Politico hacks away to connect Roman Polanski and President Barack Obama
October 8, 2009 by William K. Wolfrum
It was always apparent that Politico.com was right of center, but in a nation that has Fox News and one of its parties inching toward a potentially frightening far right position, they have more or less blended into the scenery.
But no more. The Politico is making it clear that they are going after the fringe that has made Glenn Beck a ratings hero. Their most recent ploy: Doing whatever it takes to connect child rapist Roman Polanski with President Barack Obama.
First, on the front page (see image to the left) you’ll find them link a comment from Walter Russell Mead, Henry A. Kissinger senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy (which safely tells you where he stands on the political spectrum) who works hard to get Polanski and Obama into the same sentence:
The SNL skit reminds us of two things. First, that President Obama is no longer a fantasy figure, the anti-Bush who will heal all our ills. He’s the struggling occupant of an office with constitutionally limited powers facing a complex assortment of challenges and hemmed in by constraints on all sides. He’s the President of the United States, not the Wizard of Oz. Second, that Obama is losing the Roman Polanski vote. He’s not only not the Wizard of Oz; he isn’t the Hollywood Avenger, using his superpowers to transform the country into the kind of place our enlightened glitterati wished they lived in.
That’s just for starters. Because inside Politico’s Click section, they destroy any whiff of credibility and integrity they have, once and for all:
“Roman Polanski Backers gave $34K to Barack Obama, DNC”
Movie industry types calling for the release of director Roman Polanski last year gave $34,000 to Obama’s presidential campaign and the Democratic Party, FEC records show.
Polanski’s arrest late last month by Swiss authorities in connection with a three-decade-old California underage sex case has sparked a vigorous national debate about sex, justice and extradition that – thus far – has yet to draw in the Obama administration.
But the most generous Democratic donor of the vocal pro-Polanski contingent, Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, in an open letter called on “every US filmmaker to lobby against any move to bring Polanski back to the US, where he could face life in jail.”
Weinstein last year gave $28,500 to the DNC and its White House Victory Fund, though he didn’t contribute directly to Obama. In fact, he has been a big supporter of Obama’s presidential rival-turned Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, whose campaigns and committees have received $88,000 from Weinstein over the years.
There’s really not much to add to that bit of heinous GOP propaganda. They can say whatever they like about what section it was in, but the creators of Politico should be pleased – they are the new Fox News. Check that, Fox is on television. Instead, it’s safer to say Politico is the new WorldNetDaily.
–WKW
I guess the Obama hate market is just too lucrative to pass up.
The “Deranged Whoever Hate” thing is way overused. But this is deranged.
The atrocious grammar in that Politico article is evidence enough of their lack of credibility. If you cannot make complete sentences then you cannot make complete arguments. Also, the writer ought to learn how to use a colon. Anyway, I view much of the criticsm and ad hominem attacks of the President as mere partisan whining. You could lump me into one who “disapproves” of his job, but I have legitimate criticisms: like his bungling of healthcare and, apparent, approval of the Baucus bill. I want a public option, dammit! Or how about the extension of the “National Emergency” from 9/11 and the continued overreaching powers of the Executive. My point is that criticism of our elected leaders is necessary in a Republic, but what is spewing from the right (their logorrehea) is nothing but hate and filth. There is no actual criticism, just anger that he’s black, a democrat, and the President.