Obama Allies the NYT, New Republic and Washington Post, all in last week have said that Obama is basically lazy and incompetent.
The below article has all three articles plus a foe, plus a bunch of golfing pictures.. I will just grab portions here. The rest is here: Even Maureen Dowd is Saying Obama is Not Doing His Job Three Allies and One Foe Weigh In AUN-TV
NYT writer Maureen Dowd is famous for being an ardent Democrat and Obama supporter. The Obama supporter part has waned. Her below essay, with much sarcasm, makes the point Obama amuses himself with golf, while serious presidential duties are ignored.
MAUREEN DOWD AUG. 23, 2014 The Golf Address
FORE! Score? And seven trillion rounds ago, our forecaddies brought forth on this continent a new playground, conceived by Robert Trent Jones, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal when it comes to spending as much time on the links as possible — even when it seems totally inappropriate, like moments after making a solemn statement condemning the grisly murder of a 40-year-old American journalist beheaded by ISIL.
I know reporters didn’t get a chance to ask questions, but I had to bounce. I had a 1 p.m. tee time at Vineyard Golf Club with Alonzo Mourning and a part-owner of the Boston Celtics. Hillary and I agreed when we partied with Vernon Jordan up here, hanging out with celebrities and rich folks is fun.-----
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/24/opinion/sunday/maureen-dowd-the-golf-address.html
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A long time before Dowd, Michael Patrick Leahy noticed the lack of work ethic in 2012:
More Evidence Obama Literally Not Doing the Job of President
The job of President of the United States is one that every occupant until Barack Obama has taken seriously. Every President prior to Barack Obama understood that the job entailed things like holding press conferences, meeting with members of Congress to compromise on budget issues, and learning the latest news about economic and international developments from the nation’s best experts.
These things matter, because the President of the United States must be intellectually prepared to make important decisions about the future of our country. But President Obama has focused on the celebrity aspects of his job and neglected doing much of anything that involved actual work. He’s spent plenty of time on the golf course (more than 100 rounds in three and a half years), raising money (163 fundraisers and counting), giving campaign speeches, vacationing, and playing basketball.
Last month, ABC News spelled out the gory details of just how much time President Obama has spent raising money:
In the first 12 days of June, Obama has attended 21 fundraising events. All told, he has now attended 163 re-election fundraisers for his campaign and the Democratic Party – almost double the number George W. Bush attended -----
The New Republic, which admits it is tied to the Obama wing of the Democratic Party, has this to say:
Obama’s Biggest Problem: Political ADD
Why Has Obama Become Such a Terrible Politician?
Why has Barack Obama—one of the most eloquent and thoughtful of recent presidents—become such a terrible politician?
Midway through his sixth year in office, his ineptitude is pretty clear. He frustrated and demobilized the huge base he built during his campaigns and, unless the polls turn around quickly, will be watching from the White House as the GOP takes full control of Congress this fall. On Tuesday, the Times offered some new evidence in an article about his frosty relationship with Senate Democrats. -------
Obama Is Seen as Frustrating His Own Party, New York Times
WASHINGTON — The meeting in the Oval Office in late June was called to give President Obama and the four top members of Congress a chance to discuss the unraveling situation in Iraq.
But Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, wanted to press another point.
With Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, sitting a few feet away, Mr. Reid complained that Senate Republicans were spitefully blocking the confirmation of dozens of Mr. Obama’s nominees to serve as ambassadors. He expected that the president would back him up and urge Mr. McConnell to relent.
Mr. Obama quickly dismissed the matter.
“You and Mitch work it out,” Mr. Obama said coolly, cutting off any discussion.
Mr. Reid seethed quietly for the rest of the meeting, according to four separate accounts provided by people who spoke with him about it. After his return to the Capitol that afternoon, Mr. Reid told other senators and his staff members that he was astonished by how disengaged the president seemed. After all, these were Mr. Obama’s own ambassadors who were being blocked by Mr. McConnell, and Secretary of State John Kerry had been arguing for months that getting them installed was an urgent necessity for the administration.
