NYT: Obama whined about Fox News at off-the-record briefing with lefty pundits
posted at 9:43 pm on October 22, 2009 by Allahpundit
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Speaking privately at the White House on Monday with a group of columnists and commentators, including Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann of MSNBC and Maureen Dowd, Frank Rich and Bob Herbert of The New York Times, President Obama himself gave vent to sentiments about the network, according to people briefed on the conversation…
Mr. Clemente suggested that the fight with Fox was part of a larger White House strategy to marginalize critics. He cited a report in Politico about a strategy session in August at which officials discussed plans to move more aggressively against opponents.
White House officials acknowledged that Fox News did come up at that meeting, although not, they said, as a central topic. A number of issues had been added to the White House’s list of grievances by then, including the network’s heavy coverage of some of the more heavily anti-administration commentary at town-hall-style meetings on health care and Mr. Beck’s remark that Mr. Obama “has a deep-seated hatred for white people.”
Dude, Glenn Beck’s own fans don’t obsess about him this much. How do we put The One’s mind at ease here? Taxpayer-funded psychotherapy? A week off at Camp David? A security blanket, perhaps emblazoned with the “O” logo that he loves so much? I’m not being altruistic; we’ve reached the point where, purely out of self-interest, we may need to start worrying about this guy being on the red line with Medvedev, chatting about nukes, and letting his mind wander to what Sean Hannity said about him that night. What can we do to help this poor afflicted individual get the help he needs?
Update: Remember, though, he’s not losing sleep over it.
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So,is it serendipity,or manufactured by the Left!!
canopfor on October 22, 2009 at 9:46 PM
But he’s not losing sleep over it. So don’t worry about that.
MayBee on October 22, 2009 at 9:47 PM
Recall?
IrishEi on October 22, 2009 at 9:47 PM
I am seriously wondering if Barack H Obama is the black Richard M Nixon.
Dude, this guy just can’t deal with criticism, or any kind of challenge to him. Everything is so personal with him.
Sounds like Barry is all Wee Wee’d up with FoxNews.
portlandon on October 22, 2009 at 9:47 PM
I bet Olbermonster held his hand and patted his back while he blew his nose…
alexraye on October 22, 2009 at 9:47 PM
What a paranoid freak. In a normal world, this paranoia would be lampooned in latenight.
Apologetic California on October 22, 2009 at 9:47 PM
So Obama legitimizes Fox News’ coverage of stories about him by complaining about the exact coverage that gets him mad.
Sounds like to me the ‘marginalization’ of Fox News is nothing but Hot Air (pun intended!).
NYT just blew his cover!
Rndguy on October 22, 2009 at 9:48 PM
I was gonna make some kind of impeachment joke, then I realized that would mean Joe Biden being President. So…maybe someone could give Obama cookies?
Emily M. on October 22, 2009 at 9:48 PM
LMAO! Not just Fox, but a growing list of grievances. They are utterly shameless.
califcon on October 22, 2009 at 9:48 PM
A president, giving some of the press off the record briefings?
Imagine if Nixon, Ford, Reagan, et al had done that!
EricPWJohnson on October 22, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Oh. My. God. We have Capt. Queeg for president.
flipflop on October 22, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Remove him from office.
Remove his “burden.”
Good Lt on October 22, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Indeed. After that quote was posted, I could only wonder why he keeps talking about FNC if it doesn’t bother him.
Hawkins1701 on October 22, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Nothing this guy does can surprise me anymore…
SG1_Conservative on October 22, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Where is the whambulance? Gosh, he really has it so hard. *rollseyes*
marmaran on October 22, 2009 at 9:49 PM
I would place a bet that he IS loosing sleep, if he is this paranoid about the coverage!
In sports talk Fox News has gotten in his head and boy they are doing some serious damage and have taken him off his game!
Rndguy on October 22, 2009 at 9:50 PM
A new environment-friendly pacifier and a free trip to…
…anywhere else.
ROCnPhilly on October 22, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Get Justice Roberts to order a 72 hr psych-eval.?
thomasaur on October 22, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Well,its official,
Behind War Between White House and Fox
WASHINGTON — Late last month, the senior White House adviser David Axelrod and Roger Ailes, chairman and chief executive of Fox News, met in an empty Midtown Manhattan steakhouse before it opened for the day, neutral ground secured for a secret tête-à-tête.
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Meanwhile back at Team Jihady Cave,
their laughing their *ss’s off!!!
canopfor on October 22, 2009 at 9:50 PM
President Obama has a personal vendetta against Fox. It’s not about politics, it’s personal.
johnt on October 22, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Love it
CWforFreedom on October 22, 2009 at 9:50 PM
There’s something fishy about this, don’t you think? Odd, isn’t it, that the other networks stuck up for Fox today in view of them being the o’s lapdogs? There’s just something not quite right about this.
texanpride on October 22, 2009 at 9:51 PM
‘Attitude Rompers “Calm To Crank” Baby Romper, White’, $14.95 at Amazon
Will I be put on the enemies list if I send it as a gift to the white house..?
ujorge on October 22, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Give him his own MSNBC show every night so he can be like his buddy Chavez.
