Obama to do Father’s Day interview with CBS, completing “triple crown” of network scoops

posted at 10:06 pm on June 17, 2009 by Allahpundit

Thank goodness. I was worried he might be off the TV for 12 hours.

[O]n Tuesday, Mariah Carey’s husband, Nick Cannon, was using the White House as a backdrop for a promo of the NBC reality show “America’s Got Talent,” which he hosts…

The president and first lady have been vocal since the election about wanting a more accessible White House that’s open to the public. But when Cannon showed up, it all started to feel like too much to some White House observers, who groaned that this sort of on-site mish-mashing of pop culture and government is cheapening the executive office. TV host Bill Maher summed it up this week when he accused Obama of being obsessed with his television appearances.

“I don’t want my president to be a TV star,” Maher said on his HBO television show.

Dude, that’s what he is. If you wanted a guy who’d take bold stances on tough issues, you could have voted for the other guy. This one is all about the ‘prompter and voting present. Why, he’s even naming anchormen who tossed softballs to him only recently to to presidential commissions. Synchronicity!

I don’t know why, but the news about Brokaw has me thinking about this new viral clip. Huh.

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Bill Maher must really be getting ready to double down now.

singlemalt_18 on June 17, 2009 at 10:09 PM

And I will have chosen to skip all three network worship-a-thons.

jdflorida on June 17, 2009 at 10:09 PM

Aren’t most people sick of him by now? As a conservative I have a lower threshold for Obama than do his worshippers but come on. It’s gotten to the point for me that I can’t stand the sound of his voice. Especially how he always drops his voice on the last syllable at the end of a sentence. He’s got to be wearing people out.

Maybe that’s his strategy. Kind of like Big Brother in 1984; always on a monitor nearby.

DerKrieger on June 17, 2009 at 10:09 PM

The One…

moonbatkiller on June 17, 2009 at 10:09 PM

This isn’t a Presidency…it’s a daily Reality TV show…like Project Runway.

AUINSC on June 17, 2009 at 10:10 PM

I agree. Let’s do a network-approved fluff piece on Obama’s father.

Maybe we can find out more about his birth certificate.

… … …

I kid, I kid. I couldn’t resist.

Good Lt on June 17, 2009 at 10:10 PM

Has he got his own Neilson rating yet. Just how big can this man’s ego be?

Cindy Munford on June 17, 2009 at 10:11 PM

AP, the comfort wipe alone was enough to make my night!

Thanks!

Upstater85 on June 17, 2009 at 10:12 PM

what’s up with the comfort wipe video, is oboobi endorsing this thing?

SHARPTOOTH on June 17, 2009 at 10:12 PM

Our Father, who art in DC, Obama be thy name…

TheQuestion on June 17, 2009 at 10:12 PM

Would love to see who’s on the WH visitors list they are hiding.

faol on June 17, 2009 at 10:13 PM

It’s gotten to the point for me that I can’t stand the sound of his voice. Especially how he always drops his voice on the last syllable at the end of a sentence. He’s got to be wearing people out.

DerKrieger on June 17, 2009 at 10:09 PM

What gets me are those hissy, whistling s’s. Thisssss crisssisssss….could turn into a catassssstrophe.

it all started to feel like too much to some White House observers, who groaned that this sort of on-site mish-mashing of pop culture and government is cheapening the executive office.

ROFL…priceless.

ddrintn on June 17, 2009 at 10:13 PM

Good Lt on June 17, 2009 at 10:10 PM

When you hear a knock at the door better run.

faol on June 17, 2009 at 10:14 PM

Wait,you’re interviewing someone like HIM for Fathers Day?
Do the interview back “in da hood” in Chicago. Is Fathers Day even known there?

Jeff from WI on June 17, 2009 at 10:14 PM

yeah, makes sense, everything oboobi touches turn to sh*t, great ad, smart power………..

SHARPTOOTH on June 17, 2009 at 10:15 PM

Pappa was a rollin stone….

faol on June 17, 2009 at 10:15 PM

Another reason to kill your television.

Asher on June 17, 2009 at 10:16 PM

I don’t watch him on TV, I don’t listen when he talks. I just read the link about his hand-picked panel of “non-partisans” -Tom Brokaw, Tom Dashle and Wesley Clark. People listen to this — on a shingle?

