Mark Steyn: Obama a tough guy, at least with Fox News

OC Register ^ | 10/23/09 | Mark Steyn

[pissant]

Benjamin Disraeli's most famous advice to aspiring politicians was: "Never complain and never explain." For the greatest orator of our time, a man who makes Churchill, Lincoln and Henry V at Agincourt look like first-round rejects on "Orating With The Stars," Barack Obama seems to have pretty much given up on the explaining side. He tried it with health care with speech after speech after exclusive interview for months on end, and the more he explained the more unpopular the whole racket got. So he declared that the time for explaining is over, and it's time to sign on or else.

Meanwhile, to take the other half of the Disraeli equation, Obama and his officials and their beleaguered band of surrogates never stop complaining. If you express concerns about government health care, they complain about all these "racists" and "domestic terrorists" obstructing his agenda. If you wonder why the president can't seem to find time in his hectic schedule of international awards acceptance speeches to make a decision about Afghanistan, they complain that it's not his fault he "inherited" all these problems. And, if you wonder why his "green jobs" czar is a communist 9/11 truther, and his National Endowment for the Arts guy is leaning on grant recipients to produce Soviet-style propaganda extolling Obama policies, they complain about Fox News.

The most recent whine – the anti-Fox campaign – is, apart from anything else, unbecoming to the office. President Obama is the chief of state of one of the oldest free societies in the world, but his official White House Web site runs teasers such as: "For even more Fox lies, check out the latest 'Truth-O-Meter.'" It gives off the air of somebody only marginally less paranoid than this week's president-for-life in some basket-case banana republic ranting on the

[pissant]

Mark Steyn is the man

[Proud_USA_Republican]

"Orating With The Stars,"

LOL.

[hole_n_one]

George W Bush: Remember him? Of course, you do. He's the guy who's to blame for everything, and still will be midway through Obama's second term.

That's quite presumptuous of Steyn.

[isthisnickcool]

I reasd this piece then went to whitehouse.gov. It’s sickening.

[hole_n_one]

Even Obama's Nobel Peace Prize is an exquisite act of condescension from the Norwegians, a dog biscuit and a pat on the head to the American hyperpower for agreeing to spay itself into a hyperpoodle.

Great stuff!

[workerbee]

Mark Steyn, I love you.

Don’t tell my husband.

[workerbee]

In Mao's China, everyone wore the same clothes. So when Communications Commissar Mao Ze Dunn starts berating Fox News for not getting into the same Maosketeer costumes as the rest of the press corps, you begin to see why the Chairman might appeal to her as a favorite "political philosopher".

Utter brilliance.

[okie01]

That's quite presumptuous of Steyn.

No. It's Steyn accusing the Obama administration of continued presumptuousness.

[SnuffaBolshevik]

Maoskateers? LOL!

I love reading Steyn. It’s like being the first guy splashing through the stream above Sutter’s mill.

Big chunks of gold just waiting to be picked up.

[Intolerant in NJ]

Benjamin Disraeli's most famous advice to aspiring politicians was: "Never complain and never explain." ...I thought it was "never apologize, never explain" - won't expect either from Obama ever.....

[Da Coyote]

Yup, president limp d*ck sure can get tough with a network.

Trouble is, Fox will won.

Something about brains against vapidness.

[bravotu]

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[RobbyS]

HAS HE GOT THEIR NUMBER! The question is” When and how will the Pibblies stand up to these bullies? Throw down the gauntlets!

[5by5]

Anyone who worries whether they look “tough enough,” isn’t.

It’s like Barney Fwank worrying about whether he looks manly...

[3catsanadog]

Was there really a “Fox Truth-o-Meter” on whitehouse.gov? I went there and didn’t see anything on the home page.

[kellynla]

[knews_hound]

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[GOPJ]

...if you wonder why his "green jobs" czar is a communist 9/11 truther, and his National Endowment for the Arts guy is leaning on grant recipients to produce Soviet-style propaganda extolling Obama policies, they complain about Fox News.

Nixon's White House didn't go paranoid until the second term. Obama's White House birthed that baby in the first 9 months...

[MaggieCarta]

Mark Steyn is the man

Indeed, he is. Thanks for the post and the ping, guys.

[MaggieCarta]

Another bit of venerable Disraelian insouciance, on the scribblers of Fleet Street: "Today they blacken your character, tomorrow they blacken your boots." For two years, the U.S. media have been polishing Obama's boots, mostly with their drool, to a degree unprecedented in American public life.

Once again, Steyn is doing the job American MSM lapdogs won't.

[Rummyfan]

Thanks for the ping. I hope our Republic can survive these idiots in the White House, and Congress too.

[Lancey Howard]

It cracks me up that the sole newsroom that is not an Ubama sychophant is the highest rated newsroom.
I sincerely hope the Democrat newsrooms never manage to connect the dots.

[EDINVA]

One of Saturday’s true joys (besides getting to sleep in late from time to time) is reading Steyn in the OC Register.

[paul51]

Steyn has a remarkable way with words

[irv]

The strange disparity between the heavy-handed community organization at home and the ever cockier untouchables abroad risks making the commander in chief look like a weenie

Risk = 1.0. Weeniehood achieved. Congratulations Mr. President. Another Nobel is in the mail.

[OldPossum]

“Maosketeer” - Now that’s funny.

[ContraryMary]

The strange disparity between the heavy-handed community organization at home and the ever cockier untouchables abroad risks making the commander in chief look like a weenie – like "President Pantywaist," as Britain's Daily Telegraph has taken to calling him.

I like that........"President Pantywaist".

[Liz]

Nixon's White House didn't go paranoid until the second term. Obama's White House birthed that baby in the first 9 months.........

Heh---good point.

[STARWISE]

~~PING!

The strange disparity between the heavy-handed community organization at home and the ever cockier untouchables abroad risks making the commander in chief look like a weenie – like “President Pantywaist,” as Britain’s Daily Telegraph has taken to calling him.

The Chicago way? Don’t bring a knife to a gunfight? In Iran, this administration won’t bring a knife to a nuke fight. In Eastern Europe, it won’t bring missile defense to a nuke fight. In Sudan, it won’t bring a knife to a machete fight.

But, if you’re doing the overnight show on WZZZ-AM, Mister Tough Guy’s got your number.

[rodguy911]

Too good Kelly! Zeros adm. is like a soap opera, trouble is its the Sopranos.

[rodguy911]

Like this one,

for two years the establishment press has been polishing Obamas' boots, mostly with their drool,

and on it goes. Just gets better and better!

[penelopesire]

Steyn Nails It!

[savedbygrace]

This attack on FNC by the WH was calculated and coordinated over an extended period of time.

And it was a humongous error in judgment.

All told, we can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times the Obama administration has not made errors in judgment when making calculated and coordinated decisions . . . and have fingers left over.

Obama = EPIC FAIL

[hattend]

I’m surprised that door still has glass.

Where is that?

[Hildy]

If there was a Make a Wish Foundation for adults, my dying wish would be to have dinner with Rush Limbaugh and then a Broadway show with Mark Steyn...

Is that sick?

[Jet Jaguar]

BTTT

[visualops]

LOL that’s hilarious!