Those Dufus Television Commercials

By Judi McLeod Wednesday, June 24, 2009
The best thing about President Barack Obama and the First Lady
starring in their own political coup in tonight’ first state-run
television presentation from the White House is you don’t have to
watch it.

In a broadcast that could easily be entitled “Street Organizers Out of
the Windy City Make Good”, Obama will do his made-for-TV savior of
America’s health system gig with or without his Teleprompter.

Scheduled for 10 p.m., the Obama Reality Show coincides with the Death
of Journalism, starring ABC. At least it wasn’t kept for the witching
hour.

If you think there is something wrong with a national television
network giving Obama an unchallenged infomercial, you are probably
right wing, or an advocate of conspiracy theories with far too much
imagination.

ABC News President David Westin, is here to tell you that it’s all
above board and journalism’s finest hour.

You think that ABC moving its equipment right into the White House is
not fair journalism?

Westin promises the exclusive will be “a thoughtful, respectful, and
probing discussion of some of the issues raised by the calls for
health-care reform”.

“We will include a variety of perspectives coming from private
individuals asking the President questions and taking issue with him,
as they see fit,” Westin said.

“Sadly, some inside government and within the private sector see every
issue as material for a sort of political high theatre, to be used to
gain votes or energize political bases or simply to raise funds. I
would have thought that a subject as important as the health care
received by the American people would rise above this sorry
spectacle. Our citizens need and deserve more. We are proud to be
making a serious effort to go beyond mere punditry or stylized,
bipolar debate; we are proud to work for a network and a company
willing to devote valuable airtime to serious consideration of a
subject so worthy.”

As George Orwell might have said some “political high theatre” is more
important than other political high theatres.

As Canada Free Press says, “How sanctimonious can anybody be?”

Wednesday nights are reserved as cocktail party nights at the White
House. White House social secretary Desiree Rogers said last February
that the Obama administration was making Wednesday night social events
a tradition.

Think of tonight’s show as a longer than usual commercial break.

Not everybody is blinded by the fog of the ObamaCult.

Yesterday the Republican National Committee launched a new national
cable ad attacking `a national TV network’ for “turning its airwaves
over to President Obama’s pitch for government-run health care”.

Grousing about the unfairness of it all will only get you branded as a
“right-wing extremist”.

There’s something better than grousing. In two words it’s called
“Ignore them”.

The television networks were in the tank with Obama long before
tonight’s ABC “exclusive”. The network is merely jumping out of the
tank into the White House.

There are so many more meaningful things to do besides watching Obama
on ABC in the White House tonight. Rent a movie, take a late evening
stroll, watch the real stars out on your balcony.

Obama is already a legend in his own mind. Don’t make him one in
yours.

[Canada Free Press]