Marcus on June 17, 2009 at 10:17 PM

Har har har! Look at this BS!
On Father’s Day, “Sunday Morning” will feature “Barack Obama: An American Dad.”
Is there no limit to this cultist crap?

petefrt on June 17, 2009 at 10:17 PM

Sweet. That comfort wipe has quite the reach.

We’re all gonna need those extra inches after this hapless, pathetic, incompetent administration gets through with us.

Ouch that stings.

StockOption on June 17, 2009 at 10:18 PM

Fox should do a primetime special about the rest of the media’s unhealthy and creepy love for Obama and their failure to serve the public by adequately questioning him and his policies. I bet they’d get a HUGE audience.

aero on June 17, 2009 at 10:20 PM

He’s getting like that ring around the collar commercial.
OVEREXPOSURE!

faol on June 17, 2009 at 10:20 PM

Someone buy Bawney the comfort wipe!

Upstater85 on June 17, 2009 at 10:20 PM

You’ll need a “Get-a-grip” to pull the “Comfort Wipe” out of your bum.

I’m still waiting for someone to show me how to use the three shells thingy…

catmman on June 17, 2009 at 10:20 PM

Don Feder (20 year Boston Herald Columnist):It’s neo-Marxist Media who put the neo-Marxist Obama in Office. should have,”made by NYT” stamped on his tush

http://tinyurl.com/nfvbwq

The answer, as Savage correctly and courageously pointed out, is a media that colluded with his presidential campaign and now has become an adjunct of the White House press office.

Since The New York Times sets the agenda for the rest of the “neo-Marxist media,” America’s so-called newspaper of record is the chief culprit here.

Until conservatives acknowledge the fact that The New York Times and company are at war with basic American values — and begin fighting back — a nation with a conservative plurality will continue on a course charted by a neo-Marxist president.

TheBigOldDog on June 17, 2009 at 10:20 PM

The comfort wipe doesn’t “scrunch” enough for my liking.

The White House lost her dignity the day Lewinsky didn’t swallow. Bush tried to bring it back, and mostly succeeded, but these 2 are as classless as anyone has ever been.

SouthernGent on June 17, 2009 at 10:20 PM

People are getting sick of the sight of him. Hes freaking because the polls are showing his policies are not as popular as he thought they would be. He is clueless. Expect some sort of showboating or drama to come from the Whitehouse soon. All he has left now is to take control of the media and “force” us to watch him, but he forgot, we all know where the off button is./sarc

canditaylor68 on June 17, 2009 at 10:22 PM

But when Cannon showed up, it all started to feel like too much to some White House observers, who groaned that this sort of on-site mish-mashing of pop culture and government is cheapening the executive office.

Clinton rented out the Lincoln bedroom, Obama is renting out the White House as a whole. It`s completely disrespectful to the office he holds. He doesn`t care about the presidency, it`s traditions or dignity. The White House is aprop now and theoffice is just a pass key for his delusions of greatness.

ThePrez on June 17, 2009 at 10:22 PM

I guess Harry Smith is practicing his bowing technique as we speak or is it a curtsy..I forget.

d1carter on June 17, 2009 at 10:23 PM

This reminds me of a time I joined some friends that went to a strip club for a bachelor party………….

……… At first,

“Hey, this is great, hanging with the bros, some drinky-poos, scantly clad women walking around the room, good light show, got the music going on, shoot…….. I should do this more often.”

“Hey, there is some kind of show going on………. What the f..? Check that out………! Why is everyone breaking out cash? Oh………. I get it. Here you go sweet heart (I think she likes me).”

“Didn’t they already play that song…..? Here you sweet heart (I might need to find an ATM machine)”

“FIVE BUCKS FOR A BEER?!?!….. OK, ok, I’ll calm down, didn’t she already dance and what’s up with,…. oh, here you go sweet heart.”

“Am I the only guy that has to work in the morning? Where did all my money go……… oh yeah, here you go sweet heart.”

“Put your damn close back on lady, you have lost your ‘luster’…….”

“………….. I am so out of here, see ya guys, who’s idea was this anyways?”

Morale of the story……….

………….. Overexposure has some interesting unintended consequences.

