Posted on 10/20/2009 6:12:05 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Sending Anita Dunn—who is probably not enjoying her proverbial 15 minutes of fame—out onto the north lawn of the White House to attack Fox News is serving its purpose.
The responsibility for determining which of the national news networks are legitimate and which ones are not is something the founders did not include in the executive powers section of the Constitution. One might even argue that the inclusion of the First Amendment to the Bill of Rights is a pretty clear sign they thought that giving any part of the federal government the power to do so would not, to put it in modern terms, be a very good idea.
Nonetheless Dunn made her remarks and presidential press secretary Robert Gibbs is backing her up, despite the fact that even a few journalists inside the press briefing room are echoing complaints from the conservative rank and file that the White House has no business doing that sort of thing.
Give Obama's political team some credit. This is a fight they wanted to have, at the time they wanted to have because it is a distraction to their enemies.
It's always nice to have allies, especially when the powerful are talking trash about you. But it's not always necessary. With a 24-hour cable news channel, a talk radio network, some local television affiliates and several newspapers all together under the umbrella of its parent company News Corp, Fox doesn't really need any help in mounting a defense against the White House's charge that it is something other than a legitimate news organization. Just ask Van Jones, the former White House "Green Jobs Tsar" whose friends picked a fight with Fox's Glenn Beck and lost.
In reality the purpose underlying the fight with Fox takes advantage of conservatives who are afflicted with what might be called "Pay Attention Deficit Disorder," meaning they have trouble sticking to one issue for any length of time.
Consider that, up until now, the conservative opponents to the Obama agenda have been mounting a strong defense of their position. The "cap and trade" national energy tax bill, which only passed the House because the White House was willing to twist so many arms, came to a screeching halt when it got to the Senate. The health care reform bill, which President Obama initially insisted would be on his desk before the August congressional recess, may now live or die based on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's skill at legislative legerdemain. All because the conservative opposition remained largely united and focused on beating these two bills.
Now the White House is drawing conservative attention off onto other things. Some conservatives, particularly those based in the blogosphere, seem intent on making the special election for a congressional seat in upstate New York into some kind of leadership litmus test. Others think now is the time to engage in a winnowing of one group or another from the conservative ranks in order to reorient the movement along some new axis. And now, thanks to the White House's provocation, there are those who are spending time trying to motivate the public to act in defense of Fox.
You don't have to swing a dead cat to find a blogger or a pundit who will argue that each of these fights is supremely important to the long term future of conservatism in America. Without commenting on any of the possible outcomes of any of these debates or the merits of any of the arguments put forth on any side, let's stipulate that these issues are all important and the debates are worth having; however that doesn't make them all-important.
Conservatives, if they are to succeed in their effort to protect their own interests as well as the country's, need to keep their fire aimed in the right direction, which means keeping Obama and the Democrats from getting what they want most. The focus of their efforts should remain on opposing Obama and the Democrats in their efforts to nationalize and otherwise permanently wreck the U.S. economy with their health care and energy tax schemes. These are the fights that will determine the country's future.
I’m still giving even odds that Obama will call for martial law and cancel the next Congressional election.
I agree as well, the caliph himself isn’t smart enough to orchestrate this ruse, but he has some really cunning scum working for him.
Agree and I am 100% focused on Health Care. The NY race and Fox will have to take care of themselves for now. However, there is a little time for the NY race on my schedule. I can multi task and I have others that can do some of it for me as well.
A double header for Boma
Demonizing FOX to moderate Liberals who may watch
FOX, getting them off and away from FOX
But, in general this can be a Distraction as is other topics, much of which fill threads on FR.
Conservatives need to remember, Obama is President because
many Americans were sucked into Oboms’s slickness, and those who sat at home or voted third party.
Obama is saying watch this hand while the other is doing the dirty work.
Americans need to focus on Obama and while good to be informed on the people and organizations around him,
not to lose focus on Obama and what he says and does.
Trying to find a loop hole to bounce him out of office
will not happen, another one of those distractions and
wonder who really pushes those ideas.
Court actions, etc take way too long.
(as a ret. legal support to the County Attys, I know)
Getting into distractions is like sucking your thumb not wanting to face the fact that the IslamOfascists have
declared war on America and a 9/11 could happer again.
There are rogue countries who have nuclear weapons and selling them to others.
Russia is doing a replay of the Cold War and this time they don’t plan to lose.
Also many need a course in simple math
In an election, the person with the most votes win, not the person who is only capable of receiving 2% at most of the votes.
This magazine is still published? I don’t see it on the news stand anymore...
I totally agree!!! Every place the socialist-fascist-commie pigs like 0bozo and the demoRAT party raise their demonic heads, we have got to be willing to pound the bastards back into the ground. The demoRATs attack on all fronts and we have got to battle em whenever & wherever they are. Let's not concede any ground to these bastard commie pigs.
