The Media’s Creation Unravels: Why Obama Should Drop Out
By Bud White on April 24, 2008 at 7:15 PM in ABC News, Barack Obama, Charlie Gibson, George Stephanopoulos, Hillary Clinton, Media, Media Bias, Misogyny, New Yorker, Obamedia, Sexism, Superdelegates, Talking Points Memo, This Week
The essay below was written by Mary Jo Kopechne, PhD, and Bud White.
Sen Obama should drop out of the race. Having just seen the new attack ad that the GOP is showing in NC — condemning the state’s Democratic leadership for backing Obama, replete with Rev Wright cursing America — it is clear that Senator Obama is detrimental to the Democratic brand nationwide. As Jerome Armstrong wrote nearly one month ago, “That’s fall-out from Wright, not against just Obama, but also Clinton, and most likely against the Democratic Party in general. It’s branding of Democrats Obama, and Clinton, as anti-American.”
Obama earned his lead early on, prior to being vetted. After he lost Texas and Ohio, the Wright videos appeared, shocking the nation. Slowly, information about his relationship to Rezko, and his affiliation with William Ayers have also entered the mainstream.
| Obama’s negatives have risen dramatically as Americans have gotten to know Obama, but not because of anything Hillary is alleged to have said about him, contrary to what the Times would have you believe.
As Rasmussen reports, “Obama’s favorable ratings have also fallen below the 50% mark since the world learned of his former Pastor.” |
He should quit while he’s ahead, so to speak, and give the Party a chance to win the General Election.
After the New York Times endorsed Senator Clinton as the choice of their editorial board, they have consistently published specious and demeaning pieces about her. With friends like these, who needs enemies? It wasn’t any specific attack by Hillary which the Times or anyone else can point to; it’s the sudden unraveling of the fantasy named Obama.
The New Yorker was so upset at debate moderators George Stephanopoulos and Charlie Gibson that they ran two articles this week denouncing the debate, going so far as to praise the Post’s Shales’ description of the debate as “despicable” without mentioning that it’s the same Washington Post that ran an article last year about Hillary’s cleavage.
We know who has truly been despicable: The pillars of the liberal establishment are lashing out at Hillary, at the debate moderators, and at the newest boogie man, poor white men, because Americans are finally learning the truth about their vacuous creation. It’s not the questions in the debate that are the problem; it’s the fact he cannot answer tough questions.
Barack Obama’s picture appeared on the front page of the Times the day Hillary Clinton won the Pennsylvania primary. That in itself goes a long way to explaining the lead editorial, “The Low Road to Victory.”
In fact, the Times is perpetuating the myth that Obama and the rest of the media are spinning: Clinton is negative, on the attack against Obama, and that she is more negative than Obama.
Obama demeans her character, lies about her policies, but the media says she is negative. There is not a negative trick in the book that Obama has failed to use. He unfairly attacked her health care plan. He has ridiculed her at a more personal level. He outspent her 4 to 1 or even 5 to 1 (and not 2 to 1). Still, he could not prevail. If Senator Clinton is focusing on the weaknesses of Obama’s candidacy, it’s because the media have failed to do their job. If you spend some time on the message boards of the New Progressive Sexists you’ll see where the negativity is coming from - the Obama campaign.
The Times piece was particularly bad because only days earlier they reported on Obama’s increasingly negative attacks against Hillary, “In Push Before Vote, Obama Sharpens Tone,” on April 21st. (Talk about selective memory.)
It is part of the ongoing sexism and misogyny in this primary that Hillary Clinton gets blamed for negativity. It’s the same old game: If a man makes a comment, then he’s being strong and powerful but, if a woman makes a similar statement, she’s being negative. (See Shakesville’s running list of sexist comments made about Hillary. She’s counted 75 so far).
In fact, in response to Obama’s Rovian tactics, the Clinton campaign sent around a quiz with negative statements about Hillary. All twelve came from the Obama campaign or Obama himself.
