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November 21, 2013

Press Protests Obama's Longstanding "Tass-Like" Photo-Propaganda Regime
— Ace

Obama largely denies access to media photographers, due to his typical Nixonian paranoid control-freak obsession with his image.

That might surprise you -- as it well may surprise the press -- given the fact that the press chooses to depict Obama, when left to its own devices, as an angel descended to earth or actual god among us.

Nevertheless, Obama was apparently concerned that the 75% of the press photographers attempting to deify him through carefully-angled Halo Photography might be somewhat undermined by the 25% who just took pictures of him, depicting him as a man, possibly in unflattering ways. And he couldn't abide that.

Ron Fournier commits some journalism and takes Obama to task for running a propaganda machine on the taxpayers' dime. And yes, he's that forward in his criticism.

New York Times photographer Doug Mills strode into Jay Carney's office Oct. 29 with a pile of pictures taken exclusively by President Obama's official photographer at events the White House press corps was forbidden to cover. "This one," Mills said, sliding one picture after another off his stack and onto the press secretary's desk. "This one, too Â– and this one and this one and Â… ."
The red-faced photographer, joined by colleagues on the White House Correspondents' Association board, finished his 10-minute presentation with a flourish that made Carney, a former Moscow correspondent for Time, wince.
"You guys," Mills said, "are just like Tass."
Comparing the White House to the Russian news agency is a hyperbole, of course, but less so with each new administration. Obama's image-makers are taking advantage of new technologies that democratized the media, subverting independent news organizations that hold the president accountable. A generation ago, a few mainstream media organizations held a monopoly on public information about the White House. Today, the White House itself is behaving monopolistic.
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Unlike media photographers, official White House photographers are paid by taxpayers and report to the president. Their job is to make Obama look good. They are propagandists Â– in the purest sense of the word.
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Journalists understand that the president's family and national security events must be off-limits at times. Journalists also don't object to the White House using social media; those are platforms as legitimate as televisions and print. The problem is that the Obama White House is simultaneously restricting access of independent media while flooding the public with state-run media.
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Here are just a few examples of how the White House uses your taxes to manipulate Obama's image.

Do read the whole thing. One of Obama's tricks is to exclude the press from a public gathering by claiming it's a "private" meeting. But his photo-propagandists are on hand, and they quickly push the pictures of the "private" meeting or rally out to the world.

In what sense is that "private"?

It's not. It is another case of Obama, get this, lying.

Fournier notes that a lot of these pictures are of Obama's rapturous supporters, not Obama himself. Does that make sense if the photographers are being paid by the taxpayer to document the president?

So why do they take and distribute so many photos like this Â– ones with no sign of the president? Hint: The crowds are always big, happy and adoring of Obama. All on your dime.

A letter has been sent to Jay Carney calling for an end to Obama's monopolistic exclusion of press photographers in favor of his own taxpayer-paid glamor propagandists. It's surprisingly tough as well.

For decades, American news photographers have captured iconic moments in and around the White House....

[Prior] presidents have recognized that photographic access by the public's press to their leader is essential to Americans' trust in the workings of government.

But not this president. The administration of President Obama is routinely denying the right of independent journalists to photograph or videotape the president while he is performing official duties. Instead, the White House is issuing visual press releases - handout pictures taken by official government photographers - and expecting news outlets to publish those.

These are not instances where national security is at stake, but rather, presidential activities of a fundamentally public nature....

In each case, the White House deemed the events "private," but then sent its own photographs to the press and directly to the public over social media. This is, we are sure you will agree, unacceptable practice, raising both constitutional and ethical concerns. These photographs are, in essence, government propaganda tailored to serve the president's interests and not the public's.

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Pretty tough, huh?

Well... they're about to get tough on themselves. You may be a little surprised at that. I sure am.

In the meantime, we must accept that we, the press, have been enablers. We urge those of you in news organizations to immediately refrain from publishing any of the photographs or videos released by the White House, just as you would refuse to run verbatim a press release from them. We urge those of you in journalism education to highlight this issue in your classrooms. And we urge those with editorial pages to educate and activate the public on this important issue.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/pictures-video/obama-s-image-machine-monopolistic-propaganda-funded-by-you-20131121

Posted by: Ace at 03:33 PM | Comments (230)
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1 "Comparing the White House to the Russian news agency is a hyperbole, of course, but less so with each new administration. " Yeah," each new administration".

Posted by: steevy at November 21, 2013 03:36 PM (zqvg6)

2 !shocked

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 21, 2013 03:36 PM (Xlbr8)

3 Get rid of all the ones with flies.

Posted by: Jay Carney at November 21, 2013 03:36 PM (wAQA5)

4 just as you would refuse to run verbatim a press release from them

true, they do leave out the "uh, uh, er, uh,"
but leave in the ," let me be clear."

Posted by: willow at November 21, 2013 03:38 PM (nqBYe)

5 Just wondering how many unflattering photos of the regine could be taken in a typical week ... Imagine

Posted by: Imagine at November 21, 2013 03:38 PM (5Q1ZU)

6 I'm sure the press will summon up the courage to boycott this type of propaganda the moment a Republican is in office. Till then they will write sternly worded letters.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 21, 2013 03:38 PM (ZPrif)

7 So bottom line? Obama's shit is getting old. It's obviously the racism that is FINALLY showing it's ugly head. These photographers need a month of "re education" And a copy of one of Obama's ghost written books.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 21, 2013 03:38 PM (0FSuD)

8 Pure DisInfo. I own the National Socialist Media, they are my bitches and beg for it high and dry.

Posted by: Adolph Obama at November 21, 2013 03:39 PM (vHRtU)

9 You know the Preference CascadeÂ™ is in full flow when even the members of the Press are getting caught up in this whole, "Hey! The emperor sure is a bit nekkid here, ain't he?" thing.

Posted by: Doug Winship at November 21, 2013 03:39 PM (S6I/9)

10 But... But... Lightworker!

Posted by: The Media at November 21, 2013 03:39 PM (IiIqD)

11 I'm guessing what you don't see with the adoring crowds -- the warm-up act. And the applause signs.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 21, 2013 03:39 PM (ZPrif)

12 "Enablers." Not the word I would pick.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 21, 2013 03:39 PM (8ZskC)

13 Fuck the media. They could've figured this shit out back in 2008. Why the sudden cause for concern?

Posted by: EC at November 21, 2013 03:40 PM (doBIb)

14 What could go wrong?

Posted by: Oprah at November 21, 2013 03:40 PM (nsOJa)

15 One more note. The motivation for this "uprising"? Most photographer's are independent contractors and they are responsible for their health insurance. Think any of them just got butt fucked?

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 21, 2013 03:40 PM (0FSuD)

16 12 "Enablers." Not the word I would pick. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 21, 2013 07:39 PM (8ZskC) Co-conspirator? Accomplice? Partner in Crime?

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 21, 2013 03:41 PM (lZBBB)

17 Cause the media had a mouthful of dick.

Posted by: Oprah at November 21, 2013 03:41 PM (nsOJa)

18 Barry could ship every member of the MFM off to gulags and they'd still love him. They might have an occasional spat but they will always go back to him

Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 21, 2013 03:41 PM (JivuR)

19 Strange, I see pictures not of a man, but a giant ass.

Posted by: Rowdy Roddy Piper has his sunglasses on at November 21, 2013 03:41 PM (KLy64)

20 They exclude the legit press so nobody notices Shecky Goldstein prepping the crowd.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 21, 2013 03:41 PM (ZPrif)

21 Some day,all the dirt about the fucking guy is going to come out and even we will be shocked.

Posted by: steevy at November 21, 2013 03:41 PM (zqvg6)

22 "You guys," Mills said, "are just like Tass." There's a typo. Somebody stuck a "T" in there.

