Liberal Columnist Mike Barnicle: Obama 'Deified' in '08, Media 'Largely to Blame'
Liberal columnist Mike Barnicle confessed Friday that the media "deified" Barack Obama during his 2008 Presidential campaign. Both Barnicle and former MSNBC host Donny Deutsch, on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," admitted that Obama had no executive experience when he took office as president and that hurt him in his first two years in the Oval Office.
"This guy took office, he had never really run anything in his life, and it's very easy to be an ideologue," Deutsch said of Obama. "And he learned," he added. Barnicle noted that Obama "has never been executive, he's never run anything, he's never managed anything."
"Morning Joe" co-host Joe Scarborough questioned why Obama took so long to focus on a job-centered agenda rather than liberal policies such as health care and cap-and-trade. Barnicle confessed that Obama "was glorified and deified during his campaign, largely by the media. We have to admit that, I mean, we have to plead guilty to that."
At the end of the segment, the panel unanimously agreed that Obama has learned from his mistakes and is now "acting like a president."
"As his presidency progressed he looked around, he looked at his allies – Harry Reid in the Senate, Nancy Pelosi in the House, terrific people – and said 'If these are my allies, I mean they are screwing up left and right. I've got to do something here, I've got to get this train back on the tracks'," Barnicle explained of Obama. "And he's trying to do that now."
A transcript of the segment, which aired on December 10 at 6:49 a.m. EDT, is as follows:
DONNY DEUTSCH: You know what? He's learned. This guy took office, he had never really run anything in his life, and it's very easy to be an ideologue and go "It would be great if the world is like this, and power to the people." And he learned. And he's in charge. And he's making the right move.
JOE SCARBOROUGH: But Mike Barnicle, how long did it take him to learn, Mike Barnicle – it's not like you didn't say, starting in March of 2009, this guy is off track, he better start talking about jobs. And when Bob McDonnell won in 2009, we kept saying jobs, jobs, jobs, "Bob's for jobs." And when Scott Brown won in January of 2010, we said it's about jobs, jobs, jobs – stop being distracted. I guess I'm stunned that he was so tone-deaf to this, and kept saying "Oh, we can do more than one thing at a time, we can fight over a very bad health care reform bill for a year and a half, and then just magically one day lose so many seats and go "Okay, I'm Jack Kemp now. Let's cut taxes on everything."
MIKE BARNICLE: You know, Joe, I mean he was glorified and deified during his campaign, largely by the media. We have to admit that, I mean we have to plead guilty to that. We're going to have Ed Rendell on here in a couple of minutes. Barack Obama has never been an executive, he's never run anything, he's never managed anything – I think what happened is, as his presidency progressed he looked around, he looked at his allies – Harry Reid in the Senate, Nancy Pelosi in the House, terrific people, and said "if these are my allies, I mean they are screwing up left and right. I've got to do something here, I've got to get this train back on the tracks. And he's trying to do that now.
SCARBOROUGH: And I've got to say, if you listen to what you guys are saying, it sounds like the winds of change are blowing across the "Morning Joe" set. And Donny said it, I think Mike has said it, and Pat has said it – have you guys all agreed that Barack Obama – in your opinion, not mine, but in your opinion – that Barack Obama has learned from his mistakes and he is starting to act like a President?
BARNICLE: Yeah.
PAT BUCHANAN: Yep, I think so.
SCARBOROUGH: Wow. That's good news for the White House, I think.
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Self-awareness by the liberal media...
Submitted by bigdaddy on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 6:12pm.
...better late than never.
Donny Deutschbag is really schmart (like Fredo Corleone), not dumb like everyone says, and he wants respect!
Yep,
Submitted by Boudin on Sat, 12/11/2010 - 9:52am.
He's a real fart smeller
Crawling Out of Denial Only to Immediately Return
Submitted by Winghunter on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 6:16pm.
"Liberalism is an essentially feminine, submissive world view. Perhaps a better adjective than feminine is infantile. It is the world view of men who do not have the moral toughness, the spiritual strength to stand up and do single combat with life, who cannot adjust to the reality that the world is not a huge, pink-and-blue, padded nursery in which the lions lie down with the lambs and everyone lives happily ever after." ~ Dr. William Pierce
Winghunter dead on
Submitted by woburn828 on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 10:28pm.
