In early November, Barack Obama was one sad sack of a president — his agenda repudiated by midterm voters, his political judgment scorned by commentators, his future darkened by a growing belief he might be a one-time president.
In early February, Obama is master of the moment — his polls on the upswing, his political dexterity applauded by pundits, his status as Washington’s dominant figure unchallenged even by Republicans.
This three-month metamorphosis says something about Obama’s survival skills, but the turnabout says even more about the mainstream media: Obama is playing the press like a fiddle. (Related: Obama’s latest joint news conference)
He is doing it by exploiting some of the most long-standing traits among reporters who cover politics and government — their favoritism for politicians perceived as ideologically centrist and willing to profess devotion to Washington’s oft-honored, rarely practiced civic religion of bipartisanship.
Time’s Mark Halperin has hailed Obama as “magnetic,” “distinguished” and “inspiring” — in one story. ABC’s Christiane Amanpour saw “Reaganesque” optimism and “Kennedyesque” encouragement — all in one speech. Howard Fineman, the former Newsweek columnist who now writes for The Huffington Post, said conductor Obama was now leading a “love train” through D.C.
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he makes me sick and the so-called useless mainstream media is useless
Right-On Gary J Thuro Now We The Proud Tea Party Patriots Must Use This Arizona Law Suit Against Pres Obamacare To Force His Long Form Birth Certificate Front And Center Now This Sweat Little Gov Of Arizona Jan Brewer Has The Power To Force The Manchurian Pres Obamas Records Uncovered Quo Warranto, Yippee, God Bless America And Gov Jan Brewer.
TUESDAY is the VOTE!!
Copy of my letter today …use it or write your own!!
Please oppose any effort to reauthorize the so-called "PATRIOT" Act through legislative trickery without debates or amendments.
Forget Super Bowl Pat Downs, Big Sis Wants Interrogations And Behavioral Tests
Anyone attending a public event will be forced to prove to Homeland Security that they are well-behaved slaves
They are rushing us into a Total Police State!!!
I posted a story on this to my FB page. Hope the Repubs step up.
Obama may play the liberal media like a fiddle, but he does not play FOX at all.
Uh….The Fox talking heads will not touch Obama's obvious ineligibility with a ten-foot pole.
The Fox News you are watching today is not the Fox News of the past. It is nothing more than "controlled opposition" for the Obama regime, going only as far as the regime allows and NEVER touching an issue that could actually result in Obama being kicked out of office.
Pay attention and if you have been watching Fox for a while, I think you will see what I am saying.
Fox has had an "attitude adjustment".
Exactly, Beck is constantly ranting about the damage Obama is doing, which is true, but then totally disregards the easiest and quickest solution to removing him and his regime, thus saving the country.
"Question with boldness", he says. But when he disagrees with the question he calls you crazy. That is why I quit watching him and unsubscribed from his website.
Just as well, the Repblicans vote to repeal Obamacare when simply forcing Obama to produce a birth certficate would be the end all of his presidency.
Therefore you have to be suspect about both and ask yourself… "Why?"
So come next election, remove Issa and Boehner if gthe fail to act on this issue. I thnk the message needs to be sent now
Right-On Matt R Just Think If The Libs Had Doubts About GW Bush Birth Certificate, Yikeess, George Soros Has Planned The Ruination Of America And His Puppet, Obamacare Is Leading The Way, Yikeess, Speaker Of The House John Boehner The Perfect Lion In The Wizard Of Oz, Yippee, The Tea Party Needs Sarah Palin Now. God Bless America
Bob, I believe you are right about FOX. I hoped it was a glitch, but it looks like that way. Suckers !!
A wolf in sheep's clothing if you ask me. He is going to say whatever it takes to get re-elected. He is no more like President Reagan than Jimmy Carter. How stupid do they think we are?
He isn't even good enough to clean the horse manure off Reagan's boots or clean his horse corral either. When do we say "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH" of this JACKASS and his CZARS???
