Obama’s Inability to Hire Good Help Rears Its Head … Again

Thank you, Jake! This raises one of my biggest concerns about Obama. He apparently (wink*wink*) knows little of what is going on under his very nose, whether it’s from the pews of his church or his Illinois and U.S. Senate offices. He never accepts blame, does he? It’s become well known that he talks out of both sides of his mouth. I’m convinced that the people have no idea what they’re voting for when they cast a vote for Obama.
And I believe the October Surprise awaiting Obama concerns Israel and the Middle East.

Don’t forget to look at Michelle Obama’s HUGE raise she got from University of Chicago before they got that earmark. Funny how Mr. Hope isn’t quite as “clean” as he portrays himself to be. He lined his own pockets and then took taxpayer $$$$$$$ to repay the favor. Chicago politics at it’s worst. He’s a fraud.

Blaming
Is the bases of Obama’s campaign.
Obama has blamed everything and anything on someone or something else through his entire campaign.
Obama would be struck by lighting if he ever owned up to something himself. Failed to blame anyone or something for all the problems in his life, campaign, the country or the government and the world.
Mr Obama has played the Blame game continuous and disgustingly low enough to continue playing it.

Maybe it was a staffer who told Obama there were 57 states?
Maybe it was a staffer who neglected to tell him Rezko was under federal investigation at the time of their land deal?
Maybe it was a staffer who told him to join Rev. Wright’s church?
Maybe it was a staffer who told him bitter small town Americans cling to religion and guns?
Maybe a staffer will also be responsible for his landslide loss in WV tomorrow?

OH, superdelegates, where are you? Head stuck in the sand. Better get it out before it’s toooooo late.

DL – The person Hillary Clinton married created 22 million jobs, balanced the budget, created a budget surplus, raised the minimum wage,ended ethnic cleansing in Bosnia, passed Family/Medical Leave, won 2 terms as President and left office with the highest approval rating of any president of our lifetime.
You’re maybe not too bright?

Obama is a pro when passing the buck. It’s never his fault. Of course, this was glaringly on display when he turned his association and misrepresentations of Rev. Wright into a marvelous treatise on the problem of race relations in America. Like Bush, Obama does not like to be held accountable.

The media kept Hillary from being President. Tim Russet, Keith Oldreman.
Chris Matthews. All black raido stations. Obama will not be President.

This is exactly what the MSM did in the run up to the Iraq war. Instead of doing some investigating, all they did was beat the war drums.

How many times has Hillary done this? Sen McCain? You list 10 instances but there is nothing to compare to…

It seems Senator Obama is basing much of his campaign on his judgment. How good was his judgment in hiring all of these incompetent staffers. And please, don’t blame his senior staff. That would just be more of the same.

You idiots are missing the point of the whole story. It’s not that mistakes are made, it’s Obama’s position to NEVER take blame or responsibility. Good gracious. Just look at Indiana. He was supposed to win big and he barely pulled even (and that’s with his buddy fudging the results in GARY). Yet, how does he explain it away. IT’S RUSH LIMBAUGHS fault. Waa, Waa!

What a great article! For the first time in a long time people are starting to add up all the flaws and show that this “perfect man” who wants change in Washington is no different than who he says he is better than! I mean what kind of person blames their staff for every mistake that they make- if I was on his staff I would quit. When will he take accountability for his actions?!!! I want someone to hold accountable for making our country better, like he promises he will, and I don’t think blaming your staff is very mature or respectable! Just goes to show that people really don’t know this man and that Clinton is the best choice for any real change that doesn’t mean changing whose turn it is to blame when things go wrong!

Obama supporters can’t imagine there is anything wrong with him so they try to deflect attention by blaming Clinton, McCain, Jennifer Parker, the squeegee guy… They learned that game straight from the top.

Don’t shoot the messenger. Your candidate is a proven liar. Get over it.

The only bad part about this article is that it was written so late in the game! In addition to these great points there is also the fact that he voted present in the majority of his Senate votes and he based his campaign credentials on a decision that he had no say in and no repercussions for his decision. If he is just going to put the blame on other people, than what is it that he will responsible for?!! People wake up to the truth and realize that he won’t do anything for anyone because he can’t be held accountable for his actions!

Purvis,
Glad to see I’m not the only one who
sees Obama as a big bawling baby.

dl: I may have phrased it wrong– keep me laughing. The only thing he’s sorry about concerning his comments about bitter, clinging, bigoted middle class Americans is that someone actually recorded it. I didn’t mean it that way, waa, waa. I didn’t know how the voting machine worked and pushed the wrong button. I didn’t mean to vote that way. My aide filled the form in for me.For mister I have superior judgment, he’s right, he done make many boneheaded mistakes.

But these really are more detail problems – it is quite plausible to miss these, particularly when you don’t have a big or experienced staff to begin with (state-level politics). They don’t even come close to the magnitude of things like hiring Mark Penn, with all of his lobbying entanglements, which should have been patently obvious. I think its important to keep a sense of perspective as to problems that may fly below the radar screen vs. major affiliations..

Who would be the better president?
Obama or O. J. Simpson?

Jack Tapper:
This is over looking for crumbs on Obama again?

