Drudge started today’s wingnut freakout of the day with this breathless headline.
"The Obama campaign has decided to heave out three newspapers from its plane for the final days of its blitz across battleground states — and all three endorsed Sen. John McCain for president!"
"The NY POST, WASHINGTON TIMES and DALLAS MORNING NEWS have all been told to move out by Sunday to make room for network bigwigs — and possibly for the inclusion of reporters from two black magazines, ESSENCE and JET, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned."
OMFG! HOW DARE HE! Cue the wingnut outrage.
In the waning days of this campaign, Obama seems to be succumbing to his worst tendencies. Lofty, presumptuous infomercials. Snarky campaign commercials that take aim at a female opponent in a condescending manner. And, now, the unceremonious dumping of longtime pool reporters.
Obama’s clearing room on the plane for — what? Documentarians who will produce hagiographies about his historic importance. That fits into another pattern we’ve seen for months, one marked with fake presidential seals, The Barackopolis, and infomercials.
If you don’t properly suck up to The Messiah, don’t expect any access.
It goes without saying that when Joe Klein and Maureen Dowd were kicked of McSame’s plane, this crowd cheered. And of course, it matters not that their hero Sarah Palin has only given a handful of interviews and has yet to submit herself to a single press conference — guess the press hasn’t shown proper "deference."
All of that is fine.
But the Obama campaign picking and choosing who they want on their plane is a clear sign that he’s a dangerous megalomaniac, a true liberal fascist, surrounding himself only with sycophants and stamping out all dissent and disloyalty with his Iron Fairness Doctrine Fist.
Once again, IOKIYAR.



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Man, these guys(and gals) have lost it. They whine because he kicks the Moonie Times and NY Post off the plane? What if he kicked them off so Katie Couric and Charlie Gibson could follow him? Not that I care why he did it. He’s putting those SOB’s on notice. Part of me hopes he sicks the DOJ on Faux and the like.
WATB
Do the Rethugs have anything left in their arsenal OTHER than repeatedly calling the kettle black? Or maybe throwing stones from their glass houses?
They can say this with a straight face after the way Sarah is being kept away from the press by McCain and they won’t or are afraid of letting Sarah be Sarah?
Not that I can argue with the logic of keeping Sarah away from the press mind you.
it’s all a big misunderstanding. They weren’t kicke doff the plane, merely moved to the
boiler room in the basementluggage hold (”Office” staplers in hand).Geez, BT, how could you read this crud when you already felt like crap?
Thanks for digging up those freshest turds, and feel better soon.
Fits with all the crazy OReilly claims of how biased the media are for Obama…no one giving a poor ol McCrazy a voice or fairness because all MTP, etc etc are for Obama and since the beginning. The world of double standards, donchasee?
Good catch, BT.
But you don’t really expect consistency from these airheads, do you?
This all started with WATB Newt, so…
I blame Clinton.
You know what I say?
Get the f*&k used to it.
It’s a new day, and you’re on the wrong side.
Payback’s a bitch.
Boy, it felt good to type that!
Bonus for the “Office Space” reference *G*
Digg is open.
wow, what hypocrites.
i like the rule that it’s not ok for either Rs or Ds. McSame’s campaign was wrong to kick reporters off the plane because they didn’t like the reporting, and if that’s what Obama’s campaign has done, that’s also wrong.
Come on the real story is where is Mr 22%? I want Bush to campaign for the GOP this election he has such emotional intelligence, he is a people person!
Why won’t Bush stand next to Sarah while the
psychoticadoring crowds screamDeath Threats to Obama,Hate, their love of all things Bushy?Or is Bush unwilling to tarnish his legacy? Further
While they’re definitely being hypocritical dumbasses, it does bother me a little that Obama is blocking access….he should be able to come out and tell the folks from the Post and Times to suck it up and get ready to spend a few years on the margins.
We should hold our future prez accountable for his actions as well. There’s no reason for him to imitate ANYTHING McCain does.
After all, this is what they do best — whine and complain while waiting for this month’s trust fund check to be deposited.
The Rethugs are like the dog that chased the car and caught it; “Uhhh, now what?”, and that’s exactly how they’ve governed over the last 8 years.
No, we are all best served when they are the minority party, nitpicking all the peace and prosperity that surrounds them under Democratic administrations.
We don’t know why he moved them off the plane but if he wanted to make room for 2 AA magazines that’s fine. Or whoever. It’s his plane, he pays the bills and he can have anyone he wants there.
If those papers still want to cover him, go commercial.
Bush is a people person being told that he is to unpopular to campaign in front of his base in front of the Press and being shunted off to back room invite only fundraisers has got to hurt.
Why don’t the Wingnuts report on the story of how their beloved Bush is being dissed?
That Plus Bush campaigning for McCain helps us get those undecided voters Bwahahaha! (
EvilPagan Halloween Laugh)Everyone is a Pagan on Halloween!
Soooooo, what has the Obama campaign said about this?
A signal that propaganda is on its way out the door.
LOL
true, it’s always noce tohave at least both sides of the story, huh? I mean since when do we take Grudge’s words as truth?
yes, I know his name is drudge but I refer to him as grudge
If we could get numbers and compare that to the drop in viewing, listening numbers of Nielsen ratings and stock prices?
Fox News $21.84 high 52 Week high today $10.53
http://finance.google.com/finance?q=NYSE%3ANWS.A
Can’t seem to find numbers for Bain Capital who bought Rush Limbaugh’s radio station Clear Channel still I seem to remeber that the banks financing the deal were almost sued by Bain for wanting to back out of the deal.
