Throughout the media frenzy over Barack Obama last year, ABC News’ Jake Tapper was a bright beacon of light, shining scrutiny onto all candidates, not just those on one side of the aisle or another. He has continued his exemplary work this week, as in this video clip you can see him schooling Obama spox Robert Gibbs on Obama’s position on transparency during yesterday’s press briefing. Ouch.
Liberals have been falling all over themselves this week praising President Obama’s admission while on the news media circuit that he “screwed up” with the nomination of Tom Daschle to the HHS post:
President Obama’s expansion of SCHIP was signed into law with much fanfare earlier this week, but little known to the casual news follower, in order for this expansion to work at its “best,” it will have to be funded, in part, by smokers who will see taxes on tobacco increase by 155%. So much for the “war on smoking,” eh? We’ll “save the children” at the expense of everyone else. No bigs.
This is something I never expected to see: My hometown paper, the liberal Charlotte Observer, a paper that has made no secret of its devotion to helping this administration succeed – a paper that is also a branch of the Obama-loving McClatchy news organization, bapping President Obama over the head for his numerous broken pledges since taking the oath of office. In an editorial titled “Change we cannot and do not believe in,” the editors write (via Memeo):
The St. Petersburg Times‘ Politifact site has a special section devoted to Barack Obama’s campaign promises and keeping track of whether or not he has kept them. Make sure to bookmark it and check it often. I’ve linked up to it in my “Obama Links” section located on the far left column of this page.
Michelle Malkin and Ed Morrissey have two must-read posts up today on how badly Obama and his transition team have bungled, among other things, the selection proceess for nominees for his cabinet and picks for his admin.