…or Obama has a better track record for cleaning up his camp when folks go off message… but you go on interpreting message control and effective campaing management as a bad thing, JT.

Barack and Roll:
Nice list! Hee, Hee! Which bills did he actually sponsor or write. Was he writing them while he missed 57% of the vote.

Oh let’s not forget that Obama thinks the great lakes are in Oregon. Makes you wonder how much time he’s actually spent in IL since one of those great lakes is right there:-)

Next time someone asks you “where’s the beef” in Senator Obama’s Senate record, please feel free to send the link to this diary.
Posted by: Barack and Roll | May 12, 2008 1:56:16 PM
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL……………Can’t bamboozle ME!
Ya right 143 days as a senator and Barry only learned how to pass the buck.

Posted by: HP Boston
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL……………Can’t bamboozle ME!
Ya right 143 days as a senator and Barry only learned how to pass the buck.
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Ha! Ha! Ha!Ha! Ha! Ha!Ha! Ha! Ha!It’s obviously not the first or last time you’ve bamboozled!

EMIL JONES
Is Obama’s Political GODFATHER
Obama didn’t do anything in the State Senate.
EMIL JONES and Obama made a pack.
Emil Jones is part of Obama’s earmarks.
And there is more to come if he wins.

Questions: How many McCainites have quit over their lobbying connections to bad actors? And didn’t McCain blame staffers for the fact that his wife’s old “family recipes” were actually ripped off from the Food Network?
It is, in fact, the job of staffers to vet people with whom the candidate might not be completely familiar, so some of these errors might actually be staffers faults. But for Cindy McCain to pass off recipes as hers when the millionaire heiress and beauty queen has most likely never broken an eggshell herself is just plain lying.

So I am supposed to be impressed that my senator, Obama, has been involved in 570 bills? Tom Coburn, also a junior senator, was elected in the same year I believe and he has been involved in 565 bills for the same time frame. Wow, Obama is sure impressive! 5 more!
Barack and Roll, try to be realistic in your adoration

I’m still waiting for Barack to fire Michelle over her put-down of America.

Scoreboard:
Magic number is 2025
Obama: 1868 delegates, states and territories won 32 lost 16 (lost no Territories) need 134 for nomination
Clinton: 1699 delegates, states won 16 lost 32, Territories none
Campaign money raising
Obama’s campaign’s war chest with $55m and counting
Clinton’s campaign’s (25m) in the red and counting

Barack and Roll :
take your list to fact:check and
watch it as it shimmies down into
an insignificant puddle of pellets.
B O sent out a list similar to yours… and fact:check compared it to Clinton’s senatorial accomplishments.
B O’s activities in this regard were rated almost as significant as a flea on an elephant.
I’ll be delighted when my little vote combines with all the other little votes for Hillary to win the nomination.
It might take a while… but victory will be hers.!….and ours. $^)

It just show that …
Obama is a puppet and somebody is always pulling his strings for him. Even his web page was written by ghost-writers. I doubt he’s even read it!

true truth
Your candidate can only win if you keep bringing up race.
The civil war is done…we’d like to move on.

dl,
I only talked about the fact…
People will make their own judgment on the fact!!

Krissy K -
You’re attacking Obama on guns? And you’re supporting Clinton? Hillary Clinton?
Sorry, gotta clean up the coffe that just shot out my nose…

Jake, too bad Hillary Clinton did not use actually punts Obama takes when he blames his staff for an oversight or a different position.
He seems positively Clintonesque by dodging the actual issue. He is waffling on the direct inquiry and does not take responsibility for the punt.
Maybe Clinton could have used this line of attack on Obama in the primary. He says one thing but did another. But I guess with the Bosnia sniper fire she didn’t have the credibility to make the charge.
I wonder if McCain or the GOP has the credibility to make that charge in the GE.
Whether or not I’m Obama supporter, I’d rather know the true facts on these things than not before he gets into the White House. What are the odds he didn’t know what a staffer knew about these 10 separate items.

anyone suprised by this just hasn’t been paying attention. barack’s entire m.o. is the blame game. ANY criticism of him is painted as ‘old politics’ and probably because of ‘racism’ .. although he’s not the ‘race candidate’..oh heavens no, you bigot ! sheesh. you can’t point to anything in his record because he DOESN’T HAVE ONE..
and if anything should turn up, it must have been those darn staffers’ fault again. this is the guy we want as chief executive ?!?

Playing the BLAME GAME is nothing new for Obama. I keep wondering who he is blaming for being a member of the Trinty Church (HATE MONGERING AND RACIST)and having Bill Ayers sponsor his political coming out party. Then there is the fact that he required Rezko to pay $625,000 for a vacant lot so he could move in to a mansion for at least $200,000 cost less than value. Yes, the blame game is his best campaign strategy. And he does it so well. America needs a President who accepts responsibility for his actions and choices.

