Milbank wrote a column on February 21 arguing that all the president’s problems can be attributed to a single factor. “Obama’s first year fell apart in large part because he didn’t follow his chief of staff’s advice on crucial matters,” writes Milbank, referring to Rahm Emanuel, apparently the only senior staffer who hasn’t drunk the Obama Kool-Aid. “Arguably, Emanuel is the only person keeping Obama from becoming Jimmy Carter.”
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Milbank is kidding, right? Obama didn’t listen to his advisors? Bull. The “advisors” control him. He has this corps of socialist communists who direct his every move. Why do you think he needs a teleprompter all the time?
And as for “keeping Obama from becoming Jimmy Carter,” well...sorry...Obama has surpassed Carter in stupidity and deceit, among other things.
“Milbank is kidding, right? Obama didn’t listen to his advisors? Bull.”
You may want to read more carefully. Milbank has essentially divided Obama’s advisors into 2 groups: far left-of-center ideologues intent on remaking America into a European welfare state (Axelrod, Jarrett, Gibbs) and a group of 1, Rahm Emanuel, who though left-leaning, also is far more “pragmatic” in his thinking, which translates into a less ambitious policy agenda. Milbank is arguing that Obama has paid too much attention to the first group of advisors and not enough attention to Emanuel.
So, you’re right in believing that Obama is in trouble because he listened to his advisors, but this in no way undercuts Milbank’s argument: it actually supports it.