STEVE KROFT, voice-over: ON THE SUBJECT OT THE AILING AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY THE PRESIDENT SAID HE IS STILL COMMITTED TO HELPING GENERAL MOTORS AND CHRYSLER AVERT BANKRUPTCY, BUT HE SAYS THEY HAVE YET TO DEMONSTRATE THEY CAN REMAIN ECONOMICALLY VIABLE. AND THERE ARE MAJOR POLITICAL OBSTACLES.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: I just want to say that-- the only thing less popular than putting money into banks is putting money (LAUGHS) into the auto industry. So--
STEVE KROFT: 18 percent are in favor.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: (LAUGHS) That's--
STEVE KROFT: Seventy-six percent against.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: It-- it's not a high number.
STEVE KROFT: You're sitting here. And you are laughing. You are laughing about some of these problems. Are people going to look at this and say, "I mean, he's sitting there just making jokes about (LAUGHTER) money--- How do you deal with-- I mean, wh-- explain
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well--
STEVE KROFT: --the mood and your laughter.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Yeah, I mean, there's got to be--
STEVE KROFT: Are you punch drunk?
PRESIDENT OBAMA: No, no. There's gotta be a little gallows humor to (LAUGHS) get you through the day. You know, sometimes my team— talks about the fact that if— if you had said to us a year ago that— the least of my problems would be Iraq, which is still a pretty serious problem — I don't think anybody would have believed it. But— but we've got a lot on our plate. And — a lot of difficult decisions that we're going to have to make.
Gallows humor? We're going to die?
You know that if W. Bush made these exact same remarks, it would be front page news and lead every network broadcast for a week. With headlines like: "BUSH IS OUT OF TOUCH", or "BUSH IS INSENSITIVE TO THE PLIGHT OF WORKING AND UNEMPLOYED AMERICANS", or "BUSH CAN'T EVEN GRASP WHAT THE TRUE ISSUES ARE FACING OUR ECONOMY AND THE THREAT IT POSES, SO HE JUST GIGGLES LIKE AN IDIOT".
But because it's a media-favored liberal Democrat, it barely makes a ripple on the radar. Minimal coverage.
Several have pointed out that the stated positions of Obama are virtually identical to the stated positions of George W. Bush. But Bush is portrayed as a failure and an idiot, and Obama is portrayed as a visionary genius who will bring "change" and save us all. (Even as Obama just gives lip-service to pretty much the same positions as Bush, and leads us all to oblivion)
Relatively speaking, this Kroft/Obama interview is like O'Reilly Factor compared to the dominant gushing Obama-worshipping coverage across the rest of the media. Though even a single story on a news program as prominent as 60 Minutes will be buried under Himalayan mountains of daily media gush that will eclipse this Kroft interview under the massive daily tons of pro-Obama spin.
Last edited by Wonder Boy; 2009-04-104:58 AM. Reason: edited G-man's post to correct the script-code that messed up when quoted. What a pain !
