Dear Barack, Don’t Get Mad, Was Just Doing my Job — Love Ed Henry, CNN

Publius Forum ^ | 03/27/09 | Warner Todd Huston

[Mobile Vulgus]

There is a somewhat amusing article on CNN.com right now. It's not amusing for it's witticism but for the fact that Ed Henry and CNN think they need to explain away the "tough exchange" that Henry and Obama engaged in during Tuesday's press conference. Also amusing is the fact that Henry seems to be apologizing to The One for simply doing his job. Finally, it's amusing for the fact that CNN and Henry think they are the news along with the president. It's narcissistic and revealing all at once. On top of all that it is amusing for whom CNN obviously felt the need to explain themselves to because for the last day the left has been outraged over Henry's gall at asking the president a simple question.

If you'll recall, on Tuesday (March 24) CNN's Senior White House Correspondent Ed Henry asked Obama why he waited days to react to the outrage over the AIG bonuses that Treasury Sec. Geithner wrote into the bailout plan. Avoiding the question, Obama replied with a surly "Because I like to know what I'm talking about before I speak." This exchange had the extremists at rel="nofollow">DailyKos and the profane folks at Wonkette as well as the rest of the left-O-sphere worked up into a frothy lather over Henry's low down, hornswoggling ways. How DARE he ask the Obammessiah a pointed question! Why it's sacrilege, surely!

So CNN has dutifully whimpered no maas and tried to smooth the waters with this odd article explaining away why that darned ol' Ed Henry had the temerity to ask The One a question. It's an obvious effort to appease the gods of the left-O-sphere and other zealots of the Obamanation. Henry must want a talisman to warn off the lefty heebie-jeebies awfully bad to go this far...

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[Mobile Vulgus]

Talk about on your belly groveling!! Ed Henry is the CHAMP of suck ups here.

[Dallas59]

CNN might as well dress appropriately for all the Obama whoring they do.

[Redgirl]

Did CNN get the memo that Barack was pouting? Or is Ed Henry just worried about getting kicked off the plantation?

[LibertyRocks]

Ed and CNN are worried they'll never be called on again in any of Obama's scripted Press Conferences Propaganda Shows.

During the last televised Teleprompter reading, Obama's staff let the reporters know who would be called on and who wouldn't be (no word on if the questions were submitted to staff, or to the reporters! LOL). They even changed the seating arrangement in relation to who would be going on camera (can't see the big screen teleprompter in the back -- he got tired of being made fun of so he hides it all now...).

Henry and CNN better watch it or they'll be sitting out at the fence when everyone else is in the WH Press Room! ROFL

I'd laugh, but it's rather sad. They sure asked for it in NOT asking the questions they needed to during the campaign... Don't they realize that in a Communist Government they will be made to tow the line or lose their jobs (or end up in jail, or on one of those NCCC camps, or worse...)?

[JoanneSD]

Obama should of read the bill before he signed it... then a lot of this mess would not of happened...are we going to get the new spending bill on the internet for 5 days before zero signs it....or is this another lie.

[LibertyRocks]

CORRECTION: [Where did I get the name Henry from??? LOL]

Henry Ed and CNN better watch it or they'll be sitting out at the fence when everyone else is in the WH Press Room! ROFL

[Go Gordon]

"Because I like to know what I'm talking about before I speak."

If only it were true. There would be silence coming from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

[devistate one four]

The pubby women are out doing the men in nads department.

The men are too nice. GET with it!

[Syncro]

LOL how true!

Hahaha

[driftless2]

"sucks up"

I'll use the language I've seen on some of the liberal blogs reacting to Henry's question:

How dare this f..... piece of s... ask our beloved fueh er I mean leader A QUESTION THAT DOES NOT MAKE THE GREAT SPREADER LOOK GOOD!!!! This m..... f....a..hole should be executed by the most violent means possible. This (working myself into a typical Dummy undergrounder froth) f.... right-week stooge should have his b... cut off and stuffed in his mouth and his g..d..n family kidnapped and killed too.

And that's a moderate comments on lib blogs.