Great quote. You hit it spot on.
All Obama has changed is his
Submitted by Cowboy on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 6:17pm.
All Obama has changed is his political approach. The crew he brought to Washington continues to make his promised changes mostly under the radar, and they can't continue unless he remains in office.
Remember Saul Alinsky, and that Obama taught Alinsky...
10) You do what you can with what you have and clothe it with moral garments
not so fast...
Submitted by MidAmerica on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 6:21pm.
All these guys are doing is what they've done all along. They are making excuses for obama, covering for him. The mistakes are shoved onto Reid and Pelosi and the only thing obama is guilty of is inexperience. But boy, he's ready now. He's going to take hold of the reins and get everything back on track. Now he's Mr. President. it's going to be OK from here on out.
These Liberal turkeys are projecting AGAIN
Submitted by needle on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 8:40pm.
They admit their mistake promoting Obama in the past, but failing to acknowledge what a huge calamitous and tragic mistake it was, they, assuming that they will be more competent now based upon nothing, claim that Obama will be more competent now based upon nothing.
What we have gotten out of this is an admission that they have screwed up big time in the past and essentially a guarantee that they will continue to screw up in the future.
- Looking forward to the self-annihilation of the Manipulated Stories Machine.
That's right, boat hull crustacean, and you were one of the...
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 6:26pm.
...one's willingly helping your fellow-traveling BS propagandists in deifying the former community pisser-offer.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
No sh*t, Sherlock!!! You
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 12/11/2010 - 2:00am.
No sh*t, Sherlock!!! You delusional Kool-Aid drinking morons pushed the Kenyan Kreep with everything that you've got (which ain't saying much!!!)..........and the USA ended up with the biggest scam ever perpetrated on this country!!! And NOW you're going to try and act like there was something going on that you DIDN'T know about???
You guys are STUPIDER than I give you (no)credit for............and that's saying something, because I think you guys are dumber than a keg of 16 penny nails...............and the worst part of it is - you guys THINK that you're SMART!!!!!
Confessions and --- hope?
Submitted by Galvanic on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 7:13pm.
While it's refreshing to hear liberals like Barnicle finally concede that the inexperienced Obama came into office on the ridiculously high expectations of the voters, they're still out-to-lunch if they think that Obama is finally acting Presidential.
If he were acting like a President, how in the world could he make a deal with the Republicans and get totally rejected by the House Democratic Caucus?
Our President is adrift. The first part of his agenda has been rejected by the American voters, and he has no more steam to push the remainder of it. WH insiders privately concede to even the NBC correspondnents that they don't have a plan.
He's lost control of the House, and in 2012, even if he gets re-elected, he's likely to lose the Senate as well.
Two years into his reign, he's turtling-up and trying to salvage whatever legacy he can.
And we the American people -- easily swayed by the uber-hype promoted by the sychophant MSM -- share the blame.
But the great thing about democracy is that you get to correct your mistakes at the next election.
Well, well, well.....!!!
Submitted by Forbus on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 6:33pm.
As Bruce Willis's character said in the first "Die Hard" movie........"Welcome to the party, pal."
At least.....
Submitted by almostacowboy on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 6:44pm.
At least MSNBC can say they didn't contribute to the deification. I mean, if Chris "thrill up my leg" Matthews can say he's non-partisan, MSNBC can make that claim, as well.
Network full of delusional ass-hats!
Ain't this grand?
Submitted by Newsbubba on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 6:44pm.
Our very first Pres-e-dent who gets OJT! Is this a great country or what?
Yeah!
Submitted by JamPony on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 7:05pm.
And Bush failed so miserably because that is what you are suppose to do. Right?
You again.
Submitted by almostacowboy on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 7:39pm.
You're so disappointingly predictable.
Pssst. I'll let you in on a little secret.....Bush isn't President any more. Your problem is married to a woman named Michelle.
Deal making part Deux?
Submitted by Tomorama on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 8:09pm.
Tell you what Jam Puny, when your hero get's the unemployment down to say about 4 %, the markets at about 14,500, starts creating private sector jobs at the horrid (by the LSM back in the 2000's) rate of about 350,000 to 450,000 AND Oblunder breaks the record of MOST consecutive quarters of growth held by.................. "W", then SKIPPY come a postin'.
