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Asking if Obama is "overexposed," MSNBC's Scarborough, Buchanan ask why Obama doesn't just go on NBC's Meet the Press

NY Times' Leibovich on Obama doing Sunday shows: "There's an element of maybe even showing off here"

September 17, 2009 9:19 am ET

From the September 17 edition MSNBC's Morning Joe:

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Previously:

Media suggest Obama is talking to them too much

Why won't Obama just go away?

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    • Author by magnolialover (September 17, 2009 9:24 am ET)
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      He probably would, if McCain was ever not there.
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    • Author by The_Cat (September 17, 2009 9:34 am ET)
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      Well considering how many people watch the FOX network, I really don't think President Obama can be overexposed until they begin carrying his speeches, whether they be press conferences or to the Congress. Right, Mr. Murdoch? One whole network ignores him and he's somehow overexposed? Why do you just ignore the FOX viewers, MSNBC? Aren't they sheeple too?

      end snark.
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      • Author by magnolialover (September 17, 2009 9:39 am ET)
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        And really, is it so bad that our President, wants to get his message out to the people who he is President of?
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        • Author by The_Cat (September 17, 2009 9:53 am ET)
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          It's not just getting his message out, magnolialover. He also has to do a great deal of clarifying, since the news boys and girls seem to have such a field day promoting lies about what he is trying to do. I was pleased to hear him call 'death panels' a lie. Because the only way to deal with a liar is to call them what they are.
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    • Author by worrierking (September 17, 2009 9:59 am ET)
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      Isn't the president scheduled to be on "Meet The Press" this sunday?
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    • Author by nerzog (September 17, 2009 10:08 am ET)
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      And, I'll bet that if you dig through enough Morning Joe archives, you'll find them kvetching that Obama needed to do more to promote his agenda.
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    • Author by pros2pros2940 (September 17, 2009 10:36 am ET)
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      Gee.....the president going in TV in the midst of the worst economic situation since the depression.

      He should see if he could match Bush's record of 800 vacation days
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    • Author by mk3872 (September 17, 2009 10:42 am ET)
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      Oh, good grief! Already we're back to the MSM favorite theme of the Obama 8-month presidency: OVEREXPOSED!!

      Oh DEAR, NO! The president is making himself available to the media & the press more than Bush W & Cheney ... AAGGGGHHH!
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    • Author by barryO (September 17, 2009 10:54 am ET)
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      do we need to see him 7 times a week. don't you find that odd??

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      • Author by mk3872 (September 17, 2009 12:36 pm ET)
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        You can see him as often as you like. Does your TV have a channel changer?
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      • Author by magnolialover (September 17, 2009 1:52 pm ET)
           
        No, I don't find it odd at all. I find it refreshing actually. Seeing as how he's out there, doing the work, and bringing his message, and his plans to the people, he is the president of all of us after all. I'd rather have him on there a lot, telling us what's going on, rather than say, clearing brush on a fake "ranch" in Texas.
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    • Author by goesto11 (September 17, 2009 11:42 am ET)
         
      Wait...is this the same MSNBC that had a "Beer Summit Countdown" clock on the screen just a matter of weeks ago?

      They are complaining Obama is overexposed?


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    • Author by mjh (September 17, 2009 2:13 pm ET)
         
      Asking if Obama is "overexposed," MSNBC's Scarborough, Buchanan ask why Obama doesn't just go on NBC's Meet the Press



      TRANSLATION: Why must Obama go on television to get his message out so often? Doesn't he know, that interferes with our ability to spin and reinterpret what he says?

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    • Author by mjh (September 17, 2009 3:49 pm ET)
         
      NY Times' Leibovich on Obama doing Sunday shows: "There's an element of maybe even showing off here"



      Right -- and we've NEVER seen a president do that before:


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