Posted on 05/05/2011 6:53:00 AM PDT by Hoodat
There is increasing concern in Washington that Jay Carney, the new White House Press Secretary, isn’t up to the job. Even when faced with an innocuous question that requires only that he trot out the official line, he looks completely stunned, as if the questioner is Bob Woodward asking him about Deep Throat. He gathers himself, embarks on a stuttering reply, pauses for what seems like an eternity, then starts gabbling, tripping over his words, rephrasing what he’s just said, then looking plaintively back at the questioner as if to say, “How did I do? Was that okay? Or would you like me to try again?”
“I think he’s doing very badly,” says a political contact based in Washington. “And I’ve heard others say that he’s really struggling.”
This is a pivotal moment in Barack Obama’s presidency, a moment when the eyes of the world are locked on Washington. In the global battle for hearts and minds, it is essential that the leader of the free world exudes an air of calm authority at this time. Yet the White House’s handling of the media in the aftermath of Sunday’s events has been breathtakingly amateurish, planting seeds of doubt about the legality of the operation and about Osama bin Laden’s death that would not otherwise be there. The constantly changing narrative – or “fact pattern”, as one White House official described it – suggests that the president and his advisers have been caught on the hop and have no clear strategy for dealing with the fallout from bin Laden’s death. This is epitomised by the halting, timid delivery of Jay – “How’m I doin’?” – Carney, who must bear some of the responsibility for this communications failure. . . .
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There has been concern since Day One that Barack Obama isn't up to the job.
How old is he 12 ?
That makes Carney perfect for the regime.
Agreed. This guy’s ineptness is the perfect reflection of his boss.
Not only inept, but a bad liar.
“fact pattern” ?!?!!?!
Where do these guys come up with these kind of kinetic phonetic phrases?
Jay Carney is the perfect man for the job.
It’s always such a relief about this time of day when folks start posting the British press and we can get some real news in place of the Obama spin-machine media.
Thing is he’s never been un-floundered.
I almost feel sorry for the dude. Who could keep up with all the lies coming from this administration? Everyday he is told to lie and backtrack to the American people.
He is too green. It takes a really accomplished liar to keep spinning for this crowd.
And he is a big improvement over Gibbs.
Gibbs was the gift that kept on giving. Carney is Gibbs without the ego.
Gibbs was allowed to P on the press telling them it was raining and they did not question. Carney always looks like his fly is open and no one wants to tell him so.
It is hard to be a front man for this criminal enterprise and Carney has no ability to keep up the facade. If the press actually begins doing its job, he will fold.
They're printing the bread like crazy and the spokesperson is a Carney.
The questions are way above his pay grade.
Tell lies to a compliant media which dutifully and unquestioningly reports them no matter how laughable they are.
Who is applying this supposed "pressure"? The Media?
I highly recommend the Obama Regime dig up Joseph Goebbel’s corpse. His corpse would fit right in and be an asset to this gaggle of lying thugs and goons, IMO.
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