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Krauthammer: Obama Acts as if He ‘Stumbled Upon the Presidency’
Mediaite ^ | May 19, 2014 | Josh Feldman

Posted on 05/20/2014 8:10:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Time after time, President Obama has reportedly learned of a number of big administration scandals in the media, from the IRS to Fast & Furious and now the VA scandal over wait times and veterans dying before receiving proper treatment (Jay Carney said today the president learned about this scandal through media reports). All this apparent unawareness before the fact led Charles Krauthammer to argue on Special Report today that Obama acts like he “stumbled upon the presidency” only to be shocked by how much wrong there really is.

He lightly mocked the idea that Obama is “madder than hell” about the scandal, and said the president can’t seriously keep claiming he learned about a wide number of government scandals just by listening to media reports.

“He acts as if––it was the same with the IRS, eavesdropping on the AP, and all the other scandals, the Obamacare launch––he stumbled upon the presidency and discovered all this horrible stuff is happening. He’s in charge of these departments. At some point, you’ve gotta ask, ‘Where has he been, and where is the competence, the elementary competence, he promised when he ran in 2008?’”

CNN reporter Drew Griffin said today that it’s “hard to believe” that no one in Washington, least of all the president, knew about these issues with the VA.

Watch the video below, via Fox News:

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: krauthammer; obama; stumble
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1 posted on 05/20/2014 8:10:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They need to call the Government Unaccountability Office.


2 posted on 05/20/2014 8:12:43 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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3 posted on 05/20/2014 8:14:46 PM PDT by dontreadthis
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
A lot of people think that Obama is destroying America on purpose. Bill Ayers may be doing it on purpose. Valerie Jarrett may be doing it on purpose. Obama? He's a dupe. A moron. The quintessential useful idiot.
4 posted on 05/20/2014 8:19:51 PM PDT by fhayek
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I think most people know that Valerie Jarrett is the one running the show..she is the real President..Obama is just her useful puppet..now he agrees with everything that is going on of course..he is a Marxist who despises this country, but Jarrett, she is the one that is running everything


5 posted on 05/20/2014 8:25:17 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Can it be that Obama is simply stupid? Maybe that is a better answer than other political options.


6 posted on 05/20/2014 8:31:44 PM PDT by Deagle (ues)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
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7 posted on 05/20/2014 8:40:36 PM PDT by SkyDancer (I Believe In The Law Until It Intereferes With Justice. And Pay Your Liberty Tax Citizen.)
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To: fhayek
A lot of people think that Obama is destroying America on purpose. Bill Ayers may be doing it on purpose. Valerie Jarrett may be doing it on purpose. Obama? He's a dupe. A moron. The quintessential useful idiot.

Sorry,you lost me at "he's a dope".Nothing could be further from the truth.He is of superior intelligence and every single thing he's ever said and done,including the things that appear to some as stupid,are the result of total arrogance and a fanatical devotion to his mentors,Saul Alinsky and Bill Ayers.

We underestimate the capabilities of this psychopath at out peril...and the nation's peril.

8 posted on 05/20/2014 8:42:43 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Rat Party Policy:Lie,Deny,Refuse To Comply)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
CNN reporter Drew Griffin said today that it’s “hard to believe” that no one in Washington, least of all the president, knew about these issues with the VA.

Especially since the Bush transition team warned Obama's team that there were serious issues with the VAs waiting times that couldn't be trusted.

It may be "hard to believe," but I'm sure CNN will try really, really hard to believe it, and convince that Barky didn't learn about this until he found out by watching "The Daily Show."

Mark

9 posted on 05/20/2014 8:48:50 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: fhayek

bttt


10 posted on 05/20/2014 8:58:00 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No, Mr. Kraut, obama was pushed on the country by people like you.


11 posted on 05/20/2014 9:02:14 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican
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Obama is so bad that even five years into his presidency even CK finally gets it.


12 posted on 05/20/2014 9:03:24 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Conservatives are all that's left to defend the Constitution. Dems hate it, and Repubs don't care.)
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CNN reporter Drew Griffin said today that it’s “hard to believe” that no one in Washington, least of all the president, knew about these issues with the VA.

The standard position on any of the issues that arise is that the President was unaware until he saw it on the news ...

13 posted on 05/20/2014 9:07:22 PM PDT by Lmo56 (If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ...)
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He's a fool, and definitely stumbled into the White House. It was a bad idea that got out of control, and now the Royal Fool is set for life. People like him, his ugly wife and his freeloading brats, could care less about the future of America. (Just like the Bush and Clinton dynasties.) All they care about is what it can do for them.

How I loathe the liberals in both parties.

14 posted on 05/20/2014 9:29:34 PM PDT by LouAvul (In favor of reducing government to a more common sense entity.)
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When someone plays stupid this often, you have to start to wonder if they are simply playing.


15 posted on 05/20/2014 9:32:41 PM PDT by Rodney Dangerfield (Has any President in history sunk to such a level of self-flattery & validation-seeking?)
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To: fhayek
A lot of people think that Obama is destroying America on purpose. Bill Ayers may be doing it on purpose. Valerie Jarrett may be doing it on purpose. Obama? He's a dupe. A moron. The quintessential useful idiot.

I have come to conclusion that not only Obama and his handlers want to destroy America, he wants to hurt Americans, make them suffer.

Nothing else makes sense to me.
16 posted on 05/20/2014 9:43:43 PM PDT by Ticonderoga34
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Everything Clown Prince nobama does is intentional...evrrything. nobama hates you Free Americans. He is a hate crime.


17 posted on 05/20/2014 9:51:54 PM PDT by ogen hal (First amendment or reeducation camp)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

At the time of his election, I thought he never contemplated winning the election. The look on his face, early on, seemed like he had terror. Not sure at whether it was due to what he learned in briefings, or being scared of the responsibility or what. I do think he is an idiot who hates America. He is smarter than average, but barely. More than anything, he reminds me of my youngest brother - and arrogant, mean, doofus. He just wants what he wants, and will do anything or say anything to get it.


18 posted on 05/20/2014 10:02:19 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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I think it was Richard Belzer, or maybe someone like him, who thinks that they show a newly-elected president a film of the JFK assassination that no one has ever seen before from the grassy knoll vantage point to scare him into line.


19 posted on 05/20/2014 10:06:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2M for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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"It's as if this guy (Obama) discovers everything late, as if he wandered into the White House on a White House tour and discovered himself in the Oval Office as president." - Charles Krauthammer 12/6/2013

Hey! Hello!?! Hello!?!

Psst, over heah, brah!


20 posted on 05/20/2014 10:32:10 PM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
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