Oh NOES!!!! Press Perplexed with Obama! He's acting like he's President Already!! SERIES!!!

[FrenchieCat]

"He's so authoritative", one pundit head stated to Andrea (your husband sucks) Mitchell.

!

[DesertFlower]

1. well someone has to take charge.

bush can't wait to get out of the WH.

[KansDem]

2. True. It seems of late the nation is running on inertia alone...

It's like nobody's driving the bus the Bushistas are stealing the wheels off of.

[backscatter712]

3. Well, the current President is sitting on his ass and not doing anything, so someone's gotta do it.

Might as well be Obama.

[Bobbieo]

10. No, the current POTUS is killing all the buffalo in Yellowstone Park!!

[Blu Dahlia]

4. uggh. wish they'd make up their f'in minds

one minute they demand he take over the mess. Then when he does, they are shocked. :eyes:

[Cleita]

5. Somebody has to be President.

The lame duck, drunk can't do it anymore if ever he could.

[rosesaylavee]

6. Wasn't it only Sunday when all the heads were exploding on the MSM

that he wasn't doing anything???

What the hell.

[Ozma]

8. Yes, two days later the complainers NOW say he's being too "Authoritative"

Media circus of talking heads. They do this when they have nothing useful or insightful to say.

[bdamomma]

14. the media does not know what to do when there are adults

running the show now, or will be starting on Jan. 20th.

[me b zola]

7. It seems to me as though the neocons are attempting to drain every single avenue/penny

...to make it more difficult for a recovery.

Now more then ever we need to support PE Obama.

[Brewman_Jax]

9. OMG!1! This is HUGH!1!!1!

Next, they might throw asparagus in his direction!11!! :scared:

:P

[No Elephants]

11. The Greek chorus is that Obama is taking over early. Seems like they want to tar him with

the Bush economy, hanging it around his (Obama's) neck two months too soon. Meanwhile, someone please explain to me how introducing your team is taking over the country too early?

[ellacott]

12. Morning Joe was criticizing his daily press conferences

They said they couldn't understand why he was doing it and that people were going to get tired of seeing him. On Thursday they were complaining that he hasn't made a public statement on the economy.

[bdamomma]

15. the media needs to learn how to

STFU, they should be next on the chopping block, they have not informed the american people correctly in 8 years.

[bdamomma]

13. bush is being the little ignorant frat boy

while someone else is cleaning up after his mess, get that weasly man out.

[uponit7771]

19. Exactly!! Bush lit fire to the house and is now out speeding in his Porsche...my goodness how

...in the world could so many people be fooled?!??!

[bdamomma]

21. or does he relate to that picture in the oval office

of the cowboy getting away from the posse.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7920827

[jefferson_dem]

16. Yup. Thank goodness FauxNews has enlightened us...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7924839&mesg_id=7924839

[Jennicut]

17. Shrub sure seems to want to take a vacation early

So Barack seems like president already. I have never seen this before, then again I am only 32.

[Two Americas]

18. it is a good sign

They can't get a "handle" on him.

God the mass media "journalists" are useless - at best - and dangerous, aren't they?

[FrenchieCat]

20. Dangerous is almost an understament,

when one takes a look at where we are today.

They may want to think they had nothing to do with it, but the fact is that they have had everything to do with it. In keeping the populace uninformed and pushing right wing talking points as to what is important and what is not (they loved trickle down free trade economics and hate the auto industry due to the unions)....they have literally helped ruin the country.

[Two Americas]

22. yes

They are manufacturing opinion, creating reality, not reporting. This is a threat to democracy.

What should we be advocating on this, do you think? An updated variation on the rules that were in place for the press before deregulation?

[FrenchieCat]

24. First would be media conglamoration... breaking up the monopolies.....

Something like breaking up this General Electric NBC/MSNBC/CNBC/Newsweek/WAPO type of conflicted ownership that allows these various outlet to attributed various items to each other as sources.
Not any better is CNN/Times Magazine and their cousin Disney/ABC who basically do what General Electric does with its chain of news outlets....and on and on.

Once that is done via a retooled FCC (which I know for a fact, Obama will be revamping)....

IN addition, Obama will do as he promised via infrastructure work started in laying broadband lines throughout the US, which would be helpful in allowing more people to have access to the Internet (those that need it the most are in Red Counties who voted for McCain cause all they had was Television for information).

Lastly, a complete reworking of Public financing would have to come first....followed by introducing a modernized Fairness Doctrine that includes cable television and radio and is tailored for the current times.

Lastly but not least, the election situation and how we vote.

[Two Americas]

25. very good

I wholeheartedly agree with you.

We need to keep the corporations from gaining control of the Internet, and need to stop Microsoft's monopolistic practices, as well IMHO.

[a kennedy]

23. Yup, good ole' lizabutt on the view got her talking points regarding this too....

she was saying the same thing too this morning.....I switched the channel to the new Bonnie Hunt show. :applause: :applause: :applause: love the Bonnie Hunt show....

[AtomicKitten]

26. They alternately ask why he isn't doing anything and then second-guessing him when he does.

I love that Obama keeps the press guessing.

[democracy1st]

27. All these nuts just said last week he wasn't doing enough!!