It seems Barack Obama is no match for Susan Boyle when it comes to primetime.
The American President had hoped to broadcast a televised press conference at 9pm today on NBC to explain his plans for reforming America’s private-sector health care system, but Mr Obama was rebuffed by the network in favour of the Britains Got Talent runner-up.
Instead, The White House was forced into moving President Obama’s latest prime time news conference to 8pm, when it will be aired live on three US networks, including NBC.
A US television insider told the Daily Express: “The television networks normally comply even if it is in prime viewing.
“It can lose them ratings and millions of dollars in advertising revenue. But NBC dug its heels in and refused to push Susan out of the prime time slot, so The White House had to just blink.”
The 48-year-old Scottish spinster has enjoyed worldwide success following her sensational performance of ‘I Dreamed A Dream’ from Les Miserables on the hit ITV show, of which the clip took the internet by storm.
Check out the video of a revamped Susan Boyle on the Today Show, talking makeovers, meltdowns, overnight fame and err Harpers Bazaar.
Bo, the black-and-white Portuguese water dog emerged from the White House yesterday to make his first public debut as the newest addition to the Obama household.
After showing off their new pet to the cameras, the family took a long walk around the White House grounds, with the tail-wagging pooch in tow.
The arrival of the pooch ends a long saga dating back to the 2008 campaign trail when Obama promised a dog to his daughters Malia 10, and Sasha seven, to make up for his long absences while running for president.
When the President was asked where the six-month-old canine would sleep, he joked: “Not in my bed.”
It has been reported that the girls named the pet Bo in part because their cousins have a cat of the same name, and perhaps after Michelle Obama’s late father’s nickname Diddley, after the late rock ‘n’ roll legend Bo Diddley.
The dog is a gift to the Obama’s from veteran Senator Edward Kennedy, who owns several Portuguese water dogs.
He should have got a Pitbull instead, that way the American voters would always remember why they didn’t vote red.
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