...and I, more than kinda agree with you!
The writer is a moron. This issue pisses alot of people off more than anything. It galvanizes people like myself who don’t get too involved until bang...something like this happens and you get upset.
I heard someone hear say that they heard Gibbs saying that the WH press corps should vote on whether or not to allow Fox reporters at the WH press conferences anymore.
Surely this is some joke right? If true, you will see a big backlash among the press. This is an attack on all of them...
The writer is wrong. This is no distraction...and our mission is clear i.e. to defeat this guy’s policies and his party....
Another thing to look at... let’s see what Rasmussen has today. I say it will double digits again... maybe even -13.
FOX is a MSM outlet, but alternative news media (ANM) outlet’s don’t need ratings at all.
Disagree. FNC mentions it for a few minutes every couple hours, but the don’t dwell on it. It’s no bog deal and it’s much more of a focus for Fox than it is for Fox’s viewers.....except the newcomers to the Fox audience driven in by curiosity over the hubbub the administration started.
Most of us can walk and chew gum at the same time. We’re not diverted by the WH’s Fox bashing. It’s a passing curiosity because it makes the administration look bad and may portend what could likely come in the future if we’re not vigilant.
AGREE
Thanks, sergeantdave. I just figured every one on FR would recognize the words of the great Marine.
Nice try but an empty argument.
This sums it up pretty well……..
If a conservative doesn’t like guns, he doesn’t
buy one.
If a liberal doesn’t like guns, he feels that no one
should have one.
If a conservative is a vegetarian,
he doesn’t eat meat.
If a liberal is, he wants to ban all meat
products for everyone.
If a conservative sees a
foreign threat, he thinks about how to defeat his enemy.
A liberal wonders how to surrender gracefully and still look good.
If a conservative is homosexual, he quietly leads his
life.
If a liberal is homosexual, he loudly demands legislated
respect.
If a black man or Hispanic is conservative,
they see themselves as independently successful.
Their liberal counterparts see themselves as victims in need of government
protection.
If a conservative is down-and-out, he
thinks about how to better his situation.
A liberal wonders who is going to take care of him.
If a conservative doesn’t like a talk show host, he switches channels.
Liberals demand that those they don’t like be shut down.
If a conservative is a non-believer, he doesn’t go to church.
A liberal non-believer wants any mention of God or religion silenced.
If a conservative decides he needs health care, he
goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it.
A liberal demands that the rest of us pay for his.
A conservative will forward this to all his friends.
A liberal will try to have it banned from the Internet.
I’m not so swayed by them, due to my distaste for credentialism/ elitism.
Here’s a FoxNews report: (well done, as usual)
http://www.foxnews.com/search-results/m/26686949/million-med-march.htm
and from Las Vegas Journal:
http://www.lvrj.com/news/doctors-warn-of-trouble-63234567.html
Here’s the whois:
Registrant:
Patrick Abuzeni
Registered through: HostinU
Domain Name: MILLIONMEDMARCH.COM
Domain servers in listed order:
NS49.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
NS50.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
For complete domain details go to:
http://who.securepaynet.net/whoischeck.aspx?Domain=MILLIONMEDMARCH.COM&prog_id=HostinU
and here’s his campaign donation for 2008:
ABUZENI, PATRICK MDSPAS INC/SURGEON $500 10/06/2008 P MCCAIN-PALIN VICTORY 2008
Republican
and from 2004:
ABUZENI, PATRICK Z DR.
KEY BISCAYNE, FL 33149 MDSPAS INC/SURGEON $250
BUSH-CHENEY ‘04
COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE INC.
REPUBLICAN
G 09/17/2004
his zoominfo pages:
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and this story is about millionmedmarch but it’s from August:
http://www.ktnv.com/global/story.asp?s=10933819
and their website sucks, too.
Exactly. We all should understand that it is folly to listen to what Barack Obama says publicly, because nothing is as he says. Rather, watch what he is doing quietly. That’s where the real action is.
The individuals in this Administration, including Obama, are masters of deception, misdirection, and fraud, like most career criminals. Vigilance is paramount to protect the USA from the criminal democrat party.
In the wreck of the Ohaha admin, you never know what type of flotsam, jetsam, and other garbage, will surface.
(Gag and hurl) Van Jones, Anita Dunn, Robert Gates, Rahm Emanuel, Valerie Jarett, ACORNS, etc etc etc.............
ALLFOXALLTHETIME ALLFOXALLTHETIME ALLFOXALLTHETIME ALLFOXALLTHETIME
Forwarding to my contact list.
I honestly dont get your point. These doctors are on our side..no matter how crummy their website is. They arent in the computer website business..they are doctors.
If you feel they are elite..so be it. I hope you dont feel that way when you need a doctor.
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