Till then, to stay on the Dems topicial word of the day - F you.
Don't waste your breath..........
Submitted by djwolf12 on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 10:30pm.
Obama has to hurry and leave his own press conference to plan his next golf outing
Hey.........I heard that the
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 12/11/2010 - 2:07am.
Hey.........I heard that the Kenyan Kreep was coming back to Hawaii for Christmas - actually, I don't think he celebrates Christmas, other than using it for another vacation!!! But I was visiting my son and grandson last Christmas........in the same beach town that Boy Barry was staying, and it was a friggin' chaotic mess!!! And..........then there was the 'underpants bomber'.......and Boy Blunder was more interested in his friends' son - who had suffered a minor injury down at the beach (where we WEREN'T allowed to go!!!) - than facing the nation with some kind of assessment about the 'fruit-of-kaBOOM' bomber!!!
I'll be visiting my gang again..........will we have to suffer through our normal driving and day to day routine because of the phony-ass President and all of his entourage and security??? Does this moron even realize what a dunce people think he is??? Even here in Hawaii......where most of the populace is borderline asleep with regards to politics..............Soetoro Hussein is becoming more and more marginalized.........as people are slowly but surely starting to figure out that they've been HAD!!!!!!
Wow... All That Growth
Submitted by JamPony on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 11:58pm.
All that genius and it ended in shambles so I ask you what is growth for just growth sake?
The Bush fiscal policy was based on cheap money and low regulations. What do you think will happen when people are diving into real estate to take advantage of 1% loans and no regulation of the banking industry?
Let's look at the phenomenal growth under the Bush Administration:
First we have private construction contracts for Afghanistan and Iraq.
Secondly, we have cheap money chasing real estate.
Thirdly we have relaxed regulations enabling companies like Enron, WorldCom and so on.
So yes, there was plenty of growth and trust me I was a part of it. The problem was all of us in the industry knew it couldn't last.
Bush was about B.S. and fast easy money which is why his Presidency ended with the biggest financial melt down of al time. Congrats.
An equine---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sat, 12/11/2010 - 12:28am.
with Bush Derangement Syndrome.
Imagine that.
Well, come to think of it, maybe not so strange; a jackass is an equine.
MD
Oh my, MD. I think I see jamy's problem.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sat, 12/11/2010 - 10:26am.
I think I see his problem when he said, "So yes, there was plenty of growth and trust me I was a part of it."
Jamy, did you get caught with your options hanging out?
The secret of any success is knowing when to hold'em, and when to fold'em.
Try to be smarter next time, and you won't end up bitter and broke.
Oh, don't go down that road...
Submitted by Chris Norman on Sat, 12/11/2010 - 12:37am.
"Bush was about B.S. and fast easy money which is why his Presidency ended with the biggest financial melt down of al time. Congrats."And now, we have slow hard money and things are still melting down. And your "Change" wasn't B.S,?
JamPuny.....
Submitted by adamsmith on Sat, 12/11/2010 - 8:44am.
So it was Bush's policies that brought the economy down, huh? Not like twenty years of forcing banks to make loans (Community Reinvestment Act, started by Carter and really pushed hard by Clinton) they knew would never get repaid, rolled into derivatives to hide the catastrophe had ANYTHING to do with it. Bush tried three times to get Congress to look into Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, with Bawney Fwank saying "All's Well". Progressive Socialism is an obvious failure and has devolved into Socialists using the Treasury for the sole purpose of giving out money to be reelected. Why is it JamPuny that everytime a Democrat/Socialist comes in to power the economy crumbles all around them? Maybe Keynesian economics is a total pantload and maybe the Democrat Socialist Party is the ultimate expression of Party over Country. You're deluded friend, and coming here to do the troll thing, somebody should have told you don't bring a knife to a gunfight. You're ideologically crippled right at the start. Another shallow thinker.....
Shallow Thinker?
Submitted by JamPony on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 1:07am.
So to you, deep thinker, the cause of the financial crisis that crippled the entire world is them damn poor people. Serious analyst of the financial crisis look towards Wall Street and you blame it on the poor people. Does the Republican party have any other dance?
