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Liberal Media bashing 0bama - now this is a story!

Annette 2012/10/16 12:18:31
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THE WASHINGTON POST HITS OBAMA

Finally, the Washington Post and Newsweek speak out about Obama. This is timely and tough. As many of you know, the Washington Post and Newsweek have a reputation for being extremely liberal. The fact that their editors saw fit to print the following article about Obama and the one that appears in the latest Newsweek, makes this a truly amazing event, and a news story in and of itself. At last, the truth about our President and his agenda are starting to trickle through the “protective wall” built around him by the liberal media.___________________________

I Too Have Become Disillusioned.
By Matt Patterson (columnist-Washington Post, New York Post, San Francisco Examiner)

Years from now, historians may regard the 2008 election of Barack Obama as an inscrutable and disturbing phenomenon, the result of a baffling breed of mass hysteria akin perhaps to the witch craze of the Middle Ages. How, they will wonder, did a man so devoid of professional accomplishment beguile so many into thinking he could manage the world's largest economy, direct the world's most powerful military, execute the world's most consequential job?

Imagine a future historian examining Obama's pre-presidential life: ushered into and through the Ivy League, despite unremarkable grades and test scores along the way; a cushy non-job as a "community organizer;" a brief career as a state legislator devoid of legislative achievement (and in fact nearly devoid of his attention, so often did he vote "present"); and finally an unaccomplished single term in the United States Senate, the entirety of which was devoted to his presidential ambitions.

He left no academic legacy in academia, authored no signature legislation as a legislator. And then there is the matter of his troubling associations: the white-hating, America-loathing preacher who for decades served as Obama's "spiritual mentor"; a real-life, actual terrorist who served as Obama's colleague and political sponsor. It is easy to imagine a future historian looking at it all and asking: how on Earth was such a man elected president?

Not content to wait for history, the incomparable Norman Podhoretz addressed the question recently in the Wall Street Journal: To be sure, no white candidate who had close associations with an outspoken hater of America like Jeremiah Wright and an unrepentant terrorist like Bill Ayers, would have lasted a single day. But because Mr. Obama was black, and therefore entitled in the eyes of liberal Dem to have hung out with protesters against various American injustices, even if they were a bit extreme, he was given a pass. Let that sink in: Obama was given a pass - held to a lower standard - because of the color of his skin. Podhoretz continues: And in any case, what did such ancient history matter when he was also so articulate and elegant and (as he himself had said) "non-threatening," all of which gave him a fighting chance to become the first black president and thereby to lay the curse of racism to rest?

Podhoretz puts his finger, I think, on the animating pulse of the Obama phenomenon - affirmative action. Not in the legal sense, of course. But certainly in the motivating sentiment behind all affirmative action laws and regulations, which are designed primarily to make white people, and especially white liberals, feel good about themselves.

Unfortunately, minorities often suffer so that whites can pat themselves on the back. Liberals routinely admit minorities to schools for which they are not qualified, yet take no responsibility for the inevitable poor performance and high drop-out rates which follow.
Liberals don't care if these minority students fail; liberals aren't around to witness the emotional devastation and deflated self-esteem resulting from the racist policy that is affirmative action. Yes, racist. Holding someone to a separate standard merely because of the color of his skin - that's affirmative action in a nutshell, and if that isn't racism, then nothing is.

And that is what America did to Obama. True, Obama himself was never troubled by his lack of achievements, but why would he be? As many have noted, Obama was told he was good enough for Columbia despite undistinguished grades at Occidental; he was told he was good enough for the US Senate despite a mediocre record in Illinois ; he was told he was good enough to be president despite no record at all in the Senate. All his life, every step of the way, Obama was told he was good enough for the next step, in spite of ample evidence to the contrary.

What could this breed if not the sort of empty narcissism on display every time Obama speaks? In 2008, many who agreed that he lacked executive qualifications nonetheless raved about Obama's oratory skills, intellect, and cool character. Those people - conservatives included - ought now to be deeply embarrassed.
The man thinks and speaks in the hoariest of clichés, and that's when he has his Teleprompters in front of him; when the prompter is absent
he can barely think or speak at all. Not one original idea has ever issued from his mouth - it's all warmed-over Marxism of the kind that has failed over and over again for 100 years.

And what about his character? Obama is constantly blaming anything and everything else for his troubles. Bush did it; it was bad luck; I inherited this mess. Remember, he wanted the job, campaigned for the task. It is embarrassing to see a president so willing to advertise his own powerlessness, so comfortable with his own incompetence. But really, what were we to expect? The man has never been responsible for anything, so how do we expect him to act responsibly?


