Obama's war with Fox News the act of a thin-skinned bully

October 30, 7:03 AMAtlanta Conservative ExaminerKevin Duncan

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Obama needs to learn no one is immune to criticism.
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

With his repeated attempts to discredit and ban Fox News, Obama's promise of "change" apparently included an effort to censor those who disagree with him.

Everyone in the public eye faces some sort of criticism. Athletes, movie stars, musicians, novelists, stand-up comedians, and even people who inexplicably choose to get up on stage to prove they can dance put themselves out there for criticism. Like it or not, it comes with the territory.

But criticism isn't restricted solely to those who live or work in the public eye. Criticism reaches all levels of society in some way, shape or form.

Teachers face criticism from students and parents.

Waiters and waitresses face criticism from customers.

Heck, janitors face criticism if they miss a spot cleaning.

We might not like criticism, but none of us are immune to it. And absolutely, positively none of us are above it.

And then came the man from Hawaii (wink)

Well, except for Mr. Obama (otherwise known as the 44th president of the United States). Mr. Obama, apparently, believes he is immune to criticism. That he is above it. At least that's what he would have you believe with his White House's actions as of late.

In its ongoing war with the network, last week Obama's White House attempted to ban Fox News from being able to interview Kenneth “Pay Czar” Feinberg while allowing all other networks to interview him.

This intended snub came on the heels of other slights by the White House during the past few weeks. Among them:

Obama's senior adviser, David Axelrod, had this to say about Fox News: "They’re not really a news station."

Communications director Anita Dunn claimed the network "operates almost as either the research arm or the communications arm of the Republican Party.”

And Rahm Emanuel, the White House Chief of Staff, has told CNN the president considers Fox News “not a news organization so much as it has a perspective.”

Apparently, someone has a bee in their bonnet

Honestly, is it much of a stretch to predict it's only a matter of time before Obama's college buddy Julius Genachowski, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), begins trying to censor Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and the other conservative radio voices that have the audacity to criticize Mr. Obama?

Obama's over-the-top aversion to criticism is even more bizarre when you consider the fact he receives so little of it elsewhere.

CNN, MSNBC and the like kiss his feet. He goes on Leno and Letterman and they practically swoon over him. Democrats in the House and Senate seemingly go out of their way to support him. He surrounds himself with people who, if he asked them what his dirty socks smelled like, would say they smelled like a flower-filled garden with just a hint of cinnamon and peppermint.

But apparently that isn't enough.

Lock me up if you must, but I do believe the emperor isn't wearing any clothes

Hans Christian Anderson's fairy tale about the emperor with no clothes is a glimpse at our country's future if Obama has his way. In Anderson's story, no one was willing to speak out against the emperor. No one, except for a small child, was willing to state the obvious.

Obama might not like Fox News, Limbaugh and company, but he would be wise to grow thicker skin, drop the bully act, and learn to deal with their criticisms.

After all, while Keith Olbermann and Wolf Blitzer are applauding the "new suit" Obama has bought from two swindlers, someone from Fox News will actually stand up and say:

"Um, Mr. President? We all can see your Washington Monument."