Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

You Don't Want Him in a Foxhole with You (The Won)
Commentary Magazine ^ | June 7, 2010 | Jennifer Rubin

Posted on 06/07/2010 2:41:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Juan Williams — to the amazement of some of his co-panelists — let it rip on Fox News Sunday [1]. The subject was nominally the Sestak and Romanoff scandals, but Williams found the bigger theme:

I think the problem here is this is an administration that, as Hillary Clinton famously pointed out, you may not want to have answer the 3:00 a.m. call.

These are guys who have tremendous vision about legislative achievements and specific things like health care, going forward on immigration, those difficult issues for America that America so far has failed to deal with.

But when it comes to the crisis, when it comes to the gulf oil spill, the wars, the recession, they feel as if it’s being imposed upon them, rather than taking the helm. I think that’s what Americans are sensing right here. And I think it’s the source of their problem at the moment. Are you able to handle a crisis in a convincing way that inspires confidence? And so far, the president hasn’t done that.

Now, some say he should just go into a rage. I don’t think that’s who Barack Obama is. I think he’s a pretty cool character, fairly analytical, and I think we all admire as part of the meritocracy in America. Those are people who are really smart. But you know what? They don’t know how to deal with this crisis, and I think lots of Americans therefore are blaming the president, fairly or unfairly.

Well, that’s sort of a problem, since we live in a world filled with crises. Frankly, that’s what being president is all about. The day-to-day issues and the mundane problems don’t make it to the president’s desk. And the crises that have occurred during this administration and with the president front and center — bombing attempts, incidents in the Middle East, a popular revolt in Honduras, the gulf spill — have been bungled.

Even when the time frame for decision-making is not that tight, Obama has agonized and made things far worse. Recall the interminable Afghanistan seminars at the White House. Delay created the appearance of indecision, and the final announcement was a mishmash of the useful (more troops) and the destructive (a timeline). Then on the job scandal, Mara Liasson commented:

But the fact is that was a kind of ham-handed political act. It’s something that’s been done by every single administration in the past, to clear the field for an incumbent or a favored candidate. Then they proceeded to wait a very long time, an inexplicably long time, to explain what happened. And then when they did explain what happened, at least in Sestak, they didn’t answer all the questions. And it’s morphed — and we’ve all seen this movie before. It’s now morphed into this call for an investigation. And this is what happens in Washington.

Obama was comfortable when running for office, when he could get by on rhetoric and as a legislator — where no one is really responsible for anything. What he’s ill-equipped to do is govern and lead. Plenty of people are hired for jobs beyond their abilities and outside their areas of competence. Unfortunately, the damage done by placing someone of that ilk in the White House is grievous and in some cases irreversible.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: affirmativeaction; bho44; jourbalism; obama; oil; oilspill; peterprinciple; sestak
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-53 last
To: Jeff Chandler

All I can say is...GAK!


41 posted on 06/07/2010 4:06:31 PM PDT by 2nd Bn, 11th Mar (The "P" in democrat stands for patriotism)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Jeff Chandler

Unforgettable photo, Jeff. Like, thongs for the memory.
Somebody please pass the eye bleach.


42 posted on 06/07/2010 4:16:34 PM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (STOP the Tyrananny State.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Jeff Chandler

Whew! Michelle Obama may be the worst dressed First Lady in the history of this country.I haven’t seen anyone who dresses like her and I am 3/4 of a century old.

Bill O’Reilly has said more than once that she is beautiful. I figured there is something wrong with his eyes, but they say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ????


43 posted on 06/07/2010 4:30:15 PM PDT by SkipW
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

Obama simply wants to vote present on everything. Once I figured that out everything that he does makes sense to me now.


44 posted on 06/07/2010 4:32:14 PM PDT by seawolf101
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: seawolf101

Nothing like being paid $500K a year to attend parties, eat Wagyu beef & lobster, make speeches and golf on the finest courses in the world.


45 posted on 06/07/2010 4:39:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Don't care if he was born in a manger on July 4th! A "Natural Born" citizen requires two US parents!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 44 | View Replies]

To: sodpoodle
JUAN WILLIAMS SAID THIS?????????????

Nope. Jennifer Rubin wrote it. It's hard to tell quotes in the original post. It's not in all caps with tons of punctuation....

46 posted on 06/07/2010 4:40:45 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Build a man a fire; he'll be warm for a night. Set a man on fire; he'll be warm the rest of his life)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: Jeff Chandler

VPL

Visible Panty Lines

To anyone with a fashion sense they haven't had VPL in decades.

47 posted on 06/07/2010 4:45:31 PM PDT by raybbr (Someone who invades another country is NOT an immigrant - illegal or otherwise.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: NEMDF

Most recent. Memorial Day Weekend.


48 posted on 06/07/2010 4:46:22 PM PDT by oldteen
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Jeff Chandler

Your grotesque photo and the one here in post 12 where Michelle is sweating like a roofer on a 100 degree day-
( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2528224/posts )
could be posted at the People of Walmart website.
It’s obvious that the term First Lady only applies to Barry.


49 posted on 06/07/2010 4:50:31 PM PDT by Wild Irish Rogue
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

Is he humming –
a- The Thong Song

b- Baby Got Back

c- Back That Azz up

d- Rumpshaker


50 posted on 06/07/2010 5:05:30 PM PDT by bleach (Sarah, Wake me in 2012)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 42 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet
Nice closing paragraph!

What he’s ill-equipped to do is govern and lead. Plenty of people are hired for jobs beyond their abilities and outside their areas of competence. Unfortunately, the damage done by placing someone of that ilk in the White House is grievous and in some cases irreversible.

51 posted on 06/08/2010 2:51:25 AM PDT by XHogPilot (A thief might rob you, but politicians can rob your family for countless generations.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

Everything, including the things Juan thinks is peachy, is being FORCED on us—from TARP, the assorted takeovers, Obamacare, DADT, you name it.

Yes, we’re in a world of hurt.

And what steams my shorts? The grossly negligent media and pundits, like Juan, who sold The Won to America. When Obama’s opponents said THEN what Juan is saying NOW, they were branded RACISTS.


52 posted on 06/08/2010 3:04:20 AM PDT by Nickname
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Didn’t they have those pants in her size?”

She got that size on purpose because the media has convinced her she`s the hottest looking woman thats ever lived.


53 posted on 06/08/2010 6:46:16 AM PDT by chessplayer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-53 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson