In the tank: Worshipping media to follow Obama around the world; Update & Bump: AOL Hot Seat Poll

Yup, and he’ll get the MSM to face Chicago’s TUCC five times a day, drop on their knees, and rap to the wrong Rev. Wright!

Video I seen of Obama in Afghanistan has the crowds at what I would guess is 80% black. They of course adore him.
WoosterOh on July 19, 2008 at 11:51 PM

“…the percentage of blacks in the military continues to exceed the percentage in the U.S. population. Nineteen percent of the military’s active-duty enlisted force is black, compared to 13 percent of the country’s population.

McCain can counter the I go down on Obama Tour by announcing Halley Berry as his running mate.

fogw on July 17, 2008 at 9:55 AM

I prefer the “Soft Hands and Kneepads Tour.” The weakstream media is disgusting.

What the hell kind of answer is that!?

“Yes, it’s unusual.”???

The answer should be, “Of course it indicates bias just like every word out of the mouth of the msm is biased.” or maybe to shorten it up how about, ” DUH!”

“Germany meets the Superstar!”

CK MacLeod on July 19, 2008 at 2:48 PM

Deutschland trifft den Superstar.

Germans to Obama “Haben sie einen Doppelgänger?”

Der Spiegel, German version, in Nov. ’08 “Amerika gibt unserem Obama einen Fusstritt in den Arsch”. “Schade, der schwarze Kennedy…sie sind doch Rassisten”.

America kicks our Obama in the ars. Too bad, the black Kennedy…they are racists, after all.

Haha! Fox should send one of their top reporters to follow the press following Obama. The reporter should make his traveling story entirely about them and expose their fawning sycophantry every night. He could make a big deal about the “historic nature” of all three alphabet networks sending their anchors overseas, discuss what would happen if all three got killed at the same time, question what other news is being ignored so that the Barack-star can get 24/7 coverage, speculate about what John McCain is doing back home, etc. That would be hilarious.

aero on July 17, 2008 at 12:01 PM

I agree, aero, that this would have been pure, pure genius, and it would have made their sycophantism the story. It would have been especially funny coming after watching the Fox talking heads all week say to one another: “Did you get invited? No? Me neither. I asked to go, but the Obama people said no.” They could have had a great time with it.

I was going to personally boycott all the major network news coverage of this Glowbama trip, but then I remembered: I haven’t watched a network evening or morning news show for nearly 10 years, so it’s all good.

However, I have a theory – call it the Rodney Dangerfield theory. Dangerfield was in a movie in which he filmed a commercial saying that if you want to look thin, surround yourself with people fatter than you are. Hence, as Obama wants to look intelligent, he must surround himself with those less informed than himself. However, those people may be the news anchors rather than the 300 Obaminators.

Alternately, if Obama needs 300 advisors to inform him of what to say and do on each stop of his trip, it is not inaccurate to describe him as the Obamaton.

chsw

“Germany meets the Superstar!”
CK MacLeod on July 19, 2008 at 2:48 PM

For the German language challenged here’s Der Spiegel in English. The headline is not the same.

“The Afghans expressed a readiness to see the end of George W. Bush’s presidency.”

Says who to whom, where and when, regarding what specifically if anything? Did someone simply say that they were ready to accept a new American President, as Bush’s tenure draws to a close?

THERE IS NOTHING TO REPORT REGARDING ANY THREAT TO OBAMA’S SECURITY. It’s all headline, and Drudge is milking it for all it is worth, which is squat.

The Brandenburg Gate is a victory column erected long ago in an age when Germany used to win wars. On January 30, 1933, thousands marched through the gate on their way past the Chancellery to salute Hitler on his appointment as Chancellor. In the post-war era, it straddled the line between East and West Berlin, sitting in “no-man’s land”. It also served as a backdrop for the visits of Presidents Kennedy and Reagan during the Cold War. Reagan stood in front of the gate when he stated, “Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” (Kennedy’s “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech was actually given at another location in West Berlin.)

Suffice to say, a speaking appearance by Obama at the Brandenburg Gate would have tremendous symbolic meaning. Thus, it was reported this week that the Obama campaign was involved in negotiations with Berlin’s Mayor, Klaus Wowereit, to stage just such a speaking appearance. That unleashed some proper criticism from observers who characterized the choice of location as presumptuous. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was not keen on the idea since it smacked to her of a campaign ploy, which it was.

Besides, what would he say? Put the Wall back up?

So now, it appears in light of reactions that Obama has scrubbed the idea. One of his (reportedly 300) foreign policy aides, Denis McDonough, has now told the press that Obama himself had nixed the idea of the Brandenburg gate. Said, Mr McDonough, “He didn’t think it made sense for him to speak at the Brandenburg Gate, which he thought would be too PRESUMPTUOUS.” (caps mine).

Presumptuous indeed. But no more presumptuous that Obama’s desire to move his convention acceptance speech to Denver’s Investco Field, with its 75,000 seating capacity plus all those adoring young fans that they can flood the field with-kind of like they do at the Superbowl halftime shows.

Nevertheless, Obama can console himself with the knowledge that the American news media is doing its part to help make this trip what is, in effect, a campaign promotion. During the European phase, adoring Europeans will show the American public how much they want this man to be our next president.

Then, when the senator returns home in triumph from his “Grande Tour”, he can choose an American venue for his next big speech-Gettysburg, perhaps.

gary fouse
fousesquawk

Then it will be time for the Next Big Thing.

Mundus vult decipi, ergo decepiatur.

“The world wants to be deceived – therefore let it be deceived.”

On the same theme, and as I also linked on the Maliki interview thread, for total media in-the-tankitude, just check out the cover of the current issue of DER SPIEGEL, Germany’s NEWSWEEK:

http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/inhalt/0,1518,ausg-4319,00.html

“Germany meets the Superstar!”

Asinus asinum fricat.
The donkey scratches the donkey.
Stupid and conceited people flatter each other about qualities they do not possess.

maverick muse on July 19, 2008 at 2:09 PM

And the American Joe and Mary are the ones who vote. Oh, Nov. will create lots of tears.

Scio me nihil scire.
No matter how it’s packaged and sold, still translates as:
“I know that I know nothing.”–BHO ’08

Asinus asinum fricat.
The donkey scratches the donkey.
Stupid and conceited people flatter each other about qualities they do not possess.

Why do stars fall down from the sky
Every time you walk by?
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you.

On the day that you were born
The angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold
And starlight in your eyes of blue.

That is why all the girls in town
Follow you all around.
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you.

They know that a lot of people consider them to be such, but there is no incentive to change.

And we wish they don’t, so Bodspeed you followers of Jesus Obama!