The Case of the Missing POTUS Bully Pulpit!

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Sun Oct-10-10 03:26 PM
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The Case of the Missing POTUS Bully Pulpit!

Edited on Sun Oct-10-10 03:46 PM by FrenchieCat

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For the past several months now, the only time one sees President Obama on Television live
(other than on C-Span), the set up goes like this:

We receive images of television cameras sitting and waiting showing the room pre-speech in "anticipation" of said Presidential speech.

Meanwhile, pundits are shown discussing what he will say,
why he will say it, and how much passion he will need to show while saying it,

and we are told that they will break in as soon as President is speaking. :applause:

SO then, the President walks in ... :thumbsup:

(It goes without saying, that any lead-in speakers to any Presidential speeches,
are usually never ever shown on the Teevee where we can actually hear what they might be saying,
because of course, News programming decided long ago that this is nothing
that we should ever want to see....and if we do, too fucking bad!) :wtf:

http://www3.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Obama+Speaks+Job+Creation+Job+Training+F4THqNKHascl.jpg

Now, if the audience claps loudly and welcomes the President to great fanfare,
we "may" be allowed to witness that, however the sound of the clapping will be muted,

(((keep the noise down guys!)))

But most likely, the television commentator begins to speak to again inform us of exactly why the President is about to speak, and exactly what he will say, and the real motive behind the entire appearance.

Finally, POTUS begins to speak... :bounce:

http://www4.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Obama+Speaks+Job+Creation+Job+Training+HjVcRnX6IWCl.jpg

and so, after anywhere from 1 to 3 minutes of whatever the President is saying...

without fail, the news reader starts to talk over the Prez,
to remind viewers of what he has just said, and let us know that if anything else is said
of importance to us, they will come back to it...(Contessa Brewer on MSNBC is especially good at this)

the news then moves on to something else producers have obviously deemed far more important for us,
like the Weather,.....Because, do not be ridiculous, of course, we couldn't want to hear the President's words right before an election! After all, he's no Karl Rove, or Sarah Palin, or a pastor threatening to burn the Quoran, or a commercial! :shrug:

Or we get a set of pundits to "discuss" the President....

Sometimes they are from the President's "side"....

or sometimes from the opposition side:

:rofl:

What's that you say?
That's just the way it is? :shrug:

Me thinks some of us should start calling and writing to these television stations,
and informing them that they are not only being disrespectful,
dismissive and insulting to their viewers, but they appear quite unpatriotic as well,
and the smell of a specific agenda that includes not allowing the President
of the United States to appear for any length of time on Television in any capacity!

Then we shrug and simply realize, thank goodness C-Span is there...
But even with that news, the only reason POTUS might be shown there,
is if Congress is in recess, otherwise, you might just have to catch him on C-Span 3.

But we do take comfort that there's always CNN-Live or Whitehouse.gov....
if you have a computer, that is!

I opine that it is a disgrace!
that the President is more often talked about(usually in the negative sense)
on television, than actually shown talking in order to be listened to.

But it is a fact that this President no longer has a bully pulpit,
and if we were to think back,
we would acknowledge that he hasn't had one for quite some time now.

Thank you Cable! :hi:
Thank you Networks! :hi:

MSNBC is leaning Left My Ass. :eyes:

GOD BLESS AMERICA! :patriot: