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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction
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To: Sully- who wrote (69292)2/6/2009 3:07:13 AM
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    Barely two weeks into his presidency, the media is 
    bewildered by the daily snafus coming from the White House

Culture of Incompetence

Peter Kirsanow
The Corner

For much of 2008, the media—in a swoon over the purported flawlessness of the Obama campaign—fed the narrative that such competence would carry over into an Obama administration, relieving a beleaguered nation of the incompetence of the Worst President in History.

Skeptics would occasionally point out that the Obama campaign's alleged competence might, perhaps, be more a function of the media's sycophantic reporting than Obama's wizardry. After all, Obama did commit a number of errors that could have sunk a campaign not kept afloat by a cheerleading press. But, we were assured that a a man who'd never before directly run anything bigger than a popstand and who had a fondness for voting "present" would ease effortlessly into the most difficult job in the world and immediately set about healing the planet.

Barely two weeks into his presidency, the media is bewildered by the daily snafus coming from the White House: the galactic mismanagement of the corrupt stimulus bill, the Daschle debacle, the Geithner outrage, the Zinni circus, the Killefer embarrassment. These are hardly the products of a well-oiled machine. Then there's the utter lack of seriousness conveyed by Obama's claim that we are at war with "some" terrorist organizations and his disingenuous handling of Gitmo and rendition.

These screw-ups portend ill for bigger issues down the road. As Victor Davis Hanson noted yesterday, Obama will soon need to address issues percolating in Russia, North Korea, and Pakistan—not to mention Iran. He won't be able to safely vote "present".

It's early in the presidency. The last two weeks don't necessarily signal that the administration is incompetent or that things can't be righted.

But it sure highlights the incompetency of many in major media.

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