OutFOXing the White House
Posted by Terry L. Bradbury on October 30, 2009
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re probably aware of the war the White House declared on FOX News recently. OK, even the Taliban is aware of the battle. This is just the latest distraction served up by the new adminstration in an ongoing attempt to prevent the American people from realizing that not only has The Chosen One not accomplished anything, but many (if not most) of the promises he campaigned on last year are now provable lies. The only offense that Fox News has committed (and let’s be honest here — they’re really after Glenn Beck, not the entire network) is to put them on display for all to see.
During the campaign, Obama promised to “close the revolving door” between K Street and government via “the most sweeping ethics reform in history.” On his first day of work, he signed an executive order prohibiting lobbyists from holding high-ranking administration jobs in order to fulfill that campaign promise. Just two days later, he granted a “waiver” from his own executive order to install Raytheon lobbyist William Lynn as the number 2 man in the Pentagon. This was not a great and terrible crime in itself, but it would foreshadow the parade of deception that was marching down the street. Unfortunately, with all of the fanfare and noise from Obama’s cheerleaders marching with him, it was easy to miss a lot of the details even though they were right in front of us to see.
Now in office, Obama (advised by Chicago crony Valerie Jarrett) proceeded to assemble the most radically leftist group of appointees in U.S. history, many of them self-avowed communists and marxists.
I won’t recount a list of his many offenses, as there are now a growing list of websites devoted to the topic. What is interesting to me is the most recent round in the battle between the White House and Fox News, and what makes it even more notable is that it happened on CNN.
A couple of nights ago, Campbell Brown interviewed Valerie Jarrett about the White House’s position on Fox News. It is amazing to hear her claim unequivocally that Fox is biased, then she immediately backpedaled to say they are evaluating on a case-by-case basis, which is clearly untrue. It is after this that the mask comes off for just a moment and you see the real mentality of the Obama administration; he is still just a Chicago organizer at heart. The key moment comes at about 1:15 into the interview.
They’re going to speak truth to power?!? They ARE the power! This is the language of protesters and community organizers. I think we are now seeing them moving into a complete seige mentality, the likes of which have not been seen since the days of Watergate.
The problem is, this is worse. Much worse. While Nixon attempted to stonewall, Obama has gone on the attack, which would be bad enough, but he is arguably violating the first amendment by attempting to muzzle the press, abridging their free speech rights.
In the same way he has overtaken Jimmy Carter as arguably the worst President ever (in relation to the job he is doing), he is now staking his claim as the smallest President ever. No, I’m not saying James Madison (5’4″, 100 lbs.) has anything to worry about. I’m talking about smallness of character.
While the Office of the President should be honored by all citizens, the man currently occupying that office is not worthy of it. Barack Hussein Obama (Mmm! Mmm! Mmm!) is by any measure the most petty, the most partisan, the least ethical, and the most corrupt man ever to hold the office of President of the United States. It is little wonder that he cannot stand up to the scrutiny.
