Posted on 04/17/2012 2:49:47 PM PDT by mojito
A CNN pundit who has advocated nuclear containment of Iran and expressed antipathy towards American democracy is said to be on the short list for a top diplomatic post in a second Obama administration—perhaps even secretary of State. That is raising red flags across Capitol Hill and within foreign policy circles.
Fareed Zakaria hosts CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” a weekly program focusing on international issues and American foreign policy. Zakaria is also an editor-at-large for Time magazine and a columnist for the Washington Post, where he regularly praises the president’s policies.
Zakaria has gone to great lengths to ingratiate himself to Obama, frequently flattering the president and vociferously attacking his critics on both sides of the political aisle. This could be the reason Obama is so keen on the pundit, sources said.
“Every column he’s written in the Washington Post for the last two years has been a job application,” said one longtime Washington foreign policy insider who requested anonymity. “He’s just climbing the greasy pole.”
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Speculation has only increased over the years, as Zakaria and Obama bonded over several face-to-face sit-downs and powwows about critical world events. It has even been reported that the president phones the CNN talking head to get “wisdom and advice about issues around the world.”
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Climbing the greasy pole, indeed.
YGBFKM moment, here!
I don’t see this as causing any visible difference: The Gay Guy from CNN has been a defacto high level adviser to Zero since before 2008. Formalizing the relationship would have the positive impact of throwing the fudge packer off the Sunday Morning lineup.
From beer-swilling Hillary to a CNN pundit .... what could go wrong? /s
That’s the “Post-American World” author. Tells you all you need to know about where he plans on taking this country.
That’s the “Post-American World” author. Tells you all you need to know about where he plans on taking this country.
Just to show them all that he really is the smartest president ever.
This makes a bunch of sense. Fareed takes SOS so The Hildabeaste can run for VP.
People like to hang with others like them.
Idiots with obtuse agendas.
Early on I described Obama as viewing America like an envious and resentful Third Worlder and he’s proven that correct more times than could be counted. So, of course he’d like to have Fareed in the White House because Fareed and Obama view America the same way.
Any of y’all texans planning on going to Fareed’s Screed at Midland College on the 24th.
Might be fun to axe him a few questions.
Our biggest mistake is in thinking that Obama thinks
and behaves or reacts as an American would.
He does not.
Not no, but hell no.
Chunk-spewing-inducing metaphor alert!
Zakaria, a Muslim, attended Harvard from 1986 to 1993 when he earned his Ph.D. In the doctorate program he would have taught classes.
Obama, a ??, attended Harvard from 1988 to 1991.
I suspect their relationship goes much farther back and is much more complex than has been discussed.
Great sleuthing. Thanks.
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