NYT's Warren: WikiLeaks Show Obama's Doing a Good Job
Here's a twist on the WikiLeaks document dump only a liberal media member could come up with: it shows the Obama administration is doing a good job.
So said former long-time Chicago Tribuner recently turned New York Times columnist James Warren on this weekend's "McLaughlin Group" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
MONICA CROWLEY: Well, the biggest scandal, again, is that an Army private first class would have access to this kind of level of classified information and enough that he could download it on a Lady Gaga CD while pretending to listen to the CD and then pass it off to WikiLeaks is an outrage.
JAMES WARREN: Lady Gaga finally makes it into this discussion. Good to see. The easy access to this information is unfortunate, but the substance of this information is fine. Good it's out there. And I think in many ways, it shows that the Obama folks have been doing a pretty good job. There's nothing in here, you guys, about secret renditions, about secret prisons, about torture…
PAT BUCHANAN: How about Hillary Clinton spying on (?) diplomats?
WARREN: It's a lot of foreign service guys basically doing in private what the Obama administration says they want to do in public.
For those unfamiliar with Warren, he's the former managing editor and Washington bureau chief of the Chicago Tribune. Of late, he's been contributing to the New York Times, the Huffington Post, and MSNBC.
That's probably all one needs to know to understand how he could possibly spin this yarn with a straight face.
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Submitted by Jerry Mack on Sun, 12/05/2010 - 7:56pm.
I feel much better now that I have been told that the Messiah is doing a good job! Did Warren the Cheerleader have anything to say about the economy , the deficit or the new unemployment rate of 9.8%? I guess that as long as the Messiah is not mistreating Terrorist everything is OK.
I am curious
Submitted by 10ksnooker on Sun, 12/05/2010 - 8:01pm.
What others think of a US Presidnet who lies to the American people and lies to foreign States ... It just seem like it is a terribly dishonorable thing for a President to do. Especially since everyone knows he is lying.
It's only dishonorable if it's a Republican doing it.
Submitted by no tingly legs on Sun, 12/05/2010 - 8:56pm.
Just like it's okay to cheat on your taxes if you're Charlie Rangel, Tom Daschle or Tim Geithner. Or lie under oath if you're Bill Clinton. Or drive drunk off a bridge, leaving a young female staffer to drown if you're Ted Kennedy. The "D" after your name is all that matters. It's a "get out of jail free" card.
Memo to the hack Warren:
Submitted by LibertyAtStake on Sun, 12/05/2010 - 8:17pm.
Arab kings begging for the US to bomb Iran. Good job, Barry.
http://libertyatstake.blogspot.com/
"Because the Only Good Progressive is a Failed Progressive"
Just as Gibbs said
Submitted by ThisnThat on Sun, 12/05/2010 - 8:42pm.
..."It shows obama is doing a good job, and this administration is on top of things!"
Oh, wait. Gibbs didn't say that. No, no, no. Let's see, what was it he said?
"We're not afraid of someone with a laptop and $35 web server account".
Gee, how did obama's press spokesman miss the obvious, and why did he make that statement, rather than coming out with the truth as just reported by Warren? Why did he portray obama as the tough guy against an itty, bitty, no-consequence web-guy instead of as he really is -- a big help to the Administration?
I'm confused......Does Warren's statement mean obama is going to re-consider, and perhaps appoint the little cretin as the Administration's new "Leaks" czar?
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“Didn't win the Medal of Honor? Didn't even serve? Then lie about it. We'll support you." — 9th Circuit Court
This raises Rectal-Cranial Inversion to a whole different level
Submitted by Dave. on Sun, 12/05/2010 - 9:24pm.
Then again, many on the far left would just love to see this country crippled and brought low - particularly in the eyes of our allies. Some would even like to see America cease to exist altogether.
If, as many suggest, Obama's "mission" is to seriously weaken this nation, these leaks, combined with everything else that is going on (failing private-sector economy, a bankrupt treasury, etc.) will help to bring that situation about.
After all, we cannot maintain our current military strength indefinitely if we're broke and our economy is in the tank.
Perhaps this Warren guy is secretly very happy about what is currently being done to our country by Barry Soetoro.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
My medical opinion: I don't know....
Submitted by drsamherman on Sun, 12/05/2010 - 9:43pm.
...if even the most gifted colorectal surgeon could do that de-impaction procedure!
