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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

What a Whiner!!! / Version 2

Posted by: Carol Platt Liebau at 11:59 AM

Back in May, I noted that Barack Obama was hinting that John McCain was benefiting from an imbalance in press coverage -- and noted the irony of a candidate who has, perhaps, received the most media adulation since JFK registering such a complaint.

Well, as Jake Tapper notes, Barack's at it again, claiming that John McCain has been "getting a pass" from the media. (That's right, the same media that dutifully reported a scurrilous story in the NY Times, on which its own ombudsman called foul.)

Is there a pattern of petulance among the Obama team? After all, when a Saturday Night Live spoof portraying a sycophantic press has resonance -- and he's sending thrills up the leg of a man being considered as Tim Russert's successor, just how unfair can the press coverage have been?

Finally, it strikes me that if Barack is really serious about winning over Hillary's voters -- especially the females -- he might do well to keep a low profile about the quality of his press coverage. Some reporting suggests that the supposedly "sexist" tenor of the media coverage is a particular sore spot for Hillary's voters. Hearing Barack or his people whine about their coverage isn't likely to hasten the unity process . . . in fact, it may be engendering only more bitterness.

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Keith writes:	Tuesday, June, 17, 2008 1:15 PM
What?
Chris Matthews is a front runner. I guess we can see the end of "Meet The Press." Tim Russert prepared for every show. Matthews doesn't. He castigates authors of books he never read. Just a blow hard that will ruin the show. I guess I'll start sleeping in on Sundays.
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Jan writes:	Tuesday, June, 17, 2008 12:45 PM
Obama; Man Child
What a cry baby. Obama's right, he is different politically--he's the first man child running for POTUS.
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Matt, Esq. writes:	Tuesday, June, 17, 2008 12:25 PM
Inexperienced
so they fall back on what they know- victimhood. One of the scariest things about Obama's potential presidency is the sheer inexperience and mediocrity with which he surrounds himself. For all the criticisms about Bush's brain, he surrounded himself with extremely smart experienced serious people. Obama does not know people like this and they're certainly not running his campaign. For every alleged conservative claiming an Obama presidency would be preferable to a McCain candidacy, I pray you change your mind by the election.
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