Posted on 01/07/2010 12:25:33 PM PST by UAConservative
Washington (CNN) -- President Obama will take direct responsibility for administration mistakes when he releases a new report on the December 25 terror incident, according to a senior administration official familiar with the president's remarks.
But he is not planning to fire anyone for the foul-up, the official said.
"He will say, 'Here are the warts; I'm responsible,' " said the senior administration official, who requested anonymity because aides were not authorized to discuss the remarks before they're delivered by the president.
The official said the president believes that previous administrations would "play hide the ball" and not come clean with the American people when things go wrong, so he wants to be direct about what needs to be fixed, but the official said the president does not want this process to devolve into finger-pointing.
Pressed on whether people in the administration are likely to be fired to follow through on Obama's promise last week to bring "accountability" to all levels of government, the senior administration official said no.
"It's about holding accountable a system so that it works," said the senior official.
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So he is going to resign then?
“He will say, ‘Here are the warts; I’m responsible,’ “
He IS THE WART!
America will not be safer until he is GONE from office!!!!
He’ll take responsibility, but he won’t fire anyone for this flight and Ft. Hood, which had its own systemic failures.
“Just words...”
It would be great if he did, but I think pigs would fly first.
He’s probably going to create yet another department to handle security. This will allow him to create or save another million jobs.
B.S. He’ll talk about how the current policies have been in place for since the previous administration.
Obama IS the virus!
Gee... The Commander in Chief taking responsibility for his own job!
What part of “blame Bush again” does Obama not get?
“””The official said the president believes that previous administrations would “play hide the ball” and not come clean...”””
Now Obama is blaming Bush/Cheney for not being transparent while Obama the Messiah is clear as a bell.
Even when Obama says the buck stops with him, his narcistic personality requires him to put the fault someplace.
“I stand before you to announce the President of the U.S. takes full responsibility ...”
Bush played hide the ball, Clinton played hide the salami and this jerk is playing hide the truth
exactly. He’ll also blame republicans for holding up the TSA appointment.
Any bets on how many times he will mention the previous administration while he is “taking credit”?
Yeah, exactly what the heck does “take responsibility” mean these days? Seems to be tantamount to “whatever”.
If he want to demonstrate taking responsibility, he can start by ordering military trials for KSM and stopping the Illinois Gitmo fiasco before it’s too late.
Bush played hide the ball, Clinton played hide the salami and this jerk is playing hide the truth
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