Thursday, November 26, 2009

Opinion

Obama's View From On High

August 12, 2008 08:53 AM ET | Bonnie Erbe | Permanent Link | Print

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A woman scorned?

Sounds like maybe Bonnie's invitation to accompany John in first class on his campaign tour got lost in the mail?

Disgraceful

I've long considered U.S. News & WP to be a respectable and reliable publication of high journalistic standards, but this nonsense isn't even worthy of the National Enquirer. Obviously there's no editorial oversight for blog entries.

Bonnie, did you sleep with someone to get this job? Because you couldn't possibly have got it to due to your credibility as a journalist.

You should be ashamed and US News & WP should fire you.

Campaign Planes

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/airplane.asp

Obama's view

This is a silly piece of reporting--even as an op-ed it's grossly trivial.

Bonnie, you're in a prime position to get some REAL issues discussed here.

Desperate for a column, Bonnie?

So tell me, Bonnie, how does this story jibe with your promise to provide news on "issues that affect the lives of women, families, and communities of color," as your biography so liltingly promises?

Do you think anyone cares whether a candidate sits in a leather recliner in his campaign-funded jet or a standard first-class seat (which also recline, as I recall from the two times I've flown first class)?

Or would it be better to contrast "O-Force One" (Obama's plane) with the PRIVATE jet furnished by Cindy McCain so Exxon John can travel in the plush comfort the "maverick" has grown accustomed to since ditching his first wife?

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About Bonnie Erbe

Bonnie Erbe is a contributing editor at U.S. News & World Report and hosts PBS's weekly news analysis program, To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe. She also writes a weekly syndicated newspaper column for Scripps Howard News Service.

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