The Obamessiah's Stiffling of Dissent

Well.  If you haven't heard "that" podcast now, you need to.  Here's the link to it.  http://wgnradio.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=44075&Itemid=467

But does anybody remember with Keith Olbermann and John Cook (of Radar Online) were discussing alleged "troops" of Michelle Malkin, Ann Coulter, and Laura Ingraham.  Here's a partial transcript.  "These, Ann Coulter and (Michelle) Malkin, you know, they sort of, uh, present a kind of rhetorical, um, uh, rhetorical world-view where they have their troops out there, uh, and I think that he thought of himself as one of their troops.  Uh, and, uh, uh, and, and, and, wanted to live up to their standards."

Ok...that's a partial transcript, including the "uh"s and "um"s.  BUT, here's the point.  According to John Cook, those three (Ms. Coulter, Ms. Malkin, and Ms. Ingraham) have "troops" to do their bidding.

Let's now go to the link to the podcast that I gave earlier.  In it, the radio station is deluged with callers supporting the Obamessiah.  Mr Olbermann and Mr Cook, are you willing, now, to admit that people on the left might have "troops?"  If not, why not, given the evidence?

The callers called in as requested and used the talking points (also called bullet points) from the Obamessiah's email.  Just like a "troop" would do, ne?

But in using those talking points, the Obamessiah's troops missed several things.  The producers of the show asked the Obamessiah's campaign to come on the show and present their view.  They mention that at least five separate times during the interview.  Let me say that again.  They mention at least five times in the interview that somebody from the Obamessiah's campaign was invited to refute their guest.  In fact, one caller said they should have called "ten times."  Honestly.  But here's the point that the Obamessiah's troops are missing. 

I'm now going to offer a partial transcript of that show, starting at 52:35:

"Did you hear, did you hear what our producer Zack Christiansen [I'm guessing on this spelling] reported earlier in the programme?"

"I did not.  I just tuned in."

"Well, there you are, Ma'am.  Let me say it again, cuz some others may have tuned in late.  We called, we only arranged for Stanley (Kurtz) to come on last night, because, he only came to town yesterday.  Uh, and uh today, we called the Obama campaign.  The National Headquarters, just down the street on Michigan Avenue, and, uh, uh, Zack talked to somebody in their communications department a man named, I have it here, um, but I can't find it at the moment, uh, Ben LaBolt [I'm guessing on this spelling as well] and, uh, offered to have him or anyone else they wanted to supply come on the programme for 15 minutes, or for the full two hours, whatever they wanted, and he was told 'no' and he was asked the name of the (station's) Programme Manager, and then Mr LaBolt hung up on him.  So we made the offer. Uh, and, uh, made it in good faith.  Does that placate you in any degree?"

"Not really, I'm sorry to say."

"Why not?"

"I think one phone call was made, yes, but (interrupted).

"We should have made 10?"

"Yes."

"This was an empowered..."

You get the idea.  They called the Obamessiah's campaign.  The man they spoke with, Ben LaBolt (or it could be LaVolt, it sounds like one one time and the other the other time, so I'm not exactly sure) demanded the name of the Programme Manager and then hung up. 

So you'll excuse me for saying this, but it really didn't sound like the Obamessiah's campaign had any intention of listening to what Mr Kurtz had to say.  And if the campaign really wanted to get "the facts" out, as they claim to, they would've had somebody on that programme so fast it would make your head spin.  And I guarantee you that they'd have done that, in spite of the Obamessiah's being at the convention.  If it was that important, they'd have made the time.

Instead, well.  We saw, didn't we?

Mr Olbermann, are you now ready to admit that people on the left, as Mr Cook has accused people on the right, have troops?

Mr Olbermann?

Anybody?

So let's review.  WGN did ask the Obamessiah's campaign for a representative to discuss and/or refute the facts presented by Mr Kurtz.  The person at the campaign, an empowered person in their communications department demanded the name of the Programme Manager and then hung up.  Tell me, how can you have a conversation with somebody who has hung up on you?

the Obamessiah.  Change we don't need.  Change we can't afford.

I, again, rest my case.