Posted by: wooga at November 21, 2013 03:41 PM (UpQkr)

23 That didn't sound like something Oprah would say.

Posted by: dogfish at November 21, 2013 03:41 PM (nsOJa)

24 Sounds like some folks in the media got their insurance cancellation notices and decided to punch back against the lying son of a bitch.

Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at November 21, 2013 03:41 PM (kUgpq)

25 In the era of the late Michael Deaver, liberals got awfully upset at Deaver and the Reagan White House for their supposed habit of "stage-management" of the President. Which liberals described as an insult to the public and a disgrace to the presidency.

Fen's Law. Again.

Posted by: torquewrench at November 21, 2013 03:42 PM (gqT4g)

26 My first thoughts, is this a joke?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 21, 2013 03:42 PM (IXrOn)

27 In the meantime, we must accept that we, the press, have been enablers. We urge those of you in news organizations to immediately refrain from publishing any of the photographs or videos released by the White House, just as you would refuse to run verbatim a press release from them.

Sorry, but that's not gonna be enough. I understand the Imperial Japanese developed some dandy ways to show atonement, so you're in luck.

Posted by: pep at November 21, 2013 03:42 PM (6TB1Z)

28 20 They exclude the legit press so nobody notices Shecky Goldstein prepping the crowd. Or the beads and candy the throw out at the crowd like at Mardi Gras. LIV's love that shit and hats, buttons, and T shirts.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 21, 2013 03:43 PM (0FSuD)

29 So, has the Cowardly Lion finally found a heart?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 21, 2013 03:43 PM (GEICT)

30 So the press has been forbidden to publish the pics of Obama sporting horns and a forked tongue?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2013 03:43 PM (lVPtV)

31 19 Strange, I see pictures not of a man, but a giant ass.

I think you're looking at a story about Kim Kardashian. Then again, maybe not.

Posted by: pep at November 21, 2013 03:43 PM (6TB1Z)

32 21 Some day,all the dirt about the fucking guy is going to come out and even we will be shocked. Posted by: steevy at November 21, 2013 07:41 PM (zqvg6) You mean when someone finally proves that Barry was adopted by Soetoro, and never legally changed his name back... So everything he has signed, is with a false identity?

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 21, 2013 03:43 PM (lZBBB)

33 Leni Reifenstahl approves.

Posted by: Minnfidel at November 21, 2013 03:43 PM (1cD5X)

34 Of course they have been enablers on both pictures and "news" stories since Obama 1st declared his candidacy up till now. Fournier says that news organizations should refuse to publish pictures taken by the WH just as as you would refuse to run verbatim a press release from them. Is he speaking to the mainstream media? They take a verbatim press release from the WH and puff it up a little more because it's not fawning enough. He's kidding right?

Posted by: Styro at November 21, 2013 03:43 PM (MheaI)

35 Photoshop could be their friends...

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 21, 2013 03:44 PM (IXrOn)

36 just as you would refuse to run verbatim a press release from them Wut?!?

Posted by: MSDNC at November 21, 2013 03:44 PM (QupBk)

37 You haff relatives living in ze Beltway, Herr Fournier?

Posted by: MAjor Jay Carneyhoff at November 21, 2013 03:44 PM (MMC8r)

38 Is the WH as protective of Mooch? Because Large Ass and Weird Mouth.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2013 03:44 PM (lVPtV)

39 So, has the Cowardly Lion finally found a heart?

No, but the Tin Man has maternity coverage under his new Obamacare compliant health insurance.

Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at November 21, 2013 03:45 PM (kUgpq)

40 I for one don't want to see too many candid photos of the first family. Just a few. More than that might give me nightmares.

Posted by: Imagine at November 21, 2013 03:45 PM (5Q1ZU)

Yep this is about to get dangerous and interesting.

Hate cascade is possible.

They know they were made fools of, but were denying it.

Now someone has put it out there . . .

Posted by: simplemind at November 21, 2013 03:45 PM (hTeQK)

42 Hey, remember when the White House said we couldn't photoshop the picture of him firing a shotgun down range? Not skeet shooting because he clearly wasn't. Good times.

Posted by: EC at November 21, 2013 03:45 PM (doBIb)

43 well if i were the King or Queen i would have hated the umbrella pic myself and asked for it not to be released.

Posted by: willow at November 21, 2013 03:45 PM (nqBYe)

44 just as you would refuse to run verbatim a press release from them

Have you seen the price of shoe leather lately?

Posted by: The NY Times at November 21, 2013 03:45 PM (8ZskC)

45 They probably keep the pics and will sell them in a lovely coffee table book around 2016.

Posted by: willow at November 21, 2013 03:46 PM (nqBYe)

46 Very rarely did we communicate through the press anything that we didn't absolutely control.

Posted by: Anita Dunn of the reptile tongue at November 21, 2013 03:46 PM (k55Fc)

47 Fuck them all. SMOD amirite?

Posted by: Flapjackmaka at November 21, 2013 03:46 PM (1FgrF)

48 No, but the Tin Man has maternity coverage under his new Obamacare compliant health insurance. Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at November 21, 2013 07:45 PM (kUgpq) And I got my other Sister.... Sibellius.. to give the Flying Monkey Union Local 13 an exemption...

Posted by: Wicked Witch of the West at November 21, 2013 03:46 PM (lZBBB)

49 Posted by: Adolph Obama at November 21, 2013 07:39 PM (vHRtU) Dana Loesch's radio show had a moment for the ages today. A caller called in decrying the US 'obsession' with Israel. He gave his spiel, then challenged her to play the 'anti-semitism club,' and to compare him with Rudolph Hitler. Hilarity ensued, but he went back to the well on that one several times, apparently clueless.

Posted by: --- at November 21, 2013 03:47 PM (MMC8r)

50 just as you would refuse to run verbatim a press release from them. ____________________ LOL. That's part is a joke, right? MSNBC has Valerie Jarrett picking their guests and approving their scripts in advance.

Posted by: Trivial Pursuer at November 21, 2013 03:47 PM (/sohm)

51 Protest how? Did they all make little pouty faces at obama?

Posted by: Buffy, the Commie Slayer at November 21, 2013 03:48 PM (kkbgQ)

52 This AA Ponce has been handled with kit gloves to the point where if the MFM were to write an account of his press coverage it would have to be entitled "How To Build A Tyrant" ....they may deserve Jugears, we don't

Posted by: ontherocks at November 21, 2013 03:48 PM (wnkWt)

53 49 I knew there was something wrong with that shiny red nosed bastard!

Posted by: steevy at November 21, 2013 03:48 PM (zqvg6)

54 These photographs are, in essence, government propaganda tailored to serve the president's interests and not the public's. How's that go again? L'etat, c'est moi?

Posted by: blaster at November 21, 2013 03:48 PM (4+AaH)

55 I find myself curiously unable to give a flying fuck. I must, however, contact a physician as this schadenboner has been going on for the better part of a week. He's kidding right? Posted by: Styro at November 21, 2013 07:43 PM (MheaI) Strangely, no.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at November 21, 2013 03:49 PM (c27Mr)

56 "And I got my other Sister.... Sibellius.. to give the Flying Monkey Union Local 13 an exemption..."

