‘One of the Least Successful Speeches’: Leftists Attack Liberal Newsweek Editor For Criticizing Obama
- Posted on June 14, 2012 at 6:28pm by
Jason Howerton
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Newsweek Editor Jonathan Alter. (Source: MSNBC)
President Obama delivered a campaign speech Thursday in an attempt to reinvigorate his base and present a gleaming vision of America’s economic future.
How did it go? Well, considering the fact that even a very liberal MSNBC panel on “News Nation with Tamron Hall” agreed that the speech fell flat – it probably could’ve gone better.
“I thought this, honestly, was one of the least successful speeches I’ve seen Barack Obama give in several years,” Newsweek editor Jonathan Alter said. “It was long winded. He had a good argument to make, and at the beginning of the speech he seemed to be making it in a fairly compelling way but then he lost the thread.”
He continued, “And the speech was way too long and I think he lost his audience by the end.”
Zachary Karabell, Daily Beast columnist and economist, echoed many of Alter’s sentiments, saying the president started his speech well, but it quickly went off the rails.
“When he went, sort of, away from offense and on to defense, ‘what we’ve done and what we’re going to do,’ it became unbelievably diffuse and, in some sense purely as a political phenomenon it was very ineffective in that respect because it very well characterized the opponents as ‘this is not going to work’ but it didn’t really give you the sense of what will,” Karabell said.
While the panel was seemingly on the same page, Hall continually attempted to clarify and prop up Obama’s statements.
Halls argued that Obama was arguing that GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s policies would be the same as the ones “that resulted in the disaster that we saw with this economy.”
“And that’s a powerful argument to make,” Alter replied.
“It is,” Hall agreed.
“It didn’t work in 2010. But it can work, properly framed, in 2012,” Alter added.
Now most would say that Alter was genuine and honest in his critique of the president’s speech. But as is often the case, members the left have assembled and have apparently gone after Alter for daring to say anything critical of Obama.
The Newsweek editor soon took to Twitter to respond to some of the insults hurled at him.
“Just cheerleading BO doesn’t help him. He needs a sharper, more cogent message with some memorable lines. I ain’t walking my criticism back,” he tweeted.
Read some of the tweets coming from annoyed Obama supporters:
Watch the MSNBC panel give Obama poor grades for today’s campaign speech:
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Comments (47)
Magyar
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 10:29pmThe Head Lice ‘n Chief has no choice but to remix and restate the fiction—
Frankly, he’s running out of ways to lie.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 6:48amIf the War is not going well… you must shoot some soldiers for Cowardice!
Report Post »Ultra_C_
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 8:26pmLiberals are getting very disheartened, which is good. They know that the “blame Bush” stuff really won’t work with the oh-so-precious independents. Most people don’t remember the Bush years as being bad economically, because they weren’t. Gas was cheap, unemployment low, we recovered quickly from 911, and late in the game the housing bubble burst.
Using Chris Matthew’s example, if you buy a house and find out that it’s a wreck, you blame the guy you bought it from. Bad example, Tingles, because Obama’s owned the house for three and a half years. He doubled the mortgage and instead of fixing the roof, he blew it all on vacations and golf. Time to get someone in there who’ll fix it up and pay off the mortgage,
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 8:06pmOk, I challange someone to go back and make some sense out of what Karabel said. I read it twice and kept thinking, huh? Even the ones trying to explain it are twisted. The president blew this speech bad, and some of those people must have been thinking about it when they left, or they all are brain dead.
Report Post »TurboCat
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 5:49amWhat bothers me is all the people in the audience who actually but what he’s selling.
Report Post »Magyar
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 8:05pmThe house of cards is falling—I just hope the U.S. can hang on until Nov 6….. I’m beginning to have my doubts……………
Report Post »mrmarkjohnson
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 7:57pmWords eventually lose their meaning when they’re not backed up by actions. Voters will judge Obama by his actions, not his speeches.
Report Post »rickc34
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 7:53pmHis speech fell flat? You can only tell the same lies so many times that even the dumb liberal left start to realize your full of it and that your a loser without a plan or direction
Report Post »DoomsdayProphet
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 7:48pmWow, you said something wrong “in her house”. You ain’t gonna say something like that up “in her house”. This guy is obviously the MOST RACIST, UNCARING just plain MORONIC guy on the planet. How dare he say The second coming was “long winded” and “missing the point”….especially “in her house”. haha Surely, my sarcasm won’t make it again.
Molesting Sanity Nurturing Bureaucratic Calamities.
Report Post »RamonPreston
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 7:42pmObama will probably get re-elected by I will do my best to be a stumblin block for him. Here is a video all Americans need to watch, especially the blacks. He’s got your back, alright!
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBTixqz7ln8&feature=relmfu
itsjustgigi
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 7:30pmScary thing to me is that knowing all of his policies have failed miserably, still HALF of Americans will vote Obama for another term. Man, if only we could also vote the stupid half out of this country, just make them leave it, we could finally fix all that ailes it. Ahhh, only in a perfect world.
Report Post »mtcountrygrl
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 10:08pmMy husband and I had a disagreement over dinner…I said I think Obama will lose and lose BIG. He thinks Obama has a good chance of winning. His arguement “stupid people outnumber free thinkers in this country, thanks to public schools”.
Report Post »thibx
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 7:26pmhe wants to be a dictator.
Report Post »lynnissmart
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 7:15pmIts Gonna Getcha
Help….I’m scared……what’s next, what’s next, what’s next…..
