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Former Sec Def Bob Gates: Obama Thinks He’s The Smartest Person In The Room
dailycaller.com ^ | Jan. 20, 2016 | Jonah Bennett

Posted on 01/21/2016 10:39:52 AM PST by PROCON

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who served during the Obama administration, has turned into a harsh critic of the president, saying that Barack Obama always thinks he's the smartest person in the room.

Gates also bashed Obama for bringing on advisers who do little else but constantly agree with his proposals, fostering a group-think environment where dissenting opinion essentially does not exist, The Free Beacon reports. In other words, there are no "strong" people around the president. And when there is dissent, Obama tries to crush it. Back in October, Politico reported that Obama's advisers urged him to deal with Syria more aggressively, but the president refused to listen to advice. Now, the administration has been forced to acquiesce to Russian demands that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad remain in power. Additionally, Russian airstrikes, which have proved to be far more effective than U.S. strikes, continue to stomp on the Obama administration's foreign policy objectives.

"You know, the president is quoted as having said at one point to his staff, 'I can do every one of your jobs better than you can,'" Gates told Joe Scarborough, host of MSNBC's Morning Joe, on Tuesday.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: narcissism; obama; robertgates
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No surprise here.

The sad thing is that ALL of the mainstream media also thinks he is.

1 posted on 01/21/2016 10:39:52 AM PST by PROCON
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To: PROCON
Former Sec Def Bob Gates: Obama Thinks He’s The Smartest Person In The Room

A common characteristic of absolute idiots.

2 posted on 01/21/2016 10:44:43 AM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: PROCON

Well, to be fair, in some instances (such as when he meets with Lynch and Biden) it happens to be true.


3 posted on 01/21/2016 10:45:09 AM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: PROCON
Obama always thinks he's the smartest person in the room.

But he is.

If it's Romper Room.

4 posted on 01/21/2016 10:46:29 AM PST by Lizavetta
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To: All

a closet maybe....


5 posted on 01/21/2016 10:47:24 AM PST by Maverick68
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To: PROCON

Obama’s ego is definitely the biggest in the room. He surrounds himself with sycophants whose only jobs are to stroke Obama’s ego and agree with him.


6 posted on 01/21/2016 10:47:33 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Liberals are the Taliban of America, trying to tear down any symbol that they don't like.)
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To: PROCON
This reminds me of a GM engineer being visited by some Obama brainiacs who told him that what is really needed is for cars to be able to go 70 miles on one tank of gas.

To which he responded that cars going 70 miles per tank would be against the laws of physics.

To which the nit replied: We will have to change those laws.

7 posted on 01/21/2016 10:48:11 AM PST by Slyfox (Ted Cruz does not need the presidency - the presidency needs Ted Cruz)
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To: PROCON

Muslims are taught that they’re Superior to everyone else


8 posted on 01/21/2016 10:51:03 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: PROCON

We’re talking about a high school stoner who was affirmative actioned through every stage of his life and who sounds retarded away from a teleprompter.


9 posted on 01/21/2016 10:51:29 AM PST by Dagnabitt (Islamic Immigration is Treason)
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To: PROCON

You mean he’s NOT?!!


10 posted on 01/21/2016 10:55:26 AM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: PROCON

You mean President Fumblebutt is arrogant?

Yeah, and he coulda been in the NBA, too!

Except he put up so many bricks on the basketball court that they made him join the bricklayers Union.


11 posted on 01/21/2016 10:57:23 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Slyfox; LucyT; azishot

Sounds to me you meant 70 miles per GALLON rather than per tank. That is against the laws of physics for an internal combustion engine that typically loses 2/3 of fuel energy through heat lost.

If they REALLY said 70 miles per tank, there should not be a problem for a 12-cylinder car to accommodate them!

Lib hacks talking to engineers is the mindless talking to the minds.


12 posted on 01/21/2016 10:59:26 AM PST by melancholy
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To: PROCON



Paul Moore: It must be nice to always believe you know better,
to always think you're the smartest person in the room.

Jane Craig: No. It's awful.

------------ Broadcast News

13 posted on 01/21/2016 11:00:02 AM PST by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: PROCON

I think Bob Gates is just jealous of Reggie.


14 posted on 01/21/2016 11:02:57 AM PST by Cowboy Bob (With Trump & Cruz, America can't lose!)
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To: butlerweave

Exactly. owebama suffers from muslim superiority complex. Hmm, I wonder if he is inbred like most of them?


15 posted on 01/21/2016 11:13:29 AM PST by 43north (BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% red.)
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To: PROCON

And Donald Trump’s peronality is different from Trump HOW?


16 posted on 01/21/2016 11:16:48 AM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: melancholy

Yep - I meant gallon. Thanks for the correction.


17 posted on 01/21/2016 11:18:05 AM PST by Slyfox (Ted Cruz does not need the presidency - the presidency needs Ted Cruz)
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Should have been, “And Trump's personality is different from Obama’s HOW?”

They are both malignant narcissists.

18 posted on 01/21/2016 11:18:14 AM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: SeaHawkFan

You noticed too.


19 posted on 01/21/2016 11:19:24 AM PST by PROCON (Proud CRUZader!)
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To: PROCON

As I’ve posted on here many times, if Caliph Baraq was a 1600 SAT and ripped the GRE and LSATS, those documents would be framed in gold and posted on the walls of the WH Press Room.

The fact that those data (like the Caliph’s golf scores) are more secret than the nuke codes tells the real story.


20 posted on 01/21/2016 11:19:34 AM PST by nascarnation
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