- Who said Hillary Clinton is “literally willing to do anything to win”
- Who said Hillary Clinton is attempting to “deceive the American people”
- Who claimed Hillary Clinton has a secret 20-year plan to become president
- Who called Hillary Clinton a calculating, poll-tested, divisive figure
- Who called Hillary Clinton “one of the most secretive politicians in America”
- Who said Hillary Clinton’s campaign is “playing politics with war”
- Who said John McCain is seen as more honest and trustworthy than Hillary Clinton
- Who called Hillary Clinton dishonest
- Who referred to Hillary Clinton as “a monster”
- Who said Hillary Clinton is “not being straight with the American people”
- Who said of Hillary, “The American people are not going to elect a president that they do not trust”
- Who claimed Hillary Clinton “consistently” and “deliberately” misleads the American people
Obama has been shielded by his benefactors for over a year. His campaign has gotten away with these relentless attacks against Hillary, yet she is being accused of taking the low road. Americans are finally having their questions answered about Obama’s questionable friends, and Americans are turning off to this media-hyped creation.
One hopes the superdelegates are paying attention to Obama’s certain unraveling.
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Special thanks to Vet4Hill for providing the video of Terry McAuliffe discussing the out-of-bounds NYT editorial on April 23, 2008.
Aw, Terry McAuliffe. Time to take a vacation, big guy.
Wow, the quality of troll posts has really dropped in recent days. Must be the effects of getting their butts kicked up and down Pennsylvania the other night.
Obama drop out? That would require Obama to put party and country ahead of his own personal ambition. Not going to happen.
Obama dropping out would also probably require Obama to not be leading by nine points nationally among Democrats.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/democratic_presidential_nomination-191.html
It’s april Fritz. Grow up. Anybody who has been in politics for longer than five minutes knows April isn’t October. By October Obama will be a pile of ashes.
It’s over Fritz. you just haven’t figured it out yet.
Um, Uppity: April is pretty deep into the Democratic primary, which is this poll’s subject. Try again.
Oh I have little doubt that this radical slug will finagle this nomination Fritz. He made sure the Florida and Michigan didn’t get their revotes and don’t tell me he didn’t because we both know he did and I will be damned if I am going to cater to your need for the links of that smirking bastard in Michigan over and over again. Because you are nothing but a friggin’g derailing asshole.
Now Say goodbye to the party for a decade or so. Because adults don’t let radicals, leftwing nutballs, college kids and domestic bombers, and other assholes like you who thinks that’s romantic to pick presidents. And since Obama has nothing that even remotely resembles a decent health care plan that looks better than what McCain would do, I couldn’t care less. My life is fine. you people are just managing to fuck it up for plenty of people who need health care is all. But don’t let that stop you from having your rally fun.
Telling people who have to pay nearly 2k a month on a single pay health care HMO, which is what it costs where I am…that you are going to give them a $2500 write off to reduce the cost is useless, you moron. My God, man, we could get that from McCain! Obama has shown me has has NO idea what health care costs because he gets his ass covered for free. he hasn’t done his homework on ANYTHING, but especially not this. What does the person who is unemployed and whose COBRA runs out do with his health care plan. WHat does the woman who quits work to take care of her elderly parents do with that write off, wipe her ass with it? Ah well she’s only a woman so screw her, right? Barack Obama is handing out snowballs in the summertime for a health care plan. Nothing. Nada. Useless. Just like him. To say he “won’t interfere” with the states’ plans is a death rattle for fifty million people. The states are owned by health insurers. But don’t let THAT stop you from having your rally fun.
The 2k is for a family, I should clarify that. One person is nearly $900 per month. Per month Rob. Wipe your ass with that 2500 write off you selfish bastard.
What. No comment, big shot?
I thought you might like to defend an ignorant, uninformed and uncaring candidate who thinks reducing a 20k+ plus a year health care bill for a middle class family by a whopping $2500 is a good thing and will help them in some useful way. Especially once the states, who are owned by the health insurers, watch the insurers raise the rates by that much so they can screw America some more. Oh yeah, barry is a good deal. The piece of crap.
How was arguing with yourself last night? I trust it passed the time.
Racists,Bigots and haters against Obama on this post shame on you.He is black and you hate him so much.Your hidden racism is very clear. Grow up!!!
hey Fritz..did you know that Teddy Kennedy took it to the floor of the convention against Carter..and Carter was way ahead in everything..by huge margins..
please do a little history check before you come here and spew bullshit ..ok???
thanks..
fly
“Spewing bullshit” is all they’ve got.
Pathetic, really.
