Obama's Presstitutes

Congratulations to Carol at No Sheeples Here! She getting some sweet Memeorandum traffic action for her post today, "The Pressitutes: Obama’s Lewinsky":

The snake oil salesman answered questions from a member of the Service Employees International Union and a member of Health Care For America Now. The audience was stacked and the questions were pre-selected. The political sham made for good television but in no way informed the public about socialized medicine.

The pageant of subterfuge at the town hall meeting was exposed by Helen Thomas who has covered the White House during every presidency since John F. Kennedy.

Following a testy exchange during a briefing with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas told CNSNews.com that not even Richard Nixon tried to control the press the way President Obama is trying to control the press.

Also Blogging: And So it Goes in Shreveport, The Blog Prof, Piece of Work In Progress, and The TrogloPundit.

See also, Michelle Malkin, "Washington Post: Laughingstocks and Let’s Make a Deal!; Update: “Salons” Shut Down."