You bitch.

Posted by: Munchkins Local 153 at November 21, 2013 03:49 PM (kUgpq)

57 I care about these photographers' plight about as much as I care about the plight of child molesters in prison. I rarely think of them, but when I do, I laugh.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 21, 2013 03:49 PM (GEICT)

58 They should have been ashamed when they were staging and publishing all those fucking halo photos.

Posted by: Buffy, the Commie Slayer at November 21, 2013 03:49 PM (kkbgQ)

59 Someone go tell Willow and Tami there is a new thread.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 21, 2013 03:50 PM (0FSuD)

Again, I believe they know they are screwed.

That's why the changed the rules on filibuster.

They are going to do as much damage as they can until the next election.

Posted by: simplemind at November 21, 2013 03:50 PM (hTeQK)

61 Oh, here's the Dana Loesch caller audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCmH_1q7_-U

Posted by: --- at November 21, 2013 03:50 PM (MMC8r)

62 You bitch. Posted by: Munchkins Local 153 at November 21, 2013 07:49 PM (kUgpq) Yep.... no exemption of the Lollipop Guild....

Posted by: Sibellius, Wicked Witch of Washington at November 21, 2013 03:50 PM (lZBBB)

63 That's a pretty big crack in the facade of media adoration. I have high hopes that someday they will realize all the talking points their news readers are repeating verbatim from the White House are also "stage management". I'd only seen Hannity and Colmes a few times, but when Dick Morris came on and pointed out that he'd sent Colmes his talking points for YEARS, I just about fell over from happiness.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at November 21, 2013 03:50 PM (sByIH)

64 this ain't getting resolved at the ballot box. just sayin'

Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at November 21, 2013 03:50 PM (XvrTA)

65 The KCNA: Special WH Addition.* *TASS is for p*ssies.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 21, 2013 03:50 PM (IXrOn)

66 Again with reference to how Michael Deaver was accused of carefully managing stage-set backdrops for Reagan, Deaver was wholly unapologetic about that. He was actually rather proud. It's what you do in a mass media age. If you're part of a winning team in power, as he was, instead of being whining losers out of power.

Let's remember that it was in part due to Deaveresque "stage management" that we got the brilliant Brandenburg Gate speech. Taking the media spotlight directly to the Berlin Wall, something even the most liberal of journalists couldn't explain away. And using that as the backdrop for Reagan's great challenge, "Mr. Gorbachev, _tear down this wall_!"

Conservatives shouldn't bitch about Obama using stage management. Conservatives should instead get back to the small matter of FUCKING WELL WINNING ELECTIONS, and then once in power, being every bit as direct about using mass media manipulation methods as liberals have been during the Obama years.

Because visual mass media (as much as I personally hate it) is not going away. It's the only way to communicate with a large bloc of voters now.

Imagine the next hypothetical GOP candidate showing up and giving a speech in the bleakest ruins of Detroit. On short notice. Without giving them time for beautification and sweeping the shit under the rug. Give voters a visual about what unchecked Democratic "governance" can do to once proud and powerful places.

Posted by: torquewrench at November 21, 2013 03:51 PM (gqT4g)

67 Comparing the White House to the Russian news agency is a hyperbole, of course Oh, really?

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at November 21, 2013 03:51 PM (c27Mr)

68 I rarely think of them, but when I do, I laugh.

And do you then enjoy a Dos Equis?

Posted by: pep at November 21, 2013 03:51 PM (6TB1Z)

69 Today, the White House itself is behaving monopolistic. National Journal 'tards. Nouns, verbs, adverbs. What difference do they make? "Monopolistically", you mouth-breathing dopes.

Posted by: Pedantry Q. Grammatic at November 21, 2013 03:51 PM (PMGbu)

70 it would be awkward if they ran information from the WH verbatim.

Obama, "I have warned you guys to be nice, If you print one more word about fast and furious or benghazi i will see to it your family is hassled by union friends for the rest of your days."

Obama, "Also i would like to note i have all your calls, emails and pics to your girlfriends or boyfriends that your spouses would love to know about."

Posted by: willow at November 21, 2013 03:51 PM (nqBYe)

71 Again, I believe they know they are screwed. That's why the changed the rules on filibuster. They are going to do as much damage as they can until the next election. Posted by: simplemind at November 21, 2013 07:50 PM (hTeQK) This is exactly what we would expect them to do, and more that we haven't even thought of yet. These are dangerous times.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 21, 2013 03:52 PM (IXrOn)

72 Yep.... no exemption of the Lollipop Guild.... AtC is going to be pissed.

Posted by: blaster at November 21, 2013 03:52 PM (4+AaH)

73 Hey, Jay. Tell them to stop be such c*cksucking f@gs.

Posted by: Alec Baldwin at November 21, 2013 03:52 PM (Pr6hk)

74 Posted by: torquewrench at November 21, 2013 07:51 PM (gqT4g) Uh.... this is not a Conservative complaining... Its one of my flying monkeys who slipped the leash...

Posted by: Sibellius, Wicked Witch of Washington at November 21, 2013 03:52 PM (lZBBB)

75 And do you then enjoy a Dos Equis? Posted by: pep at November 21, 2013 07:51 PM (6TB1Z) Fuck no. Double Jack and Coke.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 21, 2013 03:52 PM (GEICT)

76 MSNBC has Valerie Jarrett picking their guests and approving their scripts in advance.

Posted by: Trivial Pursuer at November 21, 2013 07:47 PM (/sohm)

Those clowns on Morning Joe are over the moon that Mooch watches them while working out. However, when Mooch is displeased with something on the show, she calls the Iranian Rodent and has them straightened out.

Stalin smiles.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2013 03:53 PM (lVPtV)

77 So, how many photos of Him stepping on his d**k? I guess the WH burns those negatives.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at November 21, 2013 03:53 PM (eHIJJ)

78 I bet those photos of that extravagant Halloween party with the Hollywood crowd really pissed them off. Mooch likes spreading the taxpayers money around to people who are in no need of money.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 21, 2013 03:54 PM (IXrOn)

79 A god among us? More like a fungus among us.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 21, 2013 03:54 PM (ozktE)

Comparing the White House to the Russian news agency is a hyperbole, of course

I know, right?

I don't know how they understate the case so badly, but there it is.

I woulda gone with Hugo Chavez News Network myself ... but that's prolly just me.

Posted by: crisis du jour at November 21, 2013 03:54 PM (QHUpb)

81 @66 Stage managing is not exclusion from press events. Denver never did that. He made the background nice. He let photographer in to see Reagan, Obama doesn't. There is NO comparison. This group makes Goebbels look like a piker.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 21, 2013 03:54 PM (0FSuD)

82 just as you would refuse to run verbatim a press release from them. Translation: Make sure you rewrite it while still preserving the tone and intent. Comparing the White House to the Russian news agency is a hyperbole, of course And an insult to TASS.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at November 21, 2013 03:55 PM (1hekh)

83 I'm in the Incompetence Business!

Posted by: Heisenbama at November 21, 2013 03:55 PM (1FgrF)

84 Those clowns on Morning Joe are over the moon that Mooch watches them while working out. However, when Mooch is displeased with something on the show, she calls the Iranian Rodent and has them straightened out. M.O. once claimed she does 10K jump rope jumps in a workout. I call shenanigans on that one.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at November 21, 2013 03:55 PM (sByIH)

85 36 just as you would refuse to run verbatim a press release from them Lolololololol!!! Shyaaah! As if!

