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resident Obama said Fox News and conservative media “vilified” him throughout his presidency.
In several interviews with The Atlantic, Obama said he felt more confident about his presidential run in 2008 because he hadn’t been targeted yet by Fox News and conservative commentators like Rush Limbaugh.
“I think I should point out in terms of both my confidence that I could win in ’08 but also the fact that I was lucky and maybe a little bit naive: In 2008 I was never subjected to the kind of concentrated vilification of Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, the whole conservative-media ecosystem, and so as a consequence, even for my first two years as a senator I was polling at 70 percent,” Obama told The Atlantic’s Ta-Nehisi Coates in an interview published Tuesday.
But, he said, stereotypes about African-American politicians and liberals — "some image of me as trying to take away their stuff and give it to black people, and coddle criminals" — quickly began to take hold.
Obama said people often criticize him based on what they see and hear about him from conservative media outlets.
“When people criticize or respond negatively to me, usually they’re responding to this character that they’re seeing on TV called Barack Obama," he said in the interview.
"You understand that if people are angry that somehow the government is failing, then they are going to look to the guy who represents government," Obama continued. "And that applies, by the way, even to some of the folks who are now Trump supporters. They’re responding to a fictional character named Barack Obama who they see on Fox News or who they hear about through Rush Limbaugh."
resident Obama said Fox News and conservative media “vilified” him throughout his presidency.
In several interviews with The Atlantic, Obama said he felt more confident about his presidential run in 2008 because he hadn’t been targeted yet by Fox News and conservative commentators like Rush Limbaugh.
“I think I should point out in terms of both my confidence that I could win in ’08 but also the fact that I was lucky and maybe a little bit naive: In 2008 I was never subjected to the kind of concentrated vilification of Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, the whole conservative-media ecosystem, and so as a consequence, even for my first two years as a senator I was polling at 70 percent,” Obama told The Atlantic’s Ta-Nehisi Coates in an interview published Tuesday.
But, he said, stereotypes about African-American politicians and liberals — "some image of me as trying to take away their stuff and give it to black people, and coddle criminals" — quickly began to take hold.
Obama said people often criticize him based on what they see and hear about him from conservative media outlets.
“When people criticize or respond negatively to me, usually they’re responding to this character that they’re seeing on TV called Barack Obama," he said in the interview.
"You understand that if people are angry that somehow the government is failing, then they are going to look to the guy who represents government," Obama continued. "And that applies, by the way, even to some of the folks who are now Trump supporters. They’re responding to a fictional character named Barack Obama who they see on Fox News or who they hear about through Rush Limbaugh."
It's all Fox's fault. I'll never forgive Sean Hannity for creating that horrid deal with Iran.
Well...and the 7 other countries involved who worked together to actually stop Iran from building tons of them. But hey, Trump will tear that up, win-win right? You get rid of the "horrible deal", and Iran gets nukes!
BTW-if we go after Iran, I dont know if you have noticed, but they are heavily involved with Russia in Syria...guess who they will ask for help from?
Well...and the 7 other countries involved who worked together to actually stop Iran from building tons of them. But hey, Trump will tear that up, win-win right? You get rid of the "horrible deal", and Iran gets nukes!
BTW-if we go after Iran, I dont know if you have noticed, but they are heavily involved with Russia in Syria...guess who they will ask for help from?
Yesssss, that's it. Trump will even send them some of ours so they get a head start on the collection. Nukes are all the rage these days with the religiously insane collector. Like Beenie Babies.
yeah, fox news derided obama for eight years, not unlike cnn, msnbc, abc, cbs, nbc, the huffpo, new york times, and just about every other news organization derided bush and trump, and every other republican. so gee, obama got a little heat and he cant stand it. tough. go home obama.
Well...and the 7 other countries involved who worked together to actually stop Iran from building tons of them. But hey, Trump will tear that up, win-win right? You get rid of the "horrible deal", and Iran gets nukes!
BTW-if we go after Iran, I dont know if you have noticed, but they are heavily involved with Russia in Syria...guess who they will ask for help from?
Maybe we should have found a way to work with Russia in Syria?
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