Five minutes into this interview I thought it was a joke. Then it lasted five minutes longer and by that time there was nothing funny about it. More than ten minutes of network time wasted on a guy ABC thinks might have committed the unforgivable sin of attending a dinner with Dear Leader that he may or may not have been invited to. Gate Crasher III!
Carlos Allen was part of a breathless Good Morning America “exclusive” with Robin Roberts. (The former ESPN sportscaster, not the Hall of Fame pitcher.) Finally, Roberts got tough with an interviewee. She treated Allen like he had kidnapped the Lindbergh baby. You’ve got to see the grilling this guy took to believe it.
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Of course, the real “sin” here by Gate Crashers I, II, and III is that they are embarrassing the White House showing that it runs its parties with all the security of the Deltas at Faber College.
During the third-degree by Roberts we learned startling information, like why Allen went to the Willard Hotel near the White House and why he didn’t have the envelope that his invitation came in. We also were treated to such naturalistic details as when he went to the bathroom, and what he did when he came out of the bathroom ( fortunately, we did not hear what he did in the bathroom—maybe GMA is saving the good stuff for later).
I thought the nation had so many more important things to deal with right now. When Hapless Harry Reid gets roasted over his now-infamous “Negro” remark, we hear that nobody wants to know why the Senate majority leader is talking like a patronizing racist. “We need to move on and get to health care and protecting the nation from those poor guys in the Middle East that Bush turned bad,” is what we hear from the Democrats and their compliant media right now. “The apology has been accepted,” they say collectively, “and the case is now closed.” After all, we’ve got Gate Crashers to go after right now and no stone will be left unturned until these criminals are brought to justice!
Bottom line: like Rod Blagojevich, these guys are embarrassing the Obama White House and they have to be dealt with harshly.
On one level, this is TV as silly as it gets. Using more than ten minutes of valuable network air time on something like this defies logic (unless you re-read the paragraph above); on another level, it’s simple journalistic malpractice. There really are critical issues facing the country today, which need to be addressed seriously and thoughtfully.
If Obama can’t control his own White House that just tells me he can’t control much of anything. Maybe that would be an angle GMA would want to look into.
Call me. I’ll give you that story if you want it, and I’ll show up without my attorney.
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