Posted on 12/16/2008 9:16:50 AM PST by IbJensen
What would this bozo expect when he's surrounded himself with like-minded communist-socialists?
Change you can believe in.
Obama’s posse
Today’s newspapers as an antidote to group think? LOL Most of them are just a reflection of group think. Maybe if BO read the Washington Times he might learn something - or better yet the comments on Free Republic.
“I can appreciate how this column might be seen as self-serving”
Ya think Cohen.
If W had taken Cohen’s advice Saddam would have set up a rape room in the White House by now.
The author is doing a humor column, I see. Not quite as funny as Dave Barry.
What president hasn’t surrounded himself with like-minded persons?
Would that be "The O'Bubble"?
The Bubble reminds me:
“Where am I?”
“In the Village.”
“What do you want?”
“Information.”
“Whose side are you on?”
“That would be telling
. We want information. Information! INFORMATION!”
“You won’t get it.”
“By hook or by crook, we will.”
“Who are you?”
“The new Number Two.”
“Who is Number One?”
“You are Number Six.”
“I am not a number I am a free man!”
>>>There is a remedy of sorts. It is called The Newspaper. It is somewhat antiquated and often awkward to use, but it will bring news to the president he does not want to hear. The paper is not written with him in mind. The paper does not set out to please him, and it is not seeking a job.<<<
Let me stop laughing for a moment and wipe the tears from my eyes. I’m a former newspaperman myself. It’s the awful truth. The writer of these sentences has to be willingly blind to the reality that many of us former print media people are now working for... government! Of course the media is out to please Obama, and, yes, many of them are seeking all sorts of jobs that can easily use the same skill set I learned in a newsroom - categorizing information, gathering research, writing reports, and, most important, spinning results to gain the desired outcome.
If the president is really interested in puncturing groupthink, he should read broadly from a variety of sources, including the print media, magazines, research journals, blogs, letters to the editor, and novels. He should also be listening to talk radio and watching a variety of television shows. He should also be listening to people on the street - maybe come down and visit the tourists on the first floor every once in a while, or sneak out and chat with some guys at the local bar.
Most important, he needs someone whose job description is, “Regularly punctures ego, calls him out on bullsh*t, and doesn’t put up with crap.” In my world, we call that “the wife.”
The most important thing he needs, however, is modesty and humility. He needs to understand his limitations and express so openly, and he needs to humble himself before God. Nothing and nobody deflates that “balloon” faster than a sense of your own flaws. Sadly, nothing I’ve seen of Obama so far indicates any sort of modesty or humility.
I canceled my subscription to the local Gannett rag three months ago.
The one paper that comes to mind that is on the side of its readers is Philadelphia's The Bulletin.
There are a very few 'newspapers' in this country that could be used for something other than wrapping garbage. I canceled my subscription to the local Gannett rag three months ago. The one paper that comes to mind that is on the side of its readers is Philadelphia's The Bulletin. 11 posted on December 16, 2008 3:48:39 PM EST by IbJensen
FreeRepublic.com is what "letters to the editor" would be like without the pro-Democrat (to Obama, the bubble) filter. And with an anti-bubble conservative filter instead.But "the bubble" is actually a failure of character of the president who doesn't transcend the yes-men his position inevitably attracts.
Pres Elect Obama has 72% approval already, including the -30% among Republicans, and he hasn’t done anything at all. Wait until he actually does something, you’ll see numbers no one believed possible
“There is a remedy of sorts. It is called The Newspaper. It is somewhat antiquated and often awkward to use, but it will bring news to the president he does not want to hear. The paper is not written with him in mind. The paper does not set out to please him, and it is not seeking a job.”
Oh the audacity of that statement speaks louder than any humerous or snarky comment I can think of...
This empty-suited marxist narcissist is incapable of sharpening pencils.
Wait till Caroline hits the Senate!
*humorous
He's no marxian. Most of his old friends play that old marxian nihilism thing to attract liberal wimmin but they aren't much good at real marxian either. He reminds me of a used car salesman not a Mensan.
...we call it the “Freerepublic Bubble”.
Difference is, we don’t whine about it.
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