Copyright, "The Thought Spigot"
Today, the press pool, which has existed for fifty plus years, in order to insure the media is getting the White House's message out to the people, interviewing certain cabinet members and is an overall interviewing machine came out, in order to find out where they would rank/draw. However, it was announced, during the press pool conference Fox News would not be able to interview (in a sense, taking them out of the Press Pool) any of the White House staff/people. This, on the heals of the White House coming out, in full force, stating, "Fox News is not a news organization, at all." A statement they have not backed down from. Taking Shawn Hannity, Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly out of the picture (maybe not sending White House staff for interviews with them), is understandable, as they are "OPINION NEWS PEOPLE." However, Chris Wallace and the countless other news men and women at Fox are not only news people, but they are some of the top people in the "news field" (winning countless awards, since it's inception).
Another example, is the fact Barack Obama's minions (Axelrod and Emmanuel) went out on the Sunday news shows and stated the Bush White House was at fault for Obama having to "start the Afghanistan strategy from scratch." Come to find out, after Dick Cheney explaining the whole Bush/Cheney military team worked hand in hand with the Obama transition team (and Barack Obama himself) to make sure and have a strategy, for him to be able to take office and start running with Afghanistan plans and a new strategy on the ground. However, the Obama people asked, "Please keep this confidential and do not announce this to the press," and the Bush people agreed, in good faith. March came and President Obama named Gen. McCristol, as his main general on the ground in Afghanistan, kept Gen. Petreaus in his job (as Cent. Com. Commander) and also (for the first time in history) kept Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (from the Bush Admin.), then implemented the strategy the Bush and Obama people agreed on. However, now Obama is blaming President Bush once again, going against the original deal of keeping things away from the press, because he does not know whether to deploy the 40,000 troops his generals want, pull out, or the other option of leaving things as they are. The hubris of Barack Obama to blame others, for his shortfalls (once again, looks more and more like a huge ego and thin skin).
There are other examples of the Barack Obama White House "ego trip," but the last one (I will write about) is health care. A situation that is one sixth of the American economy, the people have spoken on the "Government./Public Option" at a 62-64% no vote/polling, and yet the Obama people, congress and senate are still trying to ram the public option thru, by using the A. M. A. (which only represent about 30-35% of doctors, in America), false advertising (one by MoveOn.org stating 72% of Americans are for the Public/Government. option), and just an in the American's face approach, of "we will do what we want now, with the majorities, because we may not get another chance." This is not good government, government for the people, but it is a President (who is gallivanting all over the country, doing fund raisers for the Dem. Party, Gov. Corzine of N. J., and running around in full campaign mode stating how things should be, rather than how they are) full of himself. The fake fight with Fox News should be so far on the back burner, when people need jobs, don't want Public/Government. Health Care, we have a $1.4 trillion addition to the national debt (just this year), and countless other problems.
Lastly, to just show how Egotistical Barack Obama is, look at what he said about Cap and Trade. "I know that heating costs will go up for Americans, but it is more important to do this now, rather than wait." So, screw the Americans, in a recession, with 10% unemployment (in some states, like Michigan and California it is over 15%) after promising "if we pass the stimulus bill, unemployment will not go above 8%", and he continues to hire czars (without senate/congressional approval) even though Americans are not for these people either. It is like Obama just continues to fast track every single issue, the democratic party and he wants, as he knows, once America realizes what he is about, believes in, and wants for America, they will turn on the whole party in an instant. Thumbing his nose at most Americans, staying completely out of touch, with what Americans want is what Barack Obama and his cronies are all about. This is just the definition of a narcissistic man, who has never had any money, just quip pro quo deals (from college, to the Chicago corrupt political system, to the Presidency), so how could he care for Americans and what America has stood for, for over 250 years.