Posted by: Navin R Johnson at November 21, 2013 03:56 PM (RRbuy)

86 M.O. once claimed she does 10K jump rope jumps in a workout. I call shenanigans on that one. Posted by: bonhomme at November 21, 2013 07:55 PM (sByIH) Hope the WH exercise room has a reinforced floor.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at November 21, 2013 03:56 PM (bCEmE)

87 Maybe the dems are setting up the repubs for 2014 with the filibuster change...enabling a 52 seat gop majority the ability to throw out o-care.

Posted by: Icedog at November 21, 2013 03:56 PM (uZ6Ul)

88 M.O. once claimed she does 10K jump rope jumps in a workout. I call shenanigans on that one.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 21, 2013 07:55 PM (sByIH)

With those thighs and that ass?

Hell, I doubt she and Barry roll out of bed until 9:30. Her mother probably gets the girls off to school.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2013 03:57 PM (lVPtV)

89 M.O. once claimed she does 10K jump rope jumps in a workout. I call shenanigans on that one. Posted by: bonhomme at November 21, 2013 07:55 PM (sByIH) Maybe she counts in Base 2. 1, 10, 11, 110, 111 ...

Posted by: jwb7605[/i][/u][/b] at November 21, 2013 03:57 PM (Qxe/p)

90 Hope the WH exercise room has a reinforced floor. Posted by: Tami at November 21, 2013 07:56 PM (bCEmE) Yeah, but ain't no way to reinforce the Earth's crust.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 21, 2013 03:57 PM (GEICT)

91 Hope the WH exercise room has a reinforced floor. Posted by: Tami at November 21, 2013 07:56 PM (bCEmE) So, how do you like the video? Light is a little low, but I think you still shine.

Posted by: The barrel at November 21, 2013 03:57 PM (0FSuD)

92 We reserve the right to airbrush out those who next check doesn't clear.

Posted by: Barack O'Stalin at November 21, 2013 03:57 PM (Pr6hk)

93 Hope the WH exercise room has a reinforced floor. I feel sorry for her personal squeegee aide.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at November 21, 2013 03:57 PM (sByIH)

94 I can't seem to find my sympathy. Nope, not under here. "I can't believe you're doing this after we went along with it for 5 years." "We're gonna stop taking it." "Really." "Soon." "Okay??"

Posted by: Mama AJ at November 21, 2013 03:58 PM (SUKHu)

95 "We urge those of you in news organizations to immediately refrain from publishing any of the photographs or videos released by the White House, just as you would refuse to run verbatim a press release from them."

But then what would NBC and Bobblehead Mika show/read on air?

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at November 21, 2013 03:58 PM (eHIJJ)

96 Dana Loesch's radio show had a moment for the ages today. A caller called in decrying the US 'obsession' with Israel. He gave his spiel, then challenged her to play the 'anti-semitism club,' and to compare him with Rudolph Hitler. Hilarity ensued, but he went back to the well on that one several times, apparently clueless. Posted by: --- at November 21, 2013 07:47 PM (MMC8r) You know, if third grade teachers are going to compare Conservatism to the NSDAP they should at least get his first name right. Jeeez......

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at November 21, 2013 03:58 PM (c27Mr)

97 M.O. once claimed she does 10K jump rope jumps in a workout. I call shenanigans on that one. Assuming (a very high) 4 per sec = 2500 seconds / 60 = 41 minutes.

Posted by: --- at November 21, 2013 03:58 PM (MMC8r)

98 Is Lauren here? Didn't read comments or the post bc Idk what "Tass-like" refers to. Aces makes me run to a dictionary, Urban or standard more than any other place. Lauren, you have email.

Posted by: L, elle at November 21, 2013 03:58 PM (0xqKe)

99 Nixon was pretty fucking nutty but I honestly don't remember him caring that much about his image unlike the current self obsessed dicknose. He WAS very paranoid about what was written about him, much of which he attributed to hook nosed bastards of divided loyalty. He probably cared more about how Pat, Tricia and Julie were portrayed in pictures than about himself.

Posted by: Captain Hate on the iPhone at November 21, 2013 03:58 PM (v0ewh)

100 Press protests "Vivid Video-like" oral-sex regime.

Posted by: JEM at November 21, 2013 03:59 PM (o+SC1)

101 88 Speaking of propaganda press...

Click on my sig. Warning, may cause rage stroke. Front page on Yahoo, btw.

Posted by: Lauren at November 21, 2013 07:57 PM (hFL/3)

You warned me and I just had to click. *rage stroke*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2013 03:59 PM (lVPtV)

102 M.O. once claimed she does 10K jump rope jumps in a workout. I call shenanigans on that one. Remember that earthquake in Japan? Yeah, that far!

Posted by: EC at November 21, 2013 03:59 PM (doBIb)

103 Do they realize how much cheese-cloth it takes to make Mooch look presentable?

Posted by: Reggie Love at November 21, 2013 03:59 PM (Pr6hk)

104 So, how do you like the video? Light is a little low, but I think you still shine. Posted by: The barrel at November 21, 2013 07:57 PM (0FSuD) It's maaaarrrrrvelous, darlink! You're a master.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at November 21, 2013 03:59 PM (bCEmE)

105 Maybe she counts in Base 2. 1, 10, 11, 110, 111 ... Yeah, that would be about right. 10000b converts to 16 decimal.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at November 21, 2013 03:59 PM (sByIH)

106 Wonder if they'll report the weaponization of Obamacare mechanisms for partisan purposes and join me in calling for impeachments...?

Posted by: sven at November 21, 2013 04:00 PM (9jfyN)

107 Laura Ingraham filling in for O'Blowhard.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2013 04:00 PM (lVPtV)

108 It's maaaarrrrrvelous, darlink! You're a master. Posted by: Tami at November 21, 2013 07:59 PM (bCEmE) Thanks, I try. Now where did Ron go?

Posted by: The barrel at November 21, 2013 04:00 PM (0FSuD)

109 Maybe she counts in Base 2.

I thought Klingons worked in Base 3

Posted by: Commander Riker at November 21, 2013 04:01 PM (Pr6hk)

110 I wish Laura took over the show. OR is getting old.

Posted by: The barrel at November 21, 2013 04:01 PM (0FSuD)

111 Prolly picks his nose....or touches himself inappropiatly...make him wear boxing gloves.

Posted by: BignJames at November 21, 2013 04:01 PM (ZNQKl)

112 I don't see the problem.

Just in the last month the POTUS has been so transparent to show that not only is he a "world class" incompetent, but a superstar liar.

Posted by: Tommy Flanagan, The Pathological Liar at November 21, 2013 04:01 PM (e8kgV)

113 off damn sock

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 21, 2013 04:01 PM (0FSuD)

114 It's all about the Brand and the Package.

Posted by: soothsayer at November 21, 2013 04:02 PM (RLCmM)

115 I don't know... Seems like Drudge has been finding some alternative photos of late. I translate the letter as Washington speak for, "our knee pads are every good as your staff photographers' knee pads. It's our turn."

Posted by: USA at November 21, 2013 04:02 PM (VIaw0)

116 I thought Klingons worked in Base 3 Then it's 81.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at November 21, 2013 04:03 PM (sByIH)

117 obama is an arrogant cock sucker and no amount of photo management will ever change that.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 21, 2013 04:03 PM (nzKvP)

118 Nixon was pretty fucking nutty but I honestly don't remember him caring that much about his image unlike the current self obsessed dicknose.

