Group Hug!

I can’t recall a White House in my lifetime that’s actually been friendly. As a teenager, I remember the nasty rumors coming out about the Clinton years. And thus far, there’s never been any real evidence to the contrary – Bill and Hillary were Mr. and Mrs. Bitchy. But at least Bill had the good sense (to listen to Dick Morris) to never attack…

The Bush years were all-too secretive. Not that I want nor certainly need to know what’s going on behind closed doors to keep Americans safe from terrorists, but the combination of Bush/Cheney just didn’t seem very trusting. There was no transparency on a lot of issues.

The Obama White House is shaping up to be a combination of the two to the tenth power. Mr. Whiny Pants and his minions are tossing fits over opposition and, at the same time, going back on that gargantuan promise of transparency – one of many promises shattered already).

The war on Fox News, though liberals and other Obama-loving types salivate over it, is honestly, no matter how you spin it, a war on free speech.

Until recently, they could have claimed that it wasn’t. They decided to approach it by using smears. “Fox isn’t ‘real’ news,” “(ABC) shouldn’t treat them as such,” “They have a ‘point of view,” “We’ll take media as it comes.”

Turns out they won’t take media as it comes; at least, not unless other reporters from WH-favored networks speak in Fox’s defense.

After stating that they wouldn’t exclude Fox, the White House attempted to do just that – exclude Major Garrett from Fox News from participating in the round-robin interview process.



How fuckin’ cruddy!

How DARE Fox use actual audio, video and literature from the people they run news on! How DARE Fox report news that some may take as anti-administration (Note: questioning the administration is anti-administration). How DARE Fox not let Team Obama control what they put out!

Shit, I would be mad too. But to me, this would be a signal to wise up and not surround myself with people who turn to Mao in times of need. Or people who support cop killers or child sodomy or eugenics or state-controlled media or control over the Internet or the life of a minnow over actual citizens or a .002 drop in carbon emissions over citizens’ tax dollars. It wouldn’t be my cue to prove Fox right about my being a radical loon by actually attempting to throw them out and silence their free speech! But that’s just me.

NBC took Obama to task first over this shunning of Fox News. And to that I say IT’S ABOUT FUCKING TIME, NBC!! Obama responded that Americans aren’t really concerned about that. Instead, they’re concerned over what’s being done to create jobs (nothing), and what’s being done in Afghanistan (nothing). Then he attempts to change what his advisors “meant” when slamming Fox News.

The media really pulled together when Fox was thrown from the pool. Before interviewing the new pay czar, Fox was tossed aside, and lo and behold, in a miraculous display of freedom-loving patriotism, anchors from CNN, CBS, ABC and NBC all conferred and decided that, if Fox wasn’t allowed in, they wouldn’t go either.

Like most liberals do, the White House backed down quickly once “their” media didn’t agree with the shunning. But what’s the lesson in this?

If you don’t agree and show uber-favorable coverage to this sitting President, you will be ousted from the group; your voice will not be welcomed if your voice doesn’t sound like all the others.

What in the hell is wrong with these people!? They can’t fix shit! They waffle on war decisions. They’re more concerned about regulating the pay of corporations they now effectively own instead of creating new jobs. They demonize private insurance and offer no real alternative that wouldn’t be Medicare-like corruption X a thousand. And with all these problems, they devote their time to smearing and shunning a news organization that they can’t control.

If it’s not blatantly apparent to anyone that these schmucks are seriously attempting to separate the country, then you haven’t been paying attention – either that or watching Bill Maher and Keith Olbermann.

The favorite excuse of Obama supporters for his inaction and ineffectiveness, “give him time,” has now run its course. When they choose to spend time fighting Fox instead of fighting to win a war or fighting to create jobs, they’ve floundered unequivocally.

MoveOn, HuffPo, MediaMatters, MSNBC, the New York Times, and a few other outlets have all the Fox-bashing radicals that a country could ever want. The White House doesn’t need to be in on the fight. I’m proud that a few in the media actually came together and refused to participate if Fox was going to be booted. There’s still some hope here.

After all, if they can toss Fox—the nation’s number-one news network—aside for daring to criticize His Highness, then who CAN’T be thrown under the bus next? You’re either a good sheep or you’re chopped up and put in curry. Those are the options this administration is giving.

Hopefully, more will opt for the curry in coming weeks. You might not get to baaaaaaaa beside Barack, but curry is a mighty tasty way to go out.