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Smith's 'Truth To Power' To Obama: What's Up With Bo?
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 06/23/2009 5:00:34 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

Pres. Obama told Harry Smith that "I would not want just a calm, passive dog. I want a dog with a little bit of spirit." Maybe so when picking a family pet. But when it comes to the media, PBO apparently prefers a lapdog. Witness Smith's tail-between-the-legs performance that won him a huge smile from the prez.

Over the course of two days, the Early Show aired clips of Smith's recent interview of the PBO. Toward the end of today's segment, Smith says: "People in the mainstream media have been accused of being afraid to speak truth to power. I've got some truth to power for you."

Was Smith building to a hard-hitting question on, say, PBO's firing of the inspector general who was too diligent in his duty of discovering corruption in the AmeriCorps, PBO's pet project? Of course not. In a pathetic display of precisely the kind of MSM wimp-out Smith had described, Smith asked the president a question about . . . his dog.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: barackobama; bo; cbsnews; fawningmedia; firstpets; harrysmith; msm

1 posted on 06/23/2009 5:00:35 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: Behind Liberal Lines; Miss Marple; an amused spectator; netmilsmom; Diogenesis; YaYa123; MEG33; ...

Harry Smith’s tail-between-the-legs question to Obama ping to Today show list.


2 posted on 06/23/2009 5:01:32 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Conservative criticism of the liberal media: www.finkelblog.com)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Pffft. The dog’s name is Charlie. I refuse to call him Bo, since I know that name was chosen because it’s Zero’s initials. It’s always all about him, and I don’t think they should even have a dog to begin with, since they treat him as a prop.


3 posted on 06/23/2009 5:04:50 AM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

So did Harry sniff his butt like a good lapdog?


4 posted on 06/23/2009 5:05:33 AM PDT by IamConservative (I'll keep my money. You keep the change.)
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To: IamConservative
So did Harry sniff his butt like a good lapdog?

You know the answer to that question. What we don't know is if it was captured on film...

5 posted on 06/23/2009 5:10:04 AM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

"I would not want just a calm, passive dog. I want a dog with a little bit of spirit."

6 posted on 06/23/2009 5:15:49 AM PDT by maggief
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Am I the only one who remembers Harry Smith making fun of Newt Ginghrich while interviewing him on TV? The camera caught Harry bent over laughing at his own cleverness during the interview. Harry must have been reprimanded because he wasn't seen on camera for years after that.
7 posted on 06/23/2009 5:18:23 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: maggief

Michelle Obama, fashionista, bringing style and elegance back to the Executive Mansion.


8 posted on 06/23/2009 5:20:09 AM PDT by School of Rational Thought (I once had an awkward moment just to see how it felt.)
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To: School of Rational Thought

she’s iconic


9 posted on 06/23/2009 5:36:05 AM PDT by Gothmog (I fight for Xev)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I’m sure he was humping 0bama’s leg while this was going on. The media cannot help themselves.


10 posted on 06/23/2009 5:52:50 AM PDT by bushfamfan (United States of America: July 4, 1776-November 4, 2008)
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To: School of Rational Thought

Michelle is the most BEAUTIFUL, ELEGANT, GRACEFUL, WELL-DRESSED First Lady we have EVER had! Jackie-O was NOTHING.....Nancy Reagan was LESS than nothing.....Michelle O is simply the BEST!! SARC Squared!


11 posted on 06/23/2009 6:17:06 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

A little off topic, but is anybody talking about the creepy “joke” Barry Sotero told at the press ball or whatever it’s called? The one where BS says he was “lying awake at night, in bed” contemplating something or other, and so he rolled over and queried Brian Williams (?) So BS admits he not only sleeps with the media, he is gay as well? Anyone?


12 posted on 06/23/2009 8:55:15 AM PDT by subterfuge (BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)
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To: maggief
With 3 trunks of junk and an anger filled face, that's gotta be one fugly spirited beatch!


13 posted on 06/23/2009 8:58:45 AM PDT by newfreep ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: newfreep

Bo herding a cow?


14 posted on 06/23/2009 10:12:43 AM PDT by Eaker (The Two Loudest Sounds in the World.....Bang When it should have been Click and the Reverse.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

15 posted on 06/23/2009 10:23:41 AM PDT by listenhillary (90% of our problems could be resolved with a government 10% of the size it is now.)
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To: Miss Marple

I’ll go out on a limb here and venture a guess that “Bo” will have as long a stay with the 0bamas as did Socks and that poor Lab had with the Klinton’s after leaving the People’s House.


16 posted on 06/23/2009 3:02:27 PM PDT by hotshu (Keep the Faith, that might be the only thing 0bama doesn't take from us.)
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