Where does our money go? Right to obama and then he gives or buys who ever he needs to get what he wants or just makes his own laws. HE NEED TO BE IMPEACHED NOW or there will be no USA I fought for and ended up 100% Disabled. WAKE YOU BUNCH OF DUMB HEADS, YOUR NO BETTER THAN THE OTHER BUNCH OF IDOTS.
Obama is a master teleprompter reader who will read any lies, propaganda and other nonsense that his propagandists write for him. He has not changed any at all. The So-Called News Media in the USA created the Facade Which We Call Obama and they Continue To Prop Up this Facade. Obama is nothing but a Puppet of the World Puppet Masters who Profit from the Double-Dealing that Obama is doing with the U.S. citizenry and our national sovereignty. Only morons or otherwise illiterate and ignorant people believe for a minute that Obama is anything but a Puppet who is Controlled By His International Handlers and Puppet Masters. And, of course, Obama is not alone in this Game Being Played Against The People of The USA.
Obama is a Master Teleoprompter Reader (Continued Part 2 of 2):
And, of course, Obama is not alone in this Game Being Played Against The People of The USA. Politicians in DC from both political parties are part of the International Gamesmanship, and it is a game that They in DC do not want you or I to be privvy of. The reason that both the Obama Democrats and The RINO Republicans hate the TEA Party Movement so Much is that Millions of Us Know The Games They Play and Have No Pretenses that we truly Believe that we still Have a Democratic Republic where We, the People Have Representation In DC. DC is the Game Playing Capital of the World. There is no Real Separation Between the Dems and Republicans. These clowns are no more convincing or serious than TV wrestlers.
Youve got that exactly right greyhawk. When are the American people going to wake up and smell the biggest RAT that has ever snuck into the White House along with all his Gonzo buddies. We absolutely HAVE TO GET RID OF THEM ALL!!!
Hay Hay ACLU Nut Case Teacher James McPhersonnn Who Teaches In A Christian School Who Is A Full Blown Atheist, Yikeess, Now I Know Why Our Kids Need Extra Help!! No More Red Ink And God Bless America. Hay James Keep Counting Those Thumbs Up Or Down Looks Like The ACLU Is Losing.
Reaganesqe??? You have GOT to be kidding me! OMG these reporters make me want to hurl. A love train? Whatever they are smoking it must be some pretty heavy duty stuff!
Folks rather you know this or not, in law school they also have acting class's. Yea thats so as to make the most impact on a jury, now just crosslink Barry's legal backround with his acting abilitys, and hows that IMPACT on the American public working out?
You all know the 43% that are on Public aid love it, afterall the FREE stuff can be had from this special actor.
When will Americans come out of the stupor that it can't happen here? OMG its is daily!!!!!!!
The worthless bastard makes me sick!!
I weep for the future…
How quickly the media forgets that Americans can see Obama NOT saluting our flag at Ft. Hood, putting our Christian Faith down, putting America down. So now, he is "God Blessing America" left and right. What a disfuctional nation we live in. Anything for the vote, Mr. Obama….anything for the vote. As Charles Krauthammer said a LONG time ago – "Watch what Obama DOES – NOT what he says. He IS tearing our Constitution apart left and right. I am soooo fed up!!!!!! And YES, I watch what he DOES, NOT what he SAYS…..his words aren't worth 2 cents.
I whole heartedly agree. Just because he seems to becoming a centrist doesn't mean he is. His popularity is rising again and this proves that Americans are naive and gullible. He would have made a great chameleon—he can change "colors" quickly. Don't be fooled by what he says. His agenda hasn't changed. His goal remains to "transform" America into a socialist State. He has surrounded himself with Marxists, avowed communists and far left wingers.Don't pay attention to what he says but pay close attention to what he does.
You have got that right Catherine D. I can sit here and tell you that I am not on the internet while I am typing this. Would you believe me? Of course not. He tells us that he is pro business while taxing, and regulating businesses to bankruptcy. He tells us that he is Christian while praying to allah with other muslims. Why do people believe him? You shall know them by their fruits. If it is an apple tree, it will produce apples, not oranges, no matter how many times that somebody tells you that it is an orange tree.
He's black. What did you think when youi FOOLS VOTED for him. Even MLK was a damn womanizing liar.
Can't argue with that. Most black countries are a mess. Most Anglo-saxon countries seem to be more stable even though they are socialist.
America, who are you referring to? All of us who has really been paying attention to Obama should know that when you hear this man speak, you know that there is no change in his politics. He is still the same liberal, as close to socialistic as he can get without turning off all those who still has faith in him. For myself, as long as his mouth is moving, he is still the liar he has always been, and America, we have to watch every move he makes as long as he is still in the position he is holding. Yes, I would love to say, "That Man Has had a Repentive moment in his life", But it is all politics, and he saw a hole in the line and went for it, and it appears that he has gained a little yardage in his polls. Those who has given him some light in the polls are those who has had some disappointment recently in his politics, but now because he sounds as if he has shifted to the middle in his political views, they feel as tho he can be trusted again. Remember, he is still the president that has not and never will listen to the American people, and he will do just what he and his democratic sponsors will want of him to do, such as George Sorros for one.
Obama's popularity seems to be rising again since he has fooled many people that he is becoming a centrist. I think this only proved that Americans are naive and gullible. Obama would have made a great chameleon, he can change his "colors" quickly. Don't be fooled by him, his goal remains to "transform" America into a socialist State. If you have any doubt about that you are an idiot or at least a great fool. He has surroubnded himself with Marxists and radical left wingers and his agenda remains intact.
Obama is doubtlessly making good headway among the very gullible and ignorant crowd. His goal is still the ultimate destruction of America, that has not changed one iota!
Everything you read onm the major networks an the mass meia is bull exceremtnt. Obama is about as popular as the iceberg that took out the Titanic with most Americans. You think having 24 million Americans out of work, 26 states challenging the Constitutionality of Obamacareand Nullification seminars going on all over the country are indications of the glory of the Messiah? You get huge crowds protesting Panned Parenthood's Federal funding for government infanticide and ABC, NBC and CBS along with CNN, NPR and MSNBC DON"T even mentionn it! You numbskulls don't even realize this Marxist Menace is DESTROYING all semblance of Constitutional government and NOW; he wants to extend and further diminish your Civil Liberites with extentions and additions to the Patriot ACT! His taking over of the "Kill Switch" capability by the FCC is TOTALLY unconstitutional and is already being fought. What is the matter with you all? We are losing Everything that generations of Americans fought to Preseve andythis second lapdog Congress in a row is LETTING Obama have his way? Are you all CRAZY?
In the past the Oboma administration would not grant FOX the time of day. An then two Fox reporter get in a life threatening situation in Egypt and need political influance to get them out of the country to save their lives. And then all of a sudden Obama grants a 15 minute interveiw to Pat O' Ryley of FOX news just pryer to the Super Bowl when the ratings are going to be as high or higher than they have been in the history of television to talk about his policy. O'Ryley admited that he was soft on Oboma in the interview. It makes one wonder if Oboma didn' t use the situation with the two FOX reporters to get what he wanted from FOX in exchange for the poltitical clout of his office to save the two reporters. That being a public thank you from one of FOX news highest rated news commentators at a time when he new everyone in the country would be watching. And now the question is how beholding is he going to make FOX for the assistance he granted to save the two reporters lives. I can't wait to see if FOX changes the way they report on Oboma in the future.
I think they already have as "Bob" stated in a post above this one.
Bill not Pat. Opps I did the liberal left thing to you. Sorry.
O' Ryley is a "Pin Head",and proof that everyone has a price. …..Hell! I`m still waiting for the tough questions.
One Must Never Under Estimate The Manipulative Genius Of A Pathological Narcissists Barry Saetoro AKA Barack Obama Who Played O'Riellys Fox News Like A Educated Paperless Muslim On Campaign Oratory Time, Yikeess, When O'Rielly Was Asked Why Did You Not Ask About His Birth Certificate?? He answered The Same As The Obama/Soros Media, Oh Not That Silly Birth Certifiate Thing, Yikeess, The Only Thing That Obama/Soros Can Not Stop Is The Tea Party Patriots And A Real American Sarah Palin Maybe A Debate (Without Telelpromter) Sarah Vs The Empty Suit Obama, Yippee. Postive-ly Palin No More Red Ink And Stop The Spread Of Jihad, With The Iron Lady Sarah Palin. God Bless America.
