Media questions Obama... now that he's President Elect.

I find this incredible:

Wanna laugh? Friday night, Charlie Rose Show, Tom Brokaw and Charlie Rose.  

ROSE:  I don't know what Barack Obama's worldview is.

BROKAW:  No, I don't either.

ROSE:  I don't know how he really sees where China is.

BROKAW:  We don't know a lot about Barack Obama and the universe of his thinking about foreign policy.

ROSE:  I don't really know.  And do we know anything about the people who are advising him?

BROKAW:  You know that's an interesting question.

ROSE:  He is principally known through his autobiography and through very aspirational (sic) speeches, two of them.

BROKAW:  I don't know what books he's read.

ROSE:  What do we know about the heroes of Barack Obama?

BROKAW:  There's a lot about him we don't know.

Or this:

THOMAS:  Saul Alinsky is, uh, really was a model from this, er, famous community organizer in Chicago, and this whole idea that Alinsky had that it's not gonna work if you offend large groups of people.  You know, we think of community organizers as having their fist out and, you know? Ah, no, no, no, no, no.  You have to win over the majority by being peaceful and nonthreatening.  Saul Alinsky used the word "nonthreatening."  This is key to Obama.  There's no militancy involved.  This is very important and -- and his chief strategist, Axelrod, really understood this.  Especially if you're running a black guy for president, you cannot threaten the whites.

RUSH:  Now, that was Evan Thomas of Newsweek magazine on the Charlie Rose Show; and Rose said, "Evan, given the early beginnings for Obama and his team? What kind of campaign did he want to run?  Because I'm fascinated by the idea what he set the standard suggested going to be from the bottom up, community organizer might suggest as a way to achieve a result."  So here's Evan Thomas at Newsweek telling us all about the Saul Alinsky way, after the election.  They knew who this guy was; they know who this guy is.  Saul Alinsky was a model for this community organizer in Chicago. This whole idea that Alinsky had, it's not gonna work if you offend large groups of people. Be nonthreatening.  Here's Charlie Rose again who spoke to both Evan Thomas and Jon Meacham of Newsweek magazine.  Meacham added this to what you just heard.

MEACHAM:  He's very elusive, Obama, which is fascinating for a man who's written two memoirs.  At Grant Park he walks out with the family, and then they go away.

ROSE: Mmm. Mmm-hmm.

MEACHAM:  Biden's back, you know, locked in the bar or something.

ROSE: (haughty chuckle)

MEACHAM:  You know, they don't let him out.  And have you ever seen a victory speech where there was no one else on stage?

ROSE: Mmm.

MEACHAM: No adoring wife, no cute kid.  He is the messenger.

THOMAS:  There is a slightly creepy cult of personality about all this.  I mean, he's such an admirable --

ROSE:  Slightly. Creepy. Cult of personality.

THOMAS:  Yes.

ROSE:  What's slightly creepy about it?

THOMAS:  It -- it -- it just makes me a little uneasy that he's so singular.  He's clearly managing his own spectacle.  He's a deeply manipulative guy.

He's a deeply manipulative guy... but he's your deeply manipulative guy and so I guess it's ok.

 

Unbelievable.

 

But not really.

Comments

[renee]

Did the Obama spell wear off after election day or what? I am struggling with this man, Obama. I mean the alternative news media has done their best to vet this guy while neither his party nor the press even tried. What we did find out was disturbing, to say the least, and now, finally, the MSM decides it might be a good idea to start asking questions, AFTER the man's been elected?!

I expect if history is any teacher, the honeymoon with the press is going to be short-lived. It's about time but a little more than too late. As a Christian I am required to pray for our leaders, doesn't mean I have to agree with them and never when it goes against God's instruction, but president elect Obama is in need of much prayer. Our country is in need of even more prayer that he doesn't do so much damage that we can't recover from it. Lord knows, he's not starting out at a great place to begin with.

Let's see how long it takes the MSM to catch up with the rest of us? Might be important to ask a few questions about the man who is about to be our president...scary, creepy, cult, singular, manipulative, elusive...where have these guys been for the last two years?!

[Mommynator]

Buyer's remorse, anyone?

[rick]

Anecdotes, anyone? A gal on Hannity's radio show reports she listens to left radio and heard a lot of "OMG WHAT DID WE DO HOW WILL HE DEAL WITH THE TALIBAN?" calls.

Buyers remorse indeed, and so fast it'll make heads spin. I listened to as much of todays press conference as I could, but the uh-uh-uhs and the sweetheart questions got to me, had to shut it off.

Today, the gay backlash. Tomorrow, he'll disappoint some other group he pandered to. And the next tomorrow, and so on...

Got to get a pool going. How long til Obama love turns to Obama hate...

[Mommynator]

Rick, I'm firmly convinced that the top secret security briefing has scared him.

My youngest daughter - 18 years old - watched it and after came to me and said he looked like he aged 20 years.

I think he's having buyer's remorse too, but has to keep on keeping on.

This is what you get with feeeeeeeeeeelings.