Will wonders never cease? Bob Schieffer almost acted like a impartial journalist Monday during an interview with Obama campaign advisor David Axelrod.
Schieffer started by playing a three-year old clip of Obama saying that he’d be a one-term president if economic conditions are still bad three years later. In other words, now. He followed up by asking Axelrod, “Is this going to be a one-term presidency?”
Mediaite spells out that Axelrod was visibly uneasy during the back-and-forth:
Axelrod: “We are in a different place than we were the day he did that interview.”
Schieffer: “We are, things are worse than they were.”And after Axelrod elaborated with a meandering answer, Schieffer interrupted his “extended response” and respectfully suggested he “stop talking about what the election is going to be about.” Instead Schieffer focused on what could be done now, and wondered whether he was wrong to think that nothing would get accomplished before the election. Axelrod politely informed him that yes, he was wrong, and that big things can still be accomplished. However, Schieffer’s visible skepticism and agitation with some of Axelrod’s long-winded responses suggest that Schieffer, like many Americans, may be eager for results.
Eager? Bob Schieffer eager? That’s an understatement. He’s as invested in Obama as any journalist and he sees his investment going down the drain faster than Bank of America stock.
H/T: Mediaite.com
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This could become big and Barack Obama and his henchmen will "bite the bullet" on this one also, along with Fast & Furious and Op. Gun Runner:
http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_18608410
If you want to fix this economy fire this bull artist Axelrod as the first step.
"Eager? Bob Schieffer eager? That’s an understatement. [b]He’s as invested in Obama as any journalist[/b] and he sees his investment going down the drain faster than Bank of America stock."
Yes... exactly. He is invested in Obama and like most human beings, he doesn't want to be shown as a fool for betting on the wrong horse. His exasperation is mainly because he believed in Obama. It says a lot of things that are bad about Schieffer's role in getting Obamie elected, but at the same time it also spells bad for Obamie himself.
The older you get, the tingling in your leg is more likely from bad circulation, not excitement.
Schieffer wasn't acting like an "impartial journalist." He was acting like a "frustrated supporter."
Axlerod is now grasping at straws. When Oblunder goes to Iowa he's going to be heckled off the platform. These people don't like his policies and don't like what he's done. He's truly a one and done potus. If he was bionic, we'd call him the six dollar, ninety five cent man.
I think even the left is smelling the headline potential that is coming in the next 15 months!
Does Axelrod know that Obama took all of his deductions? So Obama took advantage of EVERY chance he had to NOT pay all that he owed.
Throw in dead patriots to try and change the sympathy level, change the subject, but the facts are the same-your guy completely sucks and has no clue how to govern. We can pray it is a one term Presidency.
If Bob Schieffer was a contestant on Jeopardy his question would be the proper answer to the clue.