You have said it all.. WAKE UP AMERICA before its to late.. We have too many cockroaches in OUR WHITE HOUSE. Its time to call in the exterminator.
The media's infatuation with Obama is nauseating!
Obama is the product of a completely dumbed down education system in this country, coupled with a complicit media. If the vast majority of the American public paid any attention whatsoever to who this Socialist-Marxist bastard is, and what is goals and objectives are for this country, they would throw his sorry ass out in a heartbeat. With Obama and the Democrats, it's all about personal power and nothing else. The ignorant American people are the one's being played like a fiddle…….and they better wake up before it's too late!
Only his suckers follow in lock step.
At the O'Reilly interview he says we should take responsibility for our healthcare and shouldn't have to pay for each others. BUT-he makes no mention of the illegals who will get free healthcare and no fines! He talks out of both sides of him mouth and I trust h im even less now; now that he actually gets up in front of a camera and blatantly lies to the American People.
I think this is a good place to post today. He has been playing that fiddle his whole life. Dear Friends you are never going to get to see or hear of anyone CREDIBLE say they saw the "Original Birth Certificate". Ellen is just part of the left hand keeping you looking at what it is doing. While in the right hand it is the whole life history of Barry that is a lie. One example: He moved back to Hawaii when he was 10 to live with Grammy, Because Barry says his mother wanted him to go to an American school and the one he attended was a good one. I don't believe that, well this is where it gets interesting, he attended the school in Hawaii as Barrack and graduated as Barry. Then he was given a full scholarship to go to collage in California. The reason for the scholarship is conveniently glossed over and it assumed to be because he was the second coming of Einstein or something. He spent two year there and transferred to Columbia University in New York and got a degree in Art (Guessing but I will bet it is in Liberal Arts). Then he took sometime off from school and got excepted to Harvard where he learn to spew liberal legal garbage. The point is when did he change back from Barry to Barrack that link is in the "Protected documents" that we will never see because he committed fraud and attended collage the first four years on a Foreign student grant, not a scholarship. He is a fraud and I believe that something in his original birth certificate will also not follow his own story that he conveniently put out in his books. Also The Certificate that Negative Nancy signed to document is different than all others signed when a major political party presents there nomination for their party for the general election of President of the United States of American. Can anyone guess what is left out? The answer is just like the rest of this fraudulent lying full life scam (Liberal) artist story. I will not be commenting on this anymore, and don't care how many Republicans Ellen seems to think have seen this mans birth Certificate or that it was in the paper 10 days after he was born. I can not know when this guy is telling the truth or when he is not. My friends the man is a very well educated person surrounded by some very politically savvy slim balls and fits in well with them. I ask you this; Can anyone tell me if he dated anyone but his wife today in Chicago? Or whom were his friends in Hawaii, New York, Chicago before he went for political office? Where is the roommates that he lived with in New York, Now? I know Ellen there is a link to a article about the 2 people that were around him while in New York, James did that link one time to me. Guess what check up on those two now. They both are not doing to bad anymore and have no money woes. They must of got some of that stimulus cash or What they call in Detroit "Obama Money". Even the drug dealer friend doesn't even need to sell drugs anymore. Yet. When the money wears off and someone cleans out under that bus he used in the last campaign he will be found to also have a Masters Degree in fiddling. I live near Chicago and let me tell you he ran with some pretty shady characters from there. My friends it won't matter, the left will still worship this guy and rewrite history and build a temple to him in the end, no matter what is uncovered about this man. They did it for Slick Willy and he is a Saint compared to BARRY. Good luck and this is my last post on this issue, I will check in to see what responses to post are, but I don't care anymore about the Man Named Barry, He is a Fraud and hopefully will be a one term president. Good luck Ellen and may the force be with you. Have a good day.
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Obama is fortunate because the audience he plays to are dumber than he is if those that liste to his empty words and promises actually believe the trash that comes out of his mouth. This pretender is a bad joke that needs to be taken seriously or we will become a Fasist State.
