Poor Barack Obama. Ending his fifth year as the world’s most powerful man, he is running out of scapegoats and fairy tales. Blaming George W. Bush has lost its punch, and the ObamaCare debacle is shredding the myths he is competent and honest.

Still, before he rides off into that sunset of self-pity and low poll ratings, he ought to invite his remaining friends over for a heart-to-heart. That way he can tell The New York Times that its fanatical support does him no favors.

Instead, it feeds his arrogance and reinforces his belief that he can solve any problem with another speech. The unflattering truth doesn’t stand a chance — ­until it is too late.

Not that the president would admit any of that, of course, but the Obama Protection Racket, led by the Times, cuts both ways. It is a key reason he has defied political gravity for so long, and also why he is now in deep trouble. As watchdogs became lapdogs, the presidential bubble grew impenetrable, isolating him from ordinary Americans and the trickle-down pain of his policies.

From the broadcast networks to MSNBC and most large papers, Obama got the benefit of every doubt. The double standards were a daily disgrace so routine, they mostly provoked a shrug instead of outrage.

The ObamaCare debacle is the exception that proves the rule. Wall-to-wall complaints are forcing the media to report that the law’s Web site is a lemon and that its rules are causing millions of people to lose insurance plans they liked.

The mainstream media is acting only because the story is too big to ignore. Had it been mildly skeptical sooner, it could have exposed the law’s destructive rules and prevented the disaster.

Yet the Times, especially its editorial page, remains his most devoted cheerleader. The latest example is embarrassing enough to make a Gray Lady blush.
After the president’s repeated promise that “If you like your health-care plan, you can keep it” was proven false, the editorial page tried to clean up his mess. On Nov. 2, it charged that Republicans were stoking “consumer fears and confusion” by highlighting reports of people losing insurance.

Then came the coverup: “Mr. Obama clearly misspoke” when he made those promises, the editorial said, before dismissing the problems as an “overblown controversy.”

for more: http://nypost.com/2013/11/10/new-york-ti...rms-the-nation/

I thought this editorial to be one of the more significant pieces on where we're at right now. The general press is turning on Obama but the NYT is still doing its cheerleading and providing tremendous PR support to the administration.

Blaming the Republican lack of support for ACA for the failures of the ACA website is just plain STUPID!!! I'm glad Goodwin called the NYT out on this and I hope other news agencies do the same, and don't stop doing so.

Indeed they are doing the Country a HUGE disservice.

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Not that the president would admit any of that, of course, but the Obama Protection Racket, led by the Times, cuts both ways. It is a key reason he has defied political gravity for so long, and also why he is now in deep trouble. As watchdogs became lapdogs, the presidential bubble grew impenetrable, isolating him from ordinary Americans and the trickle-down pain of his policies.

From the broadcast networks to MSNBC and most large papers, Obama got the benefit of every doubt. The double standards were a daily disgrace so routine, they mostly provoked a shrug instead of outrage.

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Not that the president would admit any of that, of course, but the Obama Protection Racket, led by the Times, cuts both ways. It is a key reason he has defied political gravity for so long, and also why he is now in deep trouble. As watchdogs became lapdogs, the presidential bubble grew impenetrable, isolating him from ordinary Americans and the trickle-down pain of his policies.

From the broadcast networks to MSNBC and most large papers, Obama got the benefit of every doubt. The double standards were a daily disgrace so routine, they mostly provoked a shrug instead of outrage.

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They HAVE to do this. Those of us who are sane and still happy to think for ourselves like to be cynical about things like this because we have trouble believing anybody can REALLY be that freaking stupid,but the reality is these goobers really DO think if they criticize a black president it proves they are racists.

I honestly think the core reason this freaks them out so badly is because they ARE racists. They really and truly don't think blacks are competent enough or smart enough to be held responsible for their actions and thoughts,so theirs is the racism of lowered expectations and pity.

IMHO,this is why they hate blacks like Alan West and Janice Rogers Brown so much. The FACT that there ARE very intelligent,capable,and self-confident blacks out there who reject their pity and racism and prove the fallacy of their prejudices only serves to rub their faces in it and force them to look at their core racism.

Nobody likes to have their faces rubbed in their foolishness. Especially fools.

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