U-K-E C-R-Y-B-A-B-Y? I knew that you could!

Bake

[uponit7771]

1. Beck is embarassing, he's stupid

[CrispyQ]

5. Second that!

The other day I heard him say (paraphrased) "Yes, the middle class is disappearing -- they are moving into the upper class." His guest agreed.

I couldn't believe my ears. What a stupid fuck.

CNN has no right to call themselves a news station.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

2. His pathetic "comedy" show was embarrassing.

My husband tells me there were only two people in the theater.

[anonymous171]

3. The GOP (and their MSM cohorts) are the ones who have made Presidential elections about image

rather than ideas. After 30 years we have a finally have a candidate (other than Bill) whose image is superior and now they are whining about it. Fuck them. :grr:

[tulsakatz]

4. as Rachel Maddow said on Countdown last night.......

...when Obama makes an appearance, it's news! And the media is supposed to cover newsmaking events. McCain rarely does anything that could be considered newsworthy........

He can whine about it as much as he likes but it still won't get him any more coverage because he's not making news!

[WinkyDink]

6. No, that was your Republican Ah-nold.

[cbc5g]

7. Guarantee you that if there was a study done on time that Fox News and Beck gives to the candidates

They would also be shown to be talking about Obama more than McCain. Except it's all negative.

[Fire_brand]

8. Hey Beck:

[Imagevision]

9. Beck is still dealing with emotional problems, I'm surprised CNN is still keeping him

[EnviroBat]

10. We should be calling his show by the thousands.

Fake out his screener's, and tell him to fuck off. We should call all of the RW, bullshit radio shows for weeks now. It would be like Operation Chaos, but against the pukes. Just call and call, and jam up the lines. When you get through, just let fly. Tell these fuckers that they are completely irrelevant. I think I'll start with that miserable fuck Hannity. Then on to Limbaugh. Lets fuck their world up!

[high density]

11. McCain was whining in the first place that Obama didn't have enough stamps in his passport

So the bottom line is that he brought this on himself. What exactly has McCain been doing lately, outside of offering up countless gaffes, that would require media coverage? What was he planning to do or announce at MHT airport that the media missed? McCain only has himself to blame for these issues. The media loves a close race, but the abuse he's giving them is not going to benefit him at all.

[Fleshdancer]

12. The "too many people like Obama" complaint is silly

what do they possibly expect to gain from this ridiculous strategy?

[flpoljunkie]

13. Beck, on the other hand, is always an embarrassment. Shame on CNN for hiring someone of his ilk!

[CTyankee]

15. Is he that idiot who went on Good Morning America and whined about his hemorrhoids?

Honestly, you're interviewed by Robin Roberts and you talk about THAT?

[MadrasT]

14. What an asshat

Obama, meanwhile, is like the rock star who's realized that he can just scream unintelligible words into the microphone between songs, and the entire stadium will still scream.

Yes... I was just thinking how nice that Berlin speech would have been if it were only little more intelligible. :crazy:


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