Krauthammer: Obama A "Bystander To His Own Presidency"
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: There are two things happening here. Number one, it's a strategy of all presidents, when there is trouble out there, you insulate him, you hide him, put him away, you make sure the focus is on all the people beneath him. You know, either in the cabinet, or lower than that. That's the age-old protection strategy, that's what they're doing. Nothing new here.
What I think is new is Obama's leadership style which in effect doesn't exist. The man is a bystander to his own presidency. Look at his reaction to the IRS: 'IRS, I am outraged to learn about the IRS scandal.' DOJ snooping on the AP and our own James Rosen. He says, 'I am deeply disturbed by this intrusion on to the press.'
Even on Benghazi, he expresses his deep regret and then he says, 'I have to find out what happened.' He's the commander and chief, he's the president; he acts as if he has just stumbled upon the scene of an accident and he is catching up. And he has done that throughout his presidency. The lack of leadership in this administration from the top, from the president, I think is quite unique. Even in the one place where he acted, in Libya, he had to be dragged into it and persuaded, he comes in late and then he leaves the scene to such an extent that it descends into chaos and we know how it ends up, with four Americans slain.
This is the strategy of leading from behind; which is simply a kind way of saying no leadership at all. (O'Reilly Factor, June 13, 2013)
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