Also, Nixon was way more smarter than the Slacker-In-Chief.

Posted by: OregonMuse at November 21, 2013 04:03 PM (xm1A1)

119 Oh, here's the Dana Loesch caller audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCmH_1q7_-U Posted by: --- at November 21, 2013 07:50 PM (MMC8r) ahahaha

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 21, 2013 04:03 PM (IXrOn)

120 Wait, since when has the MFM refused to run press releases?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at November 21, 2013 04:03 PM (Gk3SS)

121 Imagine the volume of rejected, unflattering photos of the Obama kinfolk generate in any given week.

The carbon footprint coming out of that incinerator, alone, would give Al Gore cause to murder a million brown babies.

Posted by: Fritz at November 21, 2013 04:04 PM (TKFmG)

122 Thanks, I try. Now where did Ron go? Posted by: The barrel at November 21, 2013 08:00 PM (0FSuD) Ron? Oh, was that his name? I ate him.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at November 21, 2013 04:04 PM (bCEmE)

123 If I had a hammer, I'd hammerÂ…..

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 21, 2013 04:04 PM (nzKvP)

124 Hmm, it has been a long time since I've seen any basketball video.

Posted by: USA at November 21, 2013 04:04 PM (VIaw0)

125 Wouldn't Obama be just dreamy in full Pharaohs garb commanding all of us from a Pyramid? /swoon

Posted by: The Media at November 21, 2013 04:04 PM (IiIqD)

126 But Baraka is so dreamy with those halos above his head.

Posted by: LIV at November 21, 2013 04:05 PM (66ULQ)

127 122 Wait, since when has the MFM refused to run press releases? Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at November 21, 2013 08:03 PM (Gk3SS) January 1981 thru January 1993 and January 2001 thru January 2009.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 21, 2013 04:05 PM (GEICT)

128 Is the WH as protective of Mooch? Because Large Ass and Weird Mouth.
--

You are too kind, omitting mention of her bow legs and horrible hair.

Posted by: Mayday at November 21, 2013 04:06 PM (eHc+1)

129 #120 Absolutely; I was just responding to the first sentence of the post

Posted by: Captain Hate on the iPhone at November 21, 2013 04:06 PM (v0ewh)

130 Is it possible that the press is starting to realize they haven't been acting like the press for the last 5 years? Maybe they're just starting to run from Obama too. Their credibility is low enough already.

Posted by: Occam's Hammer at November 21, 2013 04:07 PM (SrWki)

131 Sexy little volcano -- ooooo how you make me blow my top! Watch as I spew all my lava love all over youuuuuu!

Posted by: Volcano Lover at November 21, 2013 04:07 PM (kkbgQ)

132 I have a nerve condition. I have pain 24 hrs. a day. My medication increased by $ 300.00 a month because the company that makes oxycodone wants to up the price before Obamacare starts. I'm disabled and fucked. Now i have more fuck.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at November 21, 2013 04:07 PM (EiH7n)

133 What has gotten into this Ron Fournier character lately? He appears to have hit his limit of BS. Either that, or the water is finally warm enough for those in the back pews of the church of progessivism.

Posted by: Dave S. at November 21, 2013 04:08 PM (UvR6d)

134 http://tinyurl.com/lfn9qnf

Uh-oh wannabe Muhammed Ali youth discovers that JHP beats a fist....

Posted by: sven at November 21, 2013 04:08 PM (9jfyN)

135

just as you would refuse to run verbatim a press release from them.

ha ha ha ha hahahahahahahahahahaaaaaauuhh!

Posted by: OneEyedJack at November 21, 2013 04:08 PM (agLwc)

136 Is it possible that the press is starting to realize they haven't been acting like the press for the last 5 years? They've finally got bored. It's like when you're a kid and Summer Vacation is awesome. Then after a while you start to wonder what to do with yourself. Then you start looking for anything to do. Then you sleep a lot. Then you start (horrors) looking forward to school starting up again. They're at that last stage.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at November 21, 2013 04:08 PM (sByIH)

137 Ron? Oh, was that his name? I ate him. Posted by: Tami at November 21, 2013 08:04 PM (bCEmE) I don't believe I'd a told that. He's married.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 21, 2013 04:08 PM (0FSuD)

138 Even the " We're going to reward our friends and punish our enemies " was a fucking lie .

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at November 21, 2013 04:09 PM (XWw96)

139 It's all about the Brand and the Package. Posted by: soothsayer at November 21, 2013 08:02 PM (RLCmM) And, not showing the strings, or the hand up his puppet ass.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 21, 2013 04:09 PM (IXrOn)

140 Maybe they're just starting to run from Obama too. Their credibility is low enough already.

Posted by: Occam's Hammer at November 21, 2013 08:07 PM (SrWki)

-----------------------------------------

Low credibility? It's been years since they've had any credibility at all.

Posted by: Soona at November 21, 2013 04:09 PM (66ULQ)

141 Is it possible that the press is starting to realize they haven't been acting like the press for the last 5 years?

Posted by: Occam's Hammer at November 21, 2013 08:07 PM ....................No. I mean look at the LIV's who are finding out what a shit sandwich 404 care is. And they STILL love Obama. They are glad to be dupes and shills. As long as they get to hang out with the cool kids in their little bubble and can further their agenda they could give a shit.

Posted by: Minnfidel at November 21, 2013 04:11 PM (1cD5X)

142 They should have been ashamed when they were staging and publishing all those fucking halo photos. Posted by: Buffy, the Commie Slayer at November 21, 2013 07:49 PM (kkbgQ) I remember those pics that made him look like he had a halo, he has those horns instead! They had to photoshop the horns out of the picture. That is probably why they are botching now!

Posted by: CarolT at November 21, 2013 04:11 PM (z4WKX)

143 So the press thinks its problem is that it doesn't get to take its own pictures? Yea, let's focus on the pimple on the tumor.

Posted by: USA at November 21, 2013 04:11 PM (VIaw0)

144 I just want to add that Ace and crew have really been nailing it here lately. I always enjoy reading the posts here, but given the momentous cluster that is taking place, it can get overwhelming trying to cover all the angles, I am sure.

That vacation, it turns out, was taken at a perfect time.

I wish I had more time to comment, but I'm trying to make sure I keep earning a check and all. Wanted to compliment Ace and his team though.

Posted by: Dave S. at November 21, 2013 04:12 PM (UvR6d)

145 Any non published pics of the SCOAMF and Reggie game of spades or will they being saved for publication on the LOGO network?

Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at November 21, 2013 04:12 PM (dvRYt)

146 Any pics of Obama the night of Benghazi?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2013 04:13 PM (lVPtV)

147 Perhaps they are trying to make the lame duck look so bad, now - that Hillary will look like an angel by the time they are done with him.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 21, 2013 04:13 PM (IXrOn)

148 148 Any pics of Obama the night of Benghazi? Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2013 08:13 PM (lVPtV) Thread winner.

Posted by: USA at November 21, 2013 04:13 PM (VIaw0)

149 Wouldn't Obama be just dreamy in full Pharaohs garb commanding all of us from a Pyramid? /swoon

Posted by: The Media at November 21, 2013 08:04 PM (IiIqD)

Barakahnaten the boy king

Posted by: The Jackhole at November 21, 2013 04:13 PM (nTgAI)

150 148 Any pics of Obama the night of Benghazi? Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2013 08:13 PM (lVPtV) Geez...they take pics of him sleeping too?

