Fake New York Times Circulates
The ‘Yes Men’ circulated a fake future version of the New York Times newspaper.
The ‘Yes Men’ circulated a fake future version of the New York Times newspaper.
My dearest sympathies to Andrew O’Hehir, who spent election night watching hours of Fox News.
MSNBC: Lawrence O’Donnell to Pat Buchanan: “You come from a party that celebrates ignorance.”-Ain’t that the truth.
President-Elect Barack Obama has given his first post-campaign press conference, backgrounded by some of the elite minds on the pressing issues of the day.
The conference was brief and sober, with some wry curveballs thrown in there, indicating Obama’s style will be loose and serious, differing from the current president’s conferences which are known to be closed-lipped, and sometimes offensive:
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(God Bush can be an asshole)
Obama livened the conference by addressing the ‘major issue’ of the day, the presidential pooch:
“With respect to the dog: This is a major issue. I think it has generated more interest on our website than just about anything. We have two criteria that have to be reconciled: One is that Malia is allergic, so it has to be hypoallergenic–there are a number of breeds that are hypoallergenic–on the other hand our preference would be to get a shelter dog, but obviously a lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me. So whether we’re going to be able to balance those two things I think is a pressing issue on the Obama household.”
Watch below.
As noted by TIME,
Obama, uncharacteristically late in that presidential way where aides keep giving two minute warnings of his approach, slid into the formal role as easily as sliding back into a suit after working out at the gym. The president-elect delivered his first press conference with verve, as clear and articulate as ever, standing before a plain blue background and a row of U.S. flags that evoked the White House and the backdrop for his victory speech Tuesday night.
His economic advisers and new chief of staff Rahm Emanuel flanked him (he had just come from meeting with them), many smiling and nodding encouragingly, not unlike parents proudly watching their kid deliver a valedictory speech. He called on reporters by their names from a card — a rarity for Obama, who in press conferences usually just points and says “yes” — even going so far as to use the order similar to that used by President Bush: the wires first, then the networks, the hometown Chicago reporters, and then the major papers. In another notable departure from the campaign, journalists formally stood to pose their questions.
It’s nice to have a leader that can articulate complete sentences, even with a liberal dose of the ’ums.’ I always found it curious how Republicans who press for English as the national language tend to shun those who are fluent in it.
Press conference #1: Check.
Keep it up, Obama.
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He’s a socialist! He pals with terrorists! He kills babies! He’ll.. have to do things presidents do!
Waiting for the next over-the-top GOP slur about Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama certainly doesn’t take long, nor does waiting for the next Republican non-issue melodrama.
Take the most recent: Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said at a Seattle fundraiser that an international crisis will test President Obama within six months of his presidency, preparing donors to stand with our president when it happens.
How do conservatives react to this crack in the Democratic ticket’s political wordsmithing armor? With a Chicken Little freak out of course. While it might not be “the sky is falling,” the melodrama is sure to intesify.
Let’s look at a popular conservative-leaning website, the famous Drudge Report:
That’s right, “ALARM”, the world is a dangerous place! No shit, why do you think we want a president with a cool demeanor and rationale thoughts over a hot-headed old neocon who holds grudges?
This is the same type of feigned outrage Republicans doled out at President Clinton during the Lewinsky affair, such as Speaker Newt Gingrich, who was cheating on his wife during Clinton’s impeachment.
Over at the conservative website TownHall.com, Hugh Hewitt wrote about about Biden’s remarks by citing his interview with Victor Hansen, a columnist and strong supporter of President Bush, who interpreted Biden as saying a President Obama would blink when Iran threatened Israel with nuclear weapons.
Give me a break.
Down in the presidential polls due to their ideas, decisions and rhetoric, conservatives are grasping at straws, looking for anything to buoy their ‘08 aspirations. Sadly, the Grand Old Party continues their tradition of hypocrisy, feigned outrage and melodramatic rhetoric.
Images: www.drudgereport.com, http://www.lexpress.fr/medias/71/obama-biden_231.jpg
Congratulations to the Drudge Report for *finally* editing images to a consistent width. 196 px FTW!
Writer Adam “the greatest press critic” Chodikoff of the Daily Show is spotlighted on WWDmedia.
