CNN Still Fretting Over Obama Parody from Last Week
Is it any wonder that more people are watching FOX News at 3 am than CNN at 8 pm?
Last Saturday night, SNL aired its first truly critical Obama themed sketch, poking fun at the president’s seeming inability to get things done. On Monday, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer thoroughly fact checked the skit for accuracy, a report which was immediately lampooned by conservative blogs.
Today, CNN’s Ed Rollins wades into the debate and he is deeply, deeply concerned…
“In the comedy skit, the president is asked about unrealized campaign promises, including closing Gitmo, combating global warming, allowing openly gay people to serve in the military, withdrawing from Iraq, improving the status of the fight in Afghanistan, reforming health care and several others. On screen the response on a check list was: that each item was “not done.”
“Humor with some truth in it is always dangerous. Make no mistake, a drumbeat of belittlement can damage a president.”
“Dangerous” is a rather interesting choice of words, isn’t it?
“But the real question being debated on cable TV because of the “SNL” parody is this: “Has the media’s love affair and honeymoon with President Obama ended?”
Apparently not, Ed.
“I can’t answer that. I can say that President is being judged with the same scrutiny as those who have gone before him in the modern era.”
Really, Ed? One sketch that’s critical of Obama is equal to the non-stop, highly critical Bush parodies SNL churned out for over eight years? Really?
“Republicans have no hope left about Obama. At best, they pray, for the good of the country that he’s not as bad as Jimmy Carter.”
“But in reality, they see the man who campaigned as a centrist turning out to be the feared liberal who voted that way during his short Senate tenure. At a time of fiscal crisis, President Obama in their minds is turning into the biggest spender and taxer in history — and they believe they must oppose him.”
Got that everyone? Obama’s big spending is only taking place in the minds of Republicans.
I guess the $787 billion dollar Stimulus Bill only passed in John Boehner’s mind. Perhaps the Cap and Trade bill the Democrats want to pass is just a bad dream being had by Michael Steele. Maybe Republicans just imagined this chart:
If CNN wants to be taken seriously by more viewers it must do two things.
1. Stop sounding so obvious in its desire to carry water for Obama.
2. Stop being funnier than Saturday Night Live.
