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| Obama Overexposure |
| 2009-08-24 |
| Peter Roff, Thomas Jefferson Street blog @ US News & World Report ...The president of the United States must jealously guard his image and his reputation, for he and the office are one, at least for as long as he holds it. And a vestige of that responsibility remains with them even after they leave. A person who has been leader of the free world has a responsibility to act like one, at least when they are in the public eye. So imagine my shock, surprise, and amazement the other night when I happened to catch the president of the United States, the leader of the free world, Barack H. Obama, playing second fiddle to a second-rate comedian in a TV spot promoting a new late-night television talk show—and on basic cable no less. The spot, which looked like it had been filmed inside the White House, was decidedly unfunny, which does not auger well for the talk show it was promoting. But more than that, having the president of the United States appear in a commercial, while still in office yet seemed, well, unseemly. There are those in recent days who have written that Obama is, perhaps, overexposed, that he has become too accessible and, as a result, he is unable to persuade the nation that his vision for change in America is, after all, the right one. The idea that he has time to appear in commercials promoting new TV shows does not make him more presidential; it makes him smaller. It reduces the people's opinion of him and therefore reduces his effectiveness as a leader. David Axelrod and company may have designed a campaign to win the White House that presented Obama as more like a "rock star" or "pop idol" rather than as a candidate for public office. But now they're in the big show, and they have to act like it. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #6 I'm just sick to death of all those ads on internet sites saying "Obama wants Moms to go back to School" - and oh, yea, the commemoration doll Michelle in her-one-strap-Inauguration-Ballgown-made-of-shredded-bandage-gauze-with-little-blue-centered-daisies-on-it for the low, low price of $39 something in four easy payments. I'd like to know that Insty-guy is laughing all the way to the bank over this, but there is a reason I avoid reading all so-called women's magazines... |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2009-08-24 20:02 |
| #5 He can try, Besoeker. He might be surprised to discover how many of the people he depends on to enforce all that are quite serious about their oath to defend the Constitution, not a dictator. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-08-24 19:22 |
| #4 Barry has a giant case of the red ass over his health care fiasco. He turned Holder lose on the CIA the minute he left town. I'm waiting for the next shoe to drop. I have little doubt Barry's goal is to push this nation into an economic disaster at which time he will set the Constitution FULLY aside, declare the national currency null and void, close the banks, declare martial law, restrict travel, confiscate all privately own guns and begin his reign of social justice and change. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-08-24 18:41 |
| #3 Wee, wee, wee, wee all the way home. Very Presidential. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-08-24 18:33 |
| #2 The idea that his overexposure is the reason he can't sell his change is dumb. The media keeps looking for reasons other than a lot of people think they already have enough government and pay enough taxes. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2009-08-24 18:12 |
| #1 Obama is also saying "leave my girls alone". Fine, I agree. But having him pose in Parade with his girls rather undercuts the message, eh? |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-08-24 10:38 |