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June 27, 2012 by Warner Todd Huston
At around 130 days until Election Day, National Public Radio thought it
would be nice to give the President a little boost by going back to its 2008
practice of assigning to Obama the god-like powers of The One, The Light
Bringer, The Obammessiah.
This time tax dollar supported NPR thought it would be nice to air the claim
that the mere sound of Obama’s voice can part the clouds, stop that
depressing ol’ rain, and bring out the sun. No, really.
On Tuesday, June 26, NPR correspondent Scott Horsley reported from a New
Hampshire Obama rally and his report reads alternately like a campaign
advertisement for President Obama, a Super PAC attack ad on Mitt Romney, and
a cult-like deification of The One.
Horsley starts by noting that Obama’s fans stood in a pouring rain
patiently awaiting to bask in his miraculous presence and after saying a few
words about Obama and his campaign, launched into a series of distorted
slams on Mitt Romney.
“Romney has proposed more tax cuts, especially for the wealthy, and more
spending on the military,” Horsley gravely intones. “Mr. Obama says the
only way he can do that without exploding the deficit is to cut government
programs and tax deductions that benefit the middle class.”
After that slam on Romney, Horsley went on to praise Obama for, “his
efforts to make birth control more widely available; to allow gays and
lesbians to serve openly in the military; and to give temporary legal status
to illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children.”
Note that first; Horsley’s claim that Obama is making birth control “more
widely available.” This, we know, is a falsehood. Birth control is as
widely available as it has ever been or needs to be. What Obama is trying to
do is force religious organizations to violate their religious convictions
and to give it to members free! But the fact is no one in America is being
denied birth control, Obama’s promises or no.
Then came the absurd claims of one of the mind-numbed Obamaites that Horsley
interviewed.
NPR’s Horsley: By the time the President finished speaking, the rain
had stopped, and a little sunshine was peeking through the clouds. That gave
David O’Donnell of Portsmouth one more reason to be impressed with Mr.
Obama.
Rally Participant O’Donnell: See what his voice does? It clears up the
weather, too. It clears up the economy, creates jobs, helps education, and
straightens out the weather.
What amazing nonsense. NPR calls the addition of this slobberingly absurd
comment “news”?
Think about this. If you were writing a real news report about a campaign
rally, would a comment like this make it into such a serious report?
It wouldn’t if I were that correspondent.
Oh, but rest assured, there was “balance” in NPR’s report. After the
numerous quotes and paragraph after paragraph of how great Obama is, how
rotten Romney is, and how Obama can alter the very weather with just the
mellifluous sound of his voice, NPR gave us “balance” by deigning to allow
a Romney campaign spokesman to have a four sentence quote.
See? Balance.
No wonder NPR is so often called National Propaganda Radio.
Full Transcript (Courtesy of Newsbusters)
RENEE MONTAGNE: Let’s go now to the presidential campaign trail. On the
day the Supreme Court struck down portions of a controversial Arizona
immigration law, President Obama and his rival, Mitt Romney, tangled over
immigration policy. Still, at a political rally yesterday in New Hampshire,
Mr. Obama mostly focused on other issues, like the economy. New Hampshire
has just four electoral votes, but it’s expected to be hotly contested in
November.
NPR’s Scott Horsley has this report from New Hampshire.
SCOTT HORSLEY: Fans of Mr. Obama stood for hours in a steady downpour,
waiting to catch a glimpse of the President. Some had umbrellas or makeshift
tarps; others just got soaked. Either way, Steve Cunningham of Nashua, New
Hampshire said it was worth it.
STEVE CUNNINGHAM: We no longer have time for sunshine patriots. We have
to stand up, be recognized, be counted. It’s America, man.
HORSLEY: Four years ago, Mr. Obama won New Hampshire by nearly 10 points
. But while the state’s economy is doing better than most, with an
unemployment rate of just 5 percent, it’s considered a true toss-up this
year. Dennett Page is an Obama supporter from Portsmouth.
DENNETT PAGE: Clearly, we can’t take anything for granted, not only
here in New Hampshire, but nationwide. So it’s really, really important
that everybody rolls up their sleeves. We may not get the momentum that we
had in 2008 and the magic and the whirlwind campaign. But clearly, if
everybody does their part and votes, we’ll be in good shape.
HORSLEY: Inside a steamy high school gym, Mr. Obama told supporters it’
s up to them to break the stalemate between two very different governing
philosophies. He said the big tax cuts and deregulation championed by Mitt
Romney and congressional Republicans are simply a retread of the approach
George W. Bush took in the years before the economic downturn.
PRESIDENT OBAMA (audio from campaign event): I believe they’re wrong. I
believe their policies were tested, and they failed.
HORSLEY: Romney has proposed more tax cuts, especially for the wealthy,
and more spending on the military. Mr. Obama says the only way he can do
that without exploding the deficit is to cut government programs and tax
deductions that benefit the middle class.
OBAMA: So, think about this: to pay for another $250,000 tax cut for the
average millionaire, they’re going to ask you to foot the bill. It’s — I
figured you can’t afford it. (audience cheers and applauds)
HORSLEY: Mr. Obama also won applause for his efforts to make birth
control more widely available; to allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in
the military; and to give temporary legal status to illegal immigrants who
came to the U.S. as children.
OBAMA: It’s time to stop denying citizenship to responsible young
people, just because they’re the children of undocumented workers who’ve
been growing up with our kids. (audience cheers and applauds)
HORSLEY: Mr. Obama didn’t dwell on immigration in New Hampshire, where
less than 3 percent of the population is Latino, but he did issue a
statement praising the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down most of an
Arizona law targeting illegal immigrants. The President said a patchwork of
state laws is not a solution, adding it’s clear that Congress needs to act
on more comprehensive reform.
Romney, who’s taken a tough line on illegal immigration, was in Arizona
yesterday. He told campaign donors there he would have preferred the
Supreme Court give more latitude to the states. Romney’s spokesman, Rick
Gorka, repeatedly ducked questions about the specifics of the Arizona law,
while blaming Mr. Obama for what he said was a lack of leadership.
RICK GORKA, ROMNEY CAMPAIGN SPOKESMAN: Arizona, like many other states
in this nation, have taken upon themselves to craft policies for their own
specific states. The governor has said repeatedly that the states are a
laboratory of democracy. What one state drafts may not work in others. But
ultimately, this, again, goes back to the President’s failure to deliver on
his campaign promises.
HORSLEY: Back at the high school in New Hampshire, Mr. Obama told the
crowd he expects a close contest in November.
OBAMA: I’m going to need you to stand with me, as I run for a second
term for as president. (audience cheers and applauds)
HORSLEY: By the time the President finished speaking, the rain had
stopped, and a little sunshine was peeking through the clouds. That gave
David O’Donnell of Portsmouth one more reason to be impressed with Mr.
Obama.
DAVID O’DONNELL: See what his voice does? It clears up the weather, too
. It clears up the economy, creates jobs, helps education, and straightens
out the weather.
HORSLEY: Not every Granite Stater was so sanguine about the break in the
rain, though. As Brian Bresnahan of Coos County warned, this is New
Hampshire: give it a minute. Scott Horsley, NPR News.
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