Wow. Even though I have treated mental illnesses ranging from the worst neurological disturbances to deep psychosis, I have never seen this kind of aversion to reality even with the worst schizophrenia patients!
Aversion…
Submitted by JPR1 on Sun, 12/05/2010 - 11:53pm.
or phobia?
Seems the routine practice of liberals, when confronted with factual presentations, is to turn tail and run.
Wait! Don’t answer that. A phobia might be something that qualifies for treatment at the taxpayer’s expense.
Of course there’s likely grant money available for a long term study. Maybe you could add a couple FTE’s to your staff. :-)
James Warren didn't mention Bush-I'd bet he was thinking it.
Submitted by Gary Hall on Sun, 12/05/2010 - 9:24pm.
So.. just in case.. let's remember that President George W Bush "INHERITED" the policy of extraordinary rendition from Clinton/Gore.
[This from former Clinton White House intelligence advisor Richard Clarke's book] - my bold:
RICHARD CLARKE - Snatches, or more properly "extraordinary renditions," were operations to apprehend terrorists abroad, usually without the knowledge of and almost always without public acknowledgement of the host government. . . The first time I proposed a snatch, in 1993, the White House Counsel, Lloyd Cutler, demanded a meeting with the President to explain how it violated international law. Clinton had seemed to be siding with Cutler until Al Gore belatedly joined the meeting, having just flown overnight from South Africa. Clinton recapped the arguments on both sides for Gore: Lloyd says this. Dick says that. Gore laughed and said, "That's a no-brainer. Of course it's a violation of international law, that's why it's a covert action. The guy is a terrorist. Go grab his ass."
Can one imagine had President Bush been quoted by one of his own, saying something like that?
Anyway. Shortly thereafter, Bill Clinton ordered the CIA to establish the US program of extraordinary rendition (PDD#39); the idea being that we could ship them off to you know who in Egypt - so that they could be tortured to get information out of them. And according to Gen. Hayden in a Charlie Rose interview in Oct, 2007, we did about as many of those before 9/11 as we have done after.
And the national media still hates Bush for the policy - not Clinton/Gore.
One might want to consider why in the long forgotten rush to close down Gitmo - the Obama administration decided to keep the policy of rendition on the table as an viable option. Why? Well, without a place to send captured terrorists we'd have to rendition them to a foreign country once again for questioning and holding. No - Turkey and Egypt won't torture them.
(;~/ gary
Wikileaks shows Obama is
Submitted by Van Halen on Sun, 12/05/2010 - 9:51pm.
Wikileaks shows Obama is doing a good job!
The economy is improving!
Recovery is right around the corner!
We're meeting goals in Afghanistan and Iraq!
People really respect us on the world stage now that Obama's here!
Liberals are putting forth smart, tough diplomacy!
It's normal for a sitting president's party to lose over 600 seats in the midterm elections!
Joe Biden is brilliant!
Obamacare will lower your healthcare costs and improve the quality of healthcare for everyone!
Raising taxes helps a troubled economy!
The government hasn't spent enough!
The presidency is too big for one man!
Abortion is good for women!
Pedophiles are people too!
Islam is a religion of peace!
Good show, Van Halen!!!
Submitted by texasborngranny on Mon, 12/06/2010 - 1:33pm.
I will be quoting you often. ;^)
America-haters like him would, of course
Submitted by Slyrr on Sun, 12/05/2010 - 10:32pm.
Anything that makes the US seem incompetent seems to be fine with this buffoon and his like-mined anti-american crowd.
So of course he thinks this 'proves' Obama is a sort-of-god-standing-above-the-earth....
So, emails released showing
Submitted by UpNorth on Mon, 12/06/2010 - 4:01am.
that so-called adults in the State Department gossip over the sweater that a head of state wears is indicative of the administration "doing a good job"? I thought they hired adults to do the work of the United States, not, like, you know, just BFF's who think, like, you know, being posted to the Middle East is like, you know, so lame.
These people are just so brain-dead it would be sad now, if it wasn't so dangerous.
One guy and $35 web address
Submitted by Cactus Kurt on Mon, 12/06/2010 - 9:46am.
The fact that "one guy who plopped down $35 and bought a web address" is in possession of top secret documents proves that Obama is doing a good job </sarc>
All the recent wilileaks events show is that,
Submitted by texasborngranny on Mon, 12/06/2010 - 1:29pm.
All the recent wilileaks events show is that, like Time Mag., Obama will do NOTHING to protect the U.S.