Obama: the Fox war-time President

Time for the Norwegians to revoke that Nobel Peace Prize. Obama's going to war. No, not Afghanistan. Don't be silly. Those 60,000 troops begging for reinforcements can wait. He's got to destroy the evil machine Fox News.
All hands on deck. Here's a few speeches given by his generals during the Sunday talk shows.



David Axelrod, "They're not even a news station....it's pushing a point of view. Other news organizations, like yours, ought not to treat them that way, and we're not going to treat them that way."
Next up, he had a slumber party at Olbermann's house. Chris Matthews showed up in his SpongeBob pj's large enough to allow thrills to run up and down his leg.

Passing thought: Did Axelrod just give Stephanopoulis his marching orders on live TV? "Other news organizations, like yours, ought not to treat them" like a news organization. In other words, get on board George. We know you're in our pocket so we're jiggling the change.
I wonder if George is concerned this war against FoxNews is increasing their ratings? If not, he should be.



Rahm Emanuel: "It's not a news organization so much as it has a perspective...And more importantly, is not have the CNNS and the others of the world being led and following Fox."

Yet again, more directive to the other stations. Don't follow Fox. Don't report on ACORN. Don't report on the deficit spending. Don't report on the pork projects in the stimulus. Don't report on the job loss. Don't report on the troops in Afghanistan dying. Don't report on anything coming our of Biden's mouth. Don't report on communist czars.
They have talking points. And Fox isn't following them.

Wow. What a bunch of frivilous cowards. When you see someone promoting the qualities of a muzzle, know it's because they've got dirty-little secrets they want silenced.
The most tranparent White House ever has now taken "cover up" to a whole new level. Let's silence an entire news organization. Oh, and talk radio, too.

Jake Tapper, yet again, standing alone in actually doing his job - journalism. This morning he asked Robert Gibbs, WH press secretary, a priceless question, one that goes far beyond Fox News and into the mindset of this administration toward their entire governing policy.

Tapper: It’s escaped none of our notice that the White House has decided in the last few weeks to declare one of our sister organizations “not a news organization” and to tell the rest of us not to treat them like a news organization. Can you explain why it’s appropriate for the White House to decide that a news organization is not one –
(Crosstalk)
Gibbs: Jake, we render, we render an opinion based on some of their coverage and the fairness that, the fairness of that coverage.
Tapper: But that’s a pretty sweeping declaration that they are “not a news organization.” How are they any different from, say –
Gibbs: ABC -
Tapper: ABC. MSNBC. Univision. I mean how are they any different?
Gibbs: You and I should watch sometime around 9 o’clock tonight. Or 5 o’clock this
afternoon.
Tapper: I’m not talking about their opinion programming or issues you have with certain reports. I’m talking about saying thousands of individuals who work for a media organization, do not work for a “news organization” -- why is that appropriate for the White House to say?
Gibbs: That’s our opinion.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the President of the United States have more important issues to deal with than being obsessed with his bad press? And if he doesn't like the press, perhaps he should think twice about aligning himself with communist czars and sex slave promoting organizations.
An honest man has nothing to fear from lies, as Axelrod, Rahm, and O claim they are. Lies cannot last forever. They're ephemeral and eventually powerless.

Truth, however, that's not something you want to tangle with. And there is the origin of their fear.