Obama Admits He "Screwed Up" With Nominations

Welcome to Barack Hussein Obama's Amerikkkkkkkkka!!!

Sorry...couldn't resist.

Press Secretary Gibbs was hammered by the press for the last couple of White House Press Briefings about the administration's repeated failure to properly vet appointees. This was not something President Obama's ego let him admit without unrelenting accusations of hypocrisy.

No wonder the daily White House Press Briefings have not been available as a Podcast since this administration took control!

I am proud that our President is able to admit when he makes mistakes. And I am disappointed that the GOP is putting their own interests ahead of our country's.

"Obama Admits He "Screwed Up" With Nominations"

Screwing-up right off the bat already? I thought this azzwipe campaigned on "change".

The breadlines will be REALLY long these next few years...

Has the White House issued a statement in response to the "drunken negro cookies" expressly made in honor of the new Presidency?

The tax thing is a red herring. Making millions 'consulting' in between key government gigs is a real problem.

I think it's a bit short-sighted, frankly. Ding Daschle hard. Have him pay the taxes and impose ridiculously large penalties. But if he REALLY is the best fit for the HHS job, then he should run with it. This isn't elitism, so shut up. Punish him for not paying taxes, but don't hurt the country by turning away the best person for the job.

That is how I feel about Gov Spitzer, he was a good governor and we lost him because he went to a prostitute . Now we have this inept former cocaine user and can't pass the bar exam Governor

Hey if President Obama can admit to blowing rails, what is wrong with anyone else doing the same?

I think it's a bit short-sighted, frankly. Ding Daschle hard. Have him pay the taxes and impose ridiculously large penalties. But if he REALLY is the best fit for the HHS job, then he should run with it. This isn't elitism, so shut up. Punish him for not paying taxes, but don't hurt the country but turning away the best person for the job.

This is a day after he "absolutely" stood behind Daschle. I see it as Obama finding himself in a politically disadvantageous situation and trying to make it out like the good guy...kind of like what he did with his association with Wright.

I'm really surprised there hasn't been more discussion about Daschle's association with groups with an interest in health care policy. It seems like bringing up the tax issue is a way to draw attention away from a more serious conflict that would have been more damaging to Obama.

I'm surprised this can still happen to Obama. Didn't he have that long questionnaire that had to be filled out by anyone who wanted a position in his administration? I guess paperwork isn't any indication of honesty.

Exactly. Daschle knew about this in the summer, and didn't put it on the questionnaire. Obama isn't a mind reader, after all.

Maybe the NY Times should have considered their above analysis before they ran the op-ed the other day that MSNBC is reporting is the reason that Daschle quit. Douchebags.

Has it occured to anyone that outside academia and politics, Obama has NO experience? Can anyone cite his resume in the private sector? Has he so much as held a job running a hot dog stand?

You can see in these arguments who are the ones that prefer denial as a "qualifications" for a leader, they are most likely "religious" too.

Sigh....still rehashing that old ridiculous argument? The election's over, let it go. I guess you would rather have someone who was in the private sector due to his family connections and run every business he managed into the ground.

And I agree with #2, less than 100 days in office, and he has the integrity to say "look, i screwed up." Can you imagine any republican, much less that nincompoop W., who after 8 years of Katrina, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the financial meltdown, couldn't admit ONE mistake.

Oh wait, he did admit one. "Clearly, putting 'Mission Accomplished' on an aircraft carrier was a mistake".

A banner. Mighty white of you, Georgie.

Ok, ok. Bush was an awful public speaker. He brought us to war on false pretenses. He tapped our phones and wiped his ass with the Constitution. He grew the government to ridiculous levels, ignored science and put the cherry on the sundae of a long brewing financial meltdown.

He was not, however, responsible for the Katrina mess.

The city was built under sea level and was an accident waiting to happen. It has been poorly run since, well, forever. The local government botched the evacuation. The proper response to the unrest there would have been to send the national guard to shoot looters on sight. That would have gone over great.