There is no doubt, what so ever that the Media swallows every lie Obama comes up with. Even FOX NEWS which is better then others, seem to be afraid to challenge many things the Obama administration comes up with, & goes right along with most of his BS. We can thank our gutless reps in congress for most of the mess this country is in, but attorneys & the Media share the blame. They all seem to cater to the Liberal far left minority groups, which are fast becoming the majority because of these politically right jerks.
Obama is a lying, two-faced inadequate incompetent , arrogant and narcissistic FAILURE. Those in Congress and on the Supreme Court are as despicable as he is and they deserve each other but, We, the people, DO NOT! We are losing our civil lbrties, our quality of life and the once rich legacy we were going to leave to our progeny is being stolen from them by our OWN CORRUPT LEADERS.
The sooner we acknowledge the need to remove them ALL and start from scratch, the better off we will be. Need More proof? Look up the loans provided to the children of Congresspeople and you will find that they are not loans at all, They are free grants or the equivalent since there is a quiet benefit they get your children do NOT; they do not have to be repaid! They will tax you to death, deny you medical care if you are elderly, won't protect our borders, favor illegals and despise YOU! It is time for ALL of them to go. UP THE REVOLUTION! WHAT DO WE HAVE TO LOSE! Kill the Patriot Act as well.
"UP THE REVOLUTION! WHAT DO WE HAVE TO LOSE!"
Oh, just your money, your lifestyle, your freedom to spout off, and your life–along with your secret identity. I say go for it, Nikita.
O'Rielly & his" SPIN STOPS HERE" used to be on target, but for some time now he has become a WIMP. I knew he wouldn't stand up to Obama, just like he doesn't stand up to anyone else the Media backs. A long time ago, he backed off on the Birth Certificate saying that because there was an add in the paper about Obamas birth, that was all that was needed to prove the Illegal jerk in the Presidents Office was born in Hawaii. I have E-Mailed both O'Rielly & Hannity several copies of Documents which would prove otherwise, however got no answer from them & it sure as hell wasn't brought or discussed on their programs. WHY NOT?? I suspect they were told to lay off, & being the well paid Media employees, they did so. People, I doubt we will ever know the truth, because our reps in Congress, the Media, & the other powers that be are all CHICKEN SHITS !!
"I have E-Mailed both O'Rielly & Hannity"
And they didn't trust you as a source? Amazing. Maybe if you had used your real name–or spelled Bill's correctly…
I see you are still grading papers when you come here. Shame; I have the same or more education than you and you still think we are in a classroom full of students that need to be graded. What is it , you tried your luck in the working world and it didn't work out or maybe its the fuel for your ego when the students listen to your every word and call you "Smart" as Ellen has here. My guess is a little of both. Neither you or Ellen are ever going to change anyone's mind on Barry. Yep some are out there but the left have as many or more out there.
The most telling moment in the BILL OH' REILLY interview was when he was asked "What is the worst part of being President?" Being in a fishbowl was the response. He and the misses hate it there but think that Barry is the chosen one to save the United States and he is the only one smart enough to do it. Then he said some other very curious things. (Don't grade me on correct wording cause i could just go copy and paste the exact words like Ellen likes to do.) He sorta admitted that no one is fully ready to President and said only the stuff no one else wants to do or can shows up on his desk. Now what back ground does Barry have to be considered for President? None!!!!! He only went threw the motions and got his card punched on the way. He with his super powers can fix anything. These are not the exact words but he pretty much debunked his case about President Bush also during the ranting the two year he was running for that office. WOW. Really no one can know what to expect when coming in as the President. DUH maybe he could of I don't know had a little more experience. Nope he was certain that this was his destiny. I watch the interview but it pretty much two over-sized egos having a private moment with themselves. I can see why they actually get along, like minds do gather together. The last time I watch Bill OH' I love myself was last year some time. Now I just watch family guy and that dog Brian sure like to twist the truth about President Bush to. But I enjoy the humor.