In short: our president is a small-minded man, with neither the temperament nor the intellect to handle his job. When you understand that, and only when you understand that, will the current erosion of
liberty and prosperity make sense. It could not have gone otherwise with such a man in the Oval Office.
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  • zbacku 2012/10/16 12:24:33
    zbacku
    +17
    outstanding
    Finally some truth about the most incompetent president in our history. However, this article is four years too late. Let's hope we can stop the insanity that is Obama.

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  • C.R. Smith 2012/10/22 16:44:46
    C.R. Smith
    +1
    WaPo had nothing to do with this article

    http://www.truthorfiction.com...
  • Annette C.R. Smith 2012/10/22 16:49:24
    Annette
    Like I have said before - your truthorfiction is in 0vomit's pocket - it was a WP oped piece - sorry if that doesn't jive with truthorfiction - it was so stated by the article itself - sucks to be you. Believe the lies or believe the truth - you take your pick because ignorance is NOT one of my problems. Nor is lying, but it certainly is 0vomit's favorite pastimes. And for good measure - Here is an exclusive on the "visitors" to the WH under 0vomit! http://www.sodahead.com/unite...
  • Manwë 2012/10/20 13:38:59
    Manwë
    He is a conservative commentator. Just shows that the Washington Post and Newsweek has all views and are not "Liberal Media."
  • Ferηαηdσ [Clinton2016] 2012/10/18 14:29:00 (edited)
    Ferηαηdσ [Clinton2016]
    +1
    How is it liberal media when the author of this column is a conservatives? Lol. Papers always have opinion columns...
  • Annie~Pro American~Pro Israel 2012/10/18 08:06:08
    Annie~Pro American~Pro Israel
    +1
    Wow! Finally a realistic piece found in Washington Post.
  • Derbyhat 2012/10/18 05:50:19
    Derbyhat
    +2
    The media will have to salvage some credibility after four years worth of such a large smooch placed on Obama's buttocks. The media is now hoping that no one remembered their were for FOR OBAMA BEFORE, THEY WERE NOT SO MUCH FOR HIM!
  • ☆thehappyconservative☆ 2012/10/18 03:11:19
    ☆thehappyconservative☆
    +5
    village idiot president


    Phenomenal.
  • Annette ☆thehap... 2012/10/18 03:35:54
  • COCO ☆thehap... 2012/10/18 04:14:21
  • ☆56lady☆POTL~JLA~PWCM 2012/10/18 01:31:36
    ☆56lady☆POTL~JLA~PWCM
    +3
    Excellent article Annette . . .
    . . . Thank you for Sharing
  • Annette ☆56lady... 2012/10/18 03:36:50
    Annette
    +3
    There is more - they did it again today: Jennifer Rubin may be a conservative writer for the Washington Post, but the Post is putting it out nonetheless! YIPPEE!! http://www.sodahead.com/unite...
    0vomit misled the public during the debate last night (like we didn't already know that!)
  • ☆56lady... Annette 2012/10/18 12:24:03
    ☆56lady☆POTL~JLA~PWCM
    +1
    THAT is GREAT NEWS !!!
  • Annette ☆56lady... 2012/10/18 14:32:03
    Annette
    Here is some news on the govt spending by 0vomit - note the very last line of the article - a quote by 0vomit the jacka$$,
    Just a quick lesson on 0vomit spending - I think we should all consider calling him the 7-11 President. It suits him considering he is a Muslim and most of the 7-11's are owned by them! LOL http://www.sodahead.com/unite...
  • ☆56lady... Annette 2012/10/18 14:35:13
    ☆56lady☆POTL~JLA~PWCM
    Great analogy Annette !! 7/11 pResident !! LOL :)

    analogy annette 711 president lol
  • Constitution Believer 2012/10/18 01:28:12
  • Annette Constit... 2012/10/18 03:37:49
    Annette
    +2
    A very rude and ignorant one at that, not to mention lying!
  • Constit... Annette 2012/10/20 00:22:07
    Constitution Believer
    +1
    shock
    oh, how can you say that about our wonderful never do anything wrong perfect example of a president.................. cartoon awake
    Damn I knew I was missing something this morning .... I just had a terrible night mare... I had a dream that I was praising Obama.....UCK! ! ! ! ! ! I need some mouth wash and a swift kick in the ass ................................
  • Shinimegami 2012/10/18 00:11:54 (edited)
    Shinimegami
    Matt Patterson is an ultraconservative columnist for the ultraconservative website "American Thinker". This article of his was never published in the Washington Post or in Newsweek. This is a hoax, and you got fooled.
    http://www.snopes.com/politic...
  • ☆56lady... Shinime... 2012/10/18 01:29:28
    ☆56lady☆POTL~JLA~PWCM
    +3
    Snopes . . . ultra liberal joke site . . .
  • Annette Shinime... 2012/10/18 03:40:09
    Annette
    +2
    Oh please! Not another one of you numbskulls! It was published in 4 different places I can immediately find - snopes is in 0vomit's pocket - and it was an oped piece - so stuff it!
  • Annie~P... Shinime... 2012/10/18 08:10:39
    Annie~Pro American~Pro Israel
    +1
    Of course Snopes would say that, after all Snopes is a George Soros sponsored site.
  • NotYou Shinime... 2012/10/18 14:08:37
    NotYou
    +1
    This article has bounced around the web on many sights and I can't even be sure Matt wrote it but that really doen't matter because