Report Post »ReaganBaby
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 7:10pmI seriously cant listen to this coward for one more minute, i am going to lose it he has to go
Report Post »yathink
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 7:00amI cannot listen to this man. Just the sound of his voice causes rage in me, which is sad. To my defense though I have children and grand children and friends and family that I love and care about. My fear is that I have not prepared enough to protect them all when it all comes tumbling down. God help and save us ALL.
Report Post »nobull14
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 7:07pmOblamo still spits out the same old crap every time he opens his mouth ?. I hate to say every time I hear him open his mouth or speak I mute the TV or change the channel !!! I can not wait till they send this Boob back to chicago.
Report Post »TEXASGRANNY73
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 7:45pmOboob.
Report Post »pwatkins
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 7:04pmAll of the media liberals need to give it up bc the American people aren’t buying it anymore.
Report Post »topperj
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 7:03pmHe’s still just a guest lecturer. Pathetic. Who’s been president the last 3 1/2 years?
Report Post »michael48
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 7:10pmif this is any indication of Harvards guest lectures…then a good dump in the crapper would be priceless to the elitist twits…definately affirmative INACTION gone wild…
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 7:00pmI am becoming convinced that obama does not really want to be re-elected. Sure, he loves destroying America from the top down, and he loves not actually having to work for a living, and he loves 24/7 protection and having taxpayers foot the bill for his fun and games, but, he simply has not shown any indication that he likes being president or wants a second term.
Now that Michelle has had her plastic surgery, skin lightening and liposuction at taxpayer expense and the entire obama family has a solid-gold Cadillac health-plan for life, and now that obama is a racial martyr and can claim to be an oppressed victim for the rest of his idiot life, there is no reason for him to have to get up every morning, shave and act like he doesn’t hate America any longer. Come on, the obamas know that their eviction notice has already been printed up – and that they will be moving back to their millionaires’ enclave in Chicago soon – they simply cannot be so stupid as to think that they will be living in the White House after January (can they?).
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 7:08pmI have to disagree with you on one portion; that of him not wanting to be reelected, what he seems to be undergoing is the collision of reality with his narcissistic, radical ideology insanity. He is unable to accept blame for his actions and deeds, and as his world crumbles and crashes down, he becomes more and more out of touch with reality, and soon will be capable of any extreme measures he deems necessary to hold onto power.
Report Post »phrogdriver
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 7:17pmI’ve wondered for a while whether his plan may be to lose. Everyone knows what is coming – and it ain’t good. If he’s out of office when it hits, he gets to go back to organizing – this time openly socialist. He becomes the gov’t in exile, organizing OWS, SEIU and all the rest of the kook fringe, making them respectable. In 2016 he runs as an open socialist.
Let’s face it – if the guy really is a revoluntionary, he can’t start a revolution from the oval office.
Report Post »phrogdriver
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 7:36pmI should add – although I’ve wondered about it, I’m not really sold on my own theory. This guy loves power too much to give it up imo.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 6:56pmHey, Newsweek, you aren’t getting any of those juicy media “ leaks ” with this kind of talk ! The Obama people only leak to their propaganda pushers like the New York Times !
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 6:55pmNo No – You don’t understand. Our historic president was right on message you were not paying attention.
Report Post »Our president is a Great Orator and a brilliant Constitutional lawyer \.
Geez – These MSNBC guys just don’t get it.
mrdon2012
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 6:52pmAll that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Report Post »mrdon2012
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 6:51pm2012 The end of an Error.
Report Post »FloridaFarmGirl
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 7:17pmWell said!!
Report Post »F_This
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 6:49pmI can understand not liking all conservative principles, but these liberal idiots actually think that this administration is good for this country? OMG! We are all doomed. It’s more like liberals are like little girls in love with Justin Bieber. Are they using their brains or just in love with the Rock Star teleprompter man? Do any of them realize that there will be no more America the free if he gets another 4 years?
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 6:48pmObama would be successful if it wasn’t for one thing. People.
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 6:44pmJust heard the Chris Wallaces’ interview on Fox. Did you know this administration just tried to “edit” or “amend” the 1st Amendment so they can declare who gets to speak about what & when? RISE UP PEOPLE!!! This isn’t funny, and I think we got us a real live evil entity.
Report Post »LetUsReason
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 6:54pmWith political correctness, “hate crimes”, etc….it is not too far off that our 1st amendment will be entirely out the window. That is, unless something big changes things. And to be honest, I believe the “something big” is coming our way.
Report Post »lynnissmart
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 7:03pmI know I just watched the same program….and I’m deeply disturbed which is precisely why I went on the Blaze……I am truly upset about this news….it seems that when the pos‘ can’t get their way and just cannot take no for an answer is simply upsetting in itself…..and now they want to change the first amendment???? to shut everyone but themselves from talking……I am disgusted and scared out of my mind….
Report Post »vinnymac46
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 6:43pmAll Mr Alter was saying was this was the same ol “S**T” Oblama has been saying since 2008. He’s just asking the man to say something else.
Report Post »Patriot Z
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 6:34pmjust more proof that libs are all sharing 1 brain. Hive mentality is hilarous to watch because if any individuality is noted the liberal borg seek it out and destroy it before they are ‘infected’ with intelligence. remember libs need someone else to cook, clean, give them an job, think, and take the blame for them, and they actually think they are intelligent and leaders.
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