Check, Check, Double Check.

People knock journalism school.  Everybody can write.  Anybody can report and ask questions.  The mainstream media is biased.  One person who definitely never holds back on voicing her opinion -- even when she's got her facts in error -- is this blogger.   Today, she ran a two-year old, relatively innocuous photo of the president campaigning in Ohio in 2012 -- sharing a beer with two women:

Ann Althouse said...

What a disturbing picture!  The blonde woman looks like she's going for his zipper. He looks pained. But what's he doing there, cavorting with 2 women? Does Michelle appreciate that kind of posing with other women?  And what of all the American citizens who disapprove of or have a religious scruple against drinking alcohol? It's such in-your-face beer-guzzling? Who likes seeing that? It's not what feminists want in a man.

Her approved commenters then followed her lead, chiming in:

Meade said...  And let me remind you that extremism in the pursuit of condescendingly denying that you have any interest in photo ops is no virtue.

Unknown said...  Except that the one on the left looks a little heavy set and the sign on the right is a little to bright, this would be a good ad.

Skeptical Voter said...  Not to be sexist or anything, but couldn't he find better looking beer hags and bar flies to be drinking with? I mean aside from the title he has, the dude has gazillions of bucks--and that usually attracts pretty women. I thought we were electing a President in 2008 (not that I voted for him because I could see the train wrecks --plural there--that would come with such a novice) instead of a party animal. Well we got the party animal and fund raiser--but as for the role of President, Obama has pretty much been missing in action.

Paul said...  He probably drinks a lot since it's unlikely he can still do blow and smoke reefer.

Gahrie said...  It's not what feminists want in a man.  The only thing feminists want in a man is a wallet.

Matthew Sablan said...  "It's not what feminists want in a man.  -- Given who feminists I know date/dated now and in high school and college, I think you're wrong there. It's not what feminists SAY they want in a man, but everything I've seen points to at least it being neutral/break even on what women want.

MadisonMan said...  This is not how I think a President should behave.  What is he campaigning for?

Richard Dolan said...  That's a picture and a pose made more for Bill Clinton that Barry O. Bill would definitely know how to take it from there.

The law professor/blogger in the comments added this:

Ann Althouse said...  From March 2010: Obama's doctors recommended "moderation of alcohol intake" and I observed that Bush was was criticized for being a drunk when he didn't drink at all.

She was quickly corrected though:

bgates said...  From March 2010: Obama's doctors recommended "moderation of alcohol intake"  No they didn't, they recommended "moderation in", and recommending "moderation of" is completely different from recommending continuation of "moderation in."

and another who pushed back on the sexism and priggishness on display:

mccullough said...This photo is 2 years old and was taken in Ohio, which Obama won again a few months later, so he definitely knew what he was doing. This is the kind of stuff that swings a swing state.

There are plenty of issues an educated person could constructively criticize about this president's job performance.  But making him out to be an alcoholic, or a womanizer even, are a bit below the belt, dontchathink?

The country is divided and faltering.  I think I know why we have political stagnation and are unable to work in good faith to get things done to meet the needs of the people in this country.  This law professor's work here might be considered Exhibit A...