Veteran Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein appeared on Wednesday's "Morning Joe" and gushed that Barack Obama's appointment of Hillary Clinton to the State Department will benefit from the "real wisdom" Bill Clinton has "when it comes to foreign policy." Continuing to fawn over the President-elect's cabinet choices, Bernstein enthused, "And the real thing about this appointment, though, is that Obama is assembling a group of people to unite the country."
The author of the Clinton bio "A Woman in Charge" optimistically added, "He [Obama] wants a political consensus so he can do what other presidents haven't been able to do, which is to move the country in the direction he wants without division down the middle." Bernstein didn't explain how the liberal senator, who's lifetime American Conservative Union score is seven, would "unite the country."
On Monday, Bernstein appeared on CNN and suggested that members of the media should "ratchet down our own cynicism" regarding the Clinton nomination. He also marveled at the "sheer star power" of the New York senator.
A transcript of the exchange, which occurred at 7:55am on December 3, follows:
JOE SCARBOROUGH: What about Hillary Clinton, who some people in the '90s called Nixonian? Are you surprised-
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Yes. Will she be the woman in charge of the State Department?
CARL BERNSTEIN: I'm not surprised she took the job. She didn't want to go back to the Senate. She would not have been very satisfied being one of 100 senators. You know, she is the biggest star of all, in many regards, in Washington except for the President of the United States. And to go back diminished would not have made her happy. What's so interesting here, though, Obama now gets the wisdom- and Bill Clinton has real wisdom when it comes to foreign policy- of Bill Clinton in this deal. Not only will Clinton not be sidelined, carping from the sidelines, he will be giving his thoughts about what he is strongest at. And, you know, there's been a lot of criticism during the campaign by Obama about Hillary Clinton on foreign policy, that she was weak on foreign policy. You wouldn't say the same of her husband and particularly the Palestinian question. She's got some real credibility. We are seeing Tony Blair who she and Bill Clinton are close with. That's going to be a focus of what she does. And the real thing about this appointment, though, is that Obama is assembling a group of people to unite the country. He wants a political consensus so he can do what other presidents haven't been able to do, which is to move the country in the direction he wants without division down the middle. And I think he's done a pretty good job of it so far.
BRZEZINSKI: Carl Bernstein. The book is "A Woman in Charge." Thank you very much for coming on the show this morning.
—Scott Whitlock is a news analyst for the Media Research Center.
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Yeah, there's no group that
December 3, 2008 - 17:00 ET by motherbeltYeah, there's no group that can "unite" the country like that Clinton bunch from the 90's!
"Professing themselves to
December 3, 2008 - 17:20 ET by mattm"Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools" - Romans 1:22
AMEN!
December 3, 2008 - 21:42 ET by needleAMEN!
Impunitas semper ad deteriora invitat.
What a deal
December 3, 2008 - 17:36 ET by SickofLibsWe get Hillary wisdom PLUS Slickster wisdom.
Here we go with the buy one, get one free crap again.
Oh right Carl...It Takes a
December 3, 2008 - 17:37 ET by bigtimerOh right Carl...It Takes a Village.
Btw...does anybody else get sick and tired of the left telling us all about how inclusive the left are when they get in power are, how they are not going to divide the country...but as soon as the right does...why it's just the opposite immediately with the msm for the most part.
No hypocrisy here.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
BT
December 3, 2008 - 17:49 ET by NorthCoasterYep, I'm particularly tired of the "Nancy Show" of inclusion.
"What's so interesting
December 3, 2008 - 17:41 ET by NL207"What's so interesting here, though, Obama now gets the wisdom- and Bill Clinton has real wisdom when it comes to foreign policy- of Bill Clinton in this deal"
What a side-splitter! Clinton was so clever at foreign policy that he allowed Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden to fester as a problem for 8 years when he could have bagged Osama. Clinton's foreign policy was so wise that 3,000 Americans were killed by this terrorist's followers. Obama migh actually be clever and wise enojugh that the terrorists are able to mount a nuclear attack in the US.
Hey NL... Excellent
December 3, 2008 - 17:55 ET by bigtimerHey NL...
Excellent point!
I wished I would of thought of that, it is so obvious now that I think about it.
Just wanted to say thanks...you said it all.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Scream Bloody Murder
December 3, 2008 - 18:00 ET by vrwc13Don't forget Africa...
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/13/sbm.dallaire.profile/index.html
...this from CNN today...again on Clinton's watch.
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Dems
December 3, 2008 - 17:48 ET by NorthCoasterDems should have voted for Hillary. They would have gotten the same Cabinet.
And without
December 3, 2008 - 18:24 ET by ahusserthat pesky birth certificate thingy.
Change: When the winds of change blow hard enough, the most trivial of things can become deadly projectiles. From a Poster
ahusser
December 3, 2008 - 20:49 ET by NorthCoasterLove the CHANGE. The despair website is wonderful. It's worth spending time viewing it.
foreign policy - the Clinton way..
December 3, 2008 - 19:01 ET by Gary HallWith everyone always complaining of how well deplomacy worked for the Clinton's etc...
Indeed..
And these "Wrathful comments" (from Sep't 12th, 2001) from the future Sec. of State:
And no - you did not all stand behind the president, did you?
Wrath? My goodness, that's even worse than "Bring it on."
(;~/ gary
Why not a king?
December 4, 2008 - 00:13 ET by nkviking75If the Founding Fathers wanted that kind of "unity", they'd have given us an absolute monarchy. Our Constitution is meant to foster division to keep the government from getting too powerful.
Welcome to the era of unity, you racist!
Speaking of "A Woman in
December 4, 2008 - 02:51 ET by bigtimerSpeaking of "A Woman in Charge"...I mentioned somewhere here or there over the last few days when speaking about Hill having problems like this pesky little prob becoming SOS, that I had heard it had been mentioned that Senate would be coming in session soon and this would be taken care of pronto...well I just saw this....
I cracked up laughing, I knew I didn't hear wrong...sure glad I caught this.
I feel so much better now...how about you?
Btw...if you read all that gibberish in what the Senate is going to do...heck, this type of legal wording is how we are having to live our every day life... thanks to them.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh