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Boston Globe, LA Times Declare Obama Incompetent
Quote:The scandal at the Veteran's Administration is rocking the Obama regime and may yet be one of the worst scandals of the Obama era. Already two major newspapers are starting to accuse the Obama administration of utter incompetence.

In fact, a lack of "competence" is exactly how columnist for the Boston Globe Jeff Jacoby put it May 25.

Jacoby points out that Obama ran on the claim that he would be the perfect manager because he would put all the right sort of intellectual, liberal managers in place while he ran herd on them all. As he first vied for president in 2008, Obama got the endorsement of most voters because of his promise of competence.


Voters – encouraged by newspaper endorsements that saw in Obama's campaign "a marvel of sound management" (The Boston Globe) and backed him because he "offered more competence than drama" (Los Angeles Times) – ate it up. An astonishing 76 percent of respondents in a CNN/ORC poll shortly after the 2008 election agreed that Obama could "manage the government effectively."


However, as Jacoby painfully points out, today's reality stands in stark contrast to the fantasy Obama candidate in 2008. With the latest strike of the VA scandal against him, "Five years of Obama’s presidency have certainly shattered that delusion," Jacoby wrote.

Despite Obama's "preternatural" self-confidence, Jacoby reports that Americans are at last coming to doubt his competence. A recent CNN/ORC poll, the columnist says, finds that when asked about Obama's ability to "manage the government effectively," a "solid majority – 57 percent – said that description does not apply to Obama." Moreover, Jacoby notes that several other polls have found similar results.

Jacoby wraps up with this damning assessment:


The 44th president – who once said that his accomplishments could compare favorably with those of any of his predecessors with the “possible exceptions” of Lyndon Johnson, FDR, and Abraham Lincoln – has always had a huge opinion of his executive gifts. The American people no longer share it. As a political creature, Obama’s talents are undeniable. When it comes to competent governance, they turned out to be anything but.


Some may want to dismiss Jeff Jacoby's points, but his accusation of incompetence is backed up by the left-leaning Doyle McManus, columnist for the L.A. Times.

McManus starts his criticism of Obama and his administration by insisting that Americans don't expect a president to know everything that might be happening at the VA. He goes on to say, however, that we do expect that a president will appoint cabinet members and other aides who are competent enough to do the work for him.

Assuming that we have not yet heard the last heartbreaking story of neglect emerge from the VA scandal, McManus has firmly decided that Obama is "a skilled politician and speechmaker but a lousy manager."

"The biggest problems Obama has faced in the White House," McManus wrote, "have come not from making policy but from trying to implement it. The calamitous launch of his healthcare plan last fall is the biggest and most painful example, but it's only one of several."

The columnist goes on to list failure after failure – the 2009 "shovel ready jobs" debacle, IRS harassment, Benghazi, even the 2010 BP oil spill – and declares that Obama has failed to manage through them all.

"Obama has never paid as much attention to the nitty-gritty of management as he has to making policy and campaigning for votes," McManus said.

The columnist also points out that the problems at the VA have been around for the entire length of Obama's presidency, but "if Obama only learned of the depth of the problems from watching TV, as his spokesman said last week, something is amiss with his administration's internal communications."

Unlike Jacoby, McManus ends on a hopeful note, pointing out that the president has made a few moves that could lead to mitigating these monumental problems. Still, we have had six years of disaster after disaster due to Obama's total disinterest in hands-on managing. And it appears that even the newspapers are starting to see it.


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They are going to run O into the ground, and rightfully so.

If the Clinton machine can forever destroy his legacy and expose him for what he is then hell I'll vote for them to get that opportunity.
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I've been telling you this for 6 years.
05-26-2014 01:26 PM
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What's more surprising is that 43 percent still think he's a good president. AMAZING!


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(05-26-2014 01:52 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  What's more surprising is that 43 percent still think he's a good president. AMAZING!


Hello, hello, anybody home?

THIS is what is scarey to me......how 43% march in lockstep behind this arrogant Liar of Liars cannot lead to anything good and is beyond explanation.....Hate of the GOP is one thing, but this "King" is leading MILLIONS down a dangerous path...the USA is in trouble
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(05-26-2014 02:06 PM)tigerjaws Wrote:  
(05-26-2014 01:52 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  What's more surprising is that 43 percent still think he's a good president. AMAZING!


