Ron Reagan Jr's Howler of the Week: 'Media Is Not Giving Obama Enough Credit'
We media analysts see, hear, and read a lot of stupid comments from press members everyday.
For me, the howler of the week has to be MSNBC political analyst Ron Reagan Jr. saying about President Obama on Friday's Hardball, "The media is not giving him enough credit" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
MICHAEL SMERCONISH, SUBSTITUTE HOST: There was nobody better than the Gipper who was able to do that which the president acknowledges he’s been unable to do in his first couple of years in office. Your thoughts?
RON REAGAN JR., MSNBC POLITICAL ANALYST: Well, there might be a variety of reasons why he’s been less than successful at telling his story as he put it. You can always blame the staff of course. I think there also might be some personal reticence on his part. You know, George H.W. Bush was famously averse to using the “I” word. So there might be a little of that.
There might be a little of that? Was Reagan being serious or is he such a hopeless sycophant he misses the astonishing number of times Obama uses the words “I” and “me” in speeches?
Just last week, CNS News reported the President saying “I” or “me” 117 times while speaking for 25 minutes in Sandusky, Ohio. That's almost five times each and every minute.
If Reagan thinks Obama has a hard time talking about himself, MSNBC political analysts must not actually be required to review the president's speechs before commenting about them.
Although that wouldn't surprise me, the real laugher was yet to come:
REAGAN: It also might be that the Republicans have put the White House a bit on the defensive. You’ll remember when he made the call on Osama bin Laden and announced that we had gotten bin Laden in a rather low-key kind of way, the Republicans immediately jumped on him and accused him of taking a victory lap, and doing unseemly things, and politicizing all that sort of thing.
Make sure those seatbelts are tightly fastened!
REAGAN: It might also be that the media is not giving him enough credit for telling the story that he has told - and I don’t disagree that he hasn’t done a good enough job – but hasn’t given him enough credit for telling a story because when the president comes out and says, “You know, we passed this bill, and here are a lot of the good things it’s going to do,” it doesn’t make the news the way, you know, the president is a communist and he’s going to, you know, give us all death panels. “And by the way, I’m wearing a funny hat.” That tends to lead the news.
Yeah, that's what it is. That darned conservative media just isn't giving this liberal president enough credit.
Did I mention this guy's actually a political analyst for MSNBC?
Explains a lot about this farce of a so-called "news network," doesn't it?
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Exactly what rock has this goober-cheese been hiding under?
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 07/13/2012 - 8:17pm.
The MSM has been falling all over themselves crediting the Dear Ruler for anything and everything they can make up - mostly for doing things he hasn't done, while ignoring the severe damage that he is doing to our America.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
I don't often like to comment on a person's appearance
Submitted by ProudAmerican58 on Fri, 07/13/2012 - 8:27pm.
but doesn't Ron look more and more like a turtle these days? He's the one wearing a "funny hat."
Anyway, I can only guess that both he and his sister Patti must be afflicted with an inoperable form of Liberal Guilt that has caused them to morph into the very antithesis(sp?) of their father. Liberalism -- it really is a mental disease.
Okay Ron, we get it; you hate your dad and you're gay
Submitted by jakee308 on Fri, 07/13/2012 - 10:19pm.
so of course you're anti Republican. (no I don't accept that just because he got married means he's not gay. Ever hear of a beard? Also if homosexuality is a genetic trait, how does it get from generation to generation? Someone's bi-curious in there.)
It's a perfect picture. He's all clouded up to rain and whine.
"Give. Obama. More Creditttttttt. waaaaahhhhhhh
BTW what makes this putz a political analyst? Cause he says so? Cause MSNBC says so? What political position has he ever held? What campaign has he ever been the manager of?
It's really simple:
1. It's a dig at Ronald Reagan and his successful presidency.
2. It's a dig at Republicans that there hero's son is a whiney liberal.
3. It supposedly gives what he says some additional weight (which used to work but no more. Ron's become a one not band.)
4. He'll do anything, say anything, be anything to get face time on tv.
He's what is called a media whore.
The preceding was an expression of my personal opinion.
I give U-bum-uh all the
Submitted by mattm on Fri, 07/13/2012 - 10:27pm.
I give U-bum-uh all the credit - for wrecking this country. Well, not all - some of it has to go to the libtard politicians and the lemmings who vote for them.
Credit for what?
Submitted by Cactus Kurt on Fri, 07/13/2012 - 10:32pm.
"Political analyst" Rachel Maddow... errr Ron Reagan says the media is not giving Obama enough credit. Credit for what? Obama has reneged on virtually every campaign promise.
If they gave him any more credit........
Submitted by GregE on Fri, 07/13/2012 - 11:41pm.
.........they'd be participating in pornography.
Apparently, Rons the adopted son!
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Sat, 07/14/2012 - 11:44am.
The question is, where did Ron Sr and Nancy pick up this androgynous turtle? And why doesnt he STFU already!