"In which Obama makes a large financial contribution to Fox News" /Adam Bink

[KoKo]

In which Obama makes a large financial contribution to Fox News
by: Adam Bink

Like I wrote back when this first started, this is akin to spanking FOX, sending them to their room, and expecting things to change. They are, and always will be, either the research arm or the communications arm of the Republican Party (and those aren't even mine, those are Dunn's words, speaking for the White House!). They were before Obama came. They will be after Obama leaves. This is a long-term issue, which doesn't justify the White House's "FOX is being mean to us so we spanked them and they'll do better" mindset.

The reason I say that is because we've seen this game before. Flashback to 2008:

Barack Obama is going where his campaign has never gone before: Fox News, where he'll be interviewed by Chris Wallace this weekend on Fox News Sunday.

The Obama camp has more or less shut out Fox ever since they ran with the fake story about him supposedly being educated in a madrassah, so this is a big break from the standard practice. Even before that, Obama didn't have much time for Fox -- by the channel's count, the time between his last sit-down interview with them and this upcoming one will have been 772 days.

Obama already shut out Fox once before- the 2008 campaign- before going on for an interview. Then they did so again last year before giving in again this year. It is funny to me how the Obama team gets mad at Fox, shuts them out, then kisses and makes up after a cooling-off period. All this happens while Fox uses his appearances to go even higher in ratings and rakes in revenue to pay Glenn Beck an estimated $2 million per year, launch new initiatives like Fox Business Channel, push smears like the madrassa story and Barack Hussein Obama, continue punching ACORN, SEIU, Alan Grayson and others, and lie on the issues.

More at........
http://www.openleft.com/diary/17857/in-which-obama-makes-a-large-financial-contribution-to-fox-news

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. I remember a lot fo people whining when Obama agreed to speak at the Republican retreat.

The people whining about it shut their traps when he went there and embarassed the hell out of the Republicans.

I don't see how the people whining about this are any different.

[Schema Thing]

2. what a stupid take on the situation

[warm regards]

3. Well, he did say that he would do whatever it takes...

[KoKo]

4. Yes he did say that and it sounded.....sooo good.

[Marsala]

5. Ferengi Rule of Acquisition 76:

Every once in a while, declare peace. It confuses the hell out of your enemies.