Obama Over-Exposure?

I believe he’s over-exposed. Like an annoying infomercial playing simultaneously on many channels daily, it diminishes the importance of the presidency.
It’s one thing to use the bully pulpit, another to act as a “pitchman” 24/7.

Not Again!!! Sick of seeing Obama on TV…Too much exposure….

Unfortunately, this is about all that he can do.He is a Potemkin president with nothing behind the media presentation.Watch “The Candidate” with Robert Redford-the similarities are striking. Watch “A Face in the Crowd”-again, the “satire” is too close to the truth.I am just waiting for another unguarded (unteleprompted?) moment when he says something stupid and unforced-like on Leno about the mentally and physically challenged.The problem is that he BELIEVES that he can talk his way into or out of any situation.Talk is cheap-except for the trillions spent under his “leadership”.

“I don’t think he’s overexposed at all. In fact, I think in some ways he’s underexposed,” said Public Strategist Mark McKinnon, media consultant to former president George Bush and presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.”
Thank you Mr. McKinnon. The more he speaks, the less popular he and his policies become. Continue to encourage him to speak more!

“Polls indicate that Americans say the more they hear about the president’s proposed overhaul, the less they like it.”
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“Republican strategist Kevin Madden says it’s too much.
“I think the worry is it’s gone beyond over exposure…”
Hmmm, so polls indicate the more they hear, the less people like it – so Republicans are helpfully warning the president against overexposure… why?
“White House officials say that’s because Americans are hearing false attacks on Obama’s plan, not reality…”
Ah. Yes, heaven forbid the President dares to go out there and try to get the truth out. That would gut 90% of the Republican’s whining about health care (I hear the government Old ‘Yeller Board will make you kill your pets to get treatment for allergies!).

I voted for Obama, but if we are having this debate, then he is over-exposed. End of discussion. Historically, the nation tuned in to hear the President speak because it was a rare event. These days his presence, is ubiquitous. I would advise the President to refrain from giving so many interviews to save him from having to do five in one day when he really needs to make a meaningful statement. He is learning the hard way that the Nation could care less about his football picks when there are real issues on the line.

The more Obama talks the lower his ratings go. He is all flash and no subsstance and the American people are catching on.

(I hear the government Old ‘Yeller Board will make you kill your pets to get treatment for allergies!).
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You shouldn’t listen to Glenn Beck’s show. It will make your ears rot.

“Dissent is the Highest Form of RACISM.”
New World Order | Sep 16, 2009 9:12:00 AM
Dissent based in facts is fine and dandy (you don’t believe deficit spending is justified to prevent a crash in the GDP and associated tax revenue). Dissent based ONLY on his skin color (“he’s just an affirmative action ‘president’”), yeah, that’s racist.
See the difference? Reality based, vs skin colored based. Not too hard.
There are shades of gray, such as when the dissent is suddenly MASSIVELY louder over Obama doing the exact same thing as Bush Jr (or Bush Sr and Reagan in the case of the school speech) – but I see that as just sheep with poor critical thinking skills following hypocritical leaders. Dumb, but not racism.

“”"”I think most Americans appreciate that Obama is a brilliant leader who is faced with exceptional difficulties.”"”"”
Posted by: Bryan Miller
If the polls tell us anything, he has lost some of following he had during the campaign. Obama gave us the “economy on the brink” speech, but now it is “Obama on the brink”. What he does in what remains of 2009 will seal his 2012 fate.

Way too much. The late night talk show stuff is especially demeaning of the office.

President Obama has not convinced the majority of American people with all of his exposure because he does not tell the America people the details of the health bill. So far he has not answered the questions that the American people asked during the Town Hall meetings. He hears the questions, from the Town Hall meetings, Cable TV etc. but does not have an answer nor does he validate the people who are concerned about this health bill as well as all of his other radical projects, instead he name calls. He refers to the Cable networks as liars, Republians, etc. He is a great speaker and cannot sell his plans because the people can see right through him, he is transparent! He had said that he will go through the Stimulus bill “line by line” but did not and then he pointed his finger at congress to say bad children. He is a Liar and does not seem to care about the United States of America only his own agenda. Any one in congress that passes any of these health bills that has been recently presented by the president, will not be in office for long. I can’t wait unitil 2010 election!!!!

Obama has given some 265 speeches in his first 232 days in office.
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And he didn’t say nucular even once.

Obama is a troubling face in that he projects an Orwellian presence. He is the face of dictoral ant–freedom government – expensive, bloated and coming to you each day for more tax money to feed his insane addition to deficit spending.

I’m glad to see he is following my playbook.
Billy Mays

Maybe I am wrong, but aren’t the people that aren’t convinced the ones you need to talk to?
Posted by: Maria | Sep 16, 2009 9:15:22 AM
I don’t think talking to folks who will never be convinced and who have turned you into a bogeyman for every big fear of the past 60 or 70 years is a productive use of time. In fact, NOT appearing on Fox is viewed as a good thing by many.