He will *aspire* to be a pile of ashes by October. Probably sooner, especially with this lovely Wright tour.
Thank you,Uppity.You express my thoughs better than I ever could.
Obama is a loser and he will be responsible;
for a McCain presidency. In fact Obama already is. Obama is a disgrace; he is unelectable and is taking the Democratic Party and all what it has achieved down the drain all the way to the gutter.
The problem with these polls is the size of their samples…400-1000 registered Democrats?
I already learned my lesson, NEVER trust the pools.
No. It would require only that people started thinking with their brains instead of their arses or their shivering middle legs. It would require taking a step back from postmodern racism, black supremacy, postmodern fascism. It would also require that adults everywhere began taking those parental controls on their computers seriously. Then we’d be rid of you right away for example.
How’s he doing GE-wise, y’know, in the battleground states that are necessary for us to win in November? Hint: he sure ain’t winning. Check out the most reliable pollsters, Survey USA.
It’s the B string John. The A string has already been blocked from the Hillary boards they drove us to. They have retired at Kos. These jokers will last for even less time because their derailing welcome is getting really really thin.
Terry McAuliffe is smart, handsome, rich and funny.
Gee I wonder why you don’t like him?
Friz….your candidate is headed for POLITICAL OBLIVION….Get off the titanic…..
Obama’s humiliating loss in Pennsylvania is quite sobering. Even he has had to go home to Chicago to rest and lick his wounds. It is a terribly sad thing to see such wounds in a man, such loss of face.
Yes it’s downright terrible. Such a humiliating loss for Obama. Singlehandedly he’s ruined the Democratic party. Who knows what will happen to the United States now. Or the rest of the planet. The US - the world - there’s one chance. If Barack Obama has a mere one ounce of decency in him - and this as we all know is very slim - he should withdraw immediately from the nomination and throw his suport to Hillary. Then there is still a chance.
But farther down the line the GOP will attack the Democrats for being so stupid and indiscreet and drinking the Kool-Aid™ of this sack of shit for so long. The GOP will use this intermezzo as an argument against trusting Democratic politicians anywhere. And it will continue to be an effective argument for years to come. Barack Hussein Obama has singlehandedly disgraced the Democratic Party and it doesn’t matter how many voters he’s bamboozled up to now, it doesn’t matter how many idiots have yanked on his okey-dokey.
He should announce his withdrawal immediately. Tonight already. He won’t debate; he won’t talk to the media; he’s through. Finished. Finito. Kaput. And each day - each hour - he delays the inevitable means more long term damage to our party.
Barack Hussein Obama must withdraw his candidacy immediately.
And remember, the foreign heads-of-state are ALL watching.
Just what America needs. Another punkass POTUS.
Good Piece Guys….KUDOS..1
Modem….Your candidate is headed for POLITICAL OBLIVION….HURTS SO GOOD….
Bill Clinton commuted the sentence for TWO Weather Underground members. Hillary claims she didn’t know, which is a convenient lie.
http://weblogs.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/politics/blog/2008/04/hill_on_brinks_radical_i_didnt.html
Commutations are far worse than being on a board.
Will Hillary drop out for lying?
Please, we are all grieving Barack Obama’s humiliation in Pennsylvania. Must you bring petty bickering into this sobering and sad moment?
Just ignore the bobble head trolls of Axelrod’s attempts at covering up the truth about Obama!
I imagine that the magnitude of Obama’s humiliating loss is beginning to settle in on his supporters. I am sure their grief is palpable. I feel their pain.
Humiliating loss? He lost by 13 delegates on Tuesday then picked up five by Thursday. At this rate, by Saturday morning he will have recovered what he lost in Pa.
Scoreboard!
Wave goodbye to the party for a decade or so, Rob.
Ashes.
Uppity
Try decaf or thorizine. The primary is about who wins the primary. The general election is about who wins the general election. Melding the two, as you know from your years of political activism, is unrealistic
What’s not realistic is to ignore that there is such a thing as a general election and get all exciting over the possibility that a complete loser is about to embark on one.