Seven Percent Solution on June 17, 2009 at 10:23 PM

More Orrogance…

ladyingray on June 17, 2009 at 10:24 PM

OMG…..they need to change the name of the White House press corp to the Bunny Ranch.

NeoKong on June 17, 2009 at 10:25 PM

The butt-sniffing press doesn’t need some long-handled device to wipe O’Bonehead’s bum. They will gently do that by hand.

Jaibones on June 17, 2009 at 10:26 PM

The Ongoing Hopey/Changey Ministry of Liberal Party
Extended State Runned Media!!!

Feel the BIAS,and One Sided Reporting!!

All Hail The Marxist Socialist Media!!(a tad Sarc).

canopfor on June 17, 2009 at 10:27 PM

“triple crown”

And me without a riding crop…. dang!

Hog Wild on June 17, 2009 at 10:29 PM

GAG!!!!!!!

Branch Rickey on June 17, 2009 at 10:29 PM

And we’re not even into the July sweeps yet.

The Ugly American on June 17, 2009 at 10:30 PM

“Todd Johnson, CBS News. Mr President, would you characterize yourself as the greatest head of state in all of recorded history or merely as the greatest President of the United States? Answer me, sir!!

mankai on June 17, 2009 at 10:30 PM

Personally, I can’t wait until Obama does “Pimp My Ride” and he gets a blinged out Cadillac Escalade with bullet proof windows. “Cribs” would be a good watch, too!

OxyCon on June 17, 2009 at 10:31 PM

The kneel and bob networks. Talk about going all in, geez.

Americannodash on June 17, 2009 at 10:31 PM

A guy who supports killing kids that made it out alive after an abortion is going to be featured for FATHER’S DAY??!!!

The hypocrisy knows no bounds.

Jeff from WI on June 17, 2009 at 10:32 PM

For those ah..um..ah..that..umm..say.that ah..its either

ah..media ah..prostitution,or um..ah.Presidential ah..um,

shoot…whats ah..um..the word..I..ah..um..searching ah..

for..um..oh..ya..whoring..of..ah..the President..and umm..

ah..ah…————–(Snark).

canopfor on June 17, 2009 at 10:33 PM

ITS A TRIFECTA BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But no payout!!

canopfor on June 17, 2009 at 10:35 PM

A guy who supports killing kids that made it out alive after an abortion is going to be featured for FATHER’S DAY??!!!

The hypocrisy knows no bounds.

Jeff from WI on June 17, 2009 at 10:32 PM

Well, you’re not allowed to talk about that.

SouthernGent on June 17, 2009 at 10:35 PM

I don’t know why, but the news about Brokaw has me thinking about this new viral clip. Huh.

kinda o/t

Is that vid 1 square Crow approved?

Branch Rickey on June 17, 2009 at 10:36 PM

Thank GOD for cable so I can change the channel and avoid this narcissist. Shall we say over exposed much?

karenhasfreedom on June 17, 2009 at 10:36 PM

Remember Ivan Pavlov and how he trained dogs to salivate when the bell rang? This Pavlovian Conditioning also works on Conservatives…I puke every time I hear/see Dear Leader on TV. This accelerated weight loss might be hazardous to my health!

redwhiteblue on June 17, 2009 at 10:37 PM

Big Daddy Abortion and his distorted vision of fatherhood?

Hening on June 17, 2009 at 10:37 PM

“Barack Obama: An American Dad.”

petefrt on June 17, 2009 at 10:17 PM

Prove it! (sorry, couldn’t resist LOL)

ddrintn on June 17, 2009 at 10:38 PM

Note to self: Don’t watch TV on Sunday. Or any other day, apparently…..

I will only buy the Comfort Wipe if I can get the ShamWow and the Slap Chop with it for only 19.99.

mjk on June 17, 2009 at 10:38 PM

Who’s your daddy? Big Brother Brutha is.

He’s trying to drive us all crazy.

baldilocks on June 17, 2009 at 10:39 PM

Chris Matthews dreams of being Barack Obama’s personal Comfort Wipe.

Kensington on June 17, 2009 at 10:40 PM

Overexposure + amateurish performance in his real job = Obama fatigue sooner rather than later.

bayview on June 17, 2009 at 10:40 PM

Ask Barry about his father. Or better yet ask Tiger Woods about fatherhood & being a son. Also ask Tiger why he wasn’t allowed to speak when 7% was sworn in.

