Is there anyone in the country who could NOT have predicted the press was going to give accolades to President Obama when the captain of the Alabama was rescued? I doubt it. The press has become SOOOOOO predictable in their stories it’s ludicrous.
The U.S. Navy and SEALs performed with their usual brilliant excellence, but for the White House to horn in on it and try to spin it to make Obama look like some kind of superhero is nauseating. Where was the leadership, the cool hand and the solace to the nation when the captain was being held hostage? It was non-existent. At best we were told the president was being “kept apprised of the situation.” Should the bottom have fallen out and the captain been killed Obama would have pointed his finger at the Defense Secretary and the Navy and scolded them for failing. It wasn’t until after the captain of the USS Bainbridge gave the order to take out the pirates and the captain of the Alabama was back in American hands that Obama started talking tough.
I am among the crowd giving a standing ovation to the military for their heroics Sunday morning off the coast of Somalia. It was an outstanding example of our military at their finest and the American spirit in action.
On the other hand, the White House showed their… worst side. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was set up to be the ‘fall guy’ if the bottom dropped out. Or, failing that, Secretary of Defense Gates – a hold over from the Bush Administration – could have deflected a lot of the heat if necessary. After all, Obama is TOO BIG TO FAIL. Instead, it was a roaring success and President Obama was suddenly front and center sucking up the spotlight. Sure, he was complimenting the Navy, but it was all stage managed to put Obama out there as the ‘man of the hour.’ He finally could be tied tangentially to an act of heroism and he wanted it to seem like – to as many Americans as he could sucker – that he had done something good. Finally. The problem is it was like an old skit from ‘Friends’ where they kept pushing and kept pushing a story until even the least bright amongst us were able to see through the BS.
To hear the media tell the story President Obama PERSONALLY planned the operation, gave the orders to carry it out, flew to the Indian Ocean, chose the weapons and lead the SEAL Team snipers. Obama is now swimming back to the United States pulling the lifeboat by a rope in his teeth. At some point the story loses credibility.
The adulation by the press is ridiculous – and untrue. We won’t even get into how the story would have been spun the other way had President Bush been in office, all we have to focus on is how the press is drooling over their new superhero.
And it’s all a crock…
The U.S. Navy and SEALs performed with their usual brilliant excellence, but for the White House to horn in on it and try to spin it to make Obama look like some kind of superhero is nauseating. Where was the leadership, the cool hand and the solace to the nation when the captain was being held hostage? It was non-existent. At best we were told the president was being “kept apprised of the situation.” Should the bottom have fallen out and the captain been killed Obama would have pointed his finger at the Defense Secretary and the Navy and scolded them for failing. It wasn’t until after the captain of the USS Bainbridge gave the order to take out the pirates and the captain of the Alabama was back in American hands that Obama started talking tough.
I am among the crowd giving a standing ovation to the military for their heroics Sunday morning off the coast of Somalia. It was an outstanding example of our military at their finest and the American spirit in action.
On the other hand, the White House showed their… worst side. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was set up to be the ‘fall guy’ if the bottom dropped out. Or, failing that, Secretary of Defense Gates – a hold over from the Bush Administration – could have deflected a lot of the heat if necessary. After all, Obama is TOO BIG TO FAIL. Instead, it was a roaring success and President Obama was suddenly front and center sucking up the spotlight. Sure, he was complimenting the Navy, but it was all stage managed to put Obama out there as the ‘man of the hour.’ He finally could be tied tangentially to an act of heroism and he wanted it to seem like – to as many Americans as he could sucker – that he had done something good. Finally. The problem is it was like an old skit from ‘Friends’ where they kept pushing and kept pushing a story until even the least bright amongst us were able to see through the BS.
To hear the media tell the story President Obama PERSONALLY planned the operation, gave the orders to carry it out, flew to the Indian Ocean, chose the weapons and lead the SEAL Team snipers. Obama is now swimming back to the United States pulling the lifeboat by a rope in his teeth. At some point the story loses credibility.
The adulation by the press is ridiculous – and untrue. We won’t even get into how the story would have been spun the other way had President Bush been in office, all we have to focus on is how the press is drooling over their new superhero.
And it’s all a crock…
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