Controlling The Message

Has anyone wondered why Obama is so quick to throw his buddies under the bus? Some might think that Glenn Beck has magical powers or something. All he has to do is mention a controversy on his show surrounding one of Obama's minions and *poof,* that person is gone.

The latest to go is the National Endowment for the Arts's (NEA) Yosi Sergant, who Beck featured on one of his shows, who was shown to be involved in a conference call basically calling out the arts community to promote Obama's pet issues through art (some might call it propaganda) and our tax dollars.

Before that, Van Jones, the Green Jobs Czar resigned, and then ACORN was relieved of it's Census duties. And then when Obama was asked about ACORN, who he has long been associated with, he hardly knew much about them, but thought that given the videotapes, they should be investigated.

There's almost as many people under Obama's bus as there are on it.

Now, why would Obama throw in the towel on these loyal supporters so quickly? Without even so much as a kiss goodbye, much less a hearty defense?

Well, it's the same reason they instructed the U.S. government's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to investigate a mailer sent by the Humana healthcare company to senior citizens that it insures.

It seems Humana was warning that the health care reform that Democrats were pushing could result in cuts to their benefits. So a letter was sent to Humana imposing an industry-wide "gag order" and ordering them to halt to any additional mailings.

How dare Humana inform their customers about healthcare reform legislation and how it would affect them!

You see, when Pres. Obama says that seniors will not see their Medicare benefits cut under his healthcare plan, we are just supposed to trust him on that. Never mind that the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says that the bill would cut payments to the Medicare Advantage plan by more than $100 billion over 10 years.

How dare Humana let their customers know this!

Now, what does all this have to do with the people Obama has thrown under the bus?

One thing.

The American people hearing about it.

This is how the Obama administration handles these things. As soon as Washington discovers a controversy, the news barely covers it, and then it's gone....gone...gone.

You and I, we know about it, because we read the news every day. We are "plugged in." But MOST Americans are too busy to even notice these things. Go ask your non political neighbor who Van Jones is. He will not be able to tell you. All they will know about about ACORN is something about hookers (that kind of thing always catches our attention) and that Obama is hardly aware of them.

What the Obama administration is doing is making sure no controversey gets more than a few days news play. They kick the offender out quicker than a loud drunk a their daughter's wedding.

They know that if it only gets a few days of news play, then most of America will probably never hear about it, and they are right.

What Humana did was send letters out to seniors about the truth of this health care bill, that the Obama adminstration hoped they would NEVER hear otherwise. Obama knows he can keep saying one thing, and the sound bites comfort the seniors. But a letter from their own insurer stating the truth??? Unacceptable. They can't control that. Thus, the gag order.

It's all about controlling the message, and Obama's campaign showed us that they are brilliant at it.

It's why Obama ignores the millions of Americans at the Tea Parties. It's why when the CBO's numbers came out contradicting Obama's claim regarding Medicare, the White House quietly releases a statement on a Tuesday night defending its approach. No need to go blabbing about, defending yourself to all the news organizations. That would bring too much attention to it.

So..sshhhhhh........ They know if they can keep enough of the truth about this health care bill on the down low, then they will pass it.

And the controversies? What controversies?