Jake
somebody needs to do a story on Randy Scheunmann…McCain’s foreign policy aide in this election…and the ex-head of the committee that mcCain “honorarily” co-chired with Lieberman in 2002…
The Committee for Liberation of Iraq.
What is this thing and who is this guy that is heading “scheunmann” who headed the thing who is not McCain’s right hand foreign policy guy?
Why have we not heard about this? at all.
Is it becasue of this long drawn out stupid democratic primary…meanwhile the guy on the other side has one of the main architects of the idea of the war heading his foreign policy wing?
and America does not know this I am positive. and does not know about him hiring this guy as his chief foreign policy guy…or about this “committee” with all these right wing nut jobs who wanted the war…that McCain and Liebermann CHAIRED!
OPlease someone start asking the right questions.

This committee for the liberation of Iraq that mcCain and Lieberman chaired….existed still way back in 2002! Right with this war.

For anyone who thinks “Yes, We Can” and change need only look at the Deval Project in MASS and see what an Obama presidency will look like.
Yes We Can….write a book for millions and have our state get progressively worse as the days go by.

“For anyone who thinks “Yes, We Can” and change need only look at the Deval Project in MASS and see what an Obama presidency will look like.”
I’m not following you, here. What does the project you’re talking about have to do with Obama?
Please elaborate

Wait a second, the University of Chicago is one of the top universities in the country; it’s not famous because Michelle Obama is working there (now if it were a small toy company that Michelle’s uncle founded that would have been a different matter). The point is that the best Midwestern University could use some financial support regardless of who is employed by it (and it must have a lot of people on its staff).

Interesting headline. Why wasn’t a previous post entitled “McCain’s inability to hire people unconnected to lobbying for corporations or overseas military juntas rears its ugly head again?”

brown1925
Your list will grow.
And it’ll grow long and winding like the weed Obama is.
Most people just don’t know aboutObama enough.
Obama is slippery.
Obama always has his eyes on the back door in case the party gets even too dirty for him, but he can’t erase his name when he signed in…..unless he saids one of his aids signed him in….who happens to have the same handwriting as Obama.

Good gathering up of yet more information that shows that this guy is far from ready for prime time. (Remember how he also loses papers, so don’t hand him any.)
Why aren’t gthe Democrats doing THEIR job and asking HIM to drop out????

Barack Obama for president
Cindy Sheehan for vice-president
A liberals best dream come true!

Don’t believe the hype! Obama wants your guns! He says he respects the 2nd amendment but also says that he wants to reinstate the so called “Assault Weapons Ban.” Remember, WV and KY, Obama wants your guns!

“Never trust anyone who comes out of the democrat corrupt political machine. And especially don’t trust one running for president.”
So you’re not for Clinton either? Careful, you’re Republican slip is showing. Tsk Tsk, all this time posing as a Clinton Supporter…

A questionnaire from 1996. Something that was put in a memo. A university getting a grant. You people make me sick. Oh yeah, and Obama is black. And he went to the Church in his Community that was responsible for good works in that community. You all sure have your priorities in order. They say sometimes people have to hit rock bottom before they change. It looks like this country does too. Divide and conquer, just like Iraq.

dl,
Thanks for defending your “best” mam!
1. I hate people claimed he represent a new politics while he came from the same old and played the same old ( you can deny but the fact is the fact)
2. I hate people claimed he was anit-war and present the will of people when 70% of people approved War on 2002 and 70% of people’s delegates voted for it…( it is fine Obama talked about anti-war, it is democracy). But don’t claim you represented the will of people on War on 2002..
3. As I mentioned, he offered no solution to end of War excepting repeating his same old anti-war speech -just playing old politiical blaming game without mentioning his several top senotor backer did the same thing…
4. I don’t think anyone should admit it was wrong to vote for War at that specific circumstance… I am totally with 77 senators who have voted for War to take no risk or gambling for American life… What others voted or spoke against it to me is just gambling people’s life.. it is the failure of Bush to end this war soon… Obama turned the failure of Bush against his fellow senotors while he had no responsibility to vote for this country yet…
5. Whether his plans can work not is still debating and he has no proven records to solve economy issue, the difference of proposals from all candidates are different approaches with different pro and cons and will benefitting different group of people, so why people should pick Obama’s?
6. You mentioned he will bring a new face of US to the world, by what? by negotiating terrorists like his campaign just did with Hamas? if Iran dares to launch the war to our ally, do you want to still wait and talk until second 9-11 or pearl harbor happened again?
7. He admitted himself he is a quiter when he said he can’t win PA, he can’t win WV and KY…He can’t fight for a uphill battle.. Do you think Americans need a quiter to lead them?
So what is he so good at?

NSA: “President Obama, please wake up quickly. Iran has just launched a nulear attack on Israel. Preliminary estimates are that as many as 75% of the population are either dead or will die within the next 7 days. The attack was launched from Syria.”
Obama: “Tell the press that my staff screwed up and did not notify me. We promise to do better. Oh yes, and those who are critical of me? Make sure you point out that the critics are racists.”

I am going to enjoy seeing him taken down by the GOP.

Obama is every bit as slippery as Bubba.

How can he continue to take credit for things that work out but blame others if it doesn’t. He has no moral compass, he blames others…remember it’s not his fault all those people in small towns are so clingy and huggy and bigoted. it’s not his fault. And if elected, just like Bush, he doesn’t know, didn’t do it, or someone else did. it’s the OLDEST POLITICS IN THE UNIVERSE. The only thing you missed in the article is how Ayers, Wright and the others aren’t his fault either, he didn’t know, didn’t care or didn’t mind….untill it was him being trashed…it’s okay if it’s just us voters being insulted. I only hold what Obama actually said about voters against him.