Hey James and Ellen Gitmo is still open, We are still getting our solders killed in both Iraq and Afghanistan. He is doing more remote killings in Pakistan than President Bush. Now I though he was just going to go in there "With his super powers" and "The waters would reseed the world would all love us again and we could all just become one little loving world. That is the problem with the left, they talk a good talk but there actions and promises are hardly ever keep. Ya and last week we find out that we sold out one of our best allies in the whole world to sign a document that Russia will never do. But we will will claim victory lower our guard and get smacked square in the nose again. The left never learns, they seem to think that talking to our adversaries and signing agreements with them is good. They never would sign it if it wasn't going to weaken us. "Trust but verify" . Never happen. Then the left runs to the fine UN building in New York that is just a waste of money cause it only mission in life is to weaken us to.
Anyone who would say "We are the ones we have been waiting for" is not to knowledgeable of the history of the greatest country the world has ever seen. We have every religion, color, nationality people from all over the world and have issues but none are as bad as the rest of the worlds issues. We are the ones and there was no need to wait and the left seems to think that we need to be more like the rest of the world. And they always what to fix something, what is up with that? It usually doesn't work and only increases government workers, yah that Freddy and Fanny was a real good idea. And we are now spending more government money now than ever and I guess that's Bush's fault , yep they still spew that crap even today I saw someone do it. "If it ain't broke don't fix it". Now as for your comment whom should I trust a source and not using your "Real Name". You spew this stuff and put your name on it, gee galley oh mighty I guess I better just believe everything you say because I know your name.
"Gitmo is still open, We are still getting our solders killed in both Iraq and Afghanistan. He is doing more remote killings in Pakistan than President Bush."
Yep, and I agree that all of that is wrong (if that's what you meant). You seem to have slipped into the illusion that I'm an Obama fan.
"none are as bad as the rest of the worlds issues"
A truly ethnocentric view. We rank lower on education, child mortality and numerous other areas than some other countries.
" I guess I better just believe everything you say because I know your name. "
No, you should be skeptical of all of it. But you definitely shouldn't believe ANYTHING said by someone whom you know nothing about.
A truly ethnocentric view. Ya I make a lot of money using terms like that.
We only rank lower in the left's evaluation of this. So you can throw money at it and make it better. We watched the educational budget go up faster than any other country. We need to stop all the huggy felly goddy stuff they filling our children with crap like "I got two Mommies but that OK" And don't forget your condom you 10 year olds. Never mind you come from a different state of mind as me and I think you can't see the view I have from inside the bubble you live in. I have visited every corner of this world and for the left to think anything is better than somewhere else is pure madness. The only problems we have here is usually cause buy the left and the next step they make to open the flood gates to the south of us is going to really ruin this country. When they do that I am moving, not sure where but that is going to be the Nail.
"We only rank lower in the left's evaluation of this."
Huh? Only if you now classify Ann Coulter and David Salisbury, among others, as liberals: http://www.academia.org/ann-coulter-on-education/
Of course since Coulter thinks birthers are loony and she got booted from the WorldNutsDaily conference, maybe you do consider her to be a liberal.
" I have the same or more education than you"
I guess we'll just have to take your word for that, since of course we have no way of knowing who or what you really are.
Obama not only play the media but all the liberals who voted for him. They the liberals and independents still think he walks on water. Obama should be called the Pie Pipper leading all the fools as he plays his fiddle. He tells the news media what they and also Republicans and Democrats what they want to hear and does everthing to subvert what he said. He is nothing but a counter insergent. He is eroding our liberties ,national security, increasing our national debt, telling households or restaurants what we should eat and the size our the portions that are served. O I forgot its his queen of the hill who wants this. Maybe she should start at home and tell her husband to set the example, some joke. He has ruined relations with many allies and has let Egypt rule when he knew a long time ago what was going to happen. Hillary Clinton needs to take the blame as Secretary of State, Obama is a Muslim that is one reason he has done nothing in Egypt. he wants the borother hood of Muslims to take over. I hope all of the people who voted for this cunning fox to see him for what he is. God Bless America
He plays the media like a fiddle; the media's morality burns along with the U.S. Constitution and the principles of truth and righteousness. An aye for him is one for sedition!