Obama's 'Mistakes': Way Too Early to Judge

Time ^ | 11/25/09 | Joe Klein

[Nachum]

In the Arena Obama's 'Mistakes': Way Too Early to Judge By Joe Klein Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates listen as U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a Cabinet meeting White House Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates listen as U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a Cabinet meeting at the White House Dennis Brack / Getty

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Over the past few weeks, Barack Obama has been criticized for the following: He didn't go to Berlin for the 20th anniversary of the Wall's coming down. He didn't make a forceful enough statement on the 30th anniversary of the U.S. diplomats' being taken hostage in Iran. He didn't show sufficient mournfulness, at first, when the Fort Hood shootings took place, and he was namby-pamby about the possibility that the shootings were an act of jihad. He has spent too little time focusing on unemployment. He bowed too deeply before the Japanese Emperor. He allowed the Chinese to block the broadcast of his Shanghai town-hall meeting. He allowed the Chinese President to bar questions at their joint press conference (a moment memorably satirized by Saturday Night Live)

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[Nachum]

Gosh Joe, was it a "mistake" have Andy Stern visit the White House 22 times? Maybe it was a "mistake" to put KSM on trial in New York... Or maybe those fake stimulus numbers. Nahhh. Maybe it was a "mistake to fire Gerald Walpin.

Maybe Obama is the "mistake". Don't worry Joe. The American people will fix the "mistake" soon.

[DontTreadOnMe2009]

What a POS Time magazine has become under its new owners ...

[HighWheeler]

“Bush’s ‘Mistakes’: Way Too Early to Judge”

(whoops, wrong President)

[max americana]

Why are we riled up about this? Time, Newsweak etc, they’re editors are so far up Obama’s ass you could see his stool on their pages.

[nmh]

LOL!

Even the dumbest of dumb can see Obama is a DISASTER!

OTOH, atleast the left are TRYING to give this idea some thought. That’s very unusual for liberal truth haters.

[Huskrrrr]

Will the last Obama lapdog at Time please turn-off the lights when you leave?

[Huskrrrr]

TO TIME EDITOR:

[Huskrrrr]

TO TIME EDITOR:

[colorado tanker]

Actually, the mere fact Time is asking the question makes me wonder if we are approaching the tipping point where they throw Barry under the bus and distance themselves from him.

[2nd Bn, 11th Mar]

Yep, those elite journos could write a story about how many polyps Obama has.

[Haiku Guy]

So it is way too early to make pronouncements on Obama's fate. One pattern that can be limned from the recent overseas controversies is that this President has a tendency to err in the direction of respect toward other countries. This is a witting reaction to the Bush Administration's tendency to diss our allies and insult — or invade — our enemies.

If Joe Klein is going to use a non-word in a formal essay, he should at least spell it correctly. After the smashing use of the fabulous word "limned", he had to drop the ball with "diss".

The correct spelling is "dis". This non-word is a shortening of "disrespect", not "dissrespect"...

[TexasFreeper2009]

I weighed and measured Obama in the primaries and found him wanting.

[DontTreadOnMe2009]

The correct spelling is “dis”. This non-word is a shortening of “disrespect”, not “dissrespect”...

Is there a “correct” spelling?

Since it is a Eubonics based non word, I thought you could spell it pretty much any way you wanted, or risk getting dissed -— or stabbed.