While I read this, I could only think of the votes he “made by mistake”…

Obama will be a disaster for this country. Playing the blame game may get him the nomination, but will get him crucified in the White House. But I don’t think he will get there, sooner or later that house of cards will fold.

This is such a weak excuse for news or even an interesting article. Do you realize how many things go in and out of a candidates’ campaign mailings, speeches, talking points, etc. Hundreds….there are bound to be some mistakes and if Obama is not so great at checking all the blanks, so be it….there are a lot more important things to focus on that this stuff. where he made big mistakes, he apologized and explained.
you must be having a boring day or else no imagination.

It’s getting really crowded down here under the bus, where Obama has thrown all of us.

I’ve been noticing this side of Obama myself..who is he going to blame if he becomes the President?

Clearly that bus he threw Granny and Wright under is getting quite crowded with a slew of “incompetent” staffers and God knows who else. Barack Obama simply will not take an responsibility for anything done in his name. He has no “clue” what’s going on? QUOTE: “I wasn’t a decision maker in any of this process.” And when WILL he decide to be a decision maker? When he takes the oath of office?????? It will be pretty late by that time.
Just what the devil DOES this man DO besides give speeches??? That’s about it, folks. He talks. BOY does he talk, and talk and talk… snore… Even when presented with PROOF of his own handwriting on a questionaire that a “staffer” originally filled out, he continues to deny he knew about it (hmmm, could he have early onset age-related dementia??)and lay blame on others. Is this the type of politician you want as the leader of the free world??? Inexperienced, hasn’t a clue what’s going on in his administration and can’t take a stand on any important votes or issues. Yeah, that would be a disaster of Titanic proportions.

The Buck Stops Here but the bus keeps on keepin’ on.
That is B.O.’s slogan. Unlike Harry …Barry is so transparent, at least Hillary admitted she mispoke and told a Fish Story, B.O. just keeps throwin’ folks under the bus. While collecting the eager born again in Obama faithful…hard-earned coin..

Leisa…so true!!
He has so many variations of the dog ate my homework, it isn’t even funny.
He forgets, makes boneheaded moves, is “present,” but does not vote, and loses important personal papers from his time as a State Senator because they got stored or thrown away.
When the media finally decides to put his feet to the fire the American public can be certain it will hear another LAME excuse. No wonder he doesn’t talk about his good judgement anymore.

That a candidate like this can get this far in the process is an indictment of the press and those that only see what they want to believe.
Here’s another Obama caucus voter going for McCain in the Fall.

Seems Sen. Obama’s hasn’t been the canidate with staffing problems.
“One e-mail that has been circulating widely across the Internet reads in part, “Let us all remain alert concerning Obama’s expected presidential candidacy. The Muslims have said they plan on destroying the U.S. from the inside out, what better way to start than at the highest level- through the President of the United States, one of their own!!!”
For the record, Obama is (was)a member of the United Church of Christ and has never been a Muslim.
But it’s difficult to blame some naïve public bystanders when the e-mail is also being circulated by members of Sen. Hillary Clinton’s volunteer campaign staff. In the past several weeks, two members of Clinton’s Iowa staff have been forced to resign for forwarding the e-mail, reports CNN.com.
Clinton’s campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle disavowed the e-mail after terminating the volunteer workers. The Obama camp has declined to comment, only saying his campaign wouldn’t be derailed by “small-time tactics,” reports Wonkette.
Obama’s religious affiliation has been well dissected in the press. CNN, as well as several other media outlets, debunked false reports about Obama’s religious upbringing earlier this year. There were false reports that Obama was educated in a “radical Muslim school known as madrassa.” This is false. According to the CNN report, Obama attended a Muslim school while living in Indonesia as a child, but it was not madrassa, which teaches the most fundamental views.

I’ll trust an honest mistake by Obama any day over the dishonest,lying,self-serving Clintons. It be hard indeed (actually impossible I imagine) to find a single day where the Clintons haven’t lied in the last 16 years.

Anyone with a brain and a little bit of wisdom could see this guy walking down the pike a long time ago. It’s too bad they don’t teach common sense in college.

Another Clinton Staffer tries again.
By the way they do teach commen sense in school, its called critical thinking.
“False Charges in the Blogosphere That Obama Is Attacking Baby Boomers Who Opposed the Vietnam War”
May 12th, 2008 by Ron Chusid
“Have you heard the one where Obama is now dissing baby boomers who were against the Vietnam War? Hopefully not, because it is not true. Just in case the Clinton supporters persist in this false claim I thought it would be useful to document what Obama actually said and how it is being distorted. Obama said:
One of the saddest episodes in our history was the degree to which returning vets from Vietnam were shunned, demonized and neglected by some because they served in an unpopular war. Too many of those who opposed the war in Vietnam chose to blame not only the leaders who ordered the mission, but the young men who simply answered their country’s call. Four decades later, the sting of that injustice is a wound that has never fully healed, and one that should never be repeated.
This is perfectly reasonable. Most of us who opposed the war considered those who fought in Vietnam to be victims of a terrible policy. There is controversy as to what degree the returning vets were “shunned, demonized and neglected by some” but regardless of how prevalent it was such an attitude was wrong. Many Democrats who oppose the Iraq war are also making the same point about opposing the war but supporting the troops.
Jonathan Martin first spins this as “repudiating boomers.” Clinton supporter Jeralyn Merritt takes advantage of this to concentrate on the false spin as opposed to what Obama actually said, running a dishonest headline claiming “Obama Disses Boomers Who Opposed Vietnam War.”
My major concern is the manner in which Obama’s comments are being distorted by both the rightwing and by Clinton supporters (sorry if this is redundant).” There are also some other peripheral issues which Nitpicker and Instaputz cover.
This entry was posted on Monday, May 12th, 2008.

