Obama Media Blitz

T.V. viewers have been bombarded with President Obama’s health care message since Sunday morning, when the president appeared on five talk shows to promote reform. Following that media blitzkrieg, the president today appeared on the David Letterman show to continue his push on health care.

Many viewers have been left flabbergasted by the exposure the president is getting in the media.

“Every channel I flip to, there’s the president!” Dennis McNearny, a retired dentist in Florida, complained.

The White House responded that such statements are a gross exaggeration, but upon closer scrutiny, these complaints proved valid.

Maggie Davenport, a homemaker in Baltimore, was startled when she turned on the Food Network to not only not find Rachel Ray hosting, but to instead find President Obama hosting.

“Today I’m going to teach you how to make reduced health care costs through congressional

reform bills,” the President, wearing a chef’s hat and a ‘kiss the cook’ apron, announced.

Toddlers were equally befuddled when the president appeared on Sesame Street with his arm around Cookie Monster, singing “‘H’ is for healthcare, it’s good enough for me!”

And if one hoped to escape from the president in re-runs, that too could not happen. During the introduction to an episode of the Brady Bunch, President Obama appeared in the box usually reserved for Alice. And in the introductory song to Gilligan’s Island, President Obama’s name was inserted: ‘Gilligan; the Skipper too; the millionaire, and his wife; the movie star; the professor and Barack Obama! Here, on Gilligan’s Island!’

“I especially found it disturbing when the president entered Al’s diner in a leather jacket on ‘Happy Days’ and said ‘Heeeeyyy!!!’” Max Angler, an engineer from New Jersey, complained.

Probably the most egregious use of presidential power came when the president interrupted the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants Sunday evening with his own broadcast from the White House.

“I’m president Barack Obama. If you don’t get behind my health care reform bill, I won’t let you watch your precious football game.” The president then opened a copy of ‘War and Peace’ and read from it for the remainder of the game, much to the chagrin of football fans everywhere. After the game had officially ended, the president came inches away from the camera lens and whispered, “I’ll see you next Sunday. I’m a man of my word!”