“It’s fairly nonexistent. There’s not much of a relationship,” said Senator Joe Manchin III, Democrat of West Virginia, when asked to characterize his relation -------
The rest is here: Even Maureen Dowd is Saying Obama is Not Doing His Job Three Allies and One Foe Weigh In AUN-TV
The below article has all three articles plus a foe, plus a bunch of golfing pictures.. I will just grab portions here. The rest is here: Even Maureen Dowd is Saying Obama is Not Doing His Job Three Allies and One Foe Weigh In AUN-TV
NYT writer Maureen Dowd is famous for being an ardent Democrat and Obama supporter. The Obama supporter part has waned. Her below essay, with much sarcasm, makes the point Obama amuses himself with golf, while serious presidential duties are ignored.
MAUREEN DOWD AUG. 23, 2014 The Golf Address
FORE! Score? And seven trillion rounds ago, our forecaddies brought forth on this continent a new playground, conceived by Robert Trent Jones, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal when it comes to spending as much time on the links as possible — even when it seems totally inappropriate, like moments after making a solemn statement condemning the grisly murder of a 40-year-old American journalist beheaded by ISIL.
I know reporters didn’t get a chance to ask questions, but I had to bounce. I had a 1 p.m. tee time at Vineyard Golf Club with Alonzo Mourning and a part-owner of the Boston Celtics. Hillary and I agreed when we partied with Vernon Jordan up here, hanging out with celebrities and rich folks is fun.-----
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/24/opinion/sunday/maureen-dowd-the-golf-address.html
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A long time before Dowd, Michael Patrick Leahy noticed the lack of work ethic in 2012:
More Evidence Obama Literally Not Doing the Job of President
The job of President of the United States is one that every occupant until Barack Obama has taken seriously. Every President prior to Barack Obama understood that the job entailed things like holding press conferences, meeting with members of Congress to compromise on budget issues, and learning the latest news about economic and international developments from the nation’s best experts.
These things matter, because the President of the United States must be intellectually prepared to make important decisions about the future of our country. But President Obama has focused on the celebrity aspects of his job and neglected doing much of anything that involved actual work. He’s spent plenty of time on the golf course (more than 100 rounds in three and a half years), raising money (163 fundraisers and counting), giving campaign speeches, vacationing, and playing basketball.
Last month, ABC News spelled out the gory details of just how much time President Obama has spent raising money:
In the first 12 days of June, Obama has attended 21 fundraising events. All told, he has now attended 163 re-election fundraisers for his campaign and the Democratic Party – almost double the number George W. Bush attended -----
The New Republic, which admits it is tied to the Obama wing of the Democratic Party, has this to say:
Obama’s Biggest Problem: Political ADD
Why Has Obama Become Such a Terrible Politician?
Why has Barack Obama—one of the most eloquent and thoughtful of recent presidents—become such a terrible politician?
Midway through his sixth year in office, his ineptitude is pretty clear. He frustrated and demobilized the huge base he built during his campaigns and, unless the polls turn around quickly, will be watching from the White House as the GOP takes full control of Congress this fall. On Tuesday, the Times offered some new evidence in an article about his frosty relationship with Senate Democrats. -------
Obama Is Seen as Frustrating His Own Party, New York Times
WASHINGTON — The meeting in the Oval Office in late June was called to give President Obama and the four top members of Congress a chance to discuss the unraveling situation in Iraq.
But Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, wanted to press another point.
With Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, sitting a few feet away, Mr. Reid complained that Senate Republicans were spitefully blocking the confirmation of dozens of Mr. Obama’s nominees to serve as ambassadors. He expected that the president would back him up and urge Mr. McConnell to relent.
Mr. Obama quickly dismissed the matter.
“You and Mitch work it out,” Mr. Obama said coolly, cutting off any discussion.
Mr. Reid seethed quietly for the rest of the meeting, according to four separate accounts provided by people who spoke with him about it. After his return to the Capitol that afternoon, Mr. Reid told other senators and his staff members that he was astonished by how disengaged the president seemed. After all, these were Mr. Obama’s own ambassadors who were being blocked by Mr. McConnell, and Secretary of State John Kerry had been arguing for months that getting them installed was an urgent necessity for the administration.
“It’s fairly nonexistent. There’s not much of a relationship,” said Senator Joe Manchin III, Democrat of West Virginia, when asked to characterize his relation -------
The rest is here: Even Maureen Dowd is Saying Obama is Not Doing His Job Three Allies and One Foe Weigh In AUN-TV