Now finally somebody analyzed how he manages his staffers.
Don’t just critize Hillary.
He always throw some rocks and blame it to his staffers.
He would say: That’s not what I meant.
Oh, I lost that paper. that’s not my handwriting. I don’t relate to him at all(Rezko).
Now..who is losing his bearings?

Actually long time ago one network reported that in Illinois he never press the button, always fails and neglets it.
But,,,,he is untouchable man.
Nobody can do anything even DNC is on his side.
What can we do?
Only you can save this country,,,voters be smart! Before it too late!
Hillary 08.

Great! Appreciate the nit-picking of Obama. What is next, Jake? Obama picks his nose or he farts in his sleep. Seriously, how is what you just wrote important?

Obama and Reverend Wright is along the same lines; I did not know he preached such things….give a break, please.

Kathy in Michigan, you have your facts wrong regarding Paul v. Clinton or you do not have the latest in the decisions made by two courts. The first court dismissed the case against Clinton and the appeals court did so as well. Spin, spin, spin. Not nice.

Whatever the problem is Barack supporters, blame it on the Clintons. Rev Wright says something stupid, oh he was invited to the Clinton White House when Bill had his problems. A photo appears on Drudge of BHO in Africa, blame it on Clinton campaign. BHO association with Ayers, oh Bill Clinton pardoned them too. Tony Reszko being a slum lord in Chicago and connection to Obama, oh there is a photo of him with Bill and Hillary. BHO did not return to Senate to vote on Iran resolution, oh I was in NH campaigning but he says Hillary has once again given Bush authorization to wage another war. The feelings within the Clinton camp and her supporter is deep because BHO gets away with all these flaws and gaffes. Put the shoe on the other foot and you will see the feeding frenzy. On this score, I am not persuaded that I or other Hillary supporters will quickly fold up and rally behind BHO. I personally feel more comfortable going to sleep at night knowing Hillary or McCain is in charge of this country. Sorry it is a genuine feeling.

So, Obama delegates, so what? So did Reagan. The disadvantages include being vulnerable to petty sniping like this article. But on the plus side, it’s the mark of an effective commander.

What is that French proverb? La Cage aux folles! You are known and judged by the company you keep and “birds of a feather do indeed flock together.” Obama may use lies, deception and hypocrisy to conceal his true values from the American people, but if voters want to know about the real Obama, just take a closer look at the company he keeps and who has working on his campaign staff. And just think that if he wins in November, all these left wing nuts will be strutting around (like Obama does on stage) the White House barking orders and throwing their weight around. God help us!

I don’t agree that Obama has a habit of “blaming” staff for things that have gone wrong in the campaign. I work for a fairly small company and I see all kinds of “staff” errors made around here every day. I think that staff people, and sometimes volunteers do make errors and it is okay to hold them responsible. How many people screwed up in the Clinton campaign. How many guys have recently resigned from the McCain campaign. It happens and it is not a big deal. You have to stop making stuff up.

It is a fact that the media has become quite irrelevant in providing real news and has an increasingly hard time manipulating the public’s views, witness ABC’s efforts to cut Obama at the knees with manufactured handicaps. On the other hand, the media remains silent on anything negative about McCain. What about an in-depth story probing McCain’s relationship with lobbyists and specifically Ms. Iseman. Inquiring minds want to know.

Can we have a mulligan in the presidential race for both parties? All 3 of these candidates will be historically atrocious presidents and the damage the winner will wreak on this country will be devastating and long lasting.

Senator Obama: “uh uh, yeah, uh uh, what Hillary said, uh uh”. He can’t give a straight answer or take blame. He lacks character and strength– he has practiced old time smear politics while pretending to be a change candidate. He didn’t have the courage to stand up to Wright for 20 years. No surprise that he doesn’t take responsibility for small matters either.

I suppose Obama’s staffers encouraged him to hang out with Ayres and Wright as well. Look, this guy is either the biggest suck-up ever or he has the worst judgement I’ve ever seen. He talks about political reconciliation yet he’s never, ever, crossed the aisle to work with the GOP on any issue. He clearly talks a big game but that’s it. John McCain has walked it for years. You Obama folks enjoy it while you can. McCain will win 42 states. No way we turn the country over to this over inflated wind bag.

why is this coming out now???

Boy does the truth hurt. This list will grow–not because of incomponent staff but rather Obama’s inability to own up to his history.

