Posted on 08/16/2010 8:06:54 AM PDT by Nachum
Michael Scherer of Time tried to explain the concept of "Why Barack Obama Doesn't Like to Chit-Chat with the Press Corps" -- despite their obvious affection for him. The president's first Ground Zero Mosque comments were "perfectly scripted," he wrote, and perfectly timed, on a Friday night at a Muslim dinner celebrating Ramadan. Scherer doesn't get that the venue could be controversial, considering Obama's allergies to traditional Christian prayer breakfasts. But this "perfect" scenario was ruined by the White House press pool (specifically, CNN's Ed Henry):
A reporter asked a stray question, and Obama blew all the careful planning of his staff. He varied from his initial remarks, creating a new narrative for a story the White House does not want to linger. Was he adding an asterisk to his remarks, as the Washington Post put it? Was it a recalibration, as the New York Times put it? In short, this is a communications disaster. The White House had to release a statement clarifying the new statement, or restatement, or whatever.
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Blaming the press? No... this is clearly Bush’s fault.
I hear Bob Schieffer openly weeping on CBS radio this morning.
The puppet cannot, ever be allowed to speak off the cuff, Higher Powers know that.
Strong maternal instinct, that.
I don’t want a president that is “perfectly scripted”. Hollywood can provide that any day of the week. I want a president that is honest.
Dang that press for giving Obama a chance to demonstrate his boneheadedness.
Obama stood up at a Muslim dinner in celebration of Ramadan and said in a very forceful voice,
LET ME BE CLEAR, ...
There is no backtracking out of this. We all know what he said, how he said it, where he said it, when he said it, and what he meant by it.
You would think that it would be possible for even this kool-aid guzzler to realize that this POTUS is an empty mind without his TOTUS. Blaming the Press Pool for blowing off the “carefully crafted” message is blaming the messenger rather than the source!
These elitist morons in journalism make me sick. The problem isn’t the press, the problem is Obama. He wants this mosque built.
rofl, this is an admission that Obama Is a PUPPET in every definition of the word
These “journalists” seem to think that if they lie enough times, the public will believe them.
“I want a president that is honest.”
Exactly, people who are honest, who are speaking from the heart their true convictions, don’t have to be scripted. His off-the-cuff remarks demonstrate his real mindset, not the words on the teleprompter.
The Obama Puppet is just the face, the announcer. He makes no decisions, he does not lead. EVERYTHING has be delegated to others to do while he play golf and when its time for him to make an announcement of what his advisors have decided, he will dutifully come out and make a speech as if its his decision
Has anyone leaked what went on at the WH lunch meeting of liberal journolists?
I also want a press that is honest. Not that that's about to happen.
Remember when he said something to the effect of:
"The call to muslime prayer is the sweetest sound in the world".
Quayle got unfairly branded an idiot over "potato".
Bush became a laughingstock over "misunderestimated".
Obama? Time after time he comes out with some truly stupid, ignorant, boneheaded statement -- but that never alters the fact that he is both brilliant and articulate. Sheesh!
Bush’s fault?
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