Posted by
Dawn on Thursday, April 30, 2009 1:37:37 PM
pbho has once again appeared with his trusty teleprompter (TOTUS) in tow for his fourth prime time pressnooooozer, uh, conference, since ascending to the office of being present on January 20, 2009. Only a mere 100 days ago. Time is truly in a bottle. The White House pushed the message that the milestone of pbho`s first 100 days was nothing more than a "Hallmark" moment. Cards, accolades and softball questions to celebrate his day! No distracting inquiries regarding the Plane Stupid photo-op flyover in Manhattan earlier this week will be permitted. Nevertheless, he still was able to coerce, cajole and extort all major networks, except big Fox, to give him prime time coverage to what must be said, in even the most congenial, liberal circles, A REAL SNOREFEST! The cost to these networks, during Sweeps Week, to preempt scheduled programming and covering the presser, are estimated to be in the tens of millions of US dollars.
After flawlessly reading his brief opening statement from the TOTUS, pbho took 13 questions from all major network White House reporters except Major Garrett, of Fox News. Must have just been a dishonest oversight. Fox News has continually beaten CNN and MSNBC in ratings for some time now. pbho was obviously more than a little piqued during his Town Hall in Missouri earlier the same day, when he professed Fox News doesn`t like him and then proceeded to slam the TEA Party participants, United States citizens who have the basic right of peaceful assembly and protest. He`s looking for a serious conversation. Yeah. And he`s got some banks, automobile companies and health care to nationalize, too.
When asked if he believes the previous administration sanctioned torture, pbho went into a riff that torture is absolutely wrong, both morally and ethically, referred to Churchill during WWII erroniously, regarding torture by the British and said emphatically (for him), the United States will not torture! When asked if he is ready to sign the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) he said it is not one of his immediate priorities. Let`s see. The pbho Admin will not put a little water on a terrorist who would kill him and the rest of us in a heartbeat but he will eventually sign an abortion on demand bill that would kill the tiny heartbeats of the most innocent among us. No follow-ups or analogies were drawn by any of the reporters.
Governing is different from campaigning and there is no doubt that B Hussein O has never worked so hard in his life. He complained he has two wars "to run" and an economy in freefall, which he inherited, blah, blah, blah., with his litany of problems on his overflowing plate. Poor boy. One would wonder why he ever decided to become present when he had such a cushy Senate seat. pbho appeared calm and frankly, bored. He looked tired and should fire the makeup artist who gave him that orange hue.
A note to the major television network executives: Next time pbho wants a prime time presser, think Nancy Reagan and Just Say No.