The Pursuit of Control

Isn’t there something ironic about the latest Nobel Peace Prize Laureate declaring war on… Fox News?

This started long ago but when President Obama’s thugs all came out and accused Fox News of not being a news organization it became clear that we aren’t dealing with your average Chicago politician, this guy is much worse.  As Michael Calderon over at Politico points out, way back in June President Obama complained to John Harwood of CNBC about the “…television station that is entirely devoted to attacking my administration…”.

President Obama is the most divisive, partisan politician to ever live in the White House and his closest advisors and cabinet members including Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod, and Anita Dunn have all tried to marginalize Fox News by labeling them as a wing of the GOP.

Are they the only ones that can’t see what they are doing to themselves? Attacking a giant like Fox News, who has more viewers than many of the other ‘news’ channels combined, can’t be good for business. Besides, I thought we were beyond partisanship, I thought Barack Obama was the great moderate that would cross the aisle.

Our president is encouraging violence by prolonging his decision to send more troops to Afghanistan, lying to the American public about his healthcare takeover plans and waging a war on Fox News.

How Nobel of him.

Dear President Obama,

I know that you and your friends in Washington aren’t familiar with the concept, but you should all try telling the truth.  I don’t mean tell the truth sometimes, when it fits your agenda, I mean all the time, just be honest.

You say you want competition in the healthcare industry, but before you were president you said that you support a single payer healthcare system and the rumors are you are pushing a public option plan behind closed doors.

You promised to be the most transparent administration in this country’s history, yet you surround yourself with ’special advisors’ that aren’t subjected to senate approval and that have, at best, questionable backgrounds.

You said illegal aliens wouldn’t receive health care coverage in the proposed healthcare reform bill, but the bill says the stipulation denying them benefits won’t be enforced.

You said Afghanistan is the war we should be fighting, but you won’t do what it takes to win it. In fact you won’t even let some testify in front of Congress so that the American people might hear what they have to say.

You said the stimulus bill is working to save jobs, yet we continue to hemorrhage jobs every month and some say we are heading for a terrible ‘double-dip’ recession.

President Obama, I know that those on both sides of the aisle have difficulties in telling the public what they really think, but not many are as shameless in their lies as you. Your approval rating has dipped below 50%. It seems like every time you get up and speak about healthcare reform another lie is uncovered, another point drops off of your approval rating and more and more people change the channel. Despite your efforts to mask your true beliefs we’ve all seen them. They can be found in the words of Bill Ayers, Jeremiah Wright, Van Jones and Valerie Jarrett and they can be found in speeches you’ve made to unions and community organizations.

President Obama, the truth can set you free, and whether you decide to grow up and be honest with the American people or not, in 2012, the truth will set us free.