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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Yes that is what I meant.
I stand corrected. I regard him as an evil genius.
Obama, on the other hand, is ony the smartest when Michelle and the family dog are around, and that is touch and go. His belief in his intelligence, unproven by any actual accomplishments, is dangerous and leads him to not accept the views of any experts who might tell him things he does not want to hear.
As you live your life, do try to keep your psychosis from affecting each and every one of your interactions, posts, comments and thoughts, or you may just become mad.
It’s sad when the village idiot thinks he is the smartest person in the room. It’s even worse when that idiot gathers a circle of cronies so incompetent that he really is the smartest person in the room.
Note to liberal lurkers: My academic credentials are more prestigious than Obama’s, not that credentials should matter that much to sensible people. The difference is I earned mine; his were awarded as an unearned affirmative action gift.
Too often though, liberals tend to equate a top-notch Ivy League education with common sense and wisdom. It couldn't be further from the truth.
Yeah... this is news? Anyone who was paying attention knew this in 2008.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a terrible disorder.
What’s the evidence that Biden is stupid?
He invented Borking. He chewed up Paul Ryan and spit him out. He got elected to the Senate at age 29 and won six consecutive elections. He spotted the Obama con at a very early stage.
He’s undoubtedly their strongest candidate. He would beat any Republican easily, with the possible exception of Trump (who’s not exactly a Republican).
Seriously?
He invented Borking.
And the phrase "Bidening" is in the political lexicon
He chewed up Paul Ryan and spit him out.
No, not really. Ryan didn't do his best, but Uncle Joe was simply condescending and laughed like a maniac all night.
He got elected to the Senate at age 29 and won six consecutive elections.
That just illustrates the idiocy of his consitituency.
"I never had an interest in being a mayor 'cause that's a real job. You have to produce. That's why I was able to be a senator for 36 years." March 29, 2012
He spotted the Obama con at a very early stage.
You mean, the clean, articulate negro?
"A man I'm proud to call my friend. A man who will be the next president of the United States-Barack America!" Aug. 23, 2008
He's undoubtedly their strongest candidate. He would beat any Republican easily, with the possible exception of Trump (who's not exactly a Republican).
"Look, John [McCain's] last-minute economic plan does nothing to tackle the No. 1 job facing the middle class, and it happens to be, as Barack says, a three-letter word: jobs. J-O-B-S, jobs." Oct. 15, 2008
he should be forever remembered as the President who would not listen to advice.
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