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7 stories Barack Obama doesn't want told
Politico ^
| 11/30/09
| JOHN F. HARRIS
Posted on 11/30/2009 4:57:40 AM PST by kingattax
Presidential politics is about storytelling. Presented with a vivid storyline, voters naturally tend to fit every new event or piece of information into a picture that is already neatly framed in their minds.
No one understands this better than Barack Obama and his team, who won the 2008 election in part because they were better storytellers than the opposition. The pro-Obama narrative featured an almost mystically talented young idealist who stood for change in a disciplined and thoughtful way. This easily outpowered the anti-Obama narrative, featuring an opportunistic Chicago pol with dubious relationships who was more liberal than he was letting on.
A year into his presidency, however, Obamas gift for controlling his image shows signs of faltering. As Washington returns to work from the Thanksgiving holiday, there are several anti-Obama storylines gaining momentum.
The Obama White House argues that all of these storylines are inaccurate or unfair. In some cases these anti-Obama narratives are fanned by Republicans, in some cases by reporters and commentators.
But they all are serious threats to Obama, if they gain enough currency to become the dominant frame through which people interpret the presidents actions and motives.
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To: toddausauras
He didnt know who Bill Ayers was until the election was pretty much over.He would have if Sarah had her way. In her TV interviews she made the case for bringing up Obama's associations, which are legitimate for the voting populace to know, but was silenced by the McCain campaign.
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posted on
11/30/2009 7:30:38 AM PST
by
CedarDave
(FOX news:"Fair and balanced (no matter what the White House says) . We report because others won't.")
To: kingattax
What’s up with the douches at the Politico. Starting the CYA?
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posted on
11/30/2009 7:39:18 AM PST
by
Stentor
To: kingattax
"Economists and business leaders from across the ideological spectrum were urging the new president on last winter when he signed onto more than a trillion in stimulus spending and bank and auto bailouts during his first weeks in office. Many, though far from all, of these same people now agree that these actions helped avert an even worse possibly delay the worst of the financial catastrophe for some of the people who still have jobs."
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posted on
11/30/2009 8:01:31 AM PST
by
Fetid Facts
(Under Democrats, "The law is a ass--a idiot.")
To: ClaudiusI
Yup - I quit reading 1/2 down page two. The author still LOVES bammy, but doesn’t understand why the prez is failing.
Idiots both.
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posted on
11/30/2009 8:01:38 AM PST
by
ASOC
(This space is for Sale or Rent - just like CONgress)
To: penelopesire; seekthetruth; television is just wrong; jcsjcm; BP2; Pablo Mac; April Lexington; ...
~~~PING!
The fact that John Harris, former WashPost reporter,
would even be whispering such things .. though
nowhere near the core disastrous qualities of anti-
Americanism we all know so well about this cretin ..
shows the veneer may be starting to crack just a bit,
Chicago Way and all.
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posted on
11/30/2009 9:03:09 AM PST
by
STARWISE
(They (LIBS-STILL) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war- Richard Miniter)
To: kingattax
He is only a front man and his handlers now appear to be rather stupid....so their front man looks and is stupid.
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posted on
11/30/2009 10:01:20 AM PST
by
shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
To: madinmadtown
..."but for a lefty writer, it was a beginning of some disenchantment and clear-headed thinking which we should be welcoming, not disparaging."Good point!
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posted on
11/30/2009 10:42:25 AM PST
by
two23
(You're paying for that)
To: kingattax
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posted on
11/30/2009 10:53:16 AM PST
by
TEXOKIE
(Anarchy IS the strategy of the forces of darkness!)
To: kingattax; LucyT; BP2; MHGinTN; Las Vegas Ron; manc; 444Flyer; Candor7; XenaLee
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posted on
12/01/2009 8:45:01 AM PST
by
mojitojoe
(“Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.” - Vladimir Lenin)
To: Reeses; manc; Las Vegas Ron; LucyT; BP2; MHGinTN; 444Flyer; Travis McGee; XenaLee
Great link. Thanks you. What is interesting is that it seems from day one he has not been a popular president. I think it will take a miracle for him to be re-elected. Republicans and Independents will crawl over broken glass in a burning building to vote this POS out.
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posted on
12/01/2009 9:04:25 AM PST
by
mojitojoe
(“Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.” - Vladimir Lenin)
To: mojitojoe; All
A photo the other day caught him leaving the White House clutching a copy of GQ featuring himself. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29993_Page4.html You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is about you Don't you? Don't You? Don't You?
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posted on
12/01/2009 9:33:31 AM PST
by
BP2
(I think, therefore I'm a conservative)
To: BP2
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posted on
12/01/2009 12:18:48 PM PST
by
mojitojoe
(“Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.” - Vladimir Lenin)
To: BP2
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posted on
12/01/2009 12:25:58 PM PST
by
mojitojoe
(“Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.” - Vladimir Lenin)
To: toddausauras
sadly many obama voters have no clue who Ayers is or the connection to the terrorist group for bozo.
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posted on
12/01/2009 1:20:50 PM PST
by
manc
(Marriage is between a man and a woman, end of. -end racism end affirmative action)
To: ASOC
why does this writer say that it is groups growing against bozo?
It is not paid organised groups alone it is the normal guy on the street looking at him and saying what a complete idiot who has no leadership, no clue on the international stage and certainly is trying to get this country into a Marxists one
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posted on
12/01/2009 1:23:07 PM PST
by
manc
(Marriage is between a man and a woman, end of. -end racism end affirmative action)
To: mojitojoe
Are these photos photoshopped??? Any of them????
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posted on
12/01/2009 1:26:23 PM PST
by
Yaelle
To: manc
Criminal criminal media. I want to see their downfall in my lifetime.
To: kingattax
There are far more than 7 stories he doesn’t want told.
I bet he doesn’t want told the story about how when a gay guy in a limo came to Chicago to cruise, the Muslim cabbie knew just who to hook him up with, a slim mocha pol who liked a drink and a little crack-smoking before enjoying a round of sex in the limo. And how the pol enjoyed himself so immensely he tracked the gay visitor down the next day at his hotel for a second round.
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posted on
12/01/2009 1:30:56 PM PST
by
Yaelle
To: kingattax; All
Is there any possibility that BarrytheFairy has ever served time in prison? Any rumors to that affect?
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posted on
12/01/2009 1:34:24 PM PST
by
uncitizen
(I'm mad as hell and i'm not gonna take it anymore!!)
To: mojitojoe
3 I know are not. The one with the picture of him on the wall, I can’t say for sure. Someone else posted it on FR. The others are not and there are tons more like that. It’s called malignant narcissist.
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posted on
12/01/2009 2:20:45 PM PST
by
mojitojoe
(“Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.” - Vladimir Lenin)
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