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at November 21, 2013 04:13 PM (bCEmE)

151 148 Any pics of Obama the night of Benghazi? Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2013 08:13 PM (lVPtV) Fucker was asleep, I'm sure.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 21, 2013 04:13 PM (GEICT)

152 who else is sick of the Anchorman shit? Big Media has been promoting this stupid sequel for 2 years.

Posted by: soothsayer at November 21, 2013 04:14 PM (RLCmM)

153 I notice there are not to many wide load shots of you know who's huge ass?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 21, 2013 04:14 PM (nzKvP)

154 Wow. At last the halo fades. Nads like a pair of lima beans on our bold speakers of truth to power.

Posted by: Pttdu Apiptix at November 21, 2013 04:15 PM (+jyzN)

155 Ace, its even worse. When Josh Earnest was asked about it, he had the gall to allege that this makes them in fact more transparent and we are the winners for him allowing this to happen. http://www.adn.com/2013/11/21/3189451/news-media-protest-white-house.html

Posted by: Gman at November 21, 2013 04:16 PM (JW2dN)

156 What has gotten into this Ron Fournier character lately? He appears to have hit his limit of BS. Either that, or the water is finally warm enough for those in the back pews of the church of progessivism.

Posted by: Dave S. at November 21, 2013 08:08 PM (UvR6d)

It's just the cascade. hopefully it picks up more momentum. I want that assmunch hiding under his bed in tears.

But then again it is the national journal...whoopee

Posted by: The Jackhole at November 21, 2013 04:16 PM (nTgAI)

157 The Obama White House is famous for treating the press like a battered wife. Perhaps they will turn out to be Lorena Bobbit in the end.

Posted by: --- at November 21, 2013 04:16 PM (MMC8r)

158 The photographers shouldn't be complaining. According to Pelosi, artists can be all artsy, now, with no worries because of obamacaresless.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 21, 2013 04:17 PM (IXrOn)

159 If I had a son, he'd be knockin' out crackas and Jooos.

Posted by: Choom Boy at November 21, 2013 04:19 PM (lVPtV)

160 "Speaking of propaganda press... Click on my sig. Warning, may cause rage stroke. Front page on Yahoo, btw."

However, note this: it's from "Families USA".

Which means that it is no longer sitting Democratic politicians who are making such ludicrous assertions about the wonders of Obamacare.

The Democratic pols are instead now farming such assertions out to nothingburger semi-anonymous "analysts" in various think tanks of the institutional left.

Analysts who are not going to end up having their assertions used against them in campaign commercials, because those analysts aren't themselves in office.

The liberal pols themselves are now shitting themselves in fear of saying ANYTHING about Obamacare that might end up as attack ad fodder next cycle. But they still have to buck up the morale of the liberal base. Hence, the analyst mouthpieces mouthing pieces.

Posted by: torquewrench at November 21, 2013 04:19 PM (gqT4g)

161 Get a load of this crap. St. Clair County (IL) 4th grade book says "white voters rejected Obama because of race." And "Barack's former pastor called the country a failure. God would damn the United States for mistreating its black citizens, he said." It goes on to say how Barack Obama was basically going to heal the great divide between the races.

Scroll down the page to see the image of the actual book. It's approved as one of Scholastic's "Reading Counts" books and approved by Common Core. This is the garbage being stuffed into young'uns heads.

http://tinyurl.com/qdwha7r

Posted by: Lady in Black, in a dead thread talking to myself at November 21, 2013 04:19 PM (XB5Ak)

162 If I had a son, he'd be knockin' out crackas and Jooos. Posted by: Choom Boy at November 21, 2013 08:19 PM (lVPtV) I doubt it, not the way you throw a baseball

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 21, 2013 04:20 PM (nzKvP)

163 The Economist about to be published has SCOAMF in water up to his head & headline is Â“The Man Who Used to Walk on Water!Â” Who honestly believed that?

Posted by: CarolT at November 21, 2013 04:21 PM (z4WKX)

164 Thankya Lauren. Got it. Husband can make edits freely as he sees fit or nixes it all together: I'm fine either way. * waves Hi back *

Posted by: L, elle at November 21, 2013 04:21 PM (0xqKe)

165 ... just as you would refuse to run verbatim a press release from them. .. ------------------------ I'm pretty sure that I have seen AP do just that.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 21, 2013 04:21 PM (aDwsi)

166 Any pics of Obama the night of Benghazi?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2013 08:13 PM....No but we saw 2,577 of them when he was personally directing the Bin Laden raid, Shirt sleeves rolled up, drinking coffee, sweat from brow, gutsy call and all! Benghazi or any of the other major fuckups he's had? He had no idea. So there were no pictures because he didn't know about it and had to hear about this shit like us minions.

Posted by: Minnfidel at November 21, 2013 04:21 PM (1cD5X)

167 "The Obama White House is famous for treating the press like a battered wife. Perhaps they will turn out to be Lorena Bobbit in the end. Posted by: --- at November 21, 2013 08:16 PM (MMC8r) " Please , yes. Nominee for thread winner Also an echo of #146, Ace, and cob-loggers, you've all been nailing it all week, one-stop-shop for all that's happening, and a shoutout to the 'rons and 'ettes who are adding to the fun !

Posted by: Pttdu Apiptix at November 21, 2013 04:22 PM (+jyzN)

168 163 Get a load of this crap. St. Clair County (IL) 4th grade book says "white voters rejected Obama because of race." And "Barack's former pastor called the country a failure. God would damn the United States for mistreating its black citizens, he said." It goes on to say how Barack Obama was basically going to heal the great divide between the races. Scroll down the page to see the image of the actual book. It's approved as one of Scholastic's "Reading Counts" books and approved by Common Core. This is the garbage being stuffed into young'uns heads. http://tinyurl.com/qdwha7r Posted by: Lady in Black, in a dead thread talking to myself at November 21, 2013 08:19 PM (XB5Ak) St Clair is too close to East St. Louis. They are not fooling anyone.

Posted by: Volcano Lover at November 21, 2013 04:23 PM (kkbgQ)

169 Col. Ralph Peters is on TFG like a honey badger on a snake.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2013 04:23 PM (lVPtV)

170 "Fuck the media. They could've figured this shit out back in 2008. Why the sudden cause for concern?"

After last year's election results, after the Romneybot 3000 had shorted out, the Horde were all collectively rending their garments (other than the pants they weren't wearing) and tearing their hair out.

I said, "Whoa. This is bad. But it's not that bad. Wait a little bit. Obama will succumb to second term curse. Just as Clinton did."

I went on to note that Clinton had relative calm abroad and a booming domestic economy, and the press STILL could not resist running articles about "Clinton fatigue".

Because the press are inherently neophilic. They want news. NEW news. A politician who can't run for office again is old news. Even a pol that they generally instinctively support. As with Clinton and again with Obama.

The inevitable place where The New Hotness ends up is... Old And Busted.

