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Chris Matthews Slams Obama’s Lack of Leadership
While it may be just temporary, Chris Matthews, a talking head who has fawned over President Barack Obama like some dewy-eyed school girl, ripped the White House yesterday during an appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.
The cantankerous pundit still made the case for a big government during the nearly 22-minute segment on the show, but he didn’t hide his contempt for President Obama’s very serious leadership failures.
“This President’s responsible for the federal government. He’s responsible even if he didn’t do anything wrong,” said Matthews on the Morning Joe. “He keeps acting like the only problem he’s got — the only real problem he has, viscerally — is the talking points in Benghazi because that gets to Susan Rice, people close to him, and Michelle.”
Matthews said that President Obama needs someone to handle the day-to-day affairs of the White House to deal handle problems like the administration has seen over the last several days. He cited the lack of this leadership as a “real problem.”
“He is in charge of the entire executive branch. He is the boss. He needs a COO, someone who will carry out that authority every minute of the day through the weekend,” he continued. “He doesn’t want to do that. He doesn’t want to be chief executive, because he doesn’t want a chief operating officer. It’s the way he’s run the White House from the beginning — personally — and it’s a real problem. And now he’s getting blamed for things he knows nothing about, because he knows nothing about them because he doesn’t want to know about them. He doesn’t want to run the United States government. And that has been the problem.”
He also noted that President Obama didn’t express any anger about the IRS story during his press conference earlier this week. Instead, Matthews noted, President Obama only got angry when he was discussing Benghazi.
“Why isn’t he angry — really angry — about what happened with the IRS?” Matthews asked. “Look at him [the other day] at that press conference. The only time he got really angry was when it was on Benghazi and the talking points, because that gets to him and his friends. And the problem is he’s chief executive, it comes down to that and everyone of these problems.”
Matthews is also upset about the potential effect of the scandal, which he said is “gonna haunt the Democratic Party and everyone who believes in positive government” next fall.
“This is perfect. It’s gonna help save Mitch McConnell, it’s gonna help Tom Corbett in Pennsylvania, help Cuccinelli,” he lamented. “Anyone who is on that anti-government right that always says the government screws up in the end, they’re out to get you, now has their case for next November.”
And Matthews wasn’t done there. He slammed the excuses that have been given by the White House in the mounting scandals, specifically pointing to the IRS and the Justice Department’s targeting of the Associated Press.
“[T]his is why it’s important to voters, when you go in the voting booth, you only get one vote. You pick Romney or Obama,” he noted. “When you pick Obama, you want to know the steering wheel that you just turned to the left a little bit, you want that to matter. That means you want that president you voted for to run things. That’s the only power you have as a citizen. Pick the person you want to run things, and then they run them.”
“For anybody to run around in Washington and say ‘We don’t run the IRS,’ or ‘We can’t control the Justice Department,’ and ‘I’m recusing myself,’ they say ‘The steering wheel doesn’t control the car anymore.’ The person says ‘I want the person I voted for to be in charge. The only power I have, and you’re telling me I don’t have it?’ Because you don’t have it. And that is going to really bug people, especially people that care about government doing a good job.”
He may still want bigger government, but Matthews is pretty much right about President Obama’s leadership failures. Harry S Truman once said the “buck stops here,” when referring to decisions made by his administration. Clearly, President Obama has failed across the board in accountability and leadership.
http://www.unitedliberty.org/articles/13678-chris-matthews-slams-obamas-lack-of-leadership
While it may be just temporary, Chris Matthews, a talking head who has fawned over President Barack Obama like some dewy-eyed school girl, ripped the White House yesterday during an appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.
The cantankerous pundit still made the case for a big government during the nearly 22-minute segment on the show, but he didn’t hide his contempt for President Obama’s very serious leadership failures.
“This President’s responsible for the federal government. He’s responsible even if he didn’t do anything wrong,” said Matthews on the Morning Joe. “He keeps acting like the only problem he’s got — the only real problem he has, viscerally — is the talking points in Benghazi because that gets to Susan Rice, people close to him, and Michelle.”
Matthews said that President Obama needs someone to handle the day-to-day affairs of the White House to deal handle problems like the administration has seen over the last several days. He cited the lack of this leadership as a “real problem.”
“He is in charge of the entire executive branch. He is the boss. He needs a COO, someone who will carry out that authority every minute of the day through the weekend,” he continued. “He doesn’t want to do that. He doesn’t want to be chief executive, because he doesn’t want a chief operating officer. It’s the way he’s run the White House from the beginning — personally — and it’s a real problem. And now he’s getting blamed for things he knows nothing about, because he knows nothing about them because he doesn’t want to know about them. He doesn’t want to run the United States government. And that has been the problem.”
He also noted that President Obama didn’t express any anger about the IRS story during his press conference earlier this week. Instead, Matthews noted, President Obama only got angry when he was discussing Benghazi.
“Why isn’t he angry — really angry — about what happened with the IRS?” Matthews asked. “Look at him [the other day] at that press conference. The only time he got really angry was when it was on Benghazi and the talking points, because that gets to him and his friends. And the problem is he’s chief executive, it comes down to that and everyone of these problems.”
Matthews is also upset about the potential effect of the scandal, which he said is “gonna haunt the Democratic Party and everyone who believes in positive government” next fall.
“This is perfect. It’s gonna help save Mitch McConnell, it’s gonna help Tom Corbett in Pennsylvania, help Cuccinelli,” he lamented. “Anyone who is on that anti-government right that always says the government screws up in the end, they’re out to get you, now has their case for next November.”
And Matthews wasn’t done there. He slammed the excuses that have been given by the White House in the mounting scandals, specifically pointing to the IRS and the Justice Department’s targeting of the Associated Press.
“[T]his is why it’s important to voters, when you go in the voting booth, you only get one vote. You pick Romney or Obama,” he noted. “When you pick Obama, you want to know the steering wheel that you just turned to the left a little bit, you want that to matter. That means you want that president you voted for to run things. That’s the only power you have as a citizen. Pick the person you want to run things, and then they run them.”
“For anybody to run around in Washington and say ‘We don’t run the IRS,’ or ‘We can’t control the Justice Department,’ and ‘I’m recusing myself,’ they say ‘The steering wheel doesn’t control the car anymore.’ The person says ‘I want the person I voted for to be in charge. The only power I have, and you’re telling me I don’t have it?’ Because you don’t have it. And that is going to really bug people, especially people that care about government doing a good job.”
He may still want bigger government, but Matthews is pretty much right about President Obama’s leadership failures. Harry S Truman once said the “buck stops here,” when referring to decisions made by his administration. Clearly, President Obama has failed across the board in accountability and leadership.
http://www.unitedliberty.org/articles/13678-chris-matthews-slams-obamas-lack-of-leadership