“”10+ years of real world work and governmental experience”
jhw, come in, jhw. While perhaps this may qualify within the circles in which you run, working as a “community organizer”, law school professor, and state legislator does not qualify as “real world” experience.”
tjp612 | Sep 16, 2009 9:28:31 AM
Funny, the people directly impacted by laws Obama wrote and pushed through the IL Congress, such as the videotaping of interrogations for serious crimes (lauded by BOTH victim advocates AND prosecutors now, initially the governor had promised to veto it) would think differently.
But color me shocked that you only respect business owners and military commanders. And hold Obama’s work in non-profits in contempt.
During Obama’s three years as the Developing Communities Project’s director, where he grew its staff from one to thirteen and its annual budget from $70,000 to $400,000. That real-world success is the sort of thing that Harvard admissions would appreciate, indeed it was on his resume when he applied for law school. But that was for a non-profit, and non-profits don’t have to ever hire, fire, or make their balance sheet in your world.

Republicans hate it that, unlike any of the idiots they put up for President, our President can speak like an intelligent adult. It makes them insane.

The “In Your Face” president. Unbelievable. This guy is so used to everyone gushing all over him, he thinks all he has to do is “appear” in front of us and we’ll change our minds about his socialist policy. Substance,
we want substance.

jhw539— just read your post.. are you actually still trying to convince folks that Obama’s community activism is a good thing when his experience is with ACORN .. considering what has gone on with that group in the last few days??
Wow.. we should respect his experience working with the MOST CORRUPT political activist group in America.. We should be happy that our president cut his political teeth with a group who is in the process of having their funding cut off, has been dropped by the census department and is currently under investigation in 19 states for voter fraud.. is actively assisting peole in setting up underage prostitution rings.. and has been convicted of voter registration fraud..
Nice…

Obama has become just another entertainer and many Americans are proudly dancing to his music. And he is now on tour selling his agenda. The President has become the Billy Mills of the White House (sorry Billy R.I.P.) He was recently in Ohio in Lordstown to sell his ObamaCare ideas to the unemployed autoworkers in the region. Then it was off to Pittsburgh to sell his voting bloc with the unions. All the while, there were four Marine One helicopters standing by, Air Force One, a C17 transport plane plus about one hundred Secret Service Agents. The spending is out of control, the deficit is climbing, unemployment is approaching 10% and he wants to be on TV doing interviews. What happened to job creation and working on the nuts and bolts of our economy. I am a moderate and I personally believe that both Republicans and Democrats have forgotten about America. Let’s work on fixing the basics versus spend all our Presidents time selling his 25+ agenda items door-to-door.

“jhw539— just read your post.. are you actually still trying to convince folks that Obama’s community activism is a good thing when his experience is with ACORN”
arkie vet | Sep 16, 2009 9:45:20 AM
It wasn’t with ACORN. No point arguing with a liar.

Remember when the OLDmedia went on ad nauseum about how EARLY the Presidential Election Cycle started last time?
Well they have now started so early that they have merged. Obama is laughing all the way to the bank with all the free 2014 Campaign coverage he is getting.
He has changed the Presidency to nothing more than the propped-up puppet.

“Wow! OK, you’ve convinced me! /sarc.
Being able to siphon money from the government for “community activities” isn’t something to be exactly proud of these days (see, ACORN).”
tjp612 | Sep 16, 2009 9:46:19 AM
Sure thing. Guess you were lying when you said that stuff about making payroll, hiring/firing, and having to keep a business operating mattered to you. Or you’ve never had to lay off the church receptionist or worked a campaign to finance the $100,000 roof job for the rectory – that’s not REAL business experience because it just has to break even, not make a profit I guess.

His experience with ACORN was very limited and was not as a community organizer
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Correct. It was as an unpaid speaker at training seminars according to ACORN’s own website. Personally, considering what ACORN’s employees have been exposed doing, the fact that he had affiliation with any training aspect is even more troubling to me.

One week after the President’s address to Congress, opposition to his health care proposal has reached the highest level yet recorded .
Just 12% of voters nationwide believe most opponents of the President’s plan are racists . Republicans and unaffiliated voters overwhelmingly reject that notion but Democrats are more evenly divided.

Seems like only people commenting on the ABC News site are the ONLY ones talking about the story… this is an unbelievable story that has been uncovered… and ABC News like to remind us of Taylor Swift, Jimmy Carter and the President “fighting” to get the Olympics? What? Really? NOTHING on ACORN!

jhw,
“Or you’ve never had to lay off the church receptionist or worked a campaign to finance the $100,000 roof job for the rectory – that’s not REAL business experience because it just has to break even, not make a profit I guess.”
Wow, you are really, really reaching, aren’t you? Laughable…Keep rolling out the hits!