Posted by: torquewrench at November 21, 2013 04:24 PM (gqT4g)

171 Hence, the analyst mouthpieces mouthing pieces. Posted by: torquewrench ---------------------- Explains Obama's 'private' meetings with Fifth Columnists: http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2013/11/21/Obama-woos-liberal-journalists

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 21, 2013 04:24 PM (aDwsi)

172 St Clair is too close to East St. Louis. They are not fooling anyone. I was just about to point that out.

Posted by: --- at November 21, 2013 04:25 PM (MMC8r)

173 January 1981 thru January 1993 and January 2001 thru January 2009. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 21, 2013 08:05 PM (GEICT)

Hmmmm. Point.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at November 21, 2013 04:26 PM (Gk3SS)

174 PITTSBURGH (KDKA) Â— A federal judge in western Pennsylvania says Catholic groups donÂ’t immediately have to comply with mandates in the federal health care overhaul law. nice

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 21, 2013 04:26 PM (IXrOn)

175 The photogs are going the way of the dinosaur print media. They are unnecessary middle-men and an unacceptable and evidently expendable risk in these times.

Posted by: pawn at November 21, 2013 04:27 PM (xxdkI)

176

MFM: I'm schizophrenic.

MFM: And so am I!

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at November 21, 2013 04:27 PM (0HooB)

177 "The Economist about to be published has SCOAMF in water up to his head & headline is 'The Man Who Used to Walk on Water!' Who honestly believed that?"

Uh, well, _The Economist_, for one.

I seriously had to let my subscription lapse. Could not take their slobbering tongue bath of The Won for even one more issue.

Their previous paeans of praise for Obamacare especially need to be wired around their collective necks like a dead rotting chicken.

Posted by: torquewrench at November 21, 2013 04:27 PM (gqT4g)

178 Shouldn't that headline read: One Member of Press, etc....?

Posted by: Meremortal, loud info mofo at November 21, 2013 04:27 PM (1Y+hH)

179 Well, Juan Williams and other liberal "journalists" received their talking points from Barky today.

Will be interesting to see the crap they spew out now.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2013 04:27 PM (lVPtV)

180 Here's to hoping the DeathPanelCare implosion has shaken Dog Eater's faith in himself which hopefully leads to rampant paranoia, seclusion and a Hidenberg style ending. His disregard for his bootlicking acolytes seems to indicate the paranoia phase is well underway. In the end he'll be curled in a corner sucking his thumb with Val Jar Binks and Mooch screaming at him.

Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at November 21, 2013 04:27 PM (dvRYt)

181 In the end he'll be curled in a corner sucking his thumb with Val Jar Binks and Mooch screaming at him.

And kicking him repeatedly in what remains of his tiny nuts.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2013 04:29 PM (lVPtV)

182 They print entire press releases as "news". Verbatim. For years. Decades. Why should pictures be any different

Posted by: Thunderb at November 21, 2013 04:29 PM (zOTsN)

183
Except they were called to the WH today and then marched right out and started attacking the GOP.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 21, 2013 04:32 PM (iGPSR)

184 Yesterday, the SCOAMF said they needed to re-message and re-brand Obamacare. And whatdoyaknow, here comes the lib journos right on cue, summoned to the King's chambers, to take the new message out to the plebes.

Posted by: Lady in Black, in a dead thread talking to myself at November 21, 2013 04:32 PM (XB5Ak)

185 I seriously had to let my subscription lapse. Could not take their slobbering tongue bath of The Won for even one more issue. Their previous paeans of praise for Obamacare especially need to be wired around their collective necks like a dead rotting chicken. Posted by: torquewrench at November 21, 2013 08:27 PM (gqT4g) Good for you torque wrench! Hit them where it hurts, in their pockets. Sorry auto correct separated your name. I tried to fix it. Carol

Posted by: CarolT at November 21, 2013 04:32 PM (z4WKX)

186 Rudolf the black shirt Hitler Had a very shiny gun And if you ever saw him You would turn around and run.

Posted by: WalrusRex at November 21, 2013 04:34 PM (PjgvN)

187

Prolly picks his nose....or touches himself inappropiatly...make him wear boxing gloves.

I bet he eats dinner with an eye patch and cork on his fork.

"Can I go to the bathroom?"

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at November 21, 2013 04:34 PM (0HooB)

188 So, will this newly rebelious press ask Harry Reid if we saw the "end of the Senate" today?

Posted by: Meremortal, loud info mofo at November 21, 2013 04:35 PM (1Y+hH)

189 Nip slip you here?

Posted by: Thunderb at November 21, 2013 04:35 PM (zOTsN)

190 183 Well, Juan Williams and other liberal "journalists" received their talking points from Barky today.
Will be interesting to see the crap they spew out now.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2013 08:27 PM (lVPtV)
Same stuff they spew every day but with more gusto.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 21, 2013 04:36 PM (ozktE)

191 Here is the picture courtesy of Powerline Blog. http://tinyurl.com/kuetotz

Posted by: CarolT at November 21, 2013 04:37 PM (z4WKX)

192 Just for the record, 'Jounalists' invited for the chat today: MSNBC hosts Ed Schultz and Lawrence OÂ’Donnell, as well as Ezra Klein of the Washington Post and Fox NewsÂ’ Juan Williams, had been invited for a private off-the-record chat with President Obama. ------------------ Following that, Juan Williams said that the White House is in Â“full fight mode over the Affordable Healthcare Act right now.Â” My emphasis.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 21, 2013 04:38 PM (aDwsi)

193 >> 148 Any pics of Obama the night of Benghazi? Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2013 08:13 PM (lVPtV) Excellent title for eventual book and movie expose' Jane, congrats.

Posted by: ontherocks at November 21, 2013 04:38 PM (wnkWt)

194

Same stuff they spew every day but with more gusto.

I wish JW would've been on the All Star Panel tonight. I so wanted to hear Brett Bair ask him, "So, what did they tell you to say, Juan?"

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at November 21, 2013 04:38 PM (0HooB)

195 This may have less to do with journalistic integrity and more to do with the fact that news photographers are very touchy lately. News services have been firing their entire staffs of photographers lately. For example, on May 31, The Chicago Sun-Times laid off its entire full-time photography staff, including a Pulitzer Prize winner.

Posted by: USA at November 21, 2013 04:39 PM (VIaw0)

196 This isn't fooling me. If they're finally turning on their "boy", it's only because he's not up for reelection and they will NEVER EVER turn on their ideology. Please don't mistake this for either fairness or victory.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at November 21, 2013 04:39 PM (4/o9U)

197 Here's to hoping the DeathPanelCare implosion has shaken Dog Eater's faith in himself which hopefully leads to rampant paranoia, seclusion and a Hidenberg style ending. His disregard for his bootlicking acolytes seems to indicate the paranoia phase is well underway. In the end he'll be curled in a corner sucking his thumb with Val Jar Binks and Mooch screaming at him. Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at November 21, 2013 08:27 PM (dvRYt) I hope youÂ’re right. He has a huge ego, he canÂ’t take all the beating heÂ’s getting lately..

Posted by: CarolT at November 21, 2013 04:39 PM (z4WKX)

198 This isn't fooling me. If they're finally turning on their "boy", it's only because he's not up for reelection ---------------------- Pivoting to Hillary. Better to load Obama with the blame, and offer Hillary as the 'real' solution.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 21, 2013 04:40 PM (aDwsi)

199 Backwards Boy, saw your comments on the morning news thread. Did you get the phone call today?

Posted by: Retread at November 21, 2013 04:42 PM (IiAs3)

200

THE RIGHT PROFILE

http://tinyurl.com/n92v56o

Posted by: The Clash at November 21, 2013 04:43 PM (2LYW2)

201 The worst part about being a modern Liberal Journalist is the feel of Obama's hand up your ass making your mouth move.

Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at November 21, 2013 04:43 PM (6ahup)

202 "Following that, Juan Williams said that the White House is in 'full fight mode over the Affordable Healthcare Act right now.'"

You betcha.

When it's popular with the public, it's "Obamacare".

When it's unpopular with the public, it's "the Affordable Care Act".

Posted by: torquewrench at November 21, 2013 04:43 PM (gqT4g)

203 Laura Ingraham covering the Knockout Game. Jeebus. *filled with rage*

The black woman says we don't "need to incite white America against blacks."

Seriously???

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2013 04:44 PM (lVPtV)

204

Any pics of Obama the night of Benghazi?

'No pics of Reggie and Barack playing 'Spades', allowed.'

Posted by: White House Signage at November 21, 2013 04:44 PM (2LYW2)

205 So the polish is coming off the turd for these guys, finally?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 21, 2013 04:44 PM (oFCZn)

206

Backwards Boy, saw your comments on the morning news thread. Did you get the phone call today?

Not yet. I don't know whether to be worried or not. There was another candidate interviewed today.

I have a Plan B, so there's that. But this job would be more immediate income. If they don't hire me, I may hit them up for a part time position.

We shall see. Confidence is still high, but not as high as yesterday. Thanks for axing.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at November 21, 2013 04:45 PM (0HooB)

207 nood . . .

Posted by: Peaches at November 21, 2013 04:45 PM (8lmkt)

208 "Pivoting to Hillary. Better to load Obama with the blame, and offer Hillary as the 'real' solution."

I parse it that way too, at least in some measure.

However, there is going to be a serious identity politics tightrope for Hillary! to transit as she tries to position herself according to that model.

"This inept black guy has fucked everything up. I, the savior white woman, am arriving to fix the messes the black guy left behind."

This will not be well received in certain quarters of the Democratic base.

Posted by: torquewrench at November 21, 2013 04:46 PM (gqT4g)

209 When it's unpopular with the public, it's "the Affordable Care Act". Posted by: torquewrench at November 21, 2013 08:43 PM (gqT4g) ~ Fortunately, JEF is on camera saying he welcomes calling it Obamacare. So when the inevitable calls of racism come throw that back in their sad faces.

Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at November 21, 2013 04:46 PM (6ahup)

210 "Is struggle by press to not look so obvious, comrade." "Da, and is being too late, also" "Da"

Posted by: eman at November 21, 2013 04:47 PM (AO9UG)

211 So the polish is coming off the turd for these guys, finally? Posted by: Dack ----------------------------- Not really. They're just getting the 2016 model shined up before rolling it out.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 21, 2013 04:47 PM (aDwsi)

212 The Media will either toe the line and continue to support the President or they will be denounced by the Left leadership, as in a Soviet style denunciation. Racists, 1 per centers, class traitors, confederates, Republicans.....whatever. Flash mobs of Undocumented Residents will harass them at home. Someone give Obama and umbrella.

Posted by: Severe Conservative riding Orca at November 21, 2013 04:47 PM (v6hyJ)

213 *asks self, 'what are the odds that Peaches has captured the first slot'?*

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 21, 2013 04:48 PM (aDwsi)

214 BB, if they saw a candidate today tomorrow makes sense as decision day, if you consider the 'sleep on it' factor. Good thoughts and fingers crossed.

Posted by: Retread at November 21, 2013 04:49 PM (IiAs3)

215 I saw "Obama The Night of Benghazi" open for "Al Qaida Fire" in 2012. They killed it.

Posted by: Ambassador Stephens at November 21, 2013 04:51 PM (IrLKP)

216 "This inept black guy has fucked everything up. I, the savior white woman, am arriving to fix the messes the black guy left behind."
This will not be well received in certain quarters of the Democratic base.
Posted by: torquewrench at November 21, 2013 08:46 PM (gqT4g)
They won't vote GOP. Maybe they'll turn out in fewer numbers.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 21, 2013 04:51 PM (ozktE)

217 Wow, who could ever have envisioned that if you helped put a retarded Marxist megalomaniacal Chicago thug into the highest office in the land, he would run his administration just like the dictatorships his spiritual and intellectual brothers used to run? The fucking press in this country sold the Marxist Fuckhead-in-Chief the rope he used to hang them.

Posted by: FYNQ at November 21, 2013 04:54 PM (qbDih)

218

BB, if they saw a candidate today tomorrow makes sense as decision day, if you consider the 'sleep on it' factor. Good thoughts and fingers crossed.

Yeah, I thought about what I'd do if I were in that position. If there were two strong candidates, I'd sleep on it too.

Many thanks for the good wishes, Retread. I'ma sign off for now, watching the UCF Ka-nigits make mincemeat out of Rutgers with the help of Arthur Guinness.

Y'all have fun and try not to trash the place, 'k?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at November 21, 2013 04:54 PM (0HooB)

219 I downloaded the book Double Down a few weeks ago on my iPad. I just started reading a few pages. SCOAMF and his iPad go to hard right blogs! I wonder if heÂ’s been here as a sock? I just read that I thought I would share it.

Posted by: CarolT at November 21, 2013 05:00 PM (z4WKX)

220 Meh, the press lovingly adores their fuhrer and will not mind the beatings. That one little prick is pissed off that he's not allowed to take his own pictures just means there is one aggravated little prick, so damn what. They got in bed and spread them wide for TFG, now they're tired of his propaganda? I really don't think so, not until I start seeing real news about how 404care is fucking them in their bottom line, and then maybe.

Posted by: Gmac - pondering the coming implosion, hoping its the goverment at November 21, 2013 05:01 PM (IanLz)

221 I think this rates a "wow, just wow".

Are they really turning on him?

Lord I pray it is so.

Posted by: Jocon307 at November 21, 2013 05:09 PM (7+F2i)

222 He's hurting the press photographers in the pocketbook and threatening their jobs. They should be even more upset than they seem to be now. He's stealing their bread.

Posted by: teapartydoc at November 21, 2013 05:28 PM (4U98b)

223 Well... they're about to get tough on themselves. You may be a little surprised at that. I sure am. Even with sycophants there are limits. The Obama administration's failing is that they don't recognize that those limits even exist.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at November 21, 2013 06:58 PM (VVsZ2)

224 I doubt that Carney got the TASS jab. Or if he did, he wasn't offended at all.

Posted by: Dave in Houston at November 21, 2013 07:08 PM (wB5dd)

225 i wonder how the journolisters are going to respond to this call for refusing to do the bidding of the axelrod-jarret propaganda machine...oh wait...they are the minions of the axelrod-jarret propaganda machine...sorry...forgot...apple polly logies ...carney really is a carney...

Posted by: Mistress Overdone at November 21, 2013 07:55 PM (2/oBD)

226 They don't run verbatim press releases from the White House?

Posted by: PJ at November 21, 2013 09:07 PM (ZWaLo)

227

__"21 Some day,all the dirt about the fucking guy is going to come out and even we will be shocked."

Yeah, ...particularly those of 'we' who liked to use the slur 'birther'.

Posted by: Speller at November 22, 2013 01:00 AM (J74Py)

228 See, this is exactly the kind of stuff I used to love covering on Snapped Shot, back when I still thought it mattered. Now? Pfft. Tune out, roll over, don't care. This country's too far down the Soviet path to return. We're getting exactly the government we deserve at this point. Meh.