Dude, seriously Zelaya said Obama and he were ultimately concerned with the same enemies.
elduende on October 22, 2009 at 9:51 PM
A little criticism got you down?
Mean commentators infringin’ on your game?
Well, step right up and climb aboard the new and improved WAAAAAMBULLANCE!
It’ll drive you where you want to go, let you whine and cry all you want.
It’ll only cost you a measly $900 billion, cuz a trillion is too expensive.
ted c on October 22, 2009 at 9:51 PM
I hope the next time Obama schedules a prime time presser, Fox network runs a very special “So You Think You Can Dance” with Beck and Hannity doing a hip hop routine wearing Mao hats.
MayBee on October 22, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Looks like a fine set of Samsonite beneath those eyes to me.
ROCnPhilly on October 22, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Plus now this coming out. That he is somewhat obsessed(losing sleep?) I can hear obama now “Who from the meeting leaked it? They are dead to me”
Greed on October 22, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Impeach him. Not that I’m suggesting we do it, just that while he’s President there’s no way he won’t worry over stuff like this every day. Remember how he used to fake the middle finger and brush his shoulder like he was above it all? Not any more, dude, this job is eating him up.
LastRick on October 22, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Is this a joke?
This Presidency is quickly becoming one.
Bosox04 on October 22, 2009 at 9:52 PM
send him a box of pacifiers…. to go with his pacifists..
ted c on October 22, 2009 at 9:52 PM
What a sleeze bag punk.
Obama is a filthy punting communist.
Aquateen Hungerforce on October 22, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Is it possible Obama has just never watched Olbermann?
MayBee on October 22, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Keep pusing. Push him right over the edge- it obviously doesn’t take much. Let him and his lefty myrmidons see what they put W through and realize with horror how well W handled it when it was coming from ALL sides, not just one network.
Monica on October 22, 2009 at 9:54 PM
That sounds about right……
…. Right, Mr. President?
Seven Percent Solution on October 22, 2009 at 9:54 PM
And oh yeah, we Americans are worried about what you are doing to
createcontinue to hemmorage jobs.Thanks, champ.
Aquateen Hungerforce on October 22, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Are you CRYING?!?!
THERE’S NO CRYING IN POLITICS!!!!
JohnGalt23 on October 22, 2009 at 9:54 PM
B.O. is proving more and more that he is anything BUT Presidential. Heck, his kids could probably do a better job running this country than he is right now! He’s a fragging disgrace!
pilamaye on October 22, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Plus a new czar to show him a new way to suck
Liam on October 22, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Well, all he needs to do is set up ‘feats of strength’ and he’ll be all ready for Festivus.
Dr. Carlo Lombardi on October 22, 2009 at 9:55 PM
I bet you they all feel if Fox News was done in by Obama, Obama may and would turn on them. They understand how a paranoid organaization works. They fired a shot across his bow today. If he keeps it up he may loose them all very soon!
Rndguy on October 22, 2009 at 9:55 PM
So this is what the descent into madness looks like.
Mark1971 on October 22, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Team Liberal is in a CRISIS!!
canopfor on October 22, 2009 at 9:55 PM
This is not going to end well. Obama has no one except Michelle who can cut through his BS… and she’s farther out there than he is. With Biden and then Pelosi as the maidens-in-waiting the situation may be dire indeed. Since we’ve already descended into Banana-republic governance, maybe it’s time to call for a special election and we can retire the whole gaggle at once.
Metanis on October 22, 2009 at 9:56 PM
At least Jimmy Carter’s enemy list was limited to killer rabbits and UFOs.
chicagojedi on October 22, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Can I sleep well tonight knowing the Douchebag-In_chief has my back or should I swallow half a bottle of Lunesta?
owlpellets on October 22, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Someone tell Zero that rather than go to a shrink he should consider taking the blue pill.
iam7545 on October 22, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Grievance Monger in Chief
GinaE on October 22, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Perhaps a dead fish wrapped in the NYT showing up at their doorstep tomorrow morning? LOL!!
Rndguy on October 22, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Gosh, I hope Putin doesn’t say anything negative about the White House hula hoop contest.
d1carter on October 22, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Nixon redux
DrStock on October 22, 2009 at 9:57 PM
before you know it, there’ll be reports of the president wandering the halls of the white house, muttering to himself “beck!…” “Hannity… #!@%” … wearing nothing but a bathrobe and a cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth, shuffling along in slippers looking like Fred Sanford or something, talking to himself.
