Gender and race: the shields of the Obama adminstration Posted By: floppingaces 11/25/2012 12:56:32 PM Flopping Aces, by DrJohn Original Article
You can argue about the ruination part, but about the manipulation of race there is no doubt. The lapdog press sees Barack Obama not as a President, but as a national treasure- the first black President- and in need of protection and nurture free of the entanglement of scrutiny. Only Ed Henry of Fox News dares to even ask a serious question of Obama, and Obama bristles at them. The White House press corps have become the Court Jesters to the King, and Obama plays them like fiddles. Obama does use his race as a shield and virtually every criticism