In case you don't know what a "Full Ginsburg is (I didn't) it refers to blitzing the Sunday talk shows as did William Ginsburg, Monica's Lewinsky's lawyer - back during that awful time ( I really hate the reference to this). Looks like the Sun. talk show watchers will see a whole lot of Obama. He'll be making the rounds again - this time to sell his health care reform bill - trying to win the support of the public. At least, that's the reason being given. It may be that O just likes being on television. Honestly, this man needs to be on "Dancing with the Stars" or something. He does love to be seen.
Obama's risky 'Full Ginsburg'
On Sunday, President Barack Obama will execute what might be called a Modified Full Ginsburg — appearing on five Sunday morning talk shows to make a pitch for health reform.
It’s a move few politicians have attempted. Even fewer have been able to stick the landing.
The Full Ginsburg, of course, was named for Monica Lewinsky’s lawyer William Ginsburg, who first did the five-fecta of Sunday talk on Feb. 1, 1999. Obama’s move is slightly different – swapping in the Spanish-language network Univision for Fox News Channel.
But there’s no guarantee it’ll work.
Then-Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C) attempted a Full Ginsburg in October of 2004, only to go down to defeat as the Democratic vice presidential nominee weeks later. Hillary Clinton pulled a Full Ginsburg in September of 2007 at the peak of her political power – 22 points ahead of a long-shot named Barack Obama.
Even the maneuver’s namesake hit a rough patch afterward — widely criticized as star struck for his love of the camera, Lewinsky fired him a few months later.
“There is risk associated with this,” acknowledged White House spokesman Josh Earnest. “But it is also a unique opportunity to reach a pretty diverse audience.”
In the eyes of political pros, it’s also an opportunity for Obama to get dangerously overexposed. You’ve heard of “jumping the shark.” This might be “jumping the Ginsburg.” And on Monday, he’ll do another show, becoming the first sitting president to appear on the David Letterman show.
“More isn’t always more when it comes to a president’s words,” said former Clinton White House Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers. “This is something they need to start to be concerned about.”
Obama, Myers said, believes that if he has enough time, he can convince anyone of his position on health care reform. “But there’s a limit to that,” she said. “You cannot convince everyone, even when your argument is indisputably airtight and true. You can’t convince people who believe in death panels that there aren’t any death panels.”
It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.... Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less. ~Susan B. Anthony
well I certainly won't be watching this teleprompter-in-chief.. I have cancelled all these "news" stations.... I say let the fool talk... the more he talks, the more people get turned off.. and his plummeting ratings plummet some more...(I don't think his uber-"smart" staff/sycophants have figured out this simple concept yet)
people are sick and tired of seeing him... they are tired of seeing him spew lies, which more and more people are realising that is all he does.. LIE and then LIE SOME MORE!
he is not seen as a leader (if he ever was)... he is now just seen increasingly like a washed-up celebrity
-- Edited by ssmith on Saturday 19th of September 2009 08:20:25 AM
My guess is that the Obama train is swiftly running off the tracks, and he's desperate to distract with more health care bill lies that get everybody looking at that rather than the court case in CA. The judge there, David O. Carter, a former Marine, is deciding if/when o-ineligible's lawyers will have to cough up his documentation (discovery)!
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