BHO Jonestown on June 17, 2009 at 10:40 PM

Chris Matthews dreams of his tongue being Barack Obama’s personal Comfort Wipe.

Kensington on June 17, 2009 at 10:40 PM

Upstater85 on June 17, 2009 at 10:41 PM

A guy who supports killing kids that made it out alive after an abortion is going to be featured for FATHER’S DAY??!!!

The hypocrisy knows no bounds.

Jeff from WI on June 17, 2009 at 10:32 PM

That’s an inconvenient distraction, sir.

Kensington on June 17, 2009 at 10:41 PM

Note to self: Don’t watch TV on Sunday. Or any other day, apparently…..

I will only buy the Comfort Wipe if I can get the ShamWow and the Slap Chop with it for only 19.99.

mjk on June 17, 2009 at 10:38 PM

No wait, and there’s MORE. If you call within the next 10 minutes well throw in the Swivel Sweeper at no extra charge.

Jeff from WI on June 17, 2009 at 10:41 PM

Chris Matthews dreams of being Barack Obama’s personal Comfort Wipe.

Kensington on June 17, 2009 at 10:40 PM

Once collected,Chris will keep it under his pillow forever.

Jeff from WI on June 17, 2009 at 10:43 PM

Father`s Day

Punished with a baby Day.

ThePrez on June 17, 2009 at 10:44 PM

I agree. Let’s do a network-approved fluff piece on Obama’s father.

Maybe we can find out more about his birth certificate.

… … …

I kid, I kid. I couldn’t resist.

Good Lt on June 17, 2009 at 10:10 PM

Which Dad? There are possibly two up for the award. I do want to see that birth certificate. The long one. There are so many questions and no answers. No one spends over a million dollars to hide his papers that are Constitutionally required for his elegibility. An honest man would show them when asked.

BetseyRoss on June 17, 2009 at 10:46 PM

Father`s Day

Punished with a baby Day.

ThePrez on June 17, 2009 at 10:44 PM


[slow hand-clapping]

Well done.

mankai on June 17, 2009 at 10:48 PM

[slow hand-clapping]

Well done.

mankai on June 17, 2009 at 10:48 PM

(takes a bow) Goodnight everyone!

ThePrez on June 17, 2009 at 10:49 PM

Our Father, who art in DC, Obama be thy name…

TheQuestion on June 17, 2009 at 10:12 PM

thy agenda come, thy will be done

Savrielle on June 17, 2009 at 10:50 PM

On Father’s Day, “Sunday Morning” will feature “Barack Obama: An American Dad.”

GROAN…now they’re going to drag out the kids too? And the American public buys this PR crap?

PattyJ on June 17, 2009 at 10:55 PM

It is Rushmore. The darn rock has gotten into the man’s brain and he can’t get it out. Right there next to Teddy. The ears will be the biggest challenge. It’ll take one helluva rock cutter to get those ears right.

Limerick on June 17, 2009 at 10:59 PM

GROAN…now they’re going to drag out the kids too? And the American public buys this PR crap?

PattyJ on June 17, 2009 at 10:55 PM

You don’t suppose Monday night we’ll hear Letterman joking about Obamas kids and A-Rod, do you?

Jeff from WI on June 17, 2009 at 11:00 PM

Which Dad? There are possibly two up for the award. I do want to see that birth certificate. The long one. There are so many questions and no answers. No one spends over a million dollars to hide his papers that are Constitutionally required for his elegibility. An honest man would show them when asked.

BetseyRoss on June 17, 2009 at 10:46 PM

(sigh)

Good Lt on June 17, 2009 at 11:04 PM

It’s gotten to the point for me that I can’t stand the sound of his voice.

DerKrieger on June 17, 2009 at 10:09 PM

Seriously! I think I have all his idiosyncrasies memorized no.

The one that annoys me lately is how he says “tuh” instead of “to.”

Daggett on June 17, 2009 at 11:09 PM

Good Lt on June 17, 2009 at 11:04 PM

Facepalm all you want. What are the answers to the questions? Do you know? Then tell us. Actions speak louder than words and Obama’s actions are not of an honest man. I want to see it. Prove it to me.

