Wasn't he on Seinfeld?
Posted on 10/30/2011 7:23:55 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
In a fawning opinion piece for Bloomberg, author and columnist Jonathan Alter writes glowingly of “The Obama Miracle” — the supposed lack of scandal in the White House under Obama’s purportedly upstanding leadership. Alter’s analysis approaches the absurd, but at least mercifully stops short of the worshipful psalms that could pass for parody of some Esquire opinion writers.
Alter writes, apparently without irony:
For starters, the tone is always set at the top. Obama puts a premium on personal integrity, and with a few exceptions (Tim Geithner’s tax problems in 2009) his administration tends to fire first and ask questions later. The best known example is Shirley Sherrod, the Agriculture Department official who was mistakenly fired by her boss over a miscommunication that led higher-ups to believe — wrongly — that she had made inappropriate racially tinged remarks. In several other cases, the decision to give staffers accused of wrongdoing the boot was made within hours, taking the air out of any possible uproar. …
Yes, that describes Obama’s strategy as it relates to Fast and Furious exactly: Fire first, ask questions later. That’s why he continues to stand by Eric Holder, despite demands for his resignation from prominent members of Congress: He wants to “take the air out of any possible uproar” with a quick handling of the situation.
So, how does Alter explain Holder, caught with his pants around his ankles yet still retaining a privileged position within the Obama administration? He doesn’t. In fact, the words “Fast and Furious” don’t appear in the entire article. Alter pays lip service to Solyndra, but also fails to mention LightSquared, CLASS or an early Obama DOJ disgrace — the failure to prosecute several New Black Panther Party members for voter intimidation because of what whistleblower J. Christian Adams has characterized as a racial discrimination agenda within the Justice Department.
Alter does introduce an important and valid point, however. He suggests the appearance of a problem-free administration might be partially a product of a media that rarely scrounges for scandals these days. Plenty among “the chattering classes” would rather chatter than report, Alter writes. He doesn’t offer kudos to the journalists who dug up the scandals that have surfaced because, again, Alter doesn’t mention those scandals.
Instead of marveling at the Obama miracle, maybe Alter ought to do a little reporting himself.
“What about “fast and furious?”
Hmmmm... Never heard of it.”
Not when his whores in the misledia are too busy sifting through Sarah Palin’s trashcan.
Wasn't he on Seinfeld?
What’s so miraculous about a coddling media that spikes and shuffles stories around to make an ordinary asshole look respectable?
Right...And that miracle has a name...It’s ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, and NPR!!!
Um.
What?
Headline should read: Remarkably, media has kept Obama protected from scandal.
Jonathan Alter has never written anything disparaging about NAMBLA or pedophilia.
The above style takes 3 years to learn at Columbia Jorno school.
If an Obama scandal happens and no press report it, does it really happen?
Its simple: the MSM asks NO questions about Obama and doesn’t bother digging for dirt. Its protective of him. So that’s why no scandals have come to light. Don’t tell me his Administration is any cleaner than those that have come before it.
As soon as he catches the people who made that fake birth certificate for him, he’s going to fire them, too.
Obama has spent over a billion dollars hiding his past, taxpayers money funneled through green technology loans.
Its not just about payola to the unions, its paychecks to the thousands in his whitewash army.
To search his past, to silence those from his past, to moderate the current forums on the web and to file away information against the most vocal anti-Obama spokespersons.
“Jonathan Alter: Obama has miraculously remained free of scandal”
- - - except for the Rape Of America.
Fast & Furious: a.k.a. GunWalker!
Hundreds of US and Mexican citizens dead including US federal agents. Hardly scandal free.
Other administrations have occasional scandals. The Obama administration's whole modus operandi is gangsterism.
If by “dark cavern” you mean “TOTUS’ colon”, then yes.
Seriously, when Obama breaks wind, puffs of air come out of Alter’s ears...
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