Don’t mistake me for one of you bongheads. I am all set in life. I made my nut when Bill Clinton was in charge of the economy. I am thinking of those who didn’t fare so well. You should try that sometime. Barack Obama doesn’t even have a decent health care plan to help them. He shows a clear lack of either understanding or empathy for those who cannot afford health care and why his “plan” is useless to them. I have already dealt with that at length on this thread.I am not going to waste my time re-writing it for you idiots who enjoy rallies at the expense of everybody else’s future. Some Democrats. Hope-y Change-y. Charisma is not always a good thing. If you don’t believe me, think of how world history is riddle with charismatics who led people straight to hell. barry Obama is toast. If not now, in November. And it will be the fault of all you selfish bastards who were looking for the next exciting rally to fill up your time till the next rapper comes along.
Yeah, let’s not see further than our noses.
What a bunch of arrogant nonsense! The same nonsense that reaped us 1972, 1980, 1988, 2004.
Good luck with that! But you don’t really believe that anyway. What you have revealed, however, is that the Primary is the most important thing to you all because the objective is: OPERATION STOP HILLARY!
And I’m going to do my part to make it cost the Party dearly.
200,000+ more human beings went to the poll and preferred Clinton.
He’s criminal.
And the more that comes out with rezko, the more of a liability he becomes, period.
Whenever the big bombshell drops, he’s gone.
And I’m thinking this now has far less to do with Obama, and far more to do with ridding the place of the people who put garbage like Obama in office.
And really, what do Rezko, and Rove have in common, other than Fitzgerald, and corruption?
Why won’t Obama answer?
It’s not going away, no matter how much smoke you blow.
My goodness, they are fierce trolls, if you fear Sally Quinn.
heh.
You might get left off her dinner list!
It is Axelrod who is the truly despicable character in all this, but try as he might {Low road to Victory was HIS doing!] to get his boy to the finish line {Oops, not allowed to say boy; creep, then} Americans are too smart to elect a racist, radical, black separatist who associates with criminals, terrorists, anti-Americans, anti-Semites, PLO and Saddam supporters. You see, Obama’s campaign people claim we won’t vote for him because we are racist, but the real reason is that Obama is not PATRIOTIC! Patriotism is the first character trait that we should be able to expect in a presidential candidate. The second is a little class, and giving Hillary the finger was Not presidential! What a LOSER! We Dems vow to vote for McCain in November if Hillary is not the nominee. The DNC and party leaders believe we won’t do it, they say we’ll come together behind Obama. I can hardly wait to see their foolish faces!!!
Susan there is a shocking new video on You-Tube in which Obama speaks from his book Dreams of my Father. He seems obsessed with his hatred of white people.
Yeah….BABY-O has a serious conflict with his INNER CRACKER….
This has been covered already, clueless. As you yourself admit in your post, BILL Clinton COMMUTED the sentences of Weather Underground members who had been convicted and who had already served time. He didn’t become bosom buddies with a terrorist and take campaign contributions from him. He doesn’t continue to support him to this day.
But I’m sure you see the two cases as parallel. Because you are a moron.
Here’s another update: HILLARY Clinton is running for President. That’s HILLARY Clinton, not Bill. Get it now? I doubt it.
He’s probably confused because she touts her “experience” in the White House as qualification for the presidency. So it is hard to tell who the hell IS running, especially when Bubba is running all over the place giving speeches, then denying he said what he just said! Ya know . . . lying like the Warrior Queen of Tuzlah!
Waving good bye to you left left left left wingers who keep trying to hijack our party only to fail and send us into obscurity for a decade.
Thanks to Precious, democrats all over the country will be losing elections with wright’s and Ayer’s face. And we haven’t even seen the Hamas ensorsement, Rashid Khalidi or Zbigniew Brezinski. People will be running from Obama’s burning building, Rob.
Wave rob, wave. Anybody whose been in politics longer than three minutes is waving already.
and just what exactly is obama’s experience?
“and just what exactly is obama’s experience?”
This needs repeating. Again and again!
It’s straight out of the Sexism Handbook. Obama just has to pee standing up. That’s called all the experience he needs.
OMG ROFL!
Did you happen to hear that sexist pig Gov wilder on CNN today? He just did barry in with another couple of million women. To recap:
Black men can’t argue with white woman, it’s not in their makeup.
Hillary needs to not cry and act like a candidate instead of a woman.
Women are emotional.
And that’s the short list. Even Jamal…of all people JAMAL jumped on him, it was that embarrassing. What a pig. Congratulations Obama! Two home runs today! Wright and Wilder! Keep up the good work!
