Once again, Barack Obama proves we made a mistake selecting him as our president.

Everything he touches, so to speak, has negative results. There's spending, unemployment, sinking dollar, post racism, the Afghan war, Iranian nukes, etc. His actions on virtually everything are counterproductive. If I'm wrong about the whole nine yards, would somebody show me and readers just where this country is better off since his January inauguration.

What's the new thing? Obama (and his party) are trying to marginalize conservative TV (Fox) and conservative talk radio by waging war against them. Since the attacks the ratings have gone up for Fox, Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck and many more that don't share Obama and Congress's views on major issues. Here's another case of being counterproductive!

Why would a president take on the most successful TV newscast that is watched, not only by Republicans and conservatives, but also by liberals, Democrats and a great many Independents? Why take on Rush Limbaugh only to see his listeners go from 13 million to 15 million? Not very smart! It's self-defeating.

If more people watch Fox than CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, MSNBC and PBS combined, there has to be a good reason. Same holds true for talk radio where a dozen conservatives succeed while liberals struggle for an audience. Mainstream America knows it is a fact that mainstream media has sold out to Obama with its obvious liberal bent. Obama is liberal and so is MSM.

Obama's Communications Director Anita Dunn said "we control the media." That's true except for Fox and talk radio. Rahm Emanuel and David Axelrod say Fox is not a news organization but has a perspective. Give me a break! Mainstream media doesn't have a "liberal" perspective? Fox and talk radio provide important news, don't kid yourself. And, what's wrong with a perspective if you believe in free speech as long as many facts are included and there are always many. Liberals can have a perspective but conservatives can't?

There is an endless list of factual news items MSM won't touch. As an example there's the ACORN scandals, Obama's communist czar Van Jones, Obama's school czar Jennings who is a homosexual activist, the impact of stimulus bill on employment won't even reach into next year, Anita Dunn admires China's Mao Tse Tung who killed 70 million, etc. See my HDNews blog for more.

We need conservative news to keep us informed about the appalling untruths and schemes of Obama healthcare (OHC) such as the following. Delay OHC costs until Obama's re-election? A separate bill to pay doctors in order to hide real costs? Keep our private insurance when the OHC public option can print money at the drop of a hat? Vote on bills not even written? Vote on bills too long to read? Demonize insurance company profits that only average 6 percent? Abortion and illegals not covered with OHC? Dressing up a group of liberal socialist doctors? Won't add a penny to the deficit? Taxing millionaires to pay for it when there aren't enough millionaires? OHC still leaves some 15 million uninsured while we add another trillion to the deficit?

(1) Thank God for a "free" conservative press so very crucial to a democracy. MSM is not free. Can you imagine a MSM journalist free to criticize Obama? (2) It has been my experience the biggest critics of conservative media never tune into that media. They get their cues second hand from MSM. (3) Trying to silence our "free" press once again proves Obama is not the man for this job.

Les Knoll

Victoria and Gilbert, Ariz.