Newsweek’s Evan Thomas: Obama Is ‘Sort of God’

[Ichiban]

Remember that Newsweek is letting Stephen Colbert run it as "guest editor" this week.  So that means that it moves from a "news weekly" to an "entertainment weekly" in my book.  Not that I've read it in a very long time anyway.

[SCfromNY]

In Greek mythology not all Gods were benign or even smart.

[JC5123]

Yep.

Quick Take: Evan Thomas vs. Evan Thomas
By Tim Graham | June 8, 2009 - 10:43

Newsweek editor Evan Thomas has created a precious contrast in the media's approach to presidents Bush and Obama.

"Well, our job is to bash the president, that's what we do." -- Evan Thomas responding to a question on whether the media's unfair to Bush on the TV talk show Inside Washington, February 2, 2007.

"I mean in a way Obama’s standing above the country, above – above the world, he’s sort of God." – Evan Thomas on Hardball, June 5, 2009.

http://newsbusters.org/people/newspaper-magazine-wire/evan-thomas

Thanks for the backup Haz! I'm at work and didn't have time to look it up! Sorry for getting the quote skewed, but I thought I remember it being the same propagandist.

[Kid Shelleen]

Wow, lamestream media just continues to develop real estate down there off the deep end.

I love the "lamestream" media moniker. The far left media got this guy elected and they served as his imagemakers, being very careful to never project facts, his platform or anything more than an image that uninformed suckers would drool over.
It's no wonder that he is Newsweek's "Sort of God" They created him in his own image.

[tombogan03884]

OT What's the deal with Colbert, I've never seen heard or read any of his stuff yet, but I've heard that he is a VERY strong supporter of our troops.

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[fightingquaker13]

OT What's the deal with Colbert, I've never seen heard or read any of his stuff yet, but I've heard that he is a VERY strong supporter of our troops.

On that you are correct. His schtick is that he plays an over the top right wing, ala Rush, commentator. His show is funny, smart and reasonably balaced, because while he makes fun of right wing bluster (my favorite was "Rainbows are God's way of frowning at gay people"), he is a fairly conservative guy. He's been in Iraq the last week, and has raised many, many dollars for scholarships for the children of service members.
fQ13

[Texas_Bryan]

On that you are correct. His schtick is that he plays an over the top right wing, ala Rush, commentator. His show is funny, smart and reasonably balaced, because while he makes fun of right wing bluster (my favorite was "Rainbows are God's way of frowning at gay people"), he is a fairly conservative guy. He's been in Iraq the last week, and has raised many, many dollars for scholarships for the children of service members.
fQ13

I think you have been watching the wrong show, while he has done all for the military families, 'fairly conservative' is a complete misjudgment.  As is 'balanced' goes, its basically just the Daily Show that tries to make conservatives look like jack asses, and most of their guest are atheist or feminist.  Watch it for a week solid and you see.  But it does have its moments.

[fightingquaker13]

I think you have been watching the wrong show, while he has done all for the military families, 'fairly conservative' is a complete misjudgment.  As is 'balanced' goes, its basically just the Daily Show that tries to make conservatives look like jack asses, and most of their guest are atheist or feminist.  Watch it for a week solid and you see.  But I does have its moments.

You may be right, I've only watched it a few times, so I shouldn't have made an overall view of the show. I have heard him interviewed and he just put forward some fairley conservative views, but that might not be typical. My apologies if I didn't have facts right, but the few episodes I watched, were pretty funny.
FQ13

[tt11758]

To paraphrase something Lloyd Bentsen said in a Vice Presidential debate a few election cycles ago:

"I know God.  God is a friend of mine.  Barack Obama is no God."

[Kid Shelleen]

To paraphrase something Lloyd Bentsen said in a Vice Presidential debate a few election cycles ago:

"I know God.  God is a friend of mine.  Barack Obama is no God."

Truer words were never spoken