They thought Clear Channel cost to much I mean how many companies stock goes down during take over rumors?
Still Bill O, Rush Limbaugh etc have all signed new deals at higher pay recently.
Higher pay despite declining stock prices for their companies?
WingNut welfare!
Blue Texan
I looked at your last link and found it carried an ad for “non girly-guy things. Testoterone laden gifts” Euuggghhh!!! Good to know the enemy, no?
Cutting off access to right wing newspapers, pundits, networks is a step in the right direction. They have been toxic for political discourse in America and have been nothing more than enablers to totallitarians and closet fascists.
Bush is a people person being told that he is to unpopular to campaign in front of his base in front of the Press and being shunted off to back room invite only fundraisers has got to hurt.
Why don’t the Wingnuts report on the story of how their beloved Bush is being dissed?
We also know that Bush is highly intelligent because they told us so. He knows where Italy is located on a map. An Intelligent Hot Dog Chomping Farting People person is just what McCain needs right now, whether he likes it or not. Its good for party unity. Why don’t they talk about unity in the Rethug party? There’s another topic the media exhausted itself over WRT Democrats. I’d love to hear about Republican Party Fracturing right now. Cratering, if you will.
RICO statutes and anti-trust might be a start.
Ah, wobbly … good one. Most appropriate, indeed.
Resulting in: Drudge’s Grudge Sludge.
How does one judge Drudge’s Grudge Sludge?
Should one indulge?
Yuck!
Jim thanks for opening the Digg. But you realize don’t you, that you don’t have to leave the summary as a repeat of the title but can explain what the article is about? The summary helps those folks surfing through Digg to learn what the story is and we want to do things so that it will bring more folks to visit the shores of the Lake.
Just letting you know (like I let DWBartoo know earlier today over at emptywheel). :})
etc Sean….who would think?
And in the latest post I read at fivethirtyeight.com (the Miami post), they let drop in passing that their circulation numbers just passed those of the NY Times.
Thanks, will do. It’s always a challenge to open, knowing that I need to work fast because someone else might be doing it at the same time.
Is this a warning to two of the reddest states?
A newscaster on MSNBC reported this early this AM. His wife is a reporter for Bloomberg and kept her seat. They allocated the seats based on who has been with them from the git go to europe and all. All of a sudden all the big wig news directors etc are wanting seats for the grand finale. The campaign gave the seats to the reporters not the big wigs. Hooray for the campaign. Those few who lost seats were sporadic travelers.
Understand. I’ve had some of my best summaries overwritten by others so know what you mean.
But since we’re trying to do what’s best for the Lake, it’s just a hazard we have to live with.
Reality is, some folks are just faster sometimes.
I noticed from the article that those reporters are being giving seats on the campaign bus, so its a demotion, but not a total repudiation.
Did McCain make the same offer to Dowd, etc.?
The NY Times numbers suck too.
couldn’t have happened to a nicer bunch. when i last checked, there were still commercial flights in operation.
Hebrew National Dogs perhaps that meatpacking firm with the quality control issues that hires underage immigrants and cheats them on overtime?
Those Dogs? Do we have picture?
I’m with you – if he needed to make room, then why not pick the loony papers like the Post and the Times. Did anyone venture to read their endorsements?
It wouldn’t surprise me if they really trashed Obama (or, maybe…libeled him?), and that might be a pretty good reason, IMHO.
What kind of Dogs do they serve at Bush’s baseball team’s home games?
WORD, wobbly! We do not know what is true.
Spencer is freshly up in Attackerman!
Green Hell
“Heaved off, tossed off, kicked off”..my goodness how high above the ground WAS that plane when they had to take their leave? Airs pretty thin up there, I hear tell.
Yes, I did. The Post’s endorsement of Obama sounded grudging, at best. The NYT was highly complimentary of Obama and very negative about McCain
Lisa Derrick is hosting John Cusack upstairs!
FDL’s Afternoon at the Movies: John Cusack Joins Us with War Inc.
Drudge Report “Breaking News! McCain Shows Policy Distinction From Obama’s Hate For “Real Newspeople”
“Today, to show his willingness to field questions from “real and honest media” John McCain announced that he is going to allow Jeff Gannon to accompany him 24-hours a day and “ask any question, even the most private” about him. “Not only will I allow the Washington Times to accompany me, but I’ll give their publisher…Reverend Moon…unlimited access to one of my “Western White Houses”. I’m a blank slate, an open book, and a POW. While Senator Obama was palin’ around with young Muslim fundamentalists I was already exposing my life to public scrutiny in the hell-holes of the Hanoi Hilton. There was no privacy there…I couldn’t even eat my own boogers without some gook guard telling all the other prisoners.
And lemme tell you…that other guy…he’s a socialist. You wouldn’t expect the great Ronald Reagan to tax the tips of waiters and waitresses and give it to some bums, you know…nosirree! He’d tax them and give it to the people who create jobs, the great corporations that employ millions of minimum wage workers in our Great land. And I voted against increasing those minimum wages, because how can those companies grow and create more jobs for the little people if they have to “redistribute the wealth” like those Communistic unions want to do.”
Obama is moving on and calling the liars on thier lies. If we are going to rebuilt this war torn nation, we need people who can do heavy lifting. I think those papers will be some of the first to go out of business unless they reinvent themselves.