Deranged Obama Critics Take ‘We Don’t Have A Strategy Yet’ Out Of Context
You may have heard the explosive news that President Obama wore a tan suit yesterday, but did you know he gave a press conference in that tan suit? It was a fairly wide-ranging affair, but to hear the media tell it, the only takeaway is that tan-suited Obama said “We don’t have a strategy yet” for fighting ISIS in Syria. After delivering opening remarks on the economy (which grew at levels that exceeded estimates in the 2nd quarter), the situation in Ukraine (Russia is invading incursioning), and the fight against ISIS (or ISIL, or the Islamic State, or Islamic State-Diddy), the President took questions from reporters, beginning with freshly-minted Meet the Press host Chuck Todd.
Keeping in mind that President Obama had just finished describing a “comprehensive strategy” to deal with ISIS in Syria, here’s the money quote, in response to Chuck Todd asking “Do you need Congress’s approval to go into Syria?”
“But I don’t want to put the cart before the horse. We don’t have a strategy yet. I think what I’ve seen in some of the news reports suggests that folks are getting a little further ahead of where we’re at than we currently are. And I think that’s not just my assessment, but the assessment of our military as well.”
As Press Secretary Josh Earnest quickly pointed out on Twitter, the President wasn’t referring to an overall strategy to fight ISIS in Syria, but to a specific set of military plans, which should be obvious. Even if he did have one (he likely has dozens), I doubt anyone would expect him to pull down a map in the briefing room and go “Well, Chuck, we’re going to launch airstrikes from here, here, and here.”
But that’s the quote that everyone seized on, and which Earnest went on to defend in an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes Thursday night, an interview which Hayes comically prefaced by deriding the critics who seized on it to “blast the President on foreign policy.”
That bit of scolding was so comical because here is what was happening on MSNBC literally seconds after the President finished his press conference…READ MORE
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By: Tommy Christopher
Tommy Christopher is The Daily Banter's White House Correspondent and Political Analyst. He's been a political reporter and liberal commentator since 2007, and has covered the White House since the beginning of the Obama administration, first for PoliticsDaily, and then for Mediaite. Christopher is a frequent guest on a variety of television, radio, and online programs, and was the villain in the documentaries The Audacity of Democracy and Hating Breitbart. He's also That Guy Who Live-Tweeted His Own Heart Attack, and the only person to have ever received public apologies from both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.
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Red Eye Robot August 29th, 2014 at 16:21
Deranged Obama critic New York Times columnist Nicolas Kristof: “I’ve generally been a fan of President Obama’s foreign policy,” So when I look at a speech and press conference and say, ‘There’s nothing there’ — either vis a vis Ukraine or vis a vis Syria — then he’s got a problem.
Red Eye Robot August 29th, 2014 at 16:21
Deranged Obama critic New York Times columnist Nicolas Kristof: “I’ve generally been a fan of President Obama’s foreign policy,” So when I look at a speech and press conference and say, ‘There’s nothing there’ — either vis a vis Ukraine or vis a vis Syria — then he’s got a problem.
Red Eye Robot August 29th, 2014 at 16:25
Deranged Obama critic from the Washington Post Eugene Robinson:
“I just want to be clear on that fundamental question,Not, you know, when the planes are going to start bombing Aleppo or whatever, not tactical movements. But what’s our end here?”
g1234 August 29th, 2014 at 17:01
Red Eye, None was more afflicted with a listening disorder than Wolf Blitzer. At least 3 times (in an interview) Mr. Ersnst laid out Obama’s “comprehensive approach”, and each time Wolf responded in a similar fashion, “So, is Obama going to bomb Syria, or not?” Full disclosure, I am on the other side of the political spectrum, so I loved it.
Chinese Democracy August 29th, 2014 at 21:47
wolf blitzer has been punked by Howard Stern fans on air.. I dont take him to seriously
Chinese Democracy August 29th, 2014 at 21:46
cut and pasted directly from the Daily Caller.. oh liberal pundits are soooo baffled.. LOL
Red Eye Robot August 29th, 2014 at 16:25
Deranged Obama critic from the Washington Post Eugene Robinson:
“I just want to be clear on that fundamental question,Not, you know, when the planes are going to start bombing Aleppo or whatever, not tactical movements. But what’s our end here?”
g1234 August 29th, 2014 at 17:01
Red Eye, None was more afflicted with a listening disorder than Wolf Blitzer. At least 3 times (in an interview) Mr. Ersnst laid out Obama’s “comprehensive approach”, and each time Wolf responded in a similar fashion, “So, is Obama going to bomb Syria, or not?” Full disclosure, I am on the other side of the political spectrum, so I loved it.
Chinese Democracy August 29th, 2014 at 21:47
wolf blitzer has been punked by Howard Stern fans on air.. I dont take him to seriously
Chinese Democracy August 29th, 2014 at 21:46
cut and pasted directly from the Daily Caller.. oh liberal pundits are soooo baffled.. LOL
John Tarter August 29th, 2014 at 21:09
We need a Winston Churchill, instead we have a Neville Chamberlain.
Chinese Democracy August 29th, 2014 at 21:43
yeah when Obama got Osama Bin Ladin he was such an appeaser
go enlist if you are so gung ho
John Tarter August 29th, 2014 at 21:09
We need a Winston Churchill, instead we have a Neville Chamberlain.
Chinese Democracy August 29th, 2014 at 21:43
yeah when Obama got Osama Bin Ladin he was such an appeaser
go enlist if you are so gung ho
Weeble1150 August 29th, 2014 at 23:12
I propose we trade Pres. Obama and a “Cabinet Member to be named later” for PM Cameron.
Weeble1150 August 29th, 2014 at 23:12
I propose we trade Pres. Obama and a “Cabinet Member to be named later” for PM Cameron.