BetseyRoss on June 17, 2009 at 11:10 PM

I’m pretty sure the thing in his neck that turns his head from side to side is gonna wear out soon if he doesn’t stop reading to us.

Dee2008 on June 17, 2009 at 11:17 PM

Obama owes CBS/ABC/NBC, they carried his campaign for him. Y’all thought Axlerod was so great; he could NOT have gotten Obama elected without the big push from the MSM.

TN Mom on June 17, 2009 at 11:17 PM

Facepalm all you want. What are the answers to the questions? Do you know? Then tell us. Actions speak louder than words and Obama’s actions are not of an honest man. I want to see it. Prove it to me.

(sigh)

Good Lt on June 17, 2009 at 11:18 PM

No problem here. My TV doesn’t have ABC, CBS, or NBC. Am I lucky or what?

GFW on June 17, 2009 at 11:20 PM

Please tell me more about these networks you speak of. I am interested to learn more. What is the URL for these Net-Works?

angryed on June 17, 2009 at 11:24 PM

Look on the bright side. We’ll never have to subscribe to The Obama Channel because pretty soon, ALL channels will be The Obama Channel.

Daggett on June 17, 2009 at 11:25 PM

Ahh..a warm summer night out on the front porch, sittin’ on the old sofa, a 40 oz Schlitz Malt Liquor in a paper bag,
gun shots in the air, and Obama on the porch TV with coat hanger antenna. Ahh…what a family moment.

Jeff from WI on June 17, 2009 at 11:27 PM

You get the feeling the CBS people got this by calling up the White House an sobbing “It’s not fair! You love them more than you love us!” into the phone….

…and then threatened to cut themselves or take an overdose of sleeping pills if they didn’t get at least an hour of interviews with Obama.

jon1979 on June 17, 2009 at 11:28 PM

American fathers have real birth certificates.

TexasJew on June 17, 2009 at 11:29 PM

American fathers have real birth certificates.

(sigh)

Good Lt on June 17, 2009 at 11:52 PM

Who’s your daddy? Big Brother Brutha is.

He’s trying to drive us all crazy.

baldilocks on June 17, 2009 at 10:39 PM

Its Working!

LSUMama on June 18, 2009 at 12:02 AM

I’ll watch that crapweasel’s resignation speech. Nothing else.

skree on June 18, 2009 at 12:06 AM

I’ll watch that crapweasel’s resignation speech. Nothing else.

skree on June 18, 2009 at 12:06 AM

+100

I work pretty hard to not ever have to hear or see the guy. I still get tricked every now and again when someone plays a clip on the radio and I can’t get to the volume fast enough.

Missy on June 18, 2009 at 12:10 AM

http://www.thefoxnation.com/jimmy-kimmel/2009/06/17/jimmy-kimmel-mocks-obama-media-infatuation

Finally! Jimmy Kimmel will pay for his insolence, however.

long_cat on June 18, 2009 at 12:13 AM

long_cat on June 18, 2009 at 12:13 AM

Sorry I meant to do a “link” not a “quote”. I’m new at this whole “Hotair” thing.

long_cat on June 18, 2009 at 12:14 AM

Can we submit questions?
I have one: “President Obama, how many jellybeans can Michelle hide in her brachiosaurus ass?”
Then we can segue right to the “Comfort Wipe” commercial.
Tie-in city!!

TexasJew on June 18, 2009 at 12:14 AM

Obama reminds me of the jock itch I used to get every August during football two-a-days. Omnipresent and something I just had to endure.

I hope this overexposure bombs on him. Don’t even his Kool-Aid drinkers have better things to do with their time in the summer than sit and watch a bunch of network tools wearing knees pad and passing around a jar of Vasoline?