Hello, hello, anybody home?

THIS is what is scarey to me......how 43% march in lockstep behind this arrogant Liar of Liars cannot lead to anything good and is beyond explanation.....Hate of the GOP is one thing, but this "King" is leading MILLIONS down a dangerous path...the USA is in trouble


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Keep in mind that many of these polls are designed to make sure Obama never dips below 40 percent.
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anyone that knew what they were looking at knew this guy was an incompetent manager on day one, when he created a massively top heavy, utterly unworkable org chart with several dozen "czars" of all shapes and sizes (some with absolutely no staff and no budget, mind you), yet restricted all decision making to a tiny circle of Chicago cronies -- Jarrett, Michelle, greasy robt gibbs, plouffe, rahm . . . A few others.

that was the move of an incompetent. a neophyte. it was obvious
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(05-26-2014 03:14 PM)EagleX Wrote:  anyone that knew what they were looking at knew this guy was an incompetent manager on day one, when he created a massively top heavy, utterly unworkable org chart with several dozen "czars" of all shapes and sizes (some with absolutely no staff and no budget, mind you), yet restricted all decision making to a tiny circle of Chicago cronies -- Jarrett, Michelle, greasy robt gibbs, plouffe, rahm . . . A few others.

that was the move of an incompetent. a neophyte. it was obvious



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If the MSM quits protecting the d#uchebag, it will be fun to see how he reacts. It won't be pretty, that is for sure.
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He'll have them audited.
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Not enough Americans have discernment anymore.

He was lying way before he ever became president. How do you think he got to the position he is in? Being completely honest?!
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On another point, for as incompetent as Obama is it should be deeply embaressing for Republicans who have proven to be even more incompetent.

The Republican leadership has to go, yesterday.
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So many uninformed Americans, surprised Pee Wee Herman isn't POTUS.
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(05-26-2014 06:32 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  On another point, for as incompetent as Obama is it should be deeply embaressing for Republicans who have proven to be even more incompetent.

The Republican leadership has to go, yesterday.

Obama runs quite well as long as the target is narrowed down to one other guy. it's easy; just destroy that other guy. it's not even that hard with the help of the MSM.
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(05-26-2014 06:48 PM)EagleX Wrote:  
(05-26-2014 06:32 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  On another point, for as incompetent as Obama is it should be deeply embaressing for Republicans who have proven to be even more incompetent.

The Republican leadership has to go, yesterday.

Obama runs quite well as long as the target is narrowed down to one other guy. it's easy; just destroy that other guy. it's not even that hard with the help of the MSM.


This^^^

Obama is like a team from cusa playing a team from the sec with their own referees. Obama has the whole sec referee list to choose from.
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(05-26-2014 06:52 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  
(05-26-2014 06:48 PM)EagleX Wrote:  
(05-26-2014 06:32 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  On another point, for as incompetent as Obama is it should be deeply embaressing for Republicans who have proven to be even more incompetent.

The Republican leadership has to go, yesterday.

Obama runs quite well as long as the target is narrowed down to one other guy. it's easy; just destroy that other guy. it's not even that hard with the help of the MSM.


This^^^

Obama is like a team from cusa playing a team from the sec with their own referees. Obama has the whole sec referee list to choose from.

More like Obama is Tom Brady and the MSM are the referees. Just coming close to hitting him is a personal foul.
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We all know Obama is incompetent.

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Wow.. they're only 8 years too slow... (Some of us were saying this from the start of the '08 campaign season!)
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(05-26-2014 09:34 PM)DaSaintFan Wrote:  Wow.. they're only 8 years too slow... (Some of us were saying this from the start of the '08 campaign season!)

I dunno. I thought his 08 campaign was awesome. he beat hillary with a brilliantly unorthadox campaign; for ex., by winning a bunch of western caucus states on super tuesday, instead of pursuing the standard "big state strategy". howie dean disenfranchising MI and Fl didn't help her, I suppose. his victory speeches in the early part of primary season were absolutely hypnotic. I had to track down the text online and read them before I realized that he wasn't actually saying anything.

then he beat john mccain by running against george bush, who wasn't even on the ballot. oh, and advocating "the good war", so no one could paint him as a p*ssy on the WoT.

it was brilliant. he utterly and comprehensively sucks as president, but I'm not sure anyone saw that coming when he was candidate obama . . .
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