Posted on 09/16/2013 8:55:35 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
President Barack Obama is damaging his presidency, weakening America’s standing in the world, and displaying “inexplicable” incompetence.
The media figure making those accusations isn’t Bill O’Reilly or Rush Limbaugh, Charles Krauthammer or Glenn Beck. The critic doesn’t host a right-wing talk show, anchor a Fox News program, or write for the pages of the Weekly Standard. In fact, he’s not even a conservative.
It’s Joe Klein, the Time Magazine political columnist. “Obama has lost some serious altitude: In the world, with the Congress, and most importantly with the American people,” Klein, a veteran journalist and political moderate, told POLITICO.
Klein isn’t alone: In recent months, and especially since the start of the Syria mess, Obama has been enduring some of the toughest and most widespread press criticism of his four-and-a-half years as president. It isn’t just coming from the usual suspects on the right. Increasingly, the skepticism is coming from the center and even from the left — from White House reporters, progressive editorial boards, foreign policy experts and MSNBC hosts.
And Obama has mostly himself to blame for the recent wave of media negativity (although the Republicans have been glad to lend a hand). To hear the press tell it, his handling of the Syria crisis has been confusing and contradictory at best, making him appear weak on the international stage. His administration’s persecution of whistleblowers and surveillance of the press are at odds with the promises he made as a candidate. His inability to push a progressive agenda through congress makes him appear ineffective.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
You made your bed.
Now you get to sleep on the wet spot
Yeah, but the US is becoming more and more like California. No matter how difficult the Democrats make our lives or how incompetent they are, people will still reelect them.
The thing that gets to me here is ‘inexplicable’ incompetence. As if, because he went to the right schools and spoke properly he was somehow ever competent.
My thought exactly. WE’VE been seeing this since the man got in - has there ever been an emptier suit in the WH? He had NO experience coming in, no distinguished work record, nothing - nothing to recommend him except he was an interesting color and “clean and articulate” according to Clinton or Biden, I forget which.
Recipe for disaster we all saw coming. From day one his major concern seems to be enjoying himself playing and vacationing and being late for everything. “He seems amazed by the sheer amount of work going across his desk.” - the Daily Mail. You have to go to International papers to get any real info about him.
Only the dems and libs are surprised that in the end, he seems clueless.
Any sane person stops reading at this bold faced lie: “...Klein, a veteran journalist and political moderate, told POLITICO.”
Hey Joe, he only had ALTITUDE because YOU MEDIA are the
wind beneath his wings. WISE UP MEDIA!!
I quit reading after they said Joe Klein was a moderate
“It’s Joe Klein, the Time Magazine political columnist.”
Klein is a mouthpiece for the Clinton’s. You can bet Hillary is behind this.
Well, when Obama has lost Joe Klein.....
It’s a Johnson/Cronkite moment.
Joe Klein, “political moderate.”
Who knew?
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