Extend An Olive Branch, Get Pelted By Olives

The Politico reports on what we hope is the on-going education of Barack Obama:

Friendly fire: NYT hits Obama
by: Jonathan Martin March 22, 2009 12:38 PM EST

The leading liberal voices of the New York Times editorial pages all criticized—and, in some cases, clobbered—President Obama on Sunday for his handling of the economy and national security.

It's not unusual for Barack Obama to take a little friendly fire from the Times. But it's perhaps unprecedented for him to get hit on the same day by columnists Frank Rich, Thomas Friedman and Maureen Dowd—and in the paper's lead editorial. Their critique punctuated a weekend that started with a widely circulated blog post by Paul Krugman that said the president’s yet to be announced bank rescue plan would almost certainly fail.

The sentiment, coming just two months after the president was sworn in, reflects elite opinion in the Washington-New York corridor that Obama is increasingly overwhelmed, and not fully appreciative of the building tsunami of populist outrage.

Oh, please - the sentiment reflects the realization by the Times commentariat that their colleague David Brooks got an audience with The One himself after penning a 'Bama-basher.  As Gail Collins said, "I am so jealous".

Any chance that Obama learned something about the unintended consequences of opening a dialogue with an adversary?

[end of Obamadulation]

Comments

[Jimmy's Attack Rabbit]

Present

[bad]

Bitter AND cynical, TM.

I like that...

[Fresh Air]

Olivist!

[It's what Jeff Goldstein would say.]

[sbw]

What has he ever learned except to hide?

[davod]

"Oh, please - the sentiment reflects the realization by the Times commentariat that their colleague David Brooks got an audience with The One himself after penning a 'Bama-basher. As Gail Collins said, "I am so jealous".

Nail - Head.

[bad]

In case you missed this over the weekend:

In yet another amazing case of tax chutzpah: California congressman Pete Stark has improperly claimed a Maryland lakefront home (assessed at $1.7 million) as his primary residence in order to qualify for a special real estate tax break.

Earlier this month, Congressmen Eliot Engel, a lifelong resident of the Bronx, was outed for claiming the Maryland real estate tax break on his Maryland home (formerly owned by ABC's Ted Koppel and Wonder Woman Lynda Carter) assessed at $938,000.

LUN

[Neo]

I thought it would take until the Fall before Obama angered the public enough to have Congress-critters run for their lives.

I was wrong .. it's been 60+ days

Obama now looks like a strong contender for the "evil FDR" award

I wonder who will replace Pelosi as Speaker ...

[bad]

Really, TM. 666?

[Neo]

And to think ... 2 years from now we will be looking back on this period and thinking .. you know, it was so much better then.

Now isn't that a scary thought.

[PD]

I thought it would take until the Fall before Obama angered the public enough to have Congress-critters run for their lives.

And he had the nerve during the 60 Minutes interview to say that we cannot govern out of a sense of anger. I guess it's okay to stir up the public against AIG, though.

[Captain Hate]

PD, it didn't matter what Bammers the Clown said on 60 Minutes; just being on 60 Minutes was the idea. Welcome to the Rupert Pupkin administration.

[pagar]

California congressman Pete Stark has improperly claimed a Maryland lakefront home

It seems to me there is no proper way for a California congressman to claim a Maryland lakefront home.