He wasn’t ragging on Obama, the libs just wanted to leap on what he said because they think/know he is conservative. He said he thought it was odd that Obama and Boehner would play golf together after their battles on the budget and other things...Then said it was like Netenahu (sp) playing golf with Hitler. The analogy was not the people he mentioned it was the complete differences in their beliefs.
He didn’t rag on anyone, didn’t show racism as many accused him of, or compare Obama to Hitler. That was the liberal and media spin on what he said.
I don’t doubt for one minute that he was set up in whatever fashion you might tell me about (I didn’t see it)
I have to assume that HW Jr does not have the sophistication of always-on-air talent. Yes, he’s a celeb, and that’s great, but he’s not a talking-heads type of guy and shouldn’t tangle with them on this proposition. IMO. I don’t hold it against him, I frankly don’t care. This is playing with highly skilled folks who may or may not want to sabotage “you” (not “you”, I mean HIM) but the point is that at some level this is sitting down at the poker table with the sharkiest sharks there are. You’re not going to win. Therefore the smart play is not to play. All I am saying is that it was an error on HW’s part to allow himself to be dragged into the alley. At *any* moment, he could have said “You know, I try not to engage in political discussions, I’m just a simple country boy” or whatever.”
Now maybe this was worth it for HW, OTOH, it probably cost him in the neighborhood of $5 million to get his little jab out there.
I call this: “NPG”: No Possible Gain. When that happens, do not play.
All the post-mortem doesn’t change the fact that rightly or wrongly, he snarked himself.