http://bit.ly/81Mo8 - - - The normally savvy media mavens on Team Obama blundered badly on the opening day of his European trip, scheduling his only open event for 5:15 a.m. EDT, which forced the mainstream and cable morning news programs to fill endless hours showing live protests in London and discussing first lady Michelle Obama's "green pencil skirt."
Unlike President Bush's White House communications team, which usually timed press conferences abroad to coincide with the U.S. morning programs, the Obama operation kicked off the president's first day in Britain while most Americans were still asleep. What's more, the president banned most reporters from nearly every event he held on a day busy with bilateral talks with foreign leaders, and even held cameras at bay for his visit to Buckingham Palace to meet the queen. The 24-hour cable shows began their morning programs with endless footage of hooligans clashing with British bobbies. "They're the only pictures being shown out of London right now," said Christiane Amanpour, CNN's chief international correspondent. But anchor Christine Romans assured viewers: "There's a lot of other hard work going on behind closed doors," although a split-screen showed only the raging protest in the streets of the city's financial district. - - - He has to do most of his work while America is asleep, and keep all but Obama-friendly reporters far away from him. One day we'll wake up, one day even journalism perhaps will wake up, and then we'll see what he has wrought. Parenthetically: he gave the queen an iPod. Spare no expense on our "unique relationship," eh? I thought being the new de facto CEO of Government Motors he'd at least have given her a spiffy hybrid golf cart for bopping around the palace efficiently or something. Personally I think all of this is planned. In any case, it's who he is: - No respect for other people's schedules (he's notoriously late) - No respect for dignitaries or his "peers" (a DVD to Brown? An iPod to the Queen?) - No respect for protocol - No respect for journalism I bet he enjoyed watching the looters on TV, and thought inwardly: I bet Bill A. is grinning ear to ear and reliving his glory days, about ! - Bob _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
