Fee, fi, fo, fum, I smell the blood of a green-eyed media monster

[rocktivity]

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/03/20/2009-03-20_isnt_there_a_country_to_rescue_prez_risk-1.html">Isn't there a country to rescue? Prez risks overexposure as he hangs with Jay & picks basketball brackets
New York Daily News, 3/20/09

AS ECONOMIC March Madness gripped Washington, there was the President of the United States...revealing his NCAA picks to ESPN...(and)...on "The Tonight Show," the first such guest spot by a sitting commander in chief...The President's media-savvy handlers...clearly are banking on a bold strategy: Flood the zone with their magnetic and talented boss, dominate coverage and position themselves to win the big policy battles ahead.
Was this writer born yesterday? That's precisely the strategy that got Obama INTO the White House!

Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski, whose team didn't make Obama's Final Four, said what many Americans were probably thinking: "As much as I respect what he's doing, really, the economy is something that he should focus on, probably more than the brackets."
I believe that what many Americans are thinking is: "Mike Krzyzewski has embarrassed himself, his team, and his school with his whiny sore loser talk."

No typical pol, (Obama) has built-in gravitas and lacks the rub-you-the-wrong-way tics that plague so many people in public life, like John Kerry, George Bush and Al Gore.
Throw in Karl Rove or Dick Cheney, and you've got fairness and balance--both literally and politically.

If you're going to be President of a united America, as Obama has repeatedly pledged to be, appearing on ESPN and Jay Leno may be savvy in a new media world - where overexposure is the rule. But...(a)t some point soon, Obama will start to get the blame for the faltering economy, the bailout, the bloody war in Afghanistan and all the rest...
Get the blame from whom--an "old media" bent on revenge for Obama's sidestepping them?

When that happens, more and more Americans will start to question...(him)...Some will recall the image of Obama filling out the bracket or yukking it up with Jay.
Fortunately, most will also remember Bush looking for WMDs under his desk and celebrating McCain's birthday while New Orleans drowned.

Then there's the risk that Obama runs, small but real, of making a big mistake each and every time he exposes himself. That's not a reason to hide, but it explains why Presidents often pick their appearances very carefully.
He's made only small mistakes so far. And as I said, he picked his appearances carefully enough to get elected, which I think is an indication that people not only like them but have come to expect them. But let's cut to the chase, shall we? Your real problem is that you resent Obama being so successful without you--he's also running the "risk" of becoming popular enough to either pick his own media favorites (like calling on the Huffington Post at the last TV presser) or dispose of you altogether. After eight years of acting as Bush's gatekeepers and interpreters, you MSM-ers are suddenly an endangered species. And speaking of pressers, maybe that would solve your problem--if Obama is getting too overexposed, maybe press conferences is what he ought to stop doing!

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[Tangerine LaBamba]

1. Good for you!

Consider your source - the NY Daily News? - a rag not unlike the Post. Worthless crap, a sad end for so many trees.

They need to pick on a President who can do more than one thing at a time. Coach K totally sucked with that remark. As if he had a clue, the poor fella. Is his team in the playoffs? I forget.

Everything was fine when Chimpy Fucknuts did nothing but go to Camp David or clear some more fucking brush at his so-called "ranch" in Crawford. How often has he gone there since he went home to Dallas, by the way? Oh, really? Not once?

Well, what the hell is gonna happen to all that goddamn brush?

Crawford is doomed, DOOMED, I TELL YOU.

I like my President making time for his family, his love of basketball, his town meetings, his coming to the American people, even as he gets more good done in one week than Chimpy did in eight years. Consider how much of Chimpy's "work" President Obama has undone.

For that, for all that he does, even when I don't agree with him, I am just so relieved to have a really smart, competent, happy man in the Oval Office.

Thanks for this, rocktivity........

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[onethatcares]

3. of that and on that I agree,

have you ever been doing something entirely out of whack concerning a problem you have and all of a sudden the light bulb comes on and you get that "ah hah" moment? I think the man is amazing, simply amazing, going here, going there, actually being able to talk and write on a whiteboard while being taped (something the past guy couldn't do in his dreams).

Sorry for the hijack, but my wife and I talk about him in good ways alot.

Peace.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

4. After the past eight years,

I think we got numb. We had to accept a sock puppet with absolutely no interesting facets to his personality was the one in the Oval Office. Yes, he liked Texas baseball. And pretzels. And he had no trouble making a video mocking not finding WMDs for a fancy dinner, and, oh, didn't we all laugh our heads off at that one, it was so funny?

Chimpy and Pickles were made of nothing.

Did Chimpy ever go out to dinner? Visit a DC school? Invite civilians into the White House for a meet-and-greet? Stand before the sheep - I mean, press corps - and just talk with them?

Meanwhile, Laura was on an IV drip of Xanax and grain alcohol, in a back bedroom.

This guy, Obama, is just a joy to watch, isn't he? He's showing up all over the place, and so is Michelle. As a DC area resident, I have to tell you that her visits all the District are making the locals incredibly happy. The prior residents were not at all involved with the town in which they dwelled for eight long years. They snubbed everything local.

Meanwhile, I am very pleased to see that the press is leaving Sasha and Malia alone. I was afraid for those kids for a bit, but they're absolutely off-limits now, and that's just how it should be. The same treatment young Chelsea Clinton got.

The Obamas have a cocktail party every Wednesday. How's that for normal and wonderful? And they go out to dinner. They see shows at the Kennedy Center, take their girls to the ballet there. They're making their home here, and that is just beautiful.

Listen to this: Stevie Wonder performed at the White House, and the President and First Lady sang along while he performed.

I saw that, and realized that I can die happy now........................................

[mnhtnbb]

2. Maybe Coach K should focus more on coaching and less on whoring for American Express.

:rofl: :kick:

GO Heels!!!!!

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[rocktivity]

5. As much as I respect what Coack K is doing, really

the brackets is something that he should focus on, probably more than the president!

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