
I only caught the tail end of this when I got home and have not watched the entire interview, yet.
Since there haven’t been any new posts since this morning, I thought I’d put this up:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_pHY7YbLV4&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZtVDGRCMHU[/youtube]
Kroft: You declared your candidacy. And you said, “The reason we’ve not met our challenges is a failure of leadership, the smallness of our politics, the ease with which we’re distracted by the petty and the trivial, our chronic avoidance of tough decisions, our presence for scoring cheap political points instead of rolling up our sleeves and building a working consensus to take on big problems.” I mean those were eloquent words and true words. Unfortunately, they’re still largely true today. Did you overpromise? Did you underestimate how difficult this was gonna be?
Obama: I didn’t overpromise. And I didn’t underestimate how tough this was gonna be. I always believed that this was a long term project. That reversing a culture here in Washington, dominated by special interests, it was gonna take more than a year. It was gonna take more than two years. It was gonna take more than one term. Probably takes more than one president.
Flashback to 2009:
“If I don’t have this done in three years, then there’s going to be a one-term proposition.”– President Obama
A former fetus, the “wordsmith from nantucket” was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1968. Adopted at birth, wordsmith grew up a military brat. He achieved his B.A. in English from the University of California, Los Angeles (graduating in the top 97% of his class), where he also competed rings for the UCLA mens gymnastics team. The events of 9/11 woke him from his political slumber and malaise. Currently a personal trainer and gymnastics coach.
The wordsmith has never been to Nantucket.
This is excellent. Thanks for posting this, Word.
Obama sounded like a lawyer on 60 minutes.
He hemmed, he hawed.
Parsed every word.
BUT…..
Big loss for Obama:
KAGAN RECUSES ….. on the Court’s decision to take the Arizona immigration case.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/dec/12/supreme-court-will-hear-arizona-immigration-law-ca/
On 60 Minutes:
(Wouldn’t you ask him when such behaviors became legal and who was responsible for the legislation?)
Newsbusters points out why Kroft was so quiet:
@Nan G:
I agree with those that say she is doing that so she can justify NOT excusing herself on the mandate
Adminstration throwing a bone by having Kagan recuse on immigration question. They know they are losing that one anyway.
When it comes to Obamacare, she will chain herself to the docket.
Oh, and if you want to think a scary thought, contemplate this:
A President Obama with a four year term and not worried about being re-elected.
Obama today:
Iran’s Gen. Hossein Salami, deputy head of the Guard:
Obama reportedly rejected three proposals to get the drone back or destroy it.
Is Obama a pansy or is he on the side of the Iranians?
(He also, in the same link as on top, warned the Iranians (not by name) not to mess in Iraq’s affairs after we leave. I have to ask…..or else, what?)
“We have asked for it [our drone] back. We’ll see how the Iranians respond.”
Powerful.
/s
The coddling of all things Shia continues.
The GOP has done nothing but work to block legislation to prevent any success by Obama at the expense of average Americans. You know this. But you spread lies anyway.
He will win bigger in 2012.
@liberalmann: Specifics, Beta-mann, we need specifics.
Money be “talkin” and bullship be “walkin”! We all know Obama will be re-elected. Why even engage in such fantastic thinking????
@liberalchild: Ah our resident troll, he who has contempt even for a child that loses his father and never gets to know the man. Anyone interested can read his crass comment here.
And then you can read my question about his comment, the one he ran from, here.
So now you have turned from picking on an infant to assailing the GOP as the party of no.
Odd then, that Harry Reid has tabled so many pieces of legislation since the mid-term elections in 2010.
Have anything to say about that, liberlchild?
@Ivan: The words “thinking” and “Ivan” don’t belong in the same sentence together.
Typical response from one of the “house” posters. Attack the person, not the message. Mata and Aye must be proud of you.
@Ivan: You said:
This from the person who had the balls to actually type this bit of political rap –
I’m sure Obama is preying Newt wins the GOP nomination. With yours and Fox News help – it looks like he is set for a 2nd term:)
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/14/9440929-first-thoughts-electability-vs-ideology
http://m.guardian.co.uk/ms/p/gnm/op/spzM1i4kVDR_9CuuCukyCgg/view.m?id=15&gid=commentisfree/2011/dec/13/fox-news-frighten-america-conservatives&cat=most-read
That’s funny, Gaffa. The same thing was said about Reagan in all the polls leading up to the ’80 and ’84 elections He could never win.. not once but twice. In fact, they didn’t think he could get nomination in ’80 either, after losing it in the mid 70s.
As history shows, polls and punditry opines be damned… Reagan won by historic landslides both times.