First off, don’t do some cryptic announcement and then start playing 20 questions asking where they sit and what they do, they’ll be wanting to know what’s up.

Second, the press is friend only to ratings and nothing else, but you always want to “play nice” with them.

Or to put it another way, Obama should have gone down with a big friendly smile, expecting anything he said would be reported, and politely talked about he was here to “get to know everyone” and told the Politico reporter he’d be happy to answer his questions at the press conference, probably followed by a few simple rhetorical “how’s it going, like here” questions. In other words toss him a bone but don’t give anything up. You take control by letting the other guy feel he got something out of it.

But to stare down a reporter and expect them to tolerate him coming down to “pal around” and reporting only when he wants them to? Ooooohhh, they hate that, and it may be the first crack in the MSM worship of him……….I can hope, can’t I?

Whats next? A water fountian with mouthwash / gargle station so they can rid themselves of “ASS KISSING” after taste? IF….you presist on kissing that much ass, you should be stuck we the taste and smell for the rest of the day.

Don’t take your eye off this guy, not for a second.

All too frequently, news writers wait for press releases to come across their desks and then they will use the contents of a news release/media kit to write a story or will call the contact person on the news release and collect the pablum the PR type is willing to feed. If what you are selling is presented well and timely, it will be used.

I know this, I am a PR type. Or at least I was …

The difference between public relations and marketing is that public relations works to get “credibility” through the use of media. Marketing is less credible because you can buy television, newspaper or magazine space and say whatever you wish. If the media prints something, certainly it must be true and good for us!

Students don’t learn how to question sources (unless of course they are from a conservative source!) and the extent of doing “research” is a nice Google search. Gone are the days of the reporter stake-out and hours spent at the department of records/city hall/etc., talking to sources and digging up the dirt.

AND SO IT BEGINS:

“WASHINGTON — President Obama warned Republicans on Capitol Hill today that they need to quit listening to radio king Rush Limbaugh if they want to get along with Democrats and the new administration.

“You can’t just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done,” he told top GOP leaders, whom he had invited to the White House to discuss his nearly $1 trillion stimulus package.”

Translation: Your constiuents will hear what is going on and flood your offices voicing their dismay – and we might not be able to snake all these social engineering projects thru without a struggle.

How does it feel being ho-slapped by yo’ pimp?

Dear PBo,

Do it again! Do it again! Do it again!

these guys are a bunch of fawning idiots! the really need to get a refund from whatever J school they attended.

After all, we can’t post a unfavorable photo of him to where a good caricature can finally be made of him.

Colonel believes that things are close to normal, and this obamanation will like many others pass in time.

I’m of the mind that a corner has been turned and it may take a cataclysm to alert the sheep (it took Pearl Harbor last time). I haven’t decided yet whether I’m rooting for that. If those are the two alternatives, neither looks good.

But maybe you are correct and free-thinkers will eventually prevail and turn the tide with truth. That would be good. I’m just afraid the other side has got the truth surrounded, and that the sheep don’t care anyway.

Perhaps ‘May Day’ would be more appropriate! lol

I like the Rep Guard comparison – because I beleive similiar to these cowards – when the chit hits the fan and a gun is pointing at their head – they will run in droves.

I am not naive enough to think all of MSM will turn – but I do believe as profits decline, revenue dries up and if/when the recession continues for media companies – it will force thier hand. And within media – I believe bloggers, aside from the inane dopes like Kos and Huff, will start to turn, because their ethos is disruption. Magnified during Bush’s years – it will be a slow trickle, so perhaps I should rethink St Patty’s – but in the end Bambi’s luster will fade.

Or his BlackBerry.

The current herd mentality of the media will ensure the script is followed to the letter.

It’s not gonna happen odie. The media is Obamy’s Republican Guard. They helped create obamastein and they will never give up on their creation. Loving mothers don’t turn on their children either.

But some dissenters will arise from time to time. Their careers will be ruined.