Posted by
Steve on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 3:56:47 PM
In the last week, Barack Obama and his henchmen have declared war against Fox News. Over the weekend, David Axelrod said that Fox News was not a “real” news organization and that other “real” news organizations should not emulate their model. I was told long ago, before the internet, that you should not pick fights with someone who uses ink by the barrel. I think the same would be said for someone who broadcasts 24 hours a day.
The Obama administration is remarkably thin skinned. If they are criticized or questioned in any way, they lash out and try to destroy the person or organization responsible. Since Glenn Beck has been a tremendous thorn in the side of Obama for some time, they are lashing out at Fox News. Since they cannot kill the person producing the pain, they would rather destroy the company he works for. I guess they figure that if they make it hot enough for Fox News, they will fire Glenn Beck to satisfy the White House and get them to back off. I do not think that the White House would back off if Fox News would fire Glenn Beck. I think they would just get bolder and start attacking others as well. That means Fox News will have to fight this one to the end. During the dust-up, the one person that cannot be replaced is Glenn Beck. If he goes, the White House wins. If he stays and continues to ask his questions, the White House loses. Right now it is a game of chicken; we get to see who blinks.
The person that announced the beginning salvo in this war against Fox News was the person in charge of communications in the White House. She had said in a commencement speech to high school students that her two most admired people were: Mother Theresa and Chairman Mao Tse Tung. I have no problem with Mother Theresa and I doubt that anyone else in the world would have a problem with her in the list of most admired people. Including Mother Theresa on a list of most admired people would show the sophisticated taste needed to lead any agency or group. The other name, Mao Tse Tung, gives one a chance to stand back and question that person’s judgment. Mao was responsible for killing approximately 70 million Chinese under his rule. He killed more people than any other leader in the entire 20th century. Having a mass murderer on your list of most admired people is definitely a character flaw on your part. Anyone with the character flaw to have Chairman Mao on their most admired list is definitely having some problems.
When questioned about the talk and her inclusion of Mao and Mother Theresa, she said that she was just telling a joke. I heard the tape of the commencement address on TV and radio. It did not sound like a joke to me. It sounded like she was serious. Glenn Beck had a parent that was at the commencement address. The parent said that the comment was definitely not a joke.
We do not need a communications director in the White House that thinks that Chairman Mao Tse Tug is someone to be admired. Chairman Mao is someone that should be despised. Mao does not have anything to offer that would make Americana better people. In fact, he does not have anything to offer that would make anyone a better person. Anyone that would follow Mao’s teachings would be a worse person after employing the policies and procedures that Mao set down. Someone you admire should make you a better person, not a worse person.
If you asked me to list the top couple of people I admire, I would list, Joseph Smith and Ezra Taft Benson (if I could include prophets) or George Washington and Ronald Reagan (If I could only include political types). Any one of those four would make you a better person, if you tried to live your life like that person. I would like to think that a person following either pair would be substantially the same person. Following Mother Theresa and Chairman Mao would make you a definitely poorer person to be around. I am glad that I live in America and can still say things like that last comment. Obama’s people are making it increasingly more expensive to say things they disagree with. If Obama has his way, these kinds of comments will be outlawed in the future.