Comments on: Is honeymoon with Obama over already? http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/2009/01/02/is-honeymoon-with-obama-over-already/ Tracking U.S. politics Sat, 25 May 2013 02:43:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Oren http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/2009/01/02/is-honeymoon-with-obama-over-already/comment-page-1/#comment-386972 Oren Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:54:08 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/?p=14653#comment-386972 There was no honeymoon. He's back pedaling as fast as he can right now. He said a lot of things and now people want him to deliver and guess what? He can't. Duh! There was no honeymoon.

He’s back pedaling as fast as he can right now. He said a lot of things and now people want him to deliver and guess what? He can’t. Duh!

]]> By: Swannie http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/2009/01/02/is-honeymoon-with-obama-over-already/comment-page-1/#comment-386965 Swannie Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:48:52 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/?p=14653#comment-386965 and btw It is the MEDIA S JOB to report on the president-select. HE needs to stop whining , he wanted the job ! and btw It is the MEDIA S JOB to report on the president-select. HE needs to stop whining , he wanted the job !

]]> By: Swannie http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/2009/01/02/is-honeymoon-with-obama-over-already/comment-page-1/#comment-386964 Swannie Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:46:14 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/?p=14653#comment-386964 His honeymoon has gone on far too long as it is. He was elected because the media had him up on a pedastal. The Middle East is at war and all he has to say is "There is only one president at a time? He has no thought, reassurance or ideas to offer ?? How ridiculous is that ! Welcome to obamavoid the president who votes present on world crisis . Its 3 AM and he was on vacation ; he had better call Hillary !! His honeymoon has gone on far too long as it is. He was elected because the media had him up on a pedastal. The Middle East is at war and all he has to say is “There is only one president at a time? He has no thought, reassurance or ideas to offer ?? How ridiculous is that !
Welcome to obamavoid the president who votes present on world crisis . Its 3 AM and he was on vacation ; he had better call Hillary !!

]]> By: AndyM http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/2009/01/02/is-honeymoon-with-obama-over-already/comment-page-1/#comment-386963 AndyM Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:44:42 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/?p=14653#comment-386963 Perhaps the media should do their job and focus on real stories going on in the world rather than acting like paparazzi following around a guy who isn't even president yet. Having utterly failed to keep the public informed of the back-room dealings that have resulted in the current economic crisis, it's unsurprising that most 'journalists' continue to make themselves more irrelevant by going after low hanging fruit or by simply being mouthpieces of the establishment, repeating everything they're told to repeat. Perhaps the media should do their job and focus on real stories going on in the world rather than acting like paparazzi following around a guy who isn’t even president yet.

Having utterly failed to keep the public informed of the back-room dealings that have resulted in the current economic crisis, it’s unsurprising that most ‘journalists’ continue to make themselves more irrelevant by going after low hanging fruit or by simply being mouthpieces of the establishment, repeating everything they’re told to repeat.

]]> By: RJA http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/2009/01/02/is-honeymoon-with-obama-over-already/comment-page-1/#comment-386959 RJA Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:43:11 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/?p=14653#comment-386959 Reporters need to stop whining. Give the new guy a break. If the press had done its job during the last eight years, we wouldn't be where we are now. How was it that so few reporters could find anything to write about Veep Cheney all those years? And you whine because the President-elect went for ice cream cones with his daughters? Wake up. If the press really does its job, the public's call for change might actually be be answered by effective government monitored honestly and fully by the media. It's a new ball game; figure it out. Reporters need to stop whining. Give the new guy a break. If the press had done its job during the last eight years, we wouldn’t be where we are now. How was it that so few reporters could find anything to write about Veep Cheney all those years? And you whine because the President-elect went for ice cream cones with his daughters? Wake up. If the press really does its job, the public’s call for change might actually be be answered by effective government monitored honestly and fully by the media. It’s a new ball game; figure it out.

