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http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2009/10/05/cbs-s-schieffer-world-did-not-end-after-obama-s-olympic-failure
By Kyle Drennen | October 5, 2009 - 15:42
In a display of the ever lowering standards by which the media judge
Barack Obama’s presidency, on Sunday’s CBS Face the Nation, host Bob
Schieffer downplayed the President’s failed Olympic bid: “this is
going to come as a surprise to some but the world did not end
Friday....a lot of people thought it might if the President flew to
Copenhagen and failed to bring home the Olympics.”
Schieffer went on to chastize those who speculated that Obama would
take a political hit for such a failure: “Washington spent most of the
week gnashing its teeth about whether he should have gone. Republicans
accused him of dereliction of duty. Some in his own party shuddered at
the possible humiliation of it all. Frankly, it didn’t seem all that
big a deal to me.” He added: “I said at one point that if a trip to
Copenhagen took his presidency over the side then it wasn’t much of a
presidency.” Schieffer was referring to his defense of Obama’s trip on
last week’s Early Show.
Wrapping up his end-of-the-show commentary, Schieffer argued: “If he
wanted to give his hometown a boost, why not? Chicago is part of
America the last time I looked.” He then sarcastically declared:
“Anyway he’s back. Nothing happened. When I drove in this morning, the
Washington Monument was still standing.” So as long as the nation’s
capital isn’t crumbling to the ground, Obama is doing a fine job. |
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