And poor Bush, he couldn't do anything to stop it even though he had carte blanche in terms of policy.
And I love your excuse: "[Because] Barney Frank said..." How pathetic is that?
And in case you haven't noticed the economy tanked well before Obama took office. Why are you trying to re-write history so early in the game?
Do you even know the function of Freddie and Fannie? And I am sure you're aware that Freddie and Fannie are private entities and with the basic Republican premise you're asking the government to both step in and regulate the private sector and simultaneously 'get out of its way.' Of course you will never see the confusion in your arguments because you never critically considered them. You only heard your position and repeat it here for me today.
Tell me, with all the states suing the government over health care and mandatory this and that. Why aren't their any lawsuits on the book based on your assertion that the government forced banks to destroy themselves by lending to all those poor people? Take your time...I'll wait.
I saw the subject line "Shallow Thinker,'---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 2:26am.
dropped down to the username, which I saw was JamPony, and settled in for a good read.
I do so love autobiographies.
Well, it wasn't precisely an autobiogralphy; and it certainly wasn't very illuminating, unless, of course, you were expecting liberal economic talking points with a measure of Bush Derangement Syndrome mixed in.
It was an attempt to whitewash the actions of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Bawney Fwank while simultaneously pooping on Republicans.
Like we haven't seen that pile of horse manure before.
Oh, I wasn't referring to you, JamPony.
Although, come to think of it---
MD
Ah, but it's really about US
Submitted by amyshulk on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 7:04am.
Ah, but it's really about US as a nation, not just D's vs. R's.
We wanted stuff {houses/cars/etc.} but weren't willing to do what our parents & theirs did - save up for it.
So the question should be - did we as a nation change & our gov't legislated to reflect that change, OR, did our Rep's greed & willingness to sell their vote create the "gimme" culture?
Same goes for our "back story society" that will forgive heinous acts if the perp was treated heiniously.
Was that US, or Rep's that wished to normalize their/their favored constituents bad behaviors?
Either way you slice it, we are ALL to blame - the past is instructive but not always determinitive.
So let us all agree this is untenable, quit the finger pointing, and let the adults run things!!!
Ronald Reagan
"Is this a great country or what?"
Submitted by needle on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 8:43pm.
Not any more.
- Looking forward to the self-annihilation of the Manipulated Stories Machine.
Mike Barnicle criticised Ear
Submitted by MikeB on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 6:44pm.
Mike Barnicle criticised Ear Leader! He's a racist; that's the only reason anyone, anywhere, anywhen would criticize Teh Won.
Obama seems to like
Submitted by MidAmerica on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 6:47pm.
Obama seems to like getting awards and considering what has happened to his congressional super-majority I think he is a candidate to win the General George A. Custer lifetime achievement award.
The best possible consequence
Submitted by HockeyKid on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 6:51pm.
of the Obysmal presidency would be an American public that seeks truth instead of blindly following media personalities.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Obama ran against Bush so....
Submitted by JamPony on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 7:01pm.
In comparison Obama was a Deity.
LOL!
Submitted by almostacowboy on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 7:40pm.
You are really retarded, you know.
almostacowboy---
Submitted by matthewdean on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 10:18pm.
The shortest and sweetest posts are so often the most correct, and graphically perfect.
Nice one.
I must admit, though, that Tomorama's "Jam Puny" was a great shot, too.
MD
yeah, obama is a deity
Submitted by MidAmerica on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 7:46pm.
yeah, obama is a deity alright and his name is.....
Gawd-awful
MA,
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 11:33pm.
ROF!
Damn, that was funny.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
If you really want to talk
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 12/11/2010 - 2:10am.
If you really want to talk about 'Diety'..............I'll tell you something: Boy Barry IS the anti-Christ!!
You're two years too late, pal!
Submitted by Mary Louise Turner on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 7:51pm.
Now they tell us! As Homer Simpson likes to say, "D'oh!"
The make believe media is becoming more and more of a joke every day...
Oh great.....these idiots
Submitted by DWoSD on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 8:00pm.
Oh great.....these idiots were too stupid to see this before they propped him up with lies and denial of facts(like the rev wright and the fact that he is a socialist) and now what?.....were suppose to accept their mea culpas and excuses for being dumb as rocks.