JAMAL jumped on a BLACK MAN? Migod it looks like pigs flying by my window.
Hahahahaha. It was THAT tasteless, Kourian. I mean every woman who watched that moron blew a gasket.
Make that every woman who has any self respect.
I read a quote from Wilder that accused Hillary of “hissy fits” when she didn’t get her way. What sexist pig. The shit he said about her the other day was enraging — Said that Obama was handling the “racist” stuff very well, but Hillary was basically being a typical woman.
You make some good points, and I agree with you about the distinction between pardons and fraternization. And I have NO authority here.
Still, are insults necessary? NQ is such a nice haven for us Hillary supporters, but do we really want to conduct ourselves the way that some of the more intense Obama (or Ron Paul) supporters do?
D, I appreciate what you are saying. But I have watched these pigs go after people who don’t have the expressiveness to defend themselves. When I see that happen it is time to step in. I am stepping in and I haven’t got the least bit of guilt about it. Only the worst among humanity pick on the weakest among us.
Oh boy that’s a new one. Next thing you will say they didn’t serve the preponderance of their term or express regret, and they murdered somebody in the brinks robbery. Yawn.
And by the way, being on a board is also much worse than being the Organizers and the Leaders of the Weather Undergound too right?
And one more thing, although I am sick of typing the same crap in for you trolls, Bill Clinton didn’t invite those commutes to hold fundraisers for him, he didn’t go to their home and he didn’t take money from them. he didn’t ask them to show him around hyde park, and his political career didn’t start at their home. Now get the hell out of my face I am sick of repeating the same crap over and over again. Go to Kos and stroke somebody will you?
Yeah . . . he did that for the Hasidim he commuted! And surprise surprise a whole village voting for Hillary! What a coincidence!
Well that has legs doesn’t it now? particularly with respect to Ayers.
Wave goodbye rob. The party is dead by december first. maybe a moderate will rescue it in a decade or so, same as last time.
Adults don’t let children, college kids, radicals and activists pick presidents Rob. how many times to you party hijackers need to learn this before it sticks?
B-Rob’s computer’s shutting down in a few minutes. He wouldn’t be here if he wasn’t hurting so bad but it’s almost over. Parental controls kick in soon.
Ya know, B-Rob: if you only rooted for the right baseball and football things you wouldn’t have to get involved in this politics shit.
Quit now while you’re ahead. Sell your Barry card collection, go back to TPM, and tell them it’s over.
NEWS FLASH: BARACK OBAMA DROPS OUT OF CAMPAIGN
Pardoned them after they served a significant chunk of their sentences and expressed remorse, as happens from time to time with even violent criminals. Sworn judges do it.
That’s QUITE different from buddying up with someone whose family connections got them OUT of serving time and who has not only expressed no remorse but has said he didn’t do it enough.
Don’t even THINK of comparing these. They are lightyears apart. You’d have to reach to the Moon to reach far enough to make them comparable. And what’s more, you damned well know it, so wise the hell up.
This doesn’t matter and you know it.
Barack Hussein Obama must withdraw his candidacy immediately.
Again, the ignorance is mind-boggling. He wasn’t just on Ayers board. He and his lovely wife attended plenty fund-raisers at Ayer’s house. There’s a difference. And…Clinton commutted the sentence of two REPENTENT WU members. Ayer’s has clearly stated that he has no remorse. There’s a huge difference.
It’s about time the Hillary camp addresses all these lies about her negativity. Kudos to McAuliffe. On Larry King, Richardson pulled the same bologna and I only wish Carville could have slammed him a bit more the way Terry did with the facts.
Oh my God, another troll fool.
I think we get a better indication of the level of terror that is absorbing the Obama campaign as they invade with their small thoughts and ridiculous arguments.
I can finally start to watch television again, which means that it must just suck to be them, ya think?
Yeah beebop, I think. Happy days are here again. Here comes the sun.
Yeah . . and the Boston Celtics should just go home, too!
Here is a better thought: why don’t you Hill-bots vote in sufficient numbers in the remaining 10 states to DRIVE him out? What’s that? can’t get it done? Didn’t think so! So much for your “Super Tuesday Coronation” strategy!
