Turning Point: Couric Rips Obama

[Pandora]

I do not watch the perky one personally but was happy when NewsMax reported the story below. I am glad that the news is finally talking about the reality the people are feeling. I wonder though, will this mean she isnt invited to the next whitehouse party....


from NEWSMAX

Katie Couric may be best known for her unflattering interview with Sarah Palin. But her nightly news broadcast this past Monday night may be an indicator that the big liberal media are now turning their guns on Obama.

Couric said on “CBS Evening News” that Americans are growing “disenchanted” with Obama and are openly questioning his credibility.

“Is the honeymoon over?” anchor Couric said at the beginning of her correspondent’s report.

“Although President Obama has been in office less than a year, many Americans are growing disenchanted with his handling of the enormous problems he and the country are facing, from healthcare to unemployment to Afghanistan.

“His poll numbers are sliding, and at least one poll shows his job approval rating has fallen, for the first time, below 50 percent.”

Correspondent Chris Reid chimed in: “The president is getting battered on everything from the economy to foreign policy. Some polls show Americans are increasingly questioning his credibility.”

The report asserted that while Obama talks about dealing with unemployment, which is over 10 percent and expected to rise, he has developed “no new ideas” for dealing with the problem.

CBS also cited a poll showing that only 14 percent of Americans believe Obama’s claim that healthcare reform won’t add to the budget deficit, and only 7 percent believe that the stimulus has created any jobs at all.

The report also criticized the president for being “indecisive” on Afghanistan, and for returning from his recent Asian trip “with little to show for it.”

An expert was quoted as describing his trip as the “amateur hour,” as he did not line up agreements with foreign countries before venturing abroad

 

[pocketfullofshells]

All it shows is the republican noise machine has done a good job...with its misleading "facts" on health care, and its trying ignore that the Econ tanked under them and it is not a easy fix...so people will blame the one in office now , even though he did not cause it. And the Afghanistan problem is alot harder and more complicated them most Americans understand because Bush failed to realy let people know what we where doing there...and then just let it fall to the wayside and we have to basically start over now. He got handed a hard job, and its to soon to judge how well he does it.

Also seems the media is only critical of Obama...If Fox or NewsMax report it...since its not news to the left that he gets criticized by the media

 

[Pandora]

republicans doing a good job? How?

they are a worn out tired old party of 3 people. at least that is what I read in the HOP

 

[pocketfullofshells]

republicans doing a good job? How?

they are a worn out tired old party of 3 people. at least that is what I read in the HOP

they are, hence why they make crap up, and see how much sticks in the publics head.

 

[Pandora]

they are, hence why they make crap up, and see how much sticks in the publics head.

LOL OK

you guys are so funny

there are 30 threads about how the republican party is dead and now they are the sole reason obama is doing poorly with the American people and they are the reason the perky one spoke unkind words about him.

Must be because it cant be that its true...

wow for a dead party of 3....... they have a great deal of power !!!!

 

[pocketfullofshells]

LOL OK

you guys are so funny

there are 30 threads about how the republican party is dead and now they are the sole reason obama is doing poorly with the American people and they are the reason the perky one spoke unkind words about him.

Must be because it cant be that its true...

wow for a dead party of 3....... they have a great deal of power !!!!

way to ignore the main part of what I said, and focus on the republicans.,and even a dead party if it can spread enough lies , can make a people belive it...Just not enough to get elected,

 

[LooseChange]

Neither party is dead as long as people in this country keep voting for them....

 

[Bunz]

Neither party is dead as long as people in this country keep voting for them....

Its not a matter of votes, its a matter of money.

 

[Bunz]

In regards to the original post...I dont disagree with Couric. People are getting inpatient, especially those without jobs and health coverage. Obama has been in office for 11months, and maybe more could/should have been done. Personally I think he is taking on to much. I would rather he deal with the major issues a few at a time, than all at once. Because the problem there is that none of them get solved effectively.
Start with the economy and wars, the stockmarket is growing again. Pull troops out of Iraq and deploy those needed in Afghanistan. Get student loans into the hands of people who need to be retrained in the modern economy, provide incentives to create jobs, and punish those who move jobs overseas.

As much as I think we need a public option on health care, it might have been wise to wait. That being said, my cousin who is without health insurance, is putting off a knee surgery that he will need to likely continue in his current work, or will come to the point where he has to hang it up.

The thing that is being overlooked is that those who are shouting loudly would not be supportive no matter what happens. Many in fact want to see this country fail just to score points for a political party over the other.

While it is probably reasonable to point out that a mess 8 years in the making takes quite a bit longer than 11months to put back in place much less improve. Either way, it would be wise for the Democrats to stop talking about Bush at this point, and focus on what they can get done to make positive change in the lives of the average American.

 

[Pandora]

In regards to the original post...I dont disagree with Couric. People are getting inpatient, especially those without jobs and health coverage. Obama has been in office for 11months, and maybe more could/should have been done. Personally I think he is taking on to much. I would rather he deal with the major issues a few at a time, than all at once. Because the problem there is that none of them get solved effectively.
Start with the economy and wars, the stockmarket is growing again. Pull troops out of Iraq and deploy those needed in Afghanistan. Get student loans into the hands of people who need to be retrained in the modern economy, provide incentives to create jobs, and punish those who move jobs overseas.

As much as I think we need a public option on health care, it might have been wise to wait. That being said, my cousin who is without health insurance, is putting off a knee surgery that he will need to likely continue in his current work, or will come to the point where he has to hang it up.

The thing that is being overlooked is that those who are shouting loudly would not be supportive no matter what happens. Many in fact want to see this country fail just to score points for a political party over the other.

While it is probably reasonable to point out that a mess 8 years in the making takes quite a bit longer than 11months to put back in place much less improve. Either way, it would be wise for the Democrats to stop talking about Bush at this point, and focus on what they can get done to make positive change in the lives of the average American.

Student loans have always been there for anyone who wants them. It would be wiser to lower the cost of going to college, but then all those socialist teachers would have to work for less. So I highly doubt that is going to happen.

I would agree with you that he is taking on too much and what he is doing he isnt doing very well. The stim package was 99 percent waste so far, money to friends for stupid things that dont stimulate. Then when you pile on cap and trade in the mix knowing how well the stim package was planned, its not hard to get negative.


Do you think obama IS this Country? I some how am not shocked if thats true. You said you think there are people who want the Country to fail to score points. Those days are long past...You must be thinking of the democrat party before the 2004 election. When they actually had glee on their faces during katrina and when any soilder died in Iraq. They could not wait to get on TV to say "the war has failed" talk about dead soilders, following cindy sheehan and her two friends (who by the way the left now wishes she would just go away)

You have it butt backwards. There are Americans who want this monster you call the health care bill to fail, cap and trade to fail and programs like that.


Those same people who want those pathetic programs to fail want obama to kick ass in Afganistan and Iraq. Want him to win the war's or get them out if all they will be is sitting ducks. They want the strongest America possible

 

[Gipper]

I do not think the MSM (aka state run media) has changed much. The Perky One attended the WH dinner the crashers attended. Now why would the reader of "news" for CBS News attend a WH dinner? Because objectivity is not a trait MSM liberals have.

The state run media has yet to report on Climategate. They ignored the Acorn videos as long as they could. That fool Charlie Gibson on state run ABC News admitted well into the story that he never heard of it.

Imagine if there was no Fox News or news websites and you have a liberals dream state. Then they could lie, conceal, and commit fraud without repercussions - also a liberals dream.

 

[BigRob]

All it shows is the republican noise machine has done a good job...with its misleading "facts" on health care, and its trying ignore that the Econ tanked under them and it is not a easy fix...so people will blame the one in office now , even though he did not cause it. And the Afghanistan problem is alot harder and more complicated them most Americans understand because Bush failed to realy let people know what we where doing there...and then just let it fall to the wayside and we have to basically start over now. He got handed a hard job, and its to soon to judge how well he does it.

Also seems the media is only critical of Obama...If Fox or NewsMax report it...since its not news to the left that he gets criticized by the media

You mean it is harder to lead than to campaign! Heaven forbid the country look to its leader to deal with problems instead of just saying "Bush did it" for the next generation.

Post the stimulus, the economy was Obama's. And post his "surge" back earlier in the year in Afghanistan, that situation is his as well.

 

[SharonOBar]

Poor OBama. Got handed a hard job. He wasn't "handed" a hard job.HE ASKED FOR IT; SAID HE COULD DO IT; WON IT. He hasn't done it. Bush did a lot of things wrong. So is OBama. Time for OBama to quit blaming Bush. Who did the last stimulus package? Tell me something he has done right. What has he accomplished? Bush messed up. Okay. I get that. He did. Now. Let's tell the truth. OBama is messing up. No, I don't blame just OBama. Nancy Pelosi is a problem, too. But, let's quit coddling OBama. He's a grown man, asked for the Presidency and he won it. Now he needs to grow up and act like a leader, not a super star. I see him as weak. Nobody has to tell me to see him that way. He is weak. He is not a leader. He should've stayed where he was.

 

[PLC1]

No one is going to be able to address the monumental problems facing this nation until we begin to look at what is necessary for the country, instead of just trying to score points for our favorite political party.

Is it Obama and the Democrats, is it bush and the Republicans? Score one for our team. There goes the ball, intercepted! Number 98, Obama has it, and is running! He's on the 50, the 40.... fumble! Who has control of the ball now? Let's go to commercial while the refs sort it out.

It isn't a football game, and we'd do much better if none of the players had an R or a D after their names.

The economy isn't Obama's fault. It isn't Bush's fault. Yes, Obama came to power in a time of crisis. If he doesn't solve them to our satisfaction, is it a score for the other team, or a loss for our country?

 

[pocketfullofshells]

You mean it is harder to lead than to campaign! Heaven forbid the country look to its leader to deal with problems instead of just saying "Bush did it" for the next generation.

Post the stimulus, the economy was Obama's. And post his "surge" back earlier in the year in Afghanistan, that situation is his as well.

Just because he took over, does not mean that he can work a mirical and undo 8 years of failed policy at will. Even if he was a Dictator he could not fix it with a wand. And looks like soon we will have about 50,000 more troops in Afganistan then there where when Bush left office....But problem is, we needed those troops 7 years ago and it will be alot harder of a fix now then it would have then. And as for the stimulus, what did you expect..? it passes and all of the sudden in a month the econ is like it was in the 90's again?

The only ones who seem to think Obama is some form of a god, with special powers to just make things happen at a snap of the fingers....are the ones who don't like him.