“Ok, ACORN and affiliates. If you are suggesting Obama did not work with ACORN, you are flat out lying.”
Right. And how about the $$$ the Obama campaign paid ACORN last year for “get out the vote” efforts? Or president has a long, long history with this corrupt, leaching organization.

Why are there no stories about ACORN on ABC, NBC,CBS? I just don’t get it. Is investigative journalism dead? Does the WH have complete control of the media except for FOX. Will he send in his troopers to shut FOX down and then we will have to have something like a radio program like during the war to get out the message to the people who may disagree. I think the county should be very scared. The president of this country has said right to us if you disagree I will not give you my message. Only the faithful followers will hear me as they are the only ones that matter to me and my henchmen. Wow are we in a dictatorship that controls eveything the media puts out. Apparently. Ask Charlie G what he knows about ACORN? You’ll get a little giggle and a “oh gee must have missed it”. How insulting to the taxpayer. How much does the WH pay you Charlie. To giggle I mean.

“Judge people on their actions and his actions are quickly lowering his poll numbers.”
From a USA Today/Gallup poll released yesterday:
By 3-1, those surveyed say [Obama] is “willing to make hard decisions.”
By 2-1, he is seen as a strong and decisive leader.
Two-thirds say that he can get things done and that he understands the problems Americans face in their daily lives.
A majority rate him as someone who can manage the government effectively and shares their values.
By 53%-45%, those polled say Obama can fix the major problems facing the country.

Yes, I know ABC would rather the president not take to the airwaves to defend himself and his policies from the garbage reporting of this “news” outfit…

Numeros: Don’t forget this one! It’s easy to find statistics for and against, but this one shows what the people think.
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 32% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-eight percent (38%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -6.

Overall, 49% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President’s performance. Fifty-one percent (51%) now disapprove.
Maybe Obama should think about working for the people and these numbers would certainly improve.

European doctors who work in the statutory insurance market earn scaled salaries set in agreements with the government.
The result is a class of doctors that feels increasingly underpaid and overworked. German hospital doctors earn about one-fifth of their American counterparts — an average of $56,000 per year, as opposed to $268,000 in the states. When negotiations with the government fall short, the doctors behave like any other group of workers in Europe: They take to the streets.
The marches in 2006 were the largest in German history, triggered by government reforms aimed at controlling costs in the national health care system.

“Numeros: Don’t forget this one! It’s easy to find statistics for and against, but this one shows what the people think.
The Rasmussen Reports…”
What are the respondents to other pollsters if not people? Chopped liver maybe?
And I’m well aware that Rasmussen is the choice pollster of conservatives.

Obama’s refusal to appear on FOX is an indicator of his personal cowardice and lack of integrity. Just as Obama was “the great abstainer” as a legislator (too cowardly to cast votes on tough legislation) , so, too, he is afraid of appearing on a network where he might be asked actual, tough, questions. Note to those playing the race card: obama is not only the first “black” president, he is also the first YELLOW president.

Numeros, Rasmussen polls “likely voters.” Most other poll “adults” and some poll “registered voters.” He explains at his site why the results differ.
From IBD/TIPP:
“Despite his popularity, a majority of Americans (58%) give the president a C grade or below for his handling of the economy. Only 41% give him an A or B. Overall, he gets a C grade. Democrats give him a B-, Republicans a D and Independents a C.”

OBAMA IS DOING GREAT HOLDING HIS OWN, BECAUSE HE IS HIS OWN MAN…HE HAS AWSOME CABINET MEMBERS AND THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB FOR AMERICA AND FOR BUSINESS….LET HIM GET THE JOB DONE.

Jimmy Carter:
“I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man.”
Corollary to be applied to guys like Jimmy Carter:
I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward Israel is based on the fact that they are Jews.

More Hope and Change! Are you feelin’ it yet?
—The Obama administration has privately concluded that a cap and trade law would cost American taxpayers up to $200 billion a year, the equivalent of hiking personal income taxes by about 15 percent.
A previously unreleased analysis prepared by the U.S. Department of Treasury says the total in new taxes would be between $100 billion to $200 billion a year. At the upper end of the administration’s estimate, the cost per American household would be an extra $1,761 a year.—

President Obama’s decision to exclude Fox News Sunday is either childish and spiteful because a few commentators on Fox cable disagree with some of his policies, or he’s scared of facing some challenging questions. I’ll watch FOX since they’ll report if Obama says anything new, which I doubt.

Overexposed? Not according to all the liberal press. They would love to have him on every day. Maybe we could have an Obama daily update direct from the White HOuse Oval office each morning on each channel (except Fox of course).

