Posted on 03/07/2009 12:16:38 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Barack Obama's offhand approach to Gordon Brown's Washington visit last week came about because the president has facing exhaustion over America's economic crisis and is unable to focus on foreign affairs, the Sunday Telegraph has been told.
Sources close to the White House say Mr Obama and his staff have been "overwhelmed" by the economic meltdown and have voiced concerns that the new president is not getting enough rest.
British officials, meanwhile, admit that the White House and US State Department staff were utterly bemused by complaints that the Prime Minister should have been granted full-blown press conference and a formal dinner, as has been customary. They concede that Obama aides seemed unfamiliar with the expectations that surround a major visit by a British prime minister.
But Washington figures with access to Mr Obama's inner circle explained the slight by saying that those high up in the administration have had little time to deal with international matters, let alone the diplomatic niceties of the special relationship.
Allies of Mr Obama say his weary appearance in the Oval Office with Mr Brown illustrates the strain he is now under, and the president's surprise at the sheer volume of business that crosses his desk.
A well-connected Washington figure, who is close to members of Mr Obama's inner circle, expressed concern that Mr Obama had failed so far to "even fake an interest in foreign policy".
A British official conceded that the furore surrounding the apparent snub to Mr Brown had come as a shock to the White House. "I think it's right to say that their focus is elsewhere, on domestic affairs. A number of our US interlocutors said they couldn't quite understand the British concerns and didn't get what that was all about."
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Obama is Jimmy Carter.
Did they send the Churchill bust back or did they put it in a closet?
I have no idea how it is categorized, but you can plainly see in the article that there is not a named source. It reads like something in a grocery store checkout lane.
As I noted in Post 484
"Deep Throat":
Unnamed source.
His identity was ever revealed until after his death. (F.B.I Deputy Director William Mark Felt, Sr.)
He brought down a Presidency.
If you want direct quotes, printed in a major newspaper, from named sources about the inside dirt about the President of the most powerful country on the planet, you will not get them on the Planet Earth.
Nuff said.
You can come back to the Planet Earth or you can, with drops of Jupiter in your hair, keep on searching for a shooting star. One without a permanent scar.
Try Mad Magazine from the '60s.
I think he may even be worse. At least Carter had been in the military and run a business... Obama has done nothing! Nada, Zip!
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Well “OJ” has new housing quarters
“OJT “ is next
Sorry, I didn’t know that the entire world of journalism now revolved around one story involving an unnamed source thirty-some-odd years ago. I have no quarrel with your taste in journalism simply because it does not match my own. Good evening.
My very simple point was that it should always be an issue in a forum where the members fancy themselves as better informed and more intelligent than the masses. Who could have guessed that I was so badly mistaken.
“surprise at the sheer volume of business that crosses his desk”
What a G-D moron. I’ve never been involved in politics/law and I could’ve seen that coming.
Thank you for your excellent post, both this one and #484. You make a great point!
Did you ever read the book Silent Coup about the Nixon Administration and the Watergate “scandal”?
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No, I haven’t read it. I’ll look for it.
Agreed!!!
Welcome to the Planet Earth.
Do you really expect Obama's people to rat him out in public?
Did you really expect "Deep Throat" to rat out Nixon in public?
Do you really expect informants to rat out their Mafia bosses in public on the Internet using their real names?
What planet are you from?
On the Planet Earth, if the National Enquirer says anything about anybody, it does not mean squat.
On the Planet Earth, if a major newspaper says something attributed to an unnamed source in the Administration of the Chief Executive of the most powerful country in the planet, that is Standard Operating Procedure on a planet where the people might be dumb but not utterly stupid.
series, we need a bit of fun. It's pretty grim out there.
It was founded in the 1850s and is currently the only nationwide British daily that's still printed on newsprint in the broadsheet format, rather than in the smaller tabloid format. So the answer to your question is a physical and philosophical No.
Brilliant post!!!
Why do you find it so desirable to be rude to someone that disagrees with you? I have made every attempt to be civil and you have taken every opportunity to insult.
“if the National Enquirer says anything about anybody, it does not mean squat.”
Actually, it seems they usually are correct.
Yes. Twinkies would be a good, classy menu item. Don’t know about Oreos, Paydays, drumsticks and Bazookas; too expensive, I think. Twinkies are cheap.
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