Is Wolf Blitzer disrespecting President Obama?

[sandrakae]

I was sent an email asking me to send an email to Wolf Blitzer and demand that he stop calling President Obama, Barack Obama. He never called President Bush, George Bush. I have haven't seen the news this week and have not seen this for myself. If anyone has a video link this week of him doing it, could you please post it. I tried looking for one on CNN but cannot seem to find any from the situation room. Wolf's email address is [e-mail]. If he is doing this, please send him an email and ask him to show some respect.

[Blue Dog Dominion]

1. No

Media often drop the honorific. Most editorials also refer to presidents as "Mr." as well.

[sandrakae]

2. Lou Dobbs refers to him as President Obama.

[Blue Dog Dominion]

4. I think you're being a bit paranoid

Watch for a while, you will see both of them use/not use the honorific.

[napi21]

3. I'm not sure that's true. I'm sure I've hears him and manyothers call the former prez. George Bush.

Maybe never just George, but the complete name. Son't you think we're getting too touchy with this? I'm pretty tired of political correctness, and this seems to fall into that catagory.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

5. Ever notice

that all the Presidential contenders were called by their last names, or their full names.

But she was always Hillary.

I was always for Obama, but that Hillary thing pisses me off.

I wonder if they'll still call her by her first name now that she's Secretary of State?

I'll be watching.......................................

[NoSheep]

10. perhaps to avoid confusing her with Bill?

[Tangerine LaBamba]

11. He wasn't running

No, sorry, that's not possible. Discussions of primaries involved Bill Clinton, sure, but then he would have been "Bill Clinton." He sure wouldn't have been "Bill."

She was, though, always "Hillary."

I'm as far from PC as can be. This isn't a PC issue. It's an issue of simple, unthinking paternalism.

[NoSheep]

12. I noticed it too. And you are probably right to smell that sexist rat...but it did

occur to me that there may be a legitimate reason in some cases. I bet a full 1/3 of the country didn't know who was running. There are some real idiots out there...

[Tangerine LaBamba]

13. They voted for McPOW/Palin

So they weren't listening to the coverage. But, I'm sure they refer to her as "Hillary," too.

I learned in my life as a lawyer exactly how stupid people can be. That's why I had a sign made for my law firm's galley (clients were not allowed in there) which read: "Stupidity has been very good to us."

[NoSheep]

14. An honest lawyer!!!! (just a little joke there)

:hi: Are you an elitist like me?

[Tangerine LaBamba]

15. No, not really

I'm superior to elitists.

And I know it.

:toast:

[NoSheep]

16. A good sense of humor too!

:toast:

[orleans]

17. no, now she is being called "hillary clinton"

i haven't paid enuf attention as to whether or not they are calling her "s.o.s.h.c." but at least they are using her full name (just like they did with ...ug...condi...)

[angrycarpenter]

6. IMO he can call him anything he likes

as long as he tells the truth.

[JeffR]

7. Blitzer is an utter tool

but I can testify to hearing him call the pRevious pResident "George Bush" more than once.

[blonndee]

8. It wouldn't bother me unless he didn't do the same with bush.

I've heard a lot of newstalkers use "President Obama" the last few days and while I really like that, unless this is a consistent thing with Obama and wasn't with bush, I wouldn't read too much into it. Except that Leslie is a stupid corporate tool. That always matters.

[Beaverhausen]

9. I heard the rule is, first time you mention the president, you say "President so and so"

then the rest of the time you say "Mr. so and so"

Don't know who came up with this rule, but that's it.