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Offline bijou

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Tongue-tied Barack Obama is turning into Jimmy Carter
« on: March 21, 2009, 05:47:36 PM »
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Barack Obama's gaffe mocking the disabled by comparing his (inept but improving) 10 pin bowling skills to the "special Olympics" illustrates the problem he now has in communicating with the American people.

Obama seems incapable of balancing the need to be a national leader and his childish desire to retain his image as the uber cool dude he so clearly believes that he is.

The fact that he felt the need to go on Jay Leno at all to sell his stimulus plan, budget and banking bailouts shows that he has communications issues. The public are not buying his spending splurge, or his administration's confused attempt to kill off executive bonuses.

Mike Allen and Jim Vandehei at Politico wrote a characteristically insightful piece on Thursday that began: "Of all the pitfalls Barack Obama might face in the presidency, here is one not many people predicted: He is struggling as a public communicator."

Allen is the hardest working and one of the very best reporters in Washington. Vandehei has established a reputation, with his fellow executive John Harris, of writing pieces that successfully synthesise and lead conventional wisdom inside the beltway. When they speak, you should listen.

... Allen and Vandehei are not the only ones who have noticed that Obama appears out of his depth. Michael Wolff, America's premier writer on the media, a bit of a liberal, has just written a devastating critique of Obama's speaking skills, comparing him to Jimmy Carter and branding him a "terrible bore".

Here are some of Wolff's highlights:

Sheesh, the guy is Jimmy Carter.

That homespun bowling crap on Jay Leno, followed by the turgid, teachy fiscal policy lecture, together with the hurt defensiveness (and bad script for it) that everybody in Washington "is Simon Cowell... Everybody's got an opinion," is pure I'm-in-over-my-head stuff.

We're face-to-face with the reality, the man can't talk worth a damn.

This guy is leaden and this show is in trouble.

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Offline Carl

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Re: Tongue-tied Barack Obama is turning into Jimmy Carter
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2009, 05:51:37 PM »
They act all surprised with this. ::)

They could have clicked on this little obscure website last year during the campaign and would have found out the truth without a lot of investigation on their part.
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Re: Tongue-tied Barack Obama is turning into Jimmy Carter
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2009, 06:24:11 PM »
"Turning into"? He's been worse than Carter since day 1.
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Re: Tongue-tied Barack Obama is turning into Jimmy Carter
« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2009, 06:40:22 PM »
I don't think The Big Zero has the smarts to successfully grow peanuts.  I'm sure he thinks they grow on trees.
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Re: Tongue-tied Barack Obama is turning into Jimmy Carter
« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2009, 07:00:09 PM »
Quote from: Happy Fun Ball on March 21, 2009, 06:24:11 PM
"Turning into"? He's been worse than Carter since day 1.



and who would have thought that was possible huh ?

this is what we get allowing affirmative action to run unimpeded.
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Re: Tongue-tied Barack Obama is turning into Jimmy Carter
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2009, 08:43:01 AM »
If Zerobama is "turning into" Carter, that would imply that we're seeing some sort of IMPROVEMENT.  I've yet to see it.
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Re: Tongue-tied Barack Obama is turning into Jimmy Carter
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2009, 10:08:05 AM »
The Obamessiah is Carter to the nth degree.  Hell, I might be nostalgic for Carter soon.  Never thought I'd say that.
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Re: Tongue-tied Barack Obama is turning into Jimmy Carter
« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2009, 04:17:50 PM »
I think Carter meant to do what he thought was good for the country, but he and his cabinet/advisors were just totally incompetent.  OTOH, I am seriously starting to believe that 0Bama is purposely trying to ruin this country.
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Re: Tongue-tied Barack Obama is turning into Jimmy Carter
« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2009, 05:34:32 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on March 22, 2009, 04:17:50 PM
I think Carter meant to do what he thought was good for the country, but he and his cabinet/advisors were just totally incompetent.  OTOH, I am seriously starting to believe that 0Bama is purposely trying to ruin this country.

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