To all Clinton supporters … please do not support Obama in November — if he gets there (but I don’t think I have to plead too much given what I’m hearing from Hillary supporters everywhere). This article states well that Obama has a lot of unpacked baggage and we’re better off with the enemy we know than the monstrous phony we don’t know.

These are mild causes for concern, indeed. But a few things to point out: First, Team Barak is probably as inexperienced as was Team Lincoln in the early going; mistakes are inevitable. Second, when Barak wins he says “We won,” so when he goofs up it is no surprise that “we goofed up.” Third, Barak seems to have made a genuine effort to make things right. And last, these are all less than significant in comparison to the giant gaffs of Clinton, McCain, Bush, and most experienced politicians, who with time learn to carefully screen such distractions. A minus, no doubt, but given Barak’s superior ability to raise money and to manage his campaign, it seems a mere trifle.

– Flotsam. or better yet, in fishing terms this piece would be called chum.
It is meant to stir, not inform, to create a caricature, not to characterize critically or fairly, and so just stirs debate among the choir. — All politicians always pass the buck some. Name one who hasn’t, one.
…and it looks like the chumming worked…

Ryan
Thank Goodness there are more people in the american electorate that can balance you out… since you dont have much sense!

ABC what is wrong with you Obama can do NO WORNG…. Fall in line with the rest of the media if you know whats good for you. No one wants real news anymore. People want you to spit back to them they want you too say. Forget about the truth

I Puked on the Kool Aid! I wish I’d written that!

It is not odd that in an intense multi-million dollar campaign, lasting for over a year, and months of constant campaigning by thousands of paid and unpaid workers, that there are errors not attributable to Obama’s personal decisions.
14 mistakes sounds like a very, very low number – you must be right, Obama’s staff is pretty capable.

Obama is a joke: words, words matter.

This is such a joke. Obama is the only candidate who has admitted a mistake since Bush has been in office.

wow, this is news? of all the important things to talk about, this is what have to report on?
this news team has lost ALL of my respect this year. I think the real team who has failed to hire good help is ABC News!
another viewer sayin bye bye

Name one ‘big’ mistake Obama has fessed up to… Still trying to think of one? Yeah that’s because he hasn’t.
Obama runs on no record and viciously attacks any mistakes his opponents have ever made. He wants to hold both sides of every issue. He wants to say he is for universal health care becuase that is popular, but his plan doesn’t call for universal health care then he attacks Hillary for the provisions of her plan that make it universal health care.
He ran for 8 months on Hillary’s Iraq vote but when asked how he would have voted in 2004 (when the war was going well) he said he didn’t know how he would have voted.
Obama skips hundreds of contentious votes in the Illinois State Senate to leave no record of anything anyone could criticize him for.
Obama is no leader. He is a cheerleader. (Wow, one more similarity between him and George W).

I supposed it was also his staff’s fault he thinks there are 57 states!!!!!

Richard Cohen wrote a horrible op-ed in the post today about how McCain has lost his values because his staff sent out an email containing the Hamas leaders quote endorsing Obama. Cohen acted as if this was an act by McCain and McCain only dispite the fact that McCain has said repeatedly that he does not believe that Hamas would be happy with an Obama presidency, just that Hamas would be very unhappy with a McCain presidency. This in contrast to Obama who repeatedly refuses to condemn his own campaign’s missteps and instead blames his staffers at evey possible moment.

What a joke calling Obama’s campaign incompetent when they ran the best campaign since a little know governor named Bill Clinton.

Look at the electoral map people. This man cannot win the general. The Republicans are going to beat him over the head that he cannot win the WHITE blue collar vote. We are dreaming if we think these people are kidding. Just remember Tom Bradley and as Doug Wilder admitted on a recent talk show it is there and they have to find a way to deal with it. I believe the results of WV showed that tonight. The strategy they are using now that is to try to appeal to blue collar workers by visiting a few will not work.

This has bugged me about Obama since day 1. It’s ok to blame your staff for mistakes but a real leader takes responsibility for decisions made by his staff. I don’t feel comfortable when he says he has no knowledge about goings on in his organization. The closest Obama has ever come to (grudgingly) admitting a mistake was following the San Francisco comments and that was only after he tried very hard to deflect ownership in his first couple of press conferences.
I am reminded of the way Bush has never expressed regret for the way he bungled Iraq.

