President Obama finished up five taped interviews with a variety (by variety, I mean “fringe” media outlets) of morning talk-shows where he will, without a doubt, promote, hustle and market his ideas and strategy on his version of health care reform. We’re guessing the September 9th address to a joint session of Congress (and the entire United States) didn’t effectively hammer the point home. Thank you, Rep. Joe Wilson! (No, seriously, thank you).

Something doesn’t make sense about today’s lineup of appearances.

Let’s see if we can use super detective powers to break down today’s flawed media blitz, point by point:

1. The President is doing interviews with five networks. Five networks that are openly gay for the president in the proverbial tank for the President. The aforementioned networks include CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC and Univision (by the way, we thought Univision was a term for an eye disorder, until we found out it’s actually a Latino television station). What’s missing here….

2. Oh yeah, Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace is missing. Now, why is this important? The networks mentioned above are predominately watched by a large portion of Obama supporters. These people do not need convincing – they’re all loons that have grand visions of seeing the President walk on water. Seriously.

Guess who needs convincing?

…PRETTY MUCH EVERY PERSON THAT WATCHES FOX NEWS.

3. It’s a known fact that Fox News commands more viewers (by a ratio of up to 5:1) than any of the networks above. Now you think that would be enough to be convinced to do an interview on a network that will garner the most eyeballs. It’s just good business sense. Oh…wait, I guess community organizers never took business classes in school. Hmph.

4. Now beyond basic marketing/business 101, the very people that President Obama needs to convince, independents and conservatives, ALL watch Fox News. No matter if you like it or not, that’s how things work. Now why in the world (stop me if I’m missing something here) would he not want to appeal to the people he needs to garner support from? The sad part for him is that with his smooth teleprompter skills, he could probably talk his way into a number of independent hearts that need convincing.

5. But wait, there’s MORE! Obama is doing a Sunday show lineup and guess who he forgot about? Oh…what’s that massively large group of people that do the same thing every Sunday morning for the duration of their lives…oh, yes….CHRISTIANS. Okay, okay, we know all about Tivo, but the Christian viewers, who are largely conservative, probably aren’t going to take the time to go back and watch Obama pimp health care reform on a string of liberal television networks – and that’s assuming that they even have Tivo.

The Bottom Line

What we’ve outlined here (in case anyone on the White House marketing team needs a refresher) is so simple and basic, you have to wonder what the real reasons are for snubbing Fox News. As die-hard Fox News viewers, we would LOVE to see Obama plead his case on a show like Chris Wallace’s. So the only thing we can deduce is that Obama didn’t want to answer any hard questions – I mean let’s be honest, do you REALLY think you’re going to see even one hard-hitting question come up on the other networks? Probably not, and if so, it will be followed up by a quick chuckle and bright smile on both sides. Don’t be surprised if the interviewer offers to shine the President’s shoes if the question seems too tough.

If you’re ready for a few chuckles and grins today, here is Obama’s schedule for Sunday – don’t waste too much Tivo storage on it though.

CNN’s “State of the Union”
NBC’s “Meet the Press”
ABC’s “This Week With George Stephanopoulous”
CBS’s “Face the Nation”
Univison

Check your local TVGuide.com for times and channels.

Other notes of interest:

Chris Wallace will actually have a more interesting interview, which stands a good chance of nabbing viewers from other networks. Chris Wallace will be interviewing ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis. That should be a ton of excitement, honestly. ACORN has openly stated that they are looking at the possibility of legal action versus a variety of entities, including Fox News, for the undercover investigation that has ultimately brought them to their knees. Bertha gets credit from us, as she has more intestinal fortitude than our own governmental leadership to appear on a network that will ask the real questions.