BuckeyeSam on June 18, 2009 at 12:23 AM

The Triple crown has been won. wtf is up with abc,nbc,cbs. How retarded is this crap… This is a big insult to the fairness of this Nation!!!!.
I have very few times in which I watch these stations. but I am beginning to think that I may have to give them up so I can do my part in up setting their viewership ratings. It may be a heart ache to get rid of my favorite shows but nothing but a good helping of *LIBERTY AND TYRANNY*. that satisfies the time.

hawkman on June 18, 2009 at 12:51 AM

i can’t stand to watch him or listen to him. I do tape
Special Report, and when clips of this man are aired, I
fast-forward. I won’t even look at his goof-ups, which
are many and troubling. I do admire those brave people
who can withstand watching him, though. Soldier On!!
I have diagnosed myself with Obamaphobia, an incurable
affliction. If, at any time, I happen across his image
on t.v (which is harder and harder to avoid), I can quickly
jerk my head away, faster than Dracula looking at a cross.

betsyz on June 18, 2009 at 12:59 AM

Chris Matthews dreams of being is Barack Obama’s personal Comfort Wipe.

Kensington on June 17, 2009 at 10:40 PM

Schadenfreude on June 18, 2009 at 1:04 AM

Soon we will have to explain to our children that Obama really isn’t everyone’s father…he just plays the part on TV.

petunia on June 18, 2009 at 1:10 AM

No problem here. My TV doesn’t have ABC, CBS, or NBC. Am I lucky or what?

AWESOME!!!

betsyz on June 18, 2009 at 1:40 AM

No problem here. My TV doesn’t have ABC, CBS, or NBC. Am I lucky or what?

On second thought, maybe you shouldn’t have gone public with this information. The t.v. czar will want to rectify this situation

betsyz on June 18, 2009 at 2:03 AM

AP, I think I’m in love. I can lurk no more. Sometimes I think you have awakened my inner Republican. The Comfort Wipe is almost as comedically golden as the literalist remix of Total Eclipse of the Heart, but mercifully shorter. If only I had known conservatives could be so much fun, I might have saved myself so much heartache and bitter disillusionment.

Roz on June 18, 2009 at 2:15 AM

All this creates an eerie reminder of the election of Tony Blair’s left wing Labour Party in Britain in the mid 90′s (’96?).

There is so much in common. At that time, the British public had been fed a steady diet of anti-conservative propaganda by the BBC and were subject to a Labour election campaign which promised “change” and a “new direction” for Britain. They promised a new era in politics, a change from the “cold, stuffy old white men” of the Conservative Party.

So when the young, “hip” Blair was elected with huge fanfare (much like Obama), one of the first things he did was promise to connect to the younger generation via pop culture – and promptly invited the hippest pop acts of the time (Blur, Oasis etc) to a champagne party at 10 Downing St. I think it was about the same time that Ginger Spice was hired as a UN spokeswoman or something ridiculous like that. The shallow left wing morons honestly thought that they would ingratiate themselves with the under 30 generation by associating with pop stars and other cultural icons like the artist Damien Hirst.

All this was of course a substitute for their real job – governing the country, which they consistently made a pigs ear of. Incredible to think that the British public elected them back into power for another couple of elections after that. But they did absolutely nothing for Britain and have basically run the entire country into the ground. The economy gradually got worse and worse and every social problem spiraled out of control. Britain has now snapped itself out of the Labour spell and is virtually at the door of 10 Downing Street with pitchforks and torches. They, along with the rest of Europe, are sick to death of the leftist morons who have been screwing them left right and center for the past 15 years. I just pray to God that it doesn’t take the American public as long to wake up.

Sharke on June 18, 2009 at 2:19 AM

thy agenda come, thy will be done

Savrielle on June 17, 2009 at 10:50 PM

In all 57 states, as it is in Chicago.
Give us each day a massive bailout,
And pile up our debts, and blame it all on the guy before you.
And lead us all into hope and change,
But deliver us from Palin.
For thine is the media, and Hollywood, and our wallets,
Forever, amen.

TheQuestion on June 18, 2009 at 4:16 AM

He’s doing what we all knew he would: use his power to get into all the cocktail parties and on all the tv shows he could.

It’s such a busy schedule, you can’t really blame him for waiting three days to comment on Iran. He probably didn’t know it even happened.

amkun on June 18, 2009 at 6:35 AM

Comfortwipe Barack Scoops (CBS)

maverick muse on June 18, 2009 at 6:41 AM

American fathers have real birth certificates.

TexasJew on June 17, 2009 at 11:29 PM

And real allegiance to our Constitution.

maverick muse on June 18, 2009 at 6:43 AM

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