“And for the record, yet again, let me state that I find Sen. Obama’s staff unfailingly competent and polite, courteous and efficient, and I once again express my regret that Sen. Obama does apparently not feel the same way.”
This is more than silly. It’s just plain dumb. Who do you think Tapper has to blame (or credit) for the quality of Obama’s campaign staff and how well managed his campaign has been? Who should we blame for how poorly Clinton’s campaign has been run?…or for why she has so much less money? Half of Obama’s campaign money comes from people like me who donate less than $200.
Who should we blame for the gutter level political gameswomanship that desperately tries to show guilt by association and distracts from substantive issues? Who should we credit for not stooping to the same thing, but who continues to congratulate her for her victories and hush his supporters when they boo her?
Some of the examples Tapper provides are perfectly reasonable responses from Obama, and do not go any further than claiming simple human errors and oversights to which any staff, no matter how capable, is vulnerable. Some comments here are clearly coming from people wearing very deeply colored glasses, people who fail to show the slightest hint of objectivity.
How can some be so poor at reading body language and clearly radiated low-ball attitudes that they can’t see through either of the Clintons even if they are completely ignorant of the Clintons’ totally sold-out status with regard to some pretty rotten corporate interests? (Monsanto comes to mind with their aggressive suing for patent violation of farmers whose pureline crops they contaminate and ruin with their genetically engineered pollen).
Have some of us completely lost any feel at all for reading basic human character (or utter lack of it). Clinton acts like a spoiled rotten brat who thinks she has a God-given right to the presidency and telegraphs her stinky attitude with body language that cries, “But I’M supposed to be president. This isnt’ fair! Wha-a-a-a-a!!!
But far worse, I’m talking total corruption, and that’s precisely what we need to get rid of in this country. We need people of character and moral fiber who don’t forget that they weren’t shot at in Bosnia (a relatively mild example of her lies!!!). Hsven’t we had enough of liars in the presidency?
We don’t need another intelligent but corrupt dingbat that pretends to be one more “bubba” so she can get elected. Some of us have matured beyond that stage. We’ve had enough of bubbas. Those who vote for bubbas need to have their heads examined.
The presidency doesn’t call for a bubba and election campaigns shouldn’t be a high school popularity contest. That’s a big part of how we got into the mess we’re in, and I blame us, the voters. JFK said there were only two qualifications for becoming president in this country: to be over 35 and to win a presidential election.
We need to put our heads on straight and vote for a real leader with character and integrity and quit voting for bubbas.

I am so done with you networks and Cable news channels that have the nerve to call yourselves journalists. You have done the american public a real disservice with what you call reporting. I have never been so disappointed, felt so shortchanged, as I do now. I hope you’re enjoying your cushy life, while the rest of America is SUFFERING! Suffering and in real need of a real president and instead you are talking about Obama blaming his staff!! For crying out loud– do you think that you’re untouchable? That if McCain wins in the fall only the “little people” will be affected you’re head is buried even further in the sand than it appears!!!!!
You SUCK! This article sucks! I can’t believe you think this is a critical analysis of ANYTHING. I am sure this won’t make it past your staff censors–talk about blaming your staff!
God, I am done reading your drivel.
Good LUCK!

How does Obama’s behavior – if true – compare with one who is intentionally stoking racial fires to win at any costs when the rules she agreed to didn’t work out for her ? I remember when Bill Clinton ran for President saying he wanted to represent the people who played by the rules and deserved to enjoy the American Dream. I voted to Bill twice and have no regrets compared with the choices we had. Does Hillary play by the rules? Or just in speeches ? What all of us partisans need to see in ourselves is our own hypocrisy in blindly supporting our candidates without seeing their faults. Sure Obama has faults and is hypocritical, but he is not in the same league with his opponents, particularly his Democratic rival who should know better and whose liberal philosophy demands that she not be unjust. In our country, there is no difference between any humans when it comes to their right to be treated justly – black, white, brown, yellow, male, or female. This is where Obama stands head and shoulders above Hillary Clinton and John McCain who forget their own past behaviors, beliefs, and alliances as they accuse Mr. Obama of little more than a few real and many tenuous ‘associations’.

I, along with many Clinton supporters (Democrats & Independents), will NEVER support Obama. We also plan to vote against any Obama superdelegate who is up for relection.
One example why: Obama stated on the stump that he has MORE foreign policy experience than Clinton or McCain because he spent his childhood in Indonesia and because he visited Pakistan during his college years. What an idiot!
He also told his supporters the night he won NC that they should not listen to statements against him. That sounded like when Jim Jones told his “flock” in Guyana before our government intervened.
Obama is a scary, leftist, clueless, messiah wannabe. I tired of hearing people being accused of being racist in the media since he started his campaign. I will not tolerate it for 4 years.
I have NEVER voted for a Republican president, I will this fall even if Hillary is Obama’s VP.
I think tonight’s WV exit polls saying that they would vote for Obama are inflated. They will go for McCain.
McCain should choose Hillary as his VP. He would win for sure! That is called “unifying the country”! Jon Stewart suggested it last week to McCain. I’ve been thinking about the same thing for 2 months.

I do think we need leaders that say the buck stops with me and actually lead, but if we are honest, which major candidate has truly exhibited that ?
This is some unobjective clap trap. All those saying his comments are too late, take a look at his recent posts. They all seem to be fairly crtitical of Obama and very few of Clinton or McCain. Let’s try and get real about this.
Obama put together a very effecient and effective campaign team while Hillary, until lately, had a chaotic campaign and strategy. CNN claimed tonight that the Clinton campaign still falls into some bad habits at times. Where is Tapper’s commentary on this ?
How can Obama be blamed for Samamatha Power’s comments ? That was her own mouth.
ABC has been very favorable to Hillary and put things in her or republican frames. When the elite/main stream media decided to destroy Howard Dean with the “Dean Scream”, after he said we needed to look at media concentration, they played that scream over 700 times in a few days. The same group tried to count how much they did loops of Rev. Wright and they stopped counting at 3000. Some favorable media there! They took no effort to put things in context or note that 20 seconds of sound bytes compared to how many thousands of hours of sermons reflected the “more onerous” views.
They also cut off the quotes at strategic points to make them seem worse.
I want a president that is accountable. So, I appreciate the report for that if it is out of the ordinary but why is this examination limited to Obama. I can make similar examples for all the remaining candidates.
I know this, the current McCain will be a disaster for the country. His plans will continue to explode the deficit. That makes everything cost more and allows the middle east and China to buy us. He believes in wide open free trade ! So, he will be more than happy to send more jobs over seas and healthcare and other company benefits will just be too expensive.