    EVERY WORD IS TRUE, no matter where, when or who wrote it.
  • Annette NotYou 2012/10/18 14:32:52
    Annette
    Thank you, and what you say is quite true.
  • AL 2012/10/18 00:11:46
    AL
    +2
    Wake up call!
  • john brenni 2012/10/17 21:35:20
    john brenni
    +1
    to their credit they told their feelings and did not spout talking points.
  • Zee Black 2012/10/17 17:57:56
    Zee Black
    +3
    For those of you who want to know the truth about this article.
    http://www.truthorfiction.com...
  • Annette Zee Black 2012/10/17 18:06:23
    Annette
    +4
    Sorry - too many medias have picked it up and run with it - and what's in your craw is that it's true! Buck up baby, and get over it.
  • Zee Black Annette 2012/10/17 18:11:22
    Zee Black
    +5
    No , it bothers me you are promoting a lie. This article never appeared in the WP and just because you found it on some right wing website does not make it true. It was never on the WP as you have stated. Sorry to call you out on your lies. The same way the President did last night on Romney.
  • Shinime... Annette 2012/10/18 00:16:13 (edited)
    Shinimegami
    +3
    The fact that "many medias" (meaning blogs I presume) have picked up the hoax and run with it doesn't mean it ceases to be a hoax. The hoax falsely attributes this article to the Washington Post in order to push the false narrative that "even liberals are bashing Obama".
  • Annette Shinime... 2012/10/18 03:43:15
    Annette
    +2
    You guys are all going to run with the same lies, aren't you? Sucks to be you. Collectively I doubt all of you could contribute enough to have one brain between all of you!
  • Zee Black 2012/10/17 17:39:03 (edited)
    Zee Black
    +3
    FYI, you have been hoodwinked. This guy never worked for the Washington post and this article never appeared in the Washington post. it appears as though you took it directly from a viral email and pasted it here, trying to perpetuate the lie that is. Congratulations, you are officially a dittohead.
  • Annette Zee Black 2012/10/17 17:57:14
    Annette
    +2
    Tell you what - you argue with all of these people and medias and get out of my face. Your ignorance is disgusting. http://dinarvets.com/forums/i...
    or American Thinker
    and http://www.pensacolafishingfo...
    of where I got it: http://politicalcircusblog.bl...
    So who is the ditto head now? Do your homework FIRST! DUMB CLUCK.
  • Zee Black Annette 2012/10/17 18:00:34
    Zee Black
    +2
    I already have knucklehead.
    http://www.truthorfiction.com... . I am going to stay in your face because you are simply posting on a public forum. And lying to those on here about this to push some conservative agenda.
  • Annette Zee Black 2012/10/17 18:11:50
    Annette
    +1
    You only THINK you are! I gave you 4 different references to the same thing. I don't believe I ever said he "works for" Washington Post, although he is a writer for them as well as several other national papers and magazines, etc. and if that is in your estimation lying - you have a long way to go to ever find the real truth. People like you are to be pitied.
  • Zee Black Annette 2012/10/17 18:17:29
    Zee Black
    +3
    Four different references to what? And you did state he works for the WP when you posted this garbage. Did you even read the garbage you posted? Up your meds you old battleaxe.
  • Zee Black Annette 2012/10/17 18:18:14
    Zee Black
    +1
    Let me clarify, he does not write for the WP. and this article never appeared in the WP.
  • Shinime... Annette 2012/10/18 00:17:08
    Shinimegami
    +1
    None of your references prove this was a Washington Post article. It was an American Thinker article.
  • meme14 Zee Black 2012/10/17 22:15:09
    meme14
    +3
    Conservatives are too embarrassed to admit they are too lazy to research and so easily led
  • Annette meme14 2012/10/18 03:45:34
    Annette
    +1
    I know - I just got telling the one that collectively they couldn't contribute enough to make up one brain between all of them.
  • Daniel Annette 2012/10/18 06:03:05
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