A Way Too Common Headline: 'Obama Unaware' of Everything Scandalous

NewsBusters ^ | 10-28-2013 | Tim Graham

[smoothsailing]

October 28, 2013 A Way Too Common Headline: 'Obama Unaware' of Everything Scandalous

Tim Graham

When President Bush didn’t know about something scandalous going on in his administration, starting with Iraq, reporters mocked him for a lack of curiosity and intelligence. (See Scarborough, Joe.) But when intelligent liberals (oops, for the media this is redundant) are in charge at the White House, being unaware is a shield against scandals. The clueless president gets to walk in and say “Nobody’s madder than me about” (fill in the blank: Healthcare.gov, IRS scandal, NSA scandal....)

Liberal Washington Post editor and Obama biographer David Maraniss claimed Obama was even relatively unaware of racial issues until high school: “Like Obama, she was relatively unaware of racial issues until she got to prep school.” On Monday, James Taranto at The Wall Street Journal came up with a nifty list of headlines making excuses for Allegedly Unaware Obama:

• "Obama 'Unaware on Investments"--headline, Albany (Ga.) Herald, March 8, 2007
• "Obama 'Unaware of Illegal Aunt' "--headline, BBC website, Nov. 1, 2008
• "Obama Unaware of Tea Party Protests"--headline, Examiner.com, April 15, 2009
• "Obama Unaware of Backroom Deal, White House Says"--headline, Dallas Morning News website, June 4, 2010
• "Blago Judge: Obama Unaware of Seat Exchange Bid"--headline, Associated Press, May 16, 2011
• "Sebelius: Obama Unaware of ACA Website Glitches Before Launch"--headline, CaliforniaHealthline.org, Oct. 23, 2013
• "Obama Reportedly Unaware NSA Spied on 35 World Leaders"--headline, ABCNews.com, Oct. 28

Taranto's headline was "The Buck Stops Ware?" Obama never wants to take any responsibility for Obama scandals. "Who, me? I was unaware. Nobody's madder than me...."

[tumblindice]

The sinicism and hopefulnessless. Resist we much!

[smoothsailing]

[Paladin2]

Avoid at all costs, resist as we are able.

[bigbob]

I like that! And even if they were aware, no one in the adminstration was aware of it ;-)

[GeronL]

Only because Obama has the memory of a goldfish

[bigbob]

I really like:

“OBAMA DOESN’T CARE!”

Makes a nice chant, especially when chanted with 40,000 or so of your closest friends who have discovered their insurance rates going up like a rocket.

Obama DOESN’T care!

[jyro]

Gota PARTY, no time for anything else.

[GeronL]

He really, really does not care.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Obama is unaware that as President he is expected to be aware.

This is what you get when you elect a Teleprompter President for his skin color.

[tumblindice]

Make no mistake about it, let me be clear. Let me say this about that.
That’s what I’m talking about. Here’s the deal: It will not be easy. Yeah! Uh, OK, er, what? Huh? Uh huh. News to me, no knowledge, no sir. No. Yes. Maybe. That’s a categorical denial. Jay?

[dead]

[headstamp 2]

It’s tough being a figurehead for a left wing cabal running the country.

[Irenic]

I don’t know what bothers me more... Obama not knowing or the media not giving a rats arse. Everything is just hunky dory except it’s not.

[Pontiac]

Anybody this unaware must be in a coma.

[Aria]

How can this be....he is always the smartest man in any room...just ask him.

Reporter “he’s the smartest man to ever be President”. Interviewer “what is his IQ?”. Reporter “I don’t know”.

LOL

[BookmanTheJanitor]

well...at least he's up to date with important stuff, like college basketball (rolling eyes)

[des]

He makes a lousy queen.

[Eagles6]

Save

[Liberty Wins]

Has anybody told him he’s president?

[rlmorel]

"...We need to come up with the same kind of thing for Obama..."

You would need the media for that, and they aren't going to do their job.