Bob Schieffer Laughs Out Loud After Playing Video of Obama Bragging About His Accomplishments
CBS's Bob Schieffer certainly wasn't in an Obama-loving mood Sunday.
Having asked the President's senior campaign adviser "Whatever happened to hope and change" early in the program, the Face the Nation host in a subsequent segment laughed out loud after playing a clip of Obama bragging about his accomplishments on 60 Minutes last year (video follows with transcript and commentary):
BOB SCHIEFFER, HOST: I want to play a little something for you. I think one of the lessons that probably all of us recognize is that if you-- I've wrote a book once about Ronald Reagan it came out the month that he was-- that George Bush was inaugurated. The book, I-- I think, everything in the book is accurate, but it is not entirely true, because we didn't know at that time that the Soviet Union was going to fall in. I don't give credit-- Reagan credit, total credit for that but certainly his policies had a part in it. I think you really run a risk when you start trying to judge a presidency--
MICHAEL DUFFY, TIME MAGAZINE: Too soon.
BOB SCHIEFFER: --too soon. I want to run this. This is what Barack Obama last December told Steve Kroft of 60 MINUTES. I want to get your reaction to it.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any President, with the possible exceptions of Johnson, FDR and Lincoln, but, you know, just in terms of what we've got and done in modern history.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
BOB SCHIEFFER: So [laughs] as incumbent Presidents often do they give themselves good reviews. Can anyone say even in the middle of a presidency this is going to be a successful or an unsuccessful presidency?
Yeah, there were plenty of Americans who thought this was pretty funny when it first aired last December.
What wasn't funny was how the clip Schieffer played Sunday wasn't included in the actual 60 Minutes broadcast.
As NewsBusters reported at the time, Obama's boastful remarks were only available at the CBS website.
Maybe it's because a lot of people at CBS besides Schieffer thought they were too hysterical to share with the television public.
Given Schieffer's on-air reaction almost six months later, can you blame them?
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Almost forgot CBS buried that
Submitted by forest on Sun, 05/27/2012 - 5:47pm.
Almost forgot CBS buried that for Obama first time around.
Interesting they should air it now. Must be sensing disaster.
Heck,
Submitted by Boudin on Sun, 05/27/2012 - 5:57pm.
I remember when Obama was claiming the running of his campaign was his big accomplishment.
Executive Leadership
Submitted by ecnirP on Mon, 05/28/2012 - 9:36pm.
I remember that comment as being his one example of executive leadership he had in his life.
Two things - one: check out
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 05/27/2012 - 6:05pm.
Two things - one: check out Boy Baraka's snide and arrogant attitude as he makes such an outlandish statement - although comparing himself to LBJ and FDR aren't entirely out of the ballpark, as far as idealology goes - but Barry couldn't even shine either one of their shoes, and you KNOW that LBJ would be calling him 'boy'................
Two - I remember when my father was slowly deteriorating from dementia, but he was a smart guy and made a lot of sense in hs life...........and even when he was being taken down, intellectually, he still had some very lucid moments. I think Schieffer is in the same category. He might have to do a 'woodshed session' after today.
Even the senile get something
Submitted by Kevin Stowell on Sun, 05/27/2012 - 6:16pm.
Even the senile get something right, occasionally.
Obama also claims
Submitted by Radical1979 on Sun, 05/27/2012 - 6:20pm.
His mastery of twitter is an accomplishment. He's a frightening man.
SumGun shore kin twoosh
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sun, 05/27/2012 - 7:27pm.
I gibb im' dat!
Yeah, Cool............the
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 05/27/2012 - 7:38pm.
Yeah, Cool............the twit sure can twat!!! And he's also well-versed in choomin' and tootin'..............as well as a few other non-G-rated verbs and adverbs from his nights around the Chicago gay bar scene!!!!
I think
Submitted by bobsmom on Sun, 05/27/2012 - 7:35pm.
these idiots are now searching for a shred of credibility, cuz the ice berg is definitely in sight. We have long memories Schieffer, et al, and, we don't go away mad any more, we just go away. You're history numb nuts, along with old Jug Ears. Anxious to see your withered old a$$ on "Dancing With The Stars" where has beens seem to go in an attempt to recapture relevance.
Better watch our Schieffer
Submitted by ohio granny on Sun, 05/27/2012 - 8:03pm.
Better watch out Schieffer Obama will not like you for laughing at him. He will call you out as trying to destroy all that he has accomplished.
Obama and his administration will take their toys to another network if you aren't nice to him. He doesn't like it when people forget he is the "won". You don't make fun of the "won".,
As for showing this clip now, better late than never. LOL
Poor Bobby...
Submitted by bigdaddy on Sun, 05/27/2012 - 9:01pm.
...he's been the chief conductor and ticket-taker on the POTUS Express for so long that he has finally snapped...
Enjoy the "Revised" Transcript
Submitted by libBuster on Sun, 05/27/2012 - 9:20pm.
An unnamed source has handed me a revised transcript of the interview. Enjoy
. CBS: Mr. President, Sir, how would you compare your
accomplishments to those of God?
A. Obama: Well, maybe God did some good things, but we
do not have a clear statement of just what he did do
and how, where he had help, what deals he cut, where
he might have done better, etc.
For my accomplishments, everyone can see the
Affordable Health Care Act, the surge in
Afghanistan, the stimulus, the efforts on
clean, safe, sustainable, renewable energy, our
progress on carbon capture, on making gasoline
prices skyrocket, our fundamental change, our
spreading the wealth around.
So, to be modest, I would have to say that my
accomplishments compare well with those of God.
Besides, we should note, God has had billions of
years, and I'm not even through my first term, ha,
ha, ha.
Q. CBS: But, Sir, what do you say to those who claim
your health care reform will push our most highly
qualified persons out of health care?
A. Obama: Where would they go?
Q. CBS: Well, instead of getting an MD, they might get
an MBA and go to Wall Street?
A. Obama: Have you seen my legislation on the reform
of Wall Street, ha, ha, ha.