CBS’s Couric Praises Barack Obama as the ‘Anti-Bush’

Newsbusters ^ | February 4, 2009 - 15:39 | Kyle Drennen

[chuck_the_tv_out]

Appearing on Wednesday’s CBS Early Show, Evening News anchor Katie Couric discussed her White House interview with President Obama regarding the withdrawal of recent cabinet nominees: "He is surprisingly relaxed...extremely comfortable, very focused. It’s very different than sort of the buttoned-up Bush White House...he said to every person who interviewed him...that he ‘screwed up,’ he ‘messed up.’ And I think he really is trying to be the anti-Bush because President Bush was so criticized for never saying, you know, ‘I made a mistake.’" On Tuesday’s Evening News, Couric portrayed Obama as a victim.

Early Show co-host Harry Smith agreed with Couric and pointed out another criticism of the Bush administration: "There was also criticism of too much loyalty." Like Couric, Smith then praised Obama for being the "anti-Bush"

[Radix]

I have heard that Katie Couric has nice boobs.

I have never seen her on the Today Show, or on the so called News program that she does.

[ducdriver]

Can’t understand normal thinking.

[pgkdan]

You’re probably right.

[wolfcreek]

I bet Katie's got one of these. She loves the lapel flag.

[Wonderama Mama]

She says he’s the ‘anti-Bush’, like that’s a good thing.

[Unlikely Hero]

I never make a mitsake.

[NavVet]

The difference is that if Bush said that he made a mistake, it was a headline driving “gotcha” moment. Obama can make the same mistake and he is praised for being so “human”.

Also, even while zero is admitting mistakes, his pathetic press secretary is defending the same vetting process Obama is apologizing for.

[massgopguy]

Wiat till Obama meets Putin and looks into the eyes of a killer.

[TChris]

Pardon me... Katie... Who?

[chuck_the_tv_out]

no. no that’s just nasty. no.

[Oratam]

The media are falling over themselves to suck this guy’s @#$%! It’s so transparent it’s laughable.

[jeltz25]

He’s already looked in to the eyes of Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn quite a bit. I’d say he’s used to looking into the eyes of killers.

[Jagman]

I don't know about you, but I feel way better that we have a self-confessed screw-up in the White House!

[Constitutions Grandchild]

“Wait till Obama meets Putin and looks into the eyes of a killer.”

Like he’s never done THAT before.

[mikelets456]

Obama fails...blame Bush.
Obama fails...blame whitey.
Obama fails...it ain’t his fault.
Obama fails...make some sort of racist excuse.

Blame it on Bush, Hannity and Rush....blame, blame blame.

Gee, whatever happened to sincere remorse for immoral actions?

[Verginius Rufus]

Lucy Van Pelt, in an early "Peanuts" strip:

"I never make a mistake. I thought I did once, but I was wrong."

[RichInOC]

Katie, I think that as time goes on, that’s not going to be considered a compliment.

[Cheerio]

Sorry - if he is going to stand up and confront the American citizens, and the people of the world, and say “Sorry I made a mistake” - then he is NOT MY PRESIDENT. I don't care when a human being makes a mistake as long as the country survives, BUT I don't care to know about it. The hell with all this touchie feelie openness crap.

[RckyRaCoCo]

Pardon me... Katie... Who?

she's that has-been tv-turd that had a colonoscopy a few years back to diagnose a sore throat

[free from tyranny]

Exactly! OOPS! I'm so sorry that I allowed NY city to be attacked.

Give me a break!