It was all out there to see unless you purposely choose not to pay attention. There a bunch of banal shallow thinkers who try to influence a bunch of other banal shallow followers.
OUT WITH ALL SOCIALIST AND COMMUNIST.....THEY WILL DESTROY US ALL!!
Bigots and haters oh my?
Submitted by Tomorama on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 8:12pm.
Just two more racists bringing Oblunder down.
My bad, I am sorry..............
The phrases that come to mind Mike the plagarist and Danny D-bag....
No shit Sherlock or No shit Einstein or No shit Dick tracy.........
Didn't us smart people say this circa 2007?
Apology
Submitted by miss911ninja on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 9:28pm.
A couple of nights ago Sean Hannity did a montage of BHO saying over and over again that he would "roll back the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, " to demonstrate why the lefties felt so betrayed.
Wouldn't it be great if Hannity or anyone else did a montage of all the usual leftie suspects who INSISTED that criticism of Obama was racist?
And then we want an apology.
And Barnacle was right there with them...
Submitted by Slyrr on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 10:39pm.
Barnacle and his cohorts were right there in 08 with all the rest of the media. They were sliming Palin, making sex jokes about her, and saying stupid things like, 'Obama is a god who stands above the world', and 'Obama is ready to rule the country because the crease in his pants is so crisp'.
THAT was the benchmark for who you libs in the press chose to worship as your 'god'. Pants. And whether or not they're creased. Hey libs - democrats - I've got pants too. And they're creased! Boy, you wouldn't believe how crispily-crisp is the crease in my pants. So would you like to worship ME as your new 'god'? Am I now qualified in your brains to lead the country? Because I have a crisp, crisp, CREASE in my pants?
Each and every one of you libs ought to be horse-whipped and forever banned from speaking, writing, or appearing on TV because of how you misled the nation, and got us stuck with Obama the man-child, who couldn't 'lead' his way through wet toilet paper. But thank GOODNESS he's got a crisp, crisp, crisp CREASE in his pants!
So a douche, a scab and a barnacle go into a bar...
Submitted by SickofLibs on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 10:48pm.
...
And promptly get drank under the table by Sarah Palin
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 11:19pm.
:-)
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
And upon being semi-sobered up---
Submitted by matthewdean on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 11:29pm.
get elected and put into the positions of Speaker of the House, POTUS, and Senate Majority Leader.
MD
Drinking Games
Submitted by miss911ninja on Sat, 12/11/2010 - 12:52am.
And drove us all to drinking. Or at least, drinking games!
lol
Submitted by amyshulk on Sat, 12/11/2010 - 1:32am.
It's amusing to see these idiots - who spent so much energy denying it - admit to what those who paid attention already knew, but it's just an abberation, and they will rationalize it and go back to their "truth"
Ronald Reagan
Wonderful, MSM
Submitted by sherlock1 on Sat, 12/11/2010 - 12:20pm.
That's just the kind of informative TV I want to watch - a million dollars of annual salary putting their heads together, mouthing what half the people in this country knew over two years ago, and acting like they have graced us with an epiphany.
I don't remember whan the last time my TV was tuned to MSNBC, CNN, or any of the alphabet networks, and I would not want to hold my breath until it happens again. Anytime I want to watch people flacking for Obama, I can go to YouTube and search for a riveting Bagdad-Bob Gibbs press release, and watch a pro do it.
High five sherlock1!
Submitted by Jerry Mack on Sat, 12/11/2010 - 1:17pm.
These talking heads keep telling the world how brilliant the Messiah is! But they never give an example. Perhaps they consider going from "I will get rid of the Bush tax cuts for the rich" to "The Bush tax cuts are an economic stimulus" to be brilliant.
Send the children to their rooms.
Submitted by telecaster on Sat, 12/11/2010 - 1:29pm.
Obama's never run anything but former mayor and governor Palin's a dummy. Yeah, whatever you say. Instead of searching for intelligent life in the cosmos the Dems ought to be searching for it within liberal media and their own party. A bigger bunch of deluded, childish schnooks I've never seen. You know the Dems are really in trouble when all they can do is march out their former glory in the person of William "impeached" Clinton. We need to take our country back from the little kids currently in power and put the adults back in charge.