You obamabots are simply delusional! I fear greatly for the future of our nation.

While usually I’d say that this was just silly, Obama’s ‘management style’ as he described in one of the debates does make it highly relevant. According to Obama, he has some kind of clean desk fetish — he will read one position paper, and then a staffer has to come and take that one away and give him the next one. He can’t have a pile of things he needs to read on his desk and go through them one by one…
the linearity of this process suggests tha Obama will be even more heavily reliant upon his ‘overzealous’ staff than an ordinary President — and that whoever controls the paper flow into the oval office will be running the country.

Gosh, some fairness from the media! Thx!
Please don’t forget the BHO hypocrisy regarding the same old nasty politics of “guilt by association” that the Obama campaign claims to detest.
1. The very first response from the Obama campaign to his Jeremiah Wright scandal: Shoot out a picture as fast as possible to the media of Bill Clinton with Jeremiah Wright.
2. The very first response from the Obama campaign to his Bill Ayers scandal: Immediately question Bill Clinton’s pardons for Bill Ayer’s friends.
Thanks for this informative article. Maybe we’ll get some fair and balanced coverage yet.

You folks can attack Obama all you want but he is ahead of McCain by 7 points (doing better than Hillary by the way who is leading McCain by only 4 points) and the general has not even started yet. A complete review of all the relevant data available shows a solid advantage for Obama:(read it and weap)
The simple fact of the matter is that while the media simply assumes that black voters will return to support Hillary, the vast majority will not and she will lose a large number of states she believes she has won as a result.
If Hillary would have just beaten Obama without all the cheating and race baiting (which her sore loser supporters are so willing to excuse) black voters would have returned. As it stands now, Hillary is more hated in the black community than David Duke. The media just will not cover it.
Does anyone wonder how Hillary could go from earning 54% of the black vote at the begining of this race to only holding 6% of that vote now? Did black voters not realize Obama was black at the begining of the race? Um no. They realized that Hillary was a race hustler and began jumping ship in mass numbers.
The party is split right now along racial lines and as Hillary’s folks won’t vote for Obama and Obama’s folks won’t vote for Hillary, McCain should win. If he loses, the republican party is truly dead at sea.
I quite honestly wouldn’t mind a McCain presidency if he would just change his position on Iraq (I just think its costing too much and those folks have no incentive to stand up as long as we keep footing the bill). McCain just might change his position given the fact that much of what he says now is just to woo guliable conservatives.
Obama’s clearly the better of the three but whether he wins or loses is of little matter in the grand scheme of things. People like to imagine that every presidential election “is the most important of our lifetime.” Gimmie a break. I’m far more interested in the fight between the ideologies of liberalism and conservatism and, on that front, I’m happy with what I see.
The very fact that the republican party was too chicken to nominate a real conservative (remember when Rudy pro-choice Guilliani was the frontrunner?) is essentially a concession that they did not believe a conservative could be elected. Question is: why not? They’ve had a conservative president in for two terms and he had a republican majority to work with for most of that time. So, um, where’s the beef? All of these Obama haters on here have alot to say about Wright but no defense of Bush’s unspeakable failure. Americans are done with conservatism as it relates to economics, the environment, and foreign policy. There may be some hold outs on social issues like abortion, religion, etc. but the importance of that nonsense is diminishing every day. So stop worrying so much about Obama’s staffers putting the wrong page numbers on their TPS reports people. The race for the white house is not the race to watch. The real race is the one that conservatives are losing in the long haul and so scared to talk about.
P.S. I’m watching McCain on fox right now discussing global warming…lol…he’s practically a democrat

OTBW “Tina from Florida”, Clinton did leave a surplus…by practically shutting down the military. How “astute” was that? He was another clueless monkey completely unfit to serve as CIC of anything.

And he’s done it again:
“Obama Says Supporters’ Anti-Israel Comments Don’t Speak for Him”
Bloomberg News, May 23

All Zero has to do is say that he made a mistake, he apaologizes, but to move on, nothing there….. and 53% of the national useful idiots say “amen”. In six months it will be another tune… buyers’ regret will be much stronger. If Europe’s demonstrations move into the USA, it will be pandemonium in the streets of NY, LA, etc. and the detention centers planned by the Zero handlers will be full… they were not really intended for the GITMO detainees. But, there will still be 53% useful idiots adoring the “idiot savant”…. and, most countries worldwide will be agin’ us….. so much for “CHANGE”.

Obama is a scary, leftist, clueless, messiah wannabe. I tired of hearing people being accused of being racist in the media since he started his campaign. I will not tolerate it for 4 years.