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'Obama is overwhelmed.' (Administration admits he's in over his head)
National Review Online ^
 | 3/8/09
 | Jim Garaghty
Posted on 03/09/2009 5:45:12 AM PDT by teddyballgame
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... ...The American source said: "Obama is overwhelmed. There is a zero sum tension between his ability to attend to the economic issues and his ability to be a proactive sculptor of the national security agenda. 
"That was the gamble these guys made at the front end of this presidency and I think they're finding it a hard thing to do everything."
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    Tjhe spin over the week-end and this morning is that Obama is "taking too much on" and "trying to do too much". I got news for you Obama this isn't the Illinois Senate. You're the President of the United States, you better start learning how to deal with more than one issue at a time, rookie.
To: teddyballgame
    
 .."it's..it's...that pay...ah...ah...grade thing ...ah...ah..again, isn't it?"
 
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posted on 
03/09/2009 5:48:25 AM PDT
by 
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
 
To: teddyballgame
    Really? I never would have guessed.
I’m sure our enemies are completely in the dark on his inability, too. /sarc
What till the $hit hits the fan on one foreign front...and there are many percolating. That’s when I’m afraid his inability to lead will coming shining through. Oboomba, the Great Delegator.
 
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posted on 
03/09/2009 5:48:25 AM PDT
by 
SueRae
 
To: teddyballgame
    Wasn’t there a point during the campaign last year about “doing more than one thing at a time?”
Something to do with a debate?
UPDATE on Obama: “Presidents need to be able to do more than one thing at a time”
http://bbsnews.net/article.php/200809242202253
 
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posted on 
03/09/2009 5:49:09 AM PDT
by 
EBH
(The world is a balance between good & evil, your next choice will tip the scale.)
 
To: teddyballgame
    Hillary was right? Not ready to lead on day 1 (or day whatever today is).
 
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posted on 
03/09/2009 5:50:36 AM PDT
by 
McGruff
(If the War on Terrorism is over, do the terrorist know that?)
 
To: teddyballgame
    Ahhhhhh! The community organizer is having problems with the most powerful office in the world. Who would have thought it would be soooo haaaard. Incompetent rookie asshole!!!
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posted on 
03/09/2009 5:52:11 AM PDT
by 
ontap
(Just another backstabbing conservative)
 
To: teddyballgame
    Note to 0bama: The President doesn't get to vote ‘present.’
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posted on 
03/09/2009 5:53:05 AM PDT
by 
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
 
To: McGruff
    So is he going to send Hillary over to negotiate with the Taliban?
This guy is just flopping like a fish now.
 
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posted on 
03/09/2009 5:54:15 AM PDT
by 
Holicheese
(Gimme Gimme Gimme!)
 
To: teddyballgame
    What a message to send to our enemies!!!
Our nation is leaderless and open to attack.
Sending her heinousness around the world begging for friendship is likely to show just how weak and vulnerable we truly are.
 
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posted on 
03/09/2009 5:54:17 AM PDT
by 
OpusatFR
(We can give up any pretense of having a government for and by the people after Coronation Day.)
 
To: teddyballgame
    ... concerns that the new president is not getting enough rest. It's probably all those 3 A.M. phone calls he gets. /s
 
To: Doogle
    Awwwww didn’t his teleprompter come with a Evelyn Wood speed reading course ?
 
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posted on 
03/09/2009 5:54:41 AM PDT
by 
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
 
To: teddyballgame
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posted on 
03/09/2009 5:54:45 AM PDT
by 
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
 
To: teddyballgame; edzo4
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posted on 
03/09/2009 5:54:48 AM PDT
by 
MrB
(The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
 
To: teddyballgame
    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.The community organizer has never had a real job in his whole life. He's been carried by the Saudis since the day he was born. He knew he wasn't qualified for the job, but his ego had to have it anyway.
 Reap what you've sown, Oboma.
 
To: teddyballgame
    “concerns that the new president is not getting enough rest.”
How many jokes have we heard from the left about Bush’s early bed time?
 
To: EBH
    ...Presidents are going to have to deal with more than one thing at a time,” he says. “Its not necessary for us to think that we can do only one thing, and suspend everything else.”
 
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posted on 
03/09/2009 5:55:52 AM PDT
by 
EBH
(The world is a balance between good & evil, your next choice will tip the scale.)
 
To: Doogle
    In addition this green-horn wants to micromanage Rush. Ain’t gonna happen.
 
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posted on 
03/09/2009 5:56:28 AM PDT
by 
chainsaw
(If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free! -- P.J..)
 
To: teddyballgame
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posted on 
03/09/2009 5:56:59 AM PDT
by 
ETL
(ALL the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
 
To: teddyballgame
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posted on 
03/09/2009 5:57:53 AM PDT
by 
Evil Slayer
(Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war)
 
To: teddyballgame
    Maybe he should delegate more to us 300+ million out here in the heartland. We’re not as dumb as he thinks we are.
 
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