A Bumpy Start

Fineman & Newsweak supported Obama & Democrats all through out the election. They will NEVER criticize the Dems or Obama.

Fact of the matter is, the "junior Senator form Cook County, Chicago", and the corrupt & incompetent Democrats from 1994 are in control of this country.

The troubles are just starting.

Fineman doesnt think things through. He has been making out with MSNBC and his overheatedness clouds his judgment. Obama is truly inexperienced in foreign affairs and he needs to call the ex-presidents, The idea that Bush didnt talk to his father is ridulous maybe in the years following 9-11 there were no choices so obvious in hindsight. Always ask the question of yourself what would you have done. Imagine the Iranian nuclear program, the events in Gaza and Lebanon with Sadamm still in Irag intimidating the Saudis, the Jordanians and the Syrians. The Iraqis would probably love to support Hamas today but they own Bush some room to move for what he has done for them.

Obama is a significant change from the past even from Carter. It might be good for him to hear that these ex-Presidents probably understamd privately, for our allies and sometimes allies to survive in the Middle East things had to change. Dinner with Arafat and the elections in Iran make it so much more dangerous. What if those rockets from Hamas and Hezbollah had biological tips. Iraq had the capablitity to supply them with something dangerous.

Fineman: And it must be said that Obama himself hasn't played his January hand all that well.
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Of course it must be said. It was predictable that it would be said. But that doesn't mean it's true. And it isn't. Fineman is one of the myriad media drama queens who like to blow up every minor problem Obama encounters into a crisis and then accuse him of not handling it well. It's too bad none of these pundits used their talent for drama to expose the real crises foreign and domestic as they were unfolding during the Bush administration.


Stuart Rothenberg provides some perspective about the current nonsense with which the media is currently infatuated:


http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/01/change_that_at_least_some_peop.html?utm_source=rcpwidget&utm_medium=widget&utm_campaign=slideshow

There was a time when reporters for magazines such as Newsweek and Time were given a certain credibility due to their close proximity to the political action. Now it is clear that they cannot escape their bias and just report the news. It seems the closer you are the less you see. Political reporters such as Howard Fineman pushed so hard for their guy, Obama, and their party, the Democrats that it will be hard to admit the mistake they made. Human nature I suppose.

Again, you report speculation as fact. How do you know if W. did or did not consult with his Dad? If I were W, you'd be the last one to know if I did or didn't! Can't there be privacy between a fther and son?! You perpetuate the myth that W was a rogue in regards to Iraq. Guess you conveniently forgot the 1998 resolution passed by Congress and supported by then President Clinton for regime change in Iraq. And who says W has done nothing this year. How about running critical cover for Israel so he can stamp out the terorist in Gaza. Why not just get over W and move on!

Well its apparent that Newsweek is turning itself from an active branch of the Obama campaign into a fan club. Bumby start indeed? How can you describe this bumpy start and never use the word corruption? First we have Blagojevich, Obama, Rezco, Emanuel, Axelrod nick deep in the sewer of Illinois corruption. Then we have Richardson pulling out of Obama's cabinet and possibly on his way to a Federal Pen along with Blagojevich. Then we have Obama and Harry Reid osbstructing the rule of law by trying to block a 100% legal Senate appointment, and along with that it seems we may have Harry Reid, a Nevada Senator, on tape telling Blagojevich that he can't appoint any African Americans from Illinois to the U.S. Senate. Fat lot of good that did him. Apparently, its not ok to sell a Senate appointment, but Harry Reid can play corruption politics with it all he wants. We have never had the stench of so much corruption surrounding a President elect in the history of the country. We are clearly in for the most corrupt epoch in American History, and its clear there are no more Woodward and Bernsteins around...at least not for corrupt democrats. Newsweek did mention the Panetta appointment . While corruption in the long run will prove to be most damanaging to the country, this appointment could lead to the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans. Obama deserves to have his own team, and the benefit of the doubt, but only if his decisions prevent another attack on the American Homeland. If the terroristsget through Obama's team, after George Bush, kept us safe we will know how to judge Obama!!!

1, 2090.

It???s hard to imagine this now, but while he was in office, George W. Bush was considered by many of his critics the worst United States President in history. The 44th US President, liberator of 60 million citizens in Iraq and Afghanistan, focal point of a unique dual-nation national holiday on Bush???s birthday, and the man responsible for the birth of democratic ideals which have now spread throughout the Middle and Near east, suffered abuse from critics in the media comparable only to that suffered by America???s 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. Although their leadership styles where vastly different, and they were two very different kinds of men, they shared similar circumstances in that they presided over wars that were initially backed by large majorities of the American public who then turned upon them both with unprecedented savagery when the wars dragged on inconclusively for several years. Virtually alone, both men prosecuted their wars to ultimate victory, with enormous long-term successful consequences for all three nations.

Lincoln, of course, had much the harder job. The American Civil War ultimately cost the nation 650,000 lives, 2% of her population, an equivalent of 8 million lives today. The total American deaths in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan stood at just over 5,000 at the close of major hostilities in 2009. It became public knowledge at the end of his term in office that Bush personally visited with the families of fully a quarter of the war???s fatalities, personally composed and signed letters of condolence to the families of each soldier lost, and quietly visited the wounded in military hospitals hundreds of times. This exacted an enormous emotional toll on the 44th president, and almost certainly contributed to his death of heart disease three years into the one term-presidency of his successor, Barack Obama.

The addition of Bush???s visage to that of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, and Ronald Reagan is expected to be completed in time for the celebration of Bush???s 150th birthday on July 6th, 2096.

Mr. Rogers was NOT ... repeat NOT.. a sniper!

http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/mrrogers.asp

Actually, Mr. Rogers would probably do much better if he were in charge of an LA gang. Aside from having a great children's show, he was also a former sniper. He's probably have the whole gang strolling around the neighborhood wearing sweaters, giving candy to babies and helping old ladies cross the street: all the while watching over their shoulders to make sure Mr. Rogers is not displeased.

Most interesting president that we have ever had. Most prepared that we have had in ages. Maybe ever. Not even in office yet and look how much he has done. All is speculation and nothing is new under the sun.

The media overdoes everything. In the case of Obama, they have broken new ground. Enough already, the dude is has not even been inaugurated and I am completely, utterly, and without question, Obama'ed OUT.