The Big One.
ted c on October 22, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Stat,send AxlebrokenRod and Hopey,
a blue and pink coloured,Binky!!
canopfor on October 22, 2009 at 9:57 PM
But he doesn’t lose sleep over it.
(Just waking hours.)
Enoxo on October 22, 2009 at 9:57 PM
I lol’d.
Hawkins1701 on October 22, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Too bad Fins wasn’t hear. He could at least provide some more comedy relief to this story! This blows his theory right out of the water!
Rndguy on October 22, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Impeach!
The White House mail room filled with pacifiers!
I doubt that’s what olberdouch is holding!
jdkchem on October 22, 2009 at 9:58 PM
I’d be laughing more in at his horrific shame if he didn’t have his hands on the greatest power in the world. His lunatic insecurity and thin skin is funny, but terribly dangerous. Let’s hope our long-standing checks and balances hold. I’m encouraged by the news orgs standing strong with FOX, though…just hope it continues.
Diane on October 22, 2009 at 9:58 PM
You can give him a joint.
antisocial on October 22, 2009 at 9:58 PM
You can either act the leader or act the victim. You can’t do both.
PackerBronco on October 22, 2009 at 9:58 PM
Barry claims that he’s “not losing sleep over” Fox. If he isn’t now, he will in time.
Barry, at some point you just have to realize that your life peaked on the first Tuesday of November, 2008. It’s all down hill from now on. So sorry!
Really Right on October 22, 2009 at 9:58 PM
He’s already a stiff pr!@k.
thomasaur on October 22, 2009 at 9:59 PM
“Who will rid me of these troublesome journalists?”
I bet Olbermann volunteered.
SteveMG on October 22, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Doesn’t lose sleep over it my azz.
DrStock on October 22, 2009 at 9:59 PM
And that would be different from his current media blitzes exactly how?
PackerBronco on October 22, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Too bad Fins wasn’t
hearhere. He could at least provide some more comedy relief to this story! This blows his theory right out of the water!Rndguy on October 22, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Rndguy on October 22, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Maybe it’s me but Ii don’t remember President Bush complaining about the nightly skewing he took from Matthews and Olby and the rest of the crew at MSNBC..or CNN..or ABC..or CBS..or NBC
let’s face it Fox is considered biased because they don’t tow the liberal line..can’t have any of that huh Hugo..oops..sorry Barack
galtg on October 22, 2009 at 9:59 PM
I think he’s pretty rattled, he’s lashing out. Sarah Palin and Hillary got to him like this, just before they permanently leashed him to a teleprompter.
ted c on October 22, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Somehow I doubt W. spent anytime worrying about Keith Olbermann and MSNBC.
terryannonline on October 22, 2009 at 10:00 PM
He is a puss
CWforFreedom on October 22, 2009 at 10:00 PM
“Give me liberty or give me death.”
Patrick Henry
“WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!! Those meanies at Fox News don’t like me!”
Barack Obama
ncborn on October 22, 2009 at 10:00 PM
he is not loosing sleep over it, just his tiny little mind
runner on October 22, 2009 at 10:01 PM
What a flippin’ cry baby. He has the White House and Congress plus most of the MSM and he is still whining. Why doesn’t he just do something other than insult most American’s by appointing a bunch of leftist amoral jackazzes.
roux on October 22, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Anyone who offers that they’re not losing sleep over something, is almost surely losing sleep over it.
LASue on October 22, 2009 at 10:03 PM
This is classic narcissism – Obama is so full of himself that he can’t believe that any criticism directed toward his policies is anything but a political attack against him personally. In his perception he’s a supergenius, perfect, brilliant, yadayadayada and anyone who doesn’t see that has a problem.
Man, is this going to be a long 3+ years. Especially since it looks like his domestic policy is all about “revolution” and his foreign policy is all about his own, personal self-affirmation.
ProfessorMiao on October 22, 2009 at 10:03 PM
The main problem is trying to watch Soros mouth moving when his puppet speaks. I contend that O is just an assboy for the f***ers that are really trying to screw us.
owlpellets on October 22, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Hey look – no White House administration goes down this road unless it has been defeated on the issues and feels it has nothing else to lose.
Obama has been defeated on the facts, he’s been defeated on his agenda.
They’re lashing out at the people they hold responsible for their defeat.
Simple as that.
HondaV65 on October 22, 2009 at 10:04 PM
The man-child inept narcissistic heretic-in-chief may soon have a very public breakdown……one can hope??
Heard the man-boobied one is coming to Jax, FL Monday 10/26 but I cannot find any definitive info or timeline – I want to go and protest/ heckle/ harrass soooooo badly….scream out YOU LIE and make the news. tee
Ris4victory on October 22, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Oh yeah. I can see it now. Keith Olbermann tries sneaking into Glenn Beck’s house to bump him off, and Beck picks up his “9″, and blows Olbermann away like lint.
