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Journalism may not be dead, but it is on life support
 
Drew
 
 
 
In a message dated 9/21/2009 4:08:35 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com writes:

I didn't  see the interview, but I also don't see anything wrong with 
challenging  the President with "the hard questions". AND not accepting BS 
answers.  Geez; I always thought that was what reporters were SUPPOSED to 
do! 
Good  for George! He's got an insider's view of all this; and knows how the 
 
White House works. I've always liked him.

Lynn  Wigglesworth
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lynda"  <lurine AT com-pair.net>
To:  <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 3:18  PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Two stories about Obama and  leadership


Weeellllllll, DH was channel surfing this morning (too  much wood cutting
yesterday) and stopped on the View and I said "Isn't that  George whats his
face's wife?"  And it was.  Now, I don't know  about Fox but Barbara Walters
said that George was the only one in the  string of interviews who actually
interviewed Teflon instead of simply  letting him make his speel.

One of her statements was "George asked the  hard questions."

And, it is time people called him on his B.S. AND  lying!  Good for George!

Seriously, though, WHY when someone is  lying shouldn't they be called on?
If you're president you get a free  pass?  What else do you get a free pass
on?  Cheating, stealing,  killing?  Do we all sit down and shut up simply
because someone is  elected president?  Ah, that's called a dictator!

Why isn't it  rude for the White House resident to call George a liar (you
can't just  make up that language and decide that that's called a  tax
increase.")?

Ya know, I think the world's gone crazy!  I  think Gramma's rules about
honesty should apply!  And I think some  folks need to be taken out behind
the barn with a willow switch or get a  good mouthful of homemade soap!  
What
happened to "your word is your  bond"?

Lynda
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the  President, or that we
are
to stand by the President, right or wrong, is  not only unpatriotic and
servile, but is morally treasonable to the  American public."  Theordore
Roosevelt, 1918.
----- Original  Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky"  <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/20/obama-stephanopoulos-spar-definit
ion-tax/

I  found this interview/debate on healthcare interesting.  I've  always
liked Stephanopoulos-he was one of the few 'stars' of the  Clinton
Administration as well as a Massachusetts liberal and current  friend of
President Obama's Chief of Staff.  No wonder the President  was 'taken
aback'.  I did not watch the show, so I will fully admit  that this print
representation of the interview might be a  misrepresentation of what
actually happened.  That is often the case  and actually would be more
believable in light of personalities than the  article itself.

Assuming it is true, pulling out the dictionary on the  President of the
United States in an interview is almost as 'rude' as  calling him a liar,
IMO. I think it has the same effect, only a more  polished approach
perhaps. I doubt George's career will suffer  though.  Like the President
said in another interview, acting rudely  in this day and age is a
guarantee that one will receive their 15 minutes  of media attention and
fame.

Part  II

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/09/21/noel-sheppard-health-care-race/

Of  course, this is an opinion piece, but I liked the following from  this
article.  If he can have a few beers on the White House lawn, why  not 
this??

> Imagine for a moment if, next week, Obama did a  nationwide television
>  address from an historic location in  Columbia, South Carolina, and
> standing by the president’s side were  Congressman Wilson along with
> his entire family. Michelle, Malia, and  Sasha should also be on the
> platform right next to the Wilson  clan.
>
> Obama should tell his fellow Americans at this gathering  that dissent
>  is valued in our nation, and that what Tea Partiers  and town hall
> meeting protesters are doing and saying is not born of  racism or
> hatred, but of a deep-seated concern for the country’s  direction that
>  he fully understands and dearly  appreciates.
>
> Obama should further state that he had an  opportunity to talk to
> Congressman Wilson and his family, and he found  them to be wonderful
> people that are far from the racists many claim.  As a result, he
> wants all the accusations against Wilson and others to  end, and for
> members of his party and those in the media to stop  saying that every
>  negative opinion about him or his policies is  related to the color
> of his skin.
>
> With this one  speech, Obama could not only demonstrably change the
> race discussion  in this nation, but he could also win back some
> supporters he’s lost  in recent months as well as many he’s never  had.
>
>
>
> Unfortunately, the President won’t dare  do this, for he knows that
> Democrats have been effectively using the  race card for decades, and
> he’s not sure they can be successful  without it.









-- 
Sleep well tonight,  for somewhere in the ocean's depths, MY son is
protecting your freedom on  the USS Key West, currently deployed
somewhere in the Pacific and/or Indian  Ocean.  Go Navy!
EarthNSky Farm, NW Georgia,  USA

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