The really sad thing is that report card could be applied to just about every politician in Washington.
New Republic editor Martin Peretz commenting at TNR.com on President Obama's response to Scotland's release of jailed terrorist Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi:
I have my theory about the inertness (perhaps that's too kind a description) of the Obama response to this grotesque spectacle [of the released Libyan Pan-Am 103 bomber]: He is befuddled. His entire grand strategy rested on our ability to transform dozens of Libyas; his persuasive powers would make allies out of the rogue's gallery of the Middle East. That was never an approach grounded in the hard realities of history or more than a surface understanding of his supposed interlocutors. It is a dream that should have died, once and for all, with the pep rally greeting al-Megrahi. But will this humiliation of Anglo-America change our policy? Unlike Obama, I have no illusions.
Harry Truman was famous for his sign that said: "The buck stops here."
Obama is famous for his teleprompter that says: "It's somebody else's fault."
That why his approval rating has dropped faster than any other president in history.
I am not familiar with Obama blaming others for his own behavior, but I can think of a recent president (or two) that this criticism does apply to.
It's sad when a 49 year old man in politics can't handle a speech without a teleprompter, but he has said some great stuff off the teleprompter!
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Failure -- Obama be thine name