Thursday, July 23, 2009

Obama Rejects The Blame Game Unless

Last night's press conference was like a freshman's paper outlining the reasons that the Chinese bombed Pearl Harbor, but with less facts.

Obama had one of his best performances since being elected, even with questions that hadn't been planted, but he had few facts, little knowledge and offered no leadership.

Obama did point out what a fair guy he is along with his Democrat peers because he refuses to play the blame game, a game he detests.

To support his statement I did a fast check:

QUESTION: If you don't get this, isn't this a fight inside the Democratic Party and that Republicans really aren't playing a -- you can't really blame the Republicans for this one?

OBAMA: Well, first of all, you haven't seen me out there blaming the Republicans. I've been a little frustrated by some of the misinformation that's been coming out of the Republicans, but that has to do with, as you pointed out, politics.

The president, seeking to prod the Democratic-controlled Congress to show significant progress on healthcare reform before the August recess, directed
blame at the GOP for the stalled legislation.

He
blamed the Bush administration for not providing enough funding for the park service.

At a briefing on Monday, Obama administration officials
blamed the Bush administration, saying it had left them with unsolved problems. ...

Obama has adopted some of the more sensible Bush policies, without admitting that, and simultaneously
blamed the Bush administration endlessly. ...

Not only that, Obama
blamed the Bush administration for violating the Constitution, for setting American "principles" aside as "luxuries we couldn't afford ...

Biden
Blamed Bush for VT Shootings

Boxer
blamed the Bush administration of attempting to challenge the work ...

Democrats
blamed the Bush administration for the financial crisis, while the White House pointed a finger at Congress. ...

Pelosi issued a response that
blamed the Bush administration rather than the CIA by name ...

Franklin County Democratic Chairman William Anthony specifically
blamed the Bush Administration for factories that have shut down in Columbus. ...

blamed the Bush administration and House Republicans for the alleged global warming crisis.

Barack Obama has
blamed the Bush Administration for everything from Iran's nuclear program to slow middle-class wage growth to bad crops. ...

Most who called for invading Iraq long ago abandoned their own zeal and advocacy- and loudly
blamed the Bush administration for the violence ...

For his part, Markey also
blamed the Bush administration's work on global warming for spurring the current legislation, too.

As the world financial system implodes, Democrats have
blamed the Bush administration's lack of regulation for creating the conditions for collapse. ...

... people from getting houses they couldn't afford, then when the bottom dropped out
blamed the Bush Administration for not regulating the lending market. ...

At a briefing on Monday, Obama administration officials
blamed the Bush administration, saying it had left them with unsolved problems. ...

During President Obama's campaign, he was direct, he was decisive, he
blamed the Bush administration over and over again and he delivered ...

Obama
blamed the Bush administration for "hasty decisions" and policies on torture and Guantanamo, an issue on which he suffered a setback ...

... Just as Obama has
blamed the Bush administration for the recession he inherited, the Democrats running in these two states have invoked ...

... After the charges were dropped one of the Panther's leaders
blamed the Bush Administration for the charges, according to CNN

... Vieira also didn't interject when Frank
blamed the Bush administration for failed economic oversight, even though it was Frank who blocked ...

Talking head Robert Gibbs at first
blamed the Bush administration for messing up the FAA.

Obama also
blamed the Bush administration for hurting the United State's credibility with countries from around the world including Pakistan, Iraq, ...

Okay, so he muffed one of the few definitive statements he was able to choke out.