Having Bush travel there to do this:

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would have been PC, but pointless.

'Heckuvajob' Brownie, was a typically useless government appointee. I doubt anyone could have managed that massive clusterfuck any better, or worse.

I never even mentioned Bush, you did. Perhaps you should lecture yourself about the election being over. Speaking of Katrina, how well did Obama do with the disaster in Kentucky? Nearly a week before Fema got involved and Obama was attending black tie dinners while a good portion of the midwest was in dire straits. Obama's groupies in the media sure won't scrutinize him the way they shredded Bush over Katrina.

I'm still waiting for someone to tell me when Obama ever held a job in the private sector or even if he has a basic first-hand understanding of how a successful business is run. Even his experience in politics doesn't include balancing a budget. He spent all his time in office campaigning for the next elected office.

If you really wanted to know what his employment background was prior to being president, you could easily find out, you don't need me to spoon feed you that information.

And since when does having a career "outside of academia and politics" matter when it comes to being a public servant? You can make the same argument for dozens of past and current politicians on both sides. "Outside of politics, he never had a career in the private sector, besides being an actor!"

The voice of Staten Island pipes up again. Don't you have a diary or something to write over at Redstate.org?

You actually didn't answer the question of Obama's qualifications. And we all know George Bush was a bad President and yet you're using him as the bar that Obama has to exceed. And to head off a profanity laced tirade from NannyState, I rather like Obama. I'm just not in love with him.

Let's face it, the White House is a sausage factory filled with ugly sights and smells. The only reason people cling to their Camelot illusions is that we forget how easily the nasty political stuff was swept under the rug 40-50 years ago. Today, we have a culture of evasive, inadequate n'er-do-wells and vetting them for a high office just gets trickier and trickier. And the smellier these pols get, the more media there is to feed off of the fumes. I'm starting to think there's an inverse relationship between a media-saturated culture and personal integrity.

Where are the weapons of mass destruction? Where is Osama Bin Laden? Obama's resumé in the private sector may not be a substantive as George Bush's. Yes Georgie boy owned a baseball team that sucked as much as his presidency... At least Obama can say. "Yes I made a mistake and will attempt to correct it." Fuckface Bush lied like a used car salesman and millions of assholes in this country bought into his bullshit hook line and sinker. They loved that cocksucker so much they voted for him again. The guy has been on the job less than a month and already the trolls are feasting on this.

Still clinging to comparing Obama to Bush? In case you missed it (and I think you did) I am not defending Bush. You're the one making the ridiculous comparisons. Where are the weapons of mass destruction? Duh. They weren't there. What's your point? How does that make anyone else more qualified to President? Talk about "Get over it". When are you going to get over Bush? 2016? 2024? Are you going to keep using him as an excuse?

Whoops! It was my intent to comment to Ides-no I didn't miss your points. However, I disagree that I should stop comparing presidents.

However, I disagree that I should stop comparing presidents.

We'll have to agree to disagree. The circumstances surrounding each presidency are unique and comparisons are largely meaningless. And like I said, shoot for higher standards. If people are going to expend massive amounts of energy to say Bush was the worst ever, it rings very hollow for anyone to say they're better than the worst ever.

Would it work in sports marketing?

"The 2009 Kansas City Chiefs: In all likelihood better than the 2008 Detroit Lions"

Admitting his mistakes or cutting his losses? He still let the other tax cheat run the treasury and the IRS. That's the position with the power, not the one Daschle was up for.

The whole stimulus bill is a mistake, a collosal mistake, that is if the country's prosperity is indeed your priority - as opposed to paying off political allies and socializing the economy.

Obama admits his mistake, President Bush still states time will judge him favorably. However Obama biggest mistake is Adolf Carrion, bronx borough president. carrion is scum.

At least he admits mistakes. We've just had 8 years of a spoiled brat that couldn't admit to anything that would diminish his perceived luster.

Totally understandable.

Considering some of the odious characters he's used to rubbing elbows with in Chicago, a simple tax cheat looks like Mother Teresa to him.