Posted on 09/16/2013 8:55:35 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
President Barack Obama is damaging his presidency, weakening Americas standing in the world, and displaying inexplicable incompetence.
The media figure making those accusations isnt Bill OReilly or Rush Limbaugh, Charles Krauthammer or Glenn Beck. The critic doesnt host a right-wing talk show, anchor a Fox News program, or write for the pages of the Weekly Standard. In fact, hes not even a conservative.
Its 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 isnt 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 isnt 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 administrations 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 ...
Isn’t Klein Hebrew for “Slow learner”?
It’s as if the left has stuck their foot in a big pile of steaming dog shit and waited for 5 years to start trying to wipe it off.
I wouldn’t take Klein’s nasty statements about Obama too seriously. He’ll still vote for him over any Republican. Klein is the dope who thinks Republicans voted for Reagan to get back at black people. You can’t get more stupid than that.
They did the same thing with Krinton - at some point in Krinton’s second term there was all this angst about “missed opportunities” and “squandered political capital” and such. I guess once the libs realize that the sea levels aren’t going down and the children of the world aren’t joining hands and singing Kumbaya or It’s a small world buyer’s remorse eventually and inevitable sets in. Just part of the natural cycle of things due to the inherent contradictions present in “liberalism”.
Blue Lips is vermin. Scum. Deserving of extermination — he and all those he brought into his sphere of influence.
To believe otherwise is to believe in the demise of America.
Back when this guy first came on the scene several people would say to me “Obama made a great speech.” I ask them what he said and they’d give me this blank stare.
mrs. bill? really? You actually believe that moochele will not cast her name out there as the next "greatest" president when she has so 'obviously' been the rock upon which obamba has based his political career upon? Of course she will run against mrs bill -and win!
What, you lot don't think anyone will vote for moochele? You raycyst!
(/sarc) (*grin*)
(psst! Not so loud, mate! Don’t you know he’s one of the ‘Flying Meshuganovs’?
Now that they’ve re-elected him, they can pretend objectivity.
-PJ
“...displaying inexplicable incompetence.”
It’s completely explicable: morons elected a community organizer! Who did they think they were getting, Winston Churchill???
Idiots!
Be careful. NEVER trust the socialist-liberal media.
excellent response!
Now that the media is taking a hard look at Obama, his staff will have to keep him hidden in the White House attic, like a crazy uncle.
>> The critic doesnt host a right-wing talk show, anchor a Fox News program... Its Vladimir Putin, err... Joe Klein
So only then the criticism is legitimate...
You're not really falling for this, are you?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Klein
There was a Stewart Klein that was a movie critic,
http://www.celbcelb.com/bio/Stewart-Klein.html
Any time that the Washington Press Corps isn’t slithering on the floor, squeeling as they fight for a chance to lick Barry’s shoes, I can bring myself to credit them with having taken “a hard look at Obama.”
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