During a soft-ball interview with CBS’ Harry Smith yesterday, Barack Obama singled out Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh as purveyors of “vitriol” — creating a climate in which he’s called a “socialist” and even a “Nazi.”
The contrived conversation took place while Obama and like-minded Smith were casually strolling the White House lawn, something newscasters from conservative FOX News would never be invited to do. Smith portrayed talk radio critics of Obama as “extreme.”
One of Smith’s double entendre queries, purportedly regarding basketball, is exemplified this way: “The question that everybody wants to know. Can you go to your right?” As he bounced the ball, Obama deadpanned: “I can go to my right, but I prefer my left.”
No kidding.
The question to ask is where was the outrage and indignant network coverage when President George W. Bush was routinely portrayed as a demon, war-criminal or Hitler? Defense of Bush was nonexistent. But the alphabet networks dependably joined in the fray, regularly on the evening news.
Seeing Red AZ 
MSM! What do you expect? They promoted him and rejoiced in his election. Barack is their Messiah.
Agreed. Nothing new here. We saw this is spades during the campaign. Obama is a media creation.
Here’s some “media” for us, from “Newsmax”, this A.M.:
. Candidate Obama Slammed Offshore Oil Drilling
President Barack Obama’s decision to lift the ban on offshore oil drilling along parts of the U.S. coastline marks a sharp turnaround from the position he took during his presidential campaign.
In a statement issued on June 17, 2008, Obama attacked his Republican opponent John McCain for his call to open the nation’s coastline for oil exploration and drilling. He also charged that McCain had flip-flopped on his support of a moratorium on drilling he expressed in 2000.
“John McCain’s support of the moratorium on offshore drilling during his first presidential campaign was certainly laudable, but his decision to completely change his position and tell a group of Houston oil executives exactly what they wanted to hear today was the same Washington politics that has prevented us from achieving energy independence for decades,” Obama said.
“It’s another example of short-term political posturing from Washington, not the long-term leadership we need to solve our dependence on oil.”
Obama also said offshore drilling would not produce any oil for at least a decade, and the effect on gasoline prices would be negligible.
Three days later, Obama said during a campaign stop in Jacksonville, Fla., according to the St. Petersburg Times: “The politics may have changed, but the facts haven’t. Offshore drilling would not lower gas prices today. It would not lower gas prices tomorrow. It would not lower gas prices this year. It would not lower gas prices five years from now.”
Nevertheless, on Wednesday Obama announced a five-year plan that includes opening up waters along portions of the U.S. mainland and Alaska for oil exploration.
“Given our energy needs, in order to sustain economic growth and produce jobs, and keep our businesses competitive, we are going to need to harness traditional sources of fuel even as we ramp up production of new sources of renewable, homegrown energy,” he said.
“So today we’re announcing the expansion of offshore oil and gas exploration.”
Hypocracy, personified. Personally, I’m FOR drilling, but I believe we’ll never reap any benifits from it. Also, th’ head muslim doesn’t need to come up with any original ideas…he evidently gets all his from his @$$0c!@+&, ?senator? mccain…