Posted on 08/05/2011 5:48:53 PM PDT by mandaladon
At the end of Thursday's NBC Nightly News, correspondent Harry Smith, formerly of CBS, made his first appearance on the network with a fawning birthday message to President Obama: "Happy birthday, Mr. President. Once upon a time, when you were a young man, all you had to do was show up and teeming throngs of people would gather to cheer you on....They even wrote songs about you." [Audio available here]
Smith then lamented: "As a young person yourself, you were convinced anything was possible. But here you were this week, all by yourself in the Oval Office, signing the debt ceiling bill, looking for all the world like a guy who was chagrined, resigned, fatigued. With all due respect, you look like a guy who is turning 50."
Offering words of encouragement, Smith gushed: "Oh, the culture will tell you 50 is the new 40, Mr. President, but don't be fooled. Gray is okay, bald is beautiful....Some of your contemporaries have found solace in sports cars or motorcycles....But you can skip the mid-life crisis. You've already married up."
Smith concluded the syrupy segment by declaring: "So a little advice from someone who's been down this old road, yoga, it's good for relieving life's aches and pains. And Lord knows, you've been taking a beating. Don't despair, Mr. president. 50 Is a state of mind. It's a moment to assess the doable, to know you are only as old as Congress makes you feel."
After Smith's report, Williams made a point of noting: "I read today that he will still be younger, at 50, than all of the foreseeable [Republican] candidates for president....So there's solace in that."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
Sick butt-kissing liberal!!!
What a fruit.
I saw it. Chrissy Matthews was no doubt green with jealousy.
Must have been a package deal... Harry’s wife - sportscaster Andrea Joyce just went to NBC from SeeBS...
Take me to the vomitorium. Now!
Sorry... she’s been there a while...
Let’s chip in and buy this sappy Obama butt kisser a pair of knee pads!
“Sick butt-kissing liberal!!!”
You know, I would love to ask these morons if they can see daylight when Berry speaks, being that they all have their collective heads sooooo far up his @ss they must see daylight when he speaks.
What a pair of HOMOS!
i worked with harry smith at cbs back when he still had hair. he was a blithering idiot then, too.
Some of the comments over at the original source is good for a few laughs. :)
It’s amazing how far people will go to make a complete fool of themselves.
I remember when Harry did the same type of thing for George Bush. </sarcasm>
Mr.President thank you for the gift to our country to celebrate your 50th birthday....downgrade of our credit rating from AAA to AA-
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.