]]> By: Merrill Grinch http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/2009/01/02/is-honeymoon-with-obama-over-already/comment-page-1/#comment-386953 Merrill Grinch Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:53:37 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/?p=14653#comment-386953 I totally agree with the comment about this story having and "idiotic" headline. Reuters is guilty of using many such idiotic headlines in their stories. I guess the need to compete with CNN and others for our eyeballs is too great. The world is not coming to an end, despite the impression one gets from scanning your home page! I totally agree with the comment about this story having and “idiotic” headline. Reuters is guilty of using many such idiotic headlines in their stories. I guess the need to compete with CNN and others for our eyeballs is too great. The world is not coming to an end, despite the impression one gets from scanning your home page!

]]> By: autoprt http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/2009/01/02/is-honeymoon-with-obama-over-already/comment-page-1/#comment-386951 autoprt Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:06:24 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/?p=14653#comment-386951 bottom line there was no domestic news over the holidays and the media has milked all it could out of the blagojevich story. had there been news this wouldn't be an issue, also i don't think the American people are interested in what the pres elect did on his holiday as much as the media is in getting the story. bottom line there was no domestic news over the holidays and the media has milked all it could out of the blagojevich story.

had there been news this wouldn’t be an issue, also i don’t think the American people are interested in what the pres elect did on his holiday as much as the media is in getting the story.

]]> By: old ewok http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/2009/01/02/is-honeymoon-with-obama-over-already/comment-page-1/#comment-386945 old ewok Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:20:35 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/?p=14653#comment-386945 He saw how the media pounded and ruined Bush, and Sara Palin ...so he knows better than to get too close to them He saw how the media pounded and ruined Bush, and Sara Palin …so he knows better than to get too close to them

]]> By: Liz Goset http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/2009/01/02/is-honeymoon-with-obama-over-already/comment-page-1/#comment-386944 Liz Goset Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:20:10 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/?p=14653#comment-386944 How silly.... The Israeli's have laid siege to occupy and steal more lives and land from the Gaza. When are they planning to leave? 2011? It is suggested that Bush, et al is behind this. It is his M.O.S. Does he want to serve a third term? Probably, but... NEVER will happen. You people are out there arguing about what "the Press" gets to do, did, has done, will do, will get to do. As, I said, how silly, and how petty. Like it or not, the Palestinians do have rights to a STATE. So, while you are arguing over nonsense, and the press that has hurt, killed and maimed too many people with their voices and cameras, and who have remained mostly silent for 8 years, you worry about them> Guess what? If Bush and others get their way you will have a new nuclear war to worry about. Go back to university. Oh! that is right no one can afford it for the bankruptcy of the US and besides there are no funds. So, I guess gossip will be the thing to do. You are doing it, aren't you? How silly…. The Israeli’s have laid siege to occupy and steal more lives and land from the Gaza. When are they planning to leave? 2011? It is suggested that Bush, et al is behind this. It is his M.O.S. Does he want to serve a third term? Probably, but… NEVER will happen. You people are out there arguing about what “the Press” gets to do, did, has done, will do, will get to do. As, I said, how silly, and how petty. Like it or not, the Palestinians do have rights to a STATE. So, while you are arguing over nonsense, and the press that has hurt, killed and maimed too many people with their voices and cameras, and who have remained mostly silent for 8 years, you worry about them> Guess what? If Bush and others get their way you will have a new nuclear war to worry about. Go back to university. Oh! that is right no one can afford it for the bankruptcy of the US and besides there are no funds. So, I guess gossip will be the thing to do. You are doing it, aren’t you?

]]> By: Eric H http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/2009/01/02/is-honeymoon-with-obama-over-already/comment-page-1/#comment-386938 Eric H Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:54:58 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/?p=14653#comment-386938 Actually TC my point was that I don't need to see pictures of Obama at the water park or of Bush down on the ranch, it's not news. It's a lack of respect by the press in both cases. As for Bush not lashing out at his critics, ask Scott McClellan, Paul O'Neil, Joe Wilson/Valarie Plame or Colin Powell about how that works. Actually TC my point was that I don’t need to see pictures of Obama at the water park or of Bush down on the ranch, it’s not news. It’s a lack of respect by the press in both cases.
As for Bush not lashing out at his critics, ask Scott McClellan, Paul O’Neil, Joe Wilson/Valarie Plame or Colin Powell about how that works.

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