Good lord, Jake! You’re just now noticing obama is way, way overexposed? I’ve known this for months.

Jake -
What about the group of us who follow the news? While only half the country may be getting the message…we keep hearing the message over and over and over. I disagree with the President on healthcare and for me it’s beginning to get aggravating. Isn’t their a risk that the constant exposure to news followers will cause problems later when the President is trying to get support for other issues?

Over-Exposure? Are you kidding me? You must live in a 180 degree out-of-phase universe. Folks are so tired of seeing and hearing BHO that they go out of their way to avoid his latest “pronouncements”. Legacy Media live in Cloud Cuckoo Land!

Hugo Chavez is on venezuelan t.v. for days at a time doing his one man show.
Maybe The Great Communicator can team up with his buddy on a 12 hour show to be simulcast in Venezuela and the US.

For those who think that this president is under-exposed, what’s next? A picture of the great leader in every American home?

What would the old legacy media talk about if it werent for BHO? MSLSD’s matthews, olbermann, and Maddcow would have to thrill each other – that would be very ugly.

Do you think anyone will ask him about ACORN or the Rafke brothers? How about,
“When did you first hear about Mr. Rafke embezzeling $1M from ACORN.”
“Why haven’t you asked for an investigation, since you have personal knowledge?”
“Bertha Lewis says the ACORN actions are ‘indefensible’, what do you say?”
“Tell me specifically where you disagree with Van Jones.?

The only time I want to hear about the socialist is when he loses the next election…

Jake, is this supposed to be a serious question??? It’s been obvious for months.

Some one should tell our President that people feel he’s not involved enough in the everyday activities in Washington and the more he’s on TV the worse his approval rating gets. Get in that Oval Office and get to work on getting anything done.

As a lifelong Democrat, I quit watching anything but Fox when the MSM decided to favor Obama over Hillary in such a decidedly biased manner. I’m not alone.

Maybe someone should tell him he won? It’s time to stop campaigning and start being a President. Unfoturnatly I believe all he knows how to do is campaign. This is not a job for someone who just wants to vote “present!”.

Jonah Goldberg had it right when he said it’s like this: “I’ve got a fever and the only prescription is…More Obama!”
More Cowbell

Soon Comrade Barack will be holding 6 to 8 hour speeches to the hollow-eyed masses that will rival Comrade Fidel’s little chats with his peeps. Time to stock up on No Doz.

I wonder if my reaction to seeing his face on TV is becoming the norm. I immediately change channels or turn the set off. He is starting to look like the old duster ad where the duster hires a Mariachi band to serenade the housewife to take him back. But she has had enough of his crap!

Obama has turned governing into a 24/7 reality show. Unfortunately, the reality is that all of his public appearances are scripted campaigns. There are few excuses for not getting the right message across the first time — maybe he wants to make up for being a novice, or something….

Does this man ever work ? Oh thats right….he is on the public dole…
Typical lib…never work….

Breaking News:
Rather than going on 5 Sunday morning shows, the White House announced that it will take a page out of the playbook of another socialist world leader. On Sunday, NBC (The National Barack Channel) will air its first installation of Hello President. The show will borrow from the format of Venezuelan strong man Hugo Chavez’s Sunday morning show, Aló Presidente.

Well… every “rockstar” has their “groupies”… Even Obama must take in the opiate of his adoring (media) fans…

its a good thing we dont have that “permanent campaign mode” thing we had that was sooo awful when bush was president, that Scott McClellan lamented. things are soooo much BETTER now!! change!! yea!!! wonder what scott has to say these days. but i forgot, he had his 15 mins of lib whacko fame and he’s been spit out. like that poor goofy woman who camped out in the mud at bushes ranch. didnt seem to hear about her when she was campin outside BHO bungalow up in mahtha’s vinyud.

The man has a serious case of overexposure. Lcal radio reported that Obama has had major TV time over 130x since his inauguration. In comparison, Bush and Clinton were down in the 30′s at the same point in their administrations.

Overexposed???? hmmmm Not to me. Of course I don’t listen to his speeches anymore. He is still campaigning on the stump in my humble opinion. Time to sit down in the Oval Office and work. Quit gallivanting around the country. tsk tsk

Don’t get mad at Obama because he can put two sentences together, unlike you know who. But we all know the (real) reason you guys are so upset with the man. Hint! Hint!

Only an award-winning car salesman, like Mr. Obama, can sell a 2010 model as a 2011 model.

This president has divided the country!Corruption in government is rampant; czars, ACORN,etc.The race card is being played all the time .I dont want to be a democrat any more. Does this make me racist?Cuz, I’m Amer.Ind.and African-Amer.Shame On You Mr. Obama!!!!!

If he is such a great communicator…why does he have to keep repeating himself?

This is definitley going to have an effect on on my job, being a medical billing assistant.