He has more votes, more delegates, won more states and raised more money . . . and HE should quit? The incredible arrogance of you Hillary fans!
Its audacity not arrogance.
the audacity of audacity … and the dreams of having a father … but ending up with Jeremiah … I think that’s right, right?
Hey B-Rob, how about coming up with an original post before polluting this site with your repetitive crap again? You write the SAME thing EVERY time you post. I’m sure the Obamabots are going to find out you aren’t even trying and will hold up your next paycheck.
Hey look everybody, B-Rob is here to make an ass out of himself again! Scoreboard!
He’s just a crank yanker without a cogent argument or original thought!
Perhaps the difference is that the Boston Celtics don’t openly look down on the people in the stands.
OK, you don’t like him. But millions of others do. So don’t imagine some fabricated notion about him to justify yourself.
Why do you think people show up in tens of thousands to see and hear him?
Free Koolaide seems to be the number one idea I had … but that’s just one woman’s opinion.
“Free Koolaide seems to be the number one idea I had … but that’s just one woman’s opinion.”
ROFLMAO!!!!
Because he busses them in and gives them free concert tickets.
The good thing is, we don’t have to imagine anything. It’s all been meticulously documented, and will be trotted out ad nauseum until BO is drummed out of the race, which should occur shortly.
People show up in the tens of thousands to see and hear the Backstreet Boys. Doesn’t make them Mozart.
Oh that is beautiful!
Every now and again, the planets align for me. Makes up for all the other times when I’m left with my finger up my nose and the perfect comeback seventeen seconds too late.
LOL, been there, done that.
Because they’re too stupid to realize Obama is PERFORMING the words written by a middle-aged white guy named “david”? Could that be it?
Or.. was it cuz he has a sick ringtone?
Dumbass.
Hmm . . . let’s ponder this . . . he “looks down in the people in the stands” but is judged more likeable, more trustworthy, and more positive than your candidate. Has move votes, more delegates, won more states, and raised more money. OK . . .
This is what’s funny: if all the things you folks were saying about Obama were true, he should have been back in Illinois before the end of January. Instead, he is in the lead and your candidate is not paying her bills, relying on a rule change just to be arguably competitive. And the superdelegates keep rolling in . . . five since Tuesday. This means one of two things:
a) The negative stuff you say about Obama is bullshit, or
b) it is true, but people hate Hillary more than him anyway!
Personally, I think the answer is a, but I could be wrong.
I think the answer is C: many media outlets have failed to objectively do their jobs and let ordinary voters know what’s really going on with Obama.
My biggest beef with him: he SAYS that he doesn’t take money from lobbyists, PACs, oil companies, or other special interests.
Technically, the claims aren’t false. On the other hand, they’re not really true, either:
1) he took PAC money ($1million+) before announcing his presidential bid,
2) he took money from lobbyists’ spouses
3) he took hundreds of thousands from corporate execs (just like Hillary and McCain did) — in fact, Obama has even taken more pharma-connected $ than Hillary.
I don’t mind when candidates follow our crazy system, but I DO MIND when they lie about doing what all the others are doing.
Many Obama-friendly media people have failed or refused to cover these stories. It’s help like that that enabled Obama to go as far as he has re: supporters and donations, but some of it is just plain false advertising.
And technically, it was only his handwriting on that handgun ban statement not his signature.
Let’s ponder this. That little radical piece of shit is toast. If he’s not toast now, he will be toast in November.
Adults will never let him run this country.
Even as we speak the Republicans are salivating.
Obama is a loser. Obama and people like you will be fully responsible for a McCain presidency.
Hope you have hefty saving, long term healthy investments and a lots of faith to withstand your near future.
Oh but I got an even better thought! It’s divided up into different parts. I’ll number them to make it easier to you to follow along.
1. Axelrod immediately sacks all the preteens like yourself who’ve been pestering blogs, Digg, YouTube.
2. Barry-0 speaks out against the brutal tactics of his people at the caucuses.
3. Barry-0 votes for MI and FLA being seated.
4. Barry-0 TALKS TO THE MEDIA.
5. Barry-0 AGREES TO DEBATE.
6. Barry-0 FINISHES HIS WAFFLE.
7. Barry-0 takes what’s left of his miniscule effete sausage and migrates to Kenya.