White House Insider: "They were in shock at the president’s behavior."

NewsFlavor ^ | October 25, 2010 | Ulsterman

[justlurking]

It would be too easy for Obama's goons to track down who spent more than 2 hours in their office this weekend.

A clarification: the source claims to be a "former" White House insider. The current information purportedly comes from his contacts still within the White House.

[agere_contra]

The insider (if real) is obviously a speech writer. There are patterns to his reported interview which give it away.

[pgkdan]

bump to read at home...

[maggief]

“Still interesting reading no matter what...”

‘tis.

[ZX12R]

"Actually worse than the national polling data currently suggests even."

No libtard brain would allow this realization, let alone allowing it to pass the lips. Simply made up.

[justlurking]

I’m still convinced that this is Greg Craig talking here, he is the only insider I can think of who would have this much access, and be that supportive of Hillary Clinton at the same time.

Did he just start working for another campaign? In the article, the source declines to identify which one but says "it's a campaign that has already received significant national attention".

[AU72]

I’ve been following this for a couple of months and peg the Insider as Rahm Emmanuel or somebody very close to him.

[UCANSEE2]

Thank you for posting this article.

Hearing what WE ALL KNOW being said by a WH insider, is like riding a Unicorn through a rainstorm of Skittles.

[mmanager]

This seems to me that it is written by a Clinton operator.

[buschbaby]

I have no idea how true these ‘reports’ are, but they sure are fun to read!

[agere_contra]

but no-one speaks like the article suggests

Good catch, but speech-writers - talk like that.

Also people who have obsessively watched every episode of the West Wing talk like that (which I don't doubt is also true of this insider).

[PMAS]

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[Bean Counter]

I’m not sure what he’s up to these days, but I’ve read all of the pieces that have been presented so far, and my gut tells me it has to be GC or somebody like him.

Whomever it is has an enormous axe to grind against this administration.

[randita]

Everything written about in this report is entirely obvious to anyone who has been paying attention for the past two years. No bombshell here. It could be entirely fictional, but factual at the same time.

Summary: Obama is incompetent. Democrats in Congress have been carrying his water. He’s alienating leading Democrats. Move afoot to mount a challenge to him for 2012 nomination. Want to draft Hillary.

[HereInTheHeartland]

What do people expect?
He was totally unqualified for this office. I fear for our nation's future when someone this unqualified was put into this office.
We conservatives could see this 2 years ago; we could see his complete lack of being qualified. We saw in the eyes of his supporters; a scary lack of critical thinking and really just a messianic adoration. Not a good way to elect a president.

[Raebie]

Please add me to your ping list. Thanks!

[fml]

, coming in laughing and leaving laughing. His behavior during that brief time he was there was described as “borderline manic”.

This is like teenaged attention grabbing popularity seeking stunts.

He is so pathetic

[combat_boots]

That is a very strong statement – anything recent that causes you to now say you will not support Obama in 2012? (Long pause – question is repeated) "There is much I have been told, some I know, some more that will probably develop in the coming weeks and months. But you want specifics, right? I understand that…I’ll give you an example of why President Obama is not right for America. He sure as hell has not been right for the party. Not long ago, the president took a meeting. He’s late, which apparently is becoming more and more common with him. The meeting was almost cancelled. In strolls the president, joking with an aide. He plops down on a sofa, leans over and claps another guy on the back asking how he’s been. Apologizes for being late, says he was “held up”. He laughs some more. The meeting begins. After just ten minutes, during which time the president appears to almost totally withdraw into himself, an aide walks in and whispers something to the president, who then nods and quickly stands up, shakes a few hands and tells another aide to update him later on the rest of the meeting. As the president is walking out he is laughing at something yet again. He asked no questions of those at the meeting – not one. He left after just ten minutes, coming in laughing and leaving laughing. His behavior during that brief time he was there was described as “borderline manic”."

Ok, you have already stated previously that the president doesn’t show much interest in the day to day business of being president – why is this example so bad, or different? Care to know what that particular meeting was about on that day?

"Certainly. Afghanistan. That meeting was an update on Afghanistan, and the President of the United States, the Commander in Chief, could give a -expletive-."

Were you actually there to witness this?

"No, I was long gone from the White House by then. It was told to me though by someone who was. They were there. First hand. They were also left to apologize to the ones left in the room after the president left. Some of these were military. They were not happy. No…that is not accurate. They were pissed. They didn’t say much at the time, but word got back. They were in shock at the president’s behavior. The country had just lost a number of soldiers the week prior, the public opinion on the war was falling…and the president didn’t seem to care. He arrives late, leaves early, appears to emotionally shut down during the actual discussion, and to then start laughing once again as he is leaving…how does someone reconcile with that kind of behavior? I can’t. It turns my stomach. I didn’t want to believe what I was being told, but I had seen similar kinds of behavior from the president myself, and I can’t dispute the credibility of the source. They have no reason to lie."

Read more: http://newsflavor.com/politics/world-politics/white-house-insider-they-were-in-shock-at-the-presidents-behavior/#ixzz13O3tgSe3

[randita]

RE would NEVER leave fingerprints on something like this.

[nikos1121]

Definitely second hand, phantom writing. No way this is a real person giving an interview. It’s collaboration of innuendo and rumor that have come out to the media or others, and this writer is putting it to dialog.

Is the information true? Probably. This president is good only at campaigning.