ABC's The Note: It's all Obama's fault
Written by Eric Boehlert
Published
I'm not sure it's physically possible for The Note push any harder it's beloved Obama's-presidency-is-teetering-on-collapse storyline that it's been hyping since, like, September. But take a look at today's rather hysterical lede and it sure looks like The Note is trying [emphasis added]:
So it was that, in a single week in President Obama's second February in office, everything basically broke down, or at least froze in place.
Tracking a chaotic couple of hours... A former president was hospitalized for a heart procedure... The Kennedy political dynasty moved toward a quiet close...
A blizzard sparked a climate debate... Health care reform waited out another week... Glimmers of bipartisanship were promptly extinguished in the Senate... And we filled our snow-stuffed days with visions of Sarah Palin and David Paterson and John Edwards...
This is Washington at its most dysfunctional -- leaving aside the monstrous snow piles cutting down on the parking spots.
Note the very un-subtle way ABC News tries to connect all those disconnected events and to drop them at the feet of Obama; to make them--and the week-- seem like they're a reflection on Obama's administration.
But look at the highlights on that grocery list again: Bill Clinton, Sarah Palin, John Edwards, David Paterson, Patrick Kennedy and a blizzard. What does Obama or his adminstration have to do with any of those things?
Nothing, of course.