Mika Brzezinski: Obama's Presidency Is Like Being a Mom – He Can't Please Anybody
Once again the liberals on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" threw a pity party for President Obama in the face of conservative criticism of his foreign policy. Never mind that President Bush faced withering criticism from all sides during his tenure in office, and the media felt no pathos for him.
During the 7 a.m. EDT hour, "Morning Joe" featured an audio clip from Republican leader Haley Barbour condemning Obama's leadership on the world stage. The Mississippi governor and possible presidential candidate ripped Obama's lack of charisma and described his strategy as "to say, you know, 'We're just one of the boys. We're not gonna try to be the leader'."
"Can't do anything right, can he?" co-host Mika Brzezinski complained of critics' treatment of President Obama. "It's like being a mom," she added. "Can't do anything right. I have four 12 year-olds in here. They're all over the place, they're running the place, and I can't do anything right."
Liberal columnist Mike Barnicle agreed with her. "The old hypocrisy meter," he said of Barbour's words. Then he made a strange noise to illustrate the fictional meter, "Creeeee-bang!"
A transcript of the segment, which aired on March 25 at 7:23 a.m. EDT, is as follows:
(Audio Clip)
Mississippi Gov. HALEY BARBOUR (R): Since World War II, the world has looked to America for leadership. But we haven't provided leadership in this administration. In fact, the Obama administration's position has been to say, you know, "We're just one of the boys. We're not gonna try to be the leader."
(End Audio Clip)
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Can't do anything right, can he? Really.
MIKE BARNICLE: No.
BRZEZINSKI: I mean seriously.
BARNICLE: No. The old hypocrisy meter. Creeeee-bang!
BRZEZINSKI: Yeah. Yep. I'm telling you. It's like being a mom. It really is. Can't do anything right. I have four 12 year-olds in here. They're all over the place, they're running the place, and I can't do anything right.
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That explains it!
Submitted by jon_torlin on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 11:40am.
Now that explains the mom-jeans on that first "pitch!"
-Jon
And he scores!
Submitted by Blonde on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 12:39pm.
Well played, Jon.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
It's to be expected....
Submitted by c5then on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 11:47am.
Electing someone with ZERO executive experience is a disaster waiting to happen. Even Hillary knew this as is evidenced by her now prophetic "3AM Call" ad. It's even worse when the newbie is a socialistic globalist who is answering to George Soros and his minions.
Better to elect a president who has had at least some CEO experience or has been a governor.
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
Sheesh!
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 12:04pm.
Dunno about your Mom, Mika, but my Mom did plenty of things right.
Obama's twitter acct is about to be hacked by one of the girls?
Submitted by SickofLibs on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 12:25pm.
Better share your internet security tips, Mother Brzezinski.
"I'd like to order large 10 pepperoni pies. Yes, delivered. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue."
Well said, Mika!!
Submitted by motherbelt on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 12:49pm.
I'm telling you. It's like being a mom. It really is. Can't do anything right. I have four 12 year-olds in here. They're all over the place, they're running the place, and I can't do anything right.
Well, Mika, if a person is letting four 12-year-olds run the place, that person most certainly ISN'T doing anything right!
War is not for the gentle
Submitted by MidAmerica on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 12:51pm.
Sometimes you need your man to step up
and be a man.
He should have learned Carter's lesson.
Submitted by Ashrak on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 1:17pm.
When you run a campaign promising to be all things to all people, you end up being nothing to anyone.
That is what Carter did and that is exactly what Obama did. Obama will meet the same fate Carter did. And like Carter, he will think himself "superior to all other Persidents".
For Mika - Parents do not ask their 12 year olds to do this, that or the other, parents tell them. I guess it could be said like this as a matter of policy because, likewise, a Commander in Chief doesn't ask, he tells.
"Don't ask, just tell."
Mika I saw your father
Submitted by okiehawk44 on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 2:24pm.
Zbig appears to still (STILL) have the parent-daughter thing pretty much under control when he's in your presence just like he apparently did when you were 12.
Morning Joe is like a terminal case of dysentary
Submitted by Galvanic on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 4:32pm.
It appears as though it will crap all over itself until it dies.
No surprise
Submitted by Northlander on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 5:14pm.
Once again Mika and crew demonstrate why they are not members of Mensa. The only individual that comes to mind when I think of Mika is Monica Lewinsky, a infatuated airhead.
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More strange noises from "pity party" member Barnicle
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 03/25/2011 - 9:45pm.
which Mr. Hadro surprisingly forgot to mention a couple of days ago reflecting the liberal columnist's reaction to Obama's Libyan intervention:
Barnicle [after Scarborough contrasted Obama's remarks in 2007 concerning limits on presidential authority with his current actions in Libya]: It's time for all the boys and girls sitting in history classes to have those textbooks revised. The old advise and consent passage goes out the window here. Senator Lugar is actually correct on this. He's touched a chord...I bet not just within the Congress but within the country as more and more people wonder, what is going on here? The President of the United States can start a war like that? With the snap of a finger, without suggesting to Congress, hey, what do you think? This is a new line the President has crossed.
"Pity" seemed to be in short supply for the prez.
Jer