THOMAS F. ROESER,Chicago Daily Observer
Obama advisors plays Hollywood
You have perhaps been touched by the words of President Obama at Notre Dame calling for “open hearts,open minds,fair-minded words” in debates on cultural issues such as abortion and gay marriage. Touching. Very touching. But as usual with the Obama White House,they don’t follow their own high-minded advice. Take David Axelrod who just before Obama delivered his stirring encomium,described Carrie Prejean,Miss California,as a dog for the only reason that she opposes gay marriage.
Axelrod whom I’ve debated many times in years past…before he became the media guru to Obama…is reputed for his so-called devastatingly clever wit and is celebrated for brilliant slash and burn tactics. He rarely gets tabbed with the blame because his best lines are usually leaked to favorite media writers without his name attached. But last week he made sure his name was attached. He appeared on the haughty NPR high-brow-toned “Wait-wait! Don’t Tell Me!” When the subject of Obama’s dog came up and how he got his name,Axelrod couldn’t help himself.
He said that he was called in to judge the efficacy of three names proposed for the Portuguese Water Dog who was eventually called “Bo.” Axelrod said his first suggestion was that the dog would be named “Miss California.” An obvious heavy slur at Carrie Prejean…referring to her as a dog,an insult delivered to women by men of another era…meaning ugly,stupid. He imparted that slur to a young 21-year-old whose only offense to extreme radical-liberal sneerers like Axelrod is that she supports marriage’s definition as between a man and a woman. Axelrod’s supposedly devastating barb evoked gales of laughter from the superciliously liberal NPR radio audience.