MR. RUSSERT: Is it appropriate to call the President of the United States "the greatest terrorist in the world"?SEN. OBAMA: I don't think it's appropriate. ...
(Videotape, Monday)
SEN. HILLARY CLINTON, (D-NY): We have cronyism, we have incompetence. I predict to you that this administration will go down in history as one of the worst that has ever governed our country.
(End videotape)MR. RUSSERT: Do you agree with Senator Clinton that the Bush administration will go down in history as one of the worst?
SEN. OBAMA: I agree that, with her remarks about cronyism and incompetence. I don't think that anybody who's been watching the news over the last year who's seen what happened in New Orleans, who's seen some of the botched planning that took place post-war in Iraq would not think that there is a competence issue when it comes to this administration. And I think that with respect to cronyism, we have seen, I think, consistently, a tendency on the part of this administration to appoint people on the basis of their politics as opposed to their abilities and their merits, and that has real consequences for the American people. We saw that it had consequences with respect to Katrina. But it also has competence up and down the line in terms of how well we're regulating our environment. How well are we, you know, prosecuting all sorts of issues that have deep concern to the American people?
MR. RUSSERT: Will George Bush be considered one of the worst presidents in history?
YEah, I saw that, I was playing off it. They never have the guits to talk that jive to his face.