JohnGalt23 on October 22, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Excellent point.
notropis on October 22, 2009 at 10:04 PM
That ought to change Sarkozy’s opinion of 0bama
Lou Budvis on October 22, 2009 at 10:05 PM
He’s going to crack.
*grabs popcorn*
RarestRX on October 22, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Who needs a Snuggy?
Glenn Jericho on October 22, 2009 at 10:06 PM
Well, depends on the subject, really. I think Fox should probably show it. I just hope nobody in the control room inadvertantly runs the intro for Lie to Me right before the President begins speaking. Such an accident could be embarrassing.
malclave on October 22, 2009 at 10:06 PM
Obama’s going to have a nervous breakdown. I figured he would become a candidate for the psych ward after his approval numbers started dipping below 50%. Face it, Dubya’s made of sterner stuff.
ddrintn on October 22, 2009 at 10:06 PM
Fe-fe, fi-fi, fo-fo, fum
I smell smoke in the White House auditorium
Obama Brown, Obama Brown
He’s a clown, that Obama Brown
He’s gonna get caught
Just you wait and see
(Why’s Fox News always pickin’ on me)
That’s him on his knees
I know that’s him
Yeah, from 7 come 11
Down in the Saudi King’s gym
Obama Brown, Obama Brown
He’s a clown, that Obama Brown
He’s gonna get caught
Just you wait and see
(Why’s Fox News always pickin’ on me)
Who’s always dithering on the Afghan wall
Who’s always goofing in the hospital hall
Who’s always at the economy throwing spit balls
Guess who (who, me) yeah, you
Who walks in the auditorium, cool and slow
Who calls the Founding Fathers’ Constitution, Trash-O
Obama Brown, Obama Brown
He’s a clown, that Obama Brown
He’s gonna get caught
Just you wait and see
(Why’s Fox News always pickin’ on me)
MB4 on October 22, 2009 at 10:06 PM
can you imagine if it was a full-on press like it was against Bush? I think he would need to go to a psych ward.
deidre on October 22, 2009 at 10:06 PM
It does make you wonder what else he’s hiding, doesn’t it?
I mean, he could have just not fired Jones. And supposedly he doesn’t have a close tie to Acorn.
So why is it so important to warn everybody off?
MayBee on October 22, 2009 at 10:07 PM
This administration is pathetic. If we didn’t have to deal with other nations that have their own agendas, terrorists and an imploding economy it would be hilarious.
aikidoka on October 22, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Hey, I just realized Mr. Tingles wasn’t invited to meeting. He must have felt slighted!
terryannonline on October 22, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Stop the whining and come up with a policy for Afghanistan.
Remember Afghanistan:
SteveMG on October 22, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Do they have any of those photo-op lab coats left? Just wear one of them backwards.
malclave on October 22, 2009 at 10:07 PM
This is wayyyy beyond the cry baby stage. We’re entering the Captain Queeg stage.
Rational Thought on October 22, 2009 at 10:07 PM
LOL…excellent point.
Django on October 22, 2009 at 10:07 PM
What is continually astonishing from the start is that this immature, narcissistic part-time junior senator who never had a real job and with no serious qualifications and with an association with corruption and unprecedented leftist extremism has ascended to the US Presidency.
There has got to be a serious examination of the political process which has produced this incredible and frightening result.
Dr. Carlo Lombardi on October 22, 2009 at 10:07 PM
You need to stop viewing this as a “whiney baby” situation, and more of a Nixon “enemies list” situation. I keep thinking you’re inching closer to realizing this guy, and the people around him, aren’t just knucklehead Bambis, but people with seriously anti-American motives. Come on. It’s easy to say “he’s just in over his head”, but have you looked at the connections? Have you wondered how it is that virtually all of his friends throughout his entire life have been Communists and terrorists, anti-Semites, etc.? Have you heard him say he wants to “fundamentally tranform” the country, talk about wanting “single payer”, courts to get involved in “redistribution of wealth”, etc. etc.
People, PLEASE, realize the actions of this White House are calculated and they have an agenda that isn’t as hidden as we’d like it to be. Their own words (i.e. “don’t let a crisis go to waste”) reveal it all of the time, but as humans we’re apparently being too kind and assuming we can’t be seeing and hearing what we are seeing and hearing.
RightWinged on October 22, 2009 at 10:08 PM
I don’t know. I think what we are seeing is the full display of a real personality disorder that we just saw glimpses of during the campaign. But if his ‘handlers’ don’t get a handle on things and pull the curtain back up real soon, I see his numbers dropping like a stone in the next week or 2.
Narcissism is very unappealing.
ProfessorMiao on October 22, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Headline: Whiny petulant child throws tantrum in supermarket over not getting the candy bar he wanted.
PrincipledPilgrim on October 22, 2009 at 10:08 PM
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