[quote]Gambit_Lost wrote:
[quote]thunderbolt23 wrote:
[quote]Gambit_Lost wrote:
Yeah he does. You might not like it, or him, but he does.[/quote]
No, he doesn’t, because he has made it clear he has no use for objective journalism. [/quote]
Assuming an objective journalist could actually be found, I’m sure POTUS could think up a use for him/her.
No, “diect attacks” like this aren’t going to fire his base up - this is nothing new for the President. He’s been bashing the critical editorialist du jour since being in office. Fox-bashing is old schtick the base has seen and heard before.
And, Obama doesn’t need the “base”. He needs the “moderates”. The “base” won’t keep the House in 2010, and it won’t win him a second term in 2012.[/quote]
That’s an interesting perspective. But regardless of if you are right or wrong about this. It is hard to deny he was attempting to fire up his base. His comments about fox were only a small part of that effort.
Take the ending for example:
[i] [Signaled by his aides, the president brings the interview to a close and leaves the Oval Office. A moment later, however, he returns to the office and says that he has one more thing to add. He speaks with intensity and passion, repeatedly stabbing the air with his finger.]
One closing remark that I want to make: It is inexcusable for any Democrat or progressive right now to stand on the sidelines in this midterm election. There may be complaints about us not having gotten certain things done, not fast enough, making certain legislative compromises. But right now, we’ve got a choice between a Republican Party that has moved to the right of George Bush and is looking to lock in the same policies that got us into these disasters in the first place, versus an administration that, with some admitted warts, has been the most successful administration in a generation in moving progressive agendas forward.
The idea that we’ve got a lack of enthusiasm in the Democratic base, that people are sitting on their hands complaining, is just irresponsible.
Everybody out there has to be thinking about what’s at stake in this election and if they want to move forward over the next two years or six years or 10 years on key issues like climate change, key issues like how we restore a sense of equity and optimism to middle-class families who have seen their incomes decline by five percent over the last decade. If we want the kind of country that respects civil rights and civil liberties, we’d better fight in this election. And right now, we are getting outspent eight to one by these 527s that the Roberts court says can spend with impunity without disclosing where their money’s coming from. In every single one of these congressional districts, you are seeing these independent organizations outspend political parties and the candidates by, as I said, factors of four to one, five to one, eight to one, 10 to one.
We have to get folks off the sidelines. People need to shake off this lethargy, people need to buck up. Bringing about change is hard â?? that’s what I said during the campaign. It has been hard, and we’ve got some lumps to show for it. But if people now want to take their ball and go home, that tells me folks weren’t serious in the first place.
If you’re serious, now’s exactly the time that people have to step up.[/i]
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So, because his voting base is disillusioned, disenchanted, lost heart, lost faith, lost belief, lost motivation, and lost their wallet, he has to take out his shit on Fox News, the Tea Party People, and Conservatives?
What a pussy. I hope he loses his ass next month. I say he loses the House.