Jake Tapper’s feelings are hurt because Obama lied to him about smoking:
It’s not a big deal in the scheme of things — the war on Iraq, a major economic crisis — indeed, it’s miniscule. Hardly worth mentioning.
Except that I don’t like feeling that I wasn’t being dealt with honestly. And as much as citizens who are suspect of the media might scoff at such a notion, many of us consider ourselves to be your representatives to help make sure our leaders are telling us the truth, and leading the country down a path we’re confident is the right one. (Corny, I know.)
This isn’t the only time I’ve felt that way about the Obama campaign, of course — its response to the Austan Goolsbee controversy was a profile in dissembling. (Not that Sens. Hillary Clinton and John McCain or their campaigns are entirely innocent in this area either. Or even that Obama is necessarily the worst offender.)
Still.
Awww. His heart is so broken, he has to throw in a dig at the other candidates to make up for it…
Are you fucking kidding me? Jake - they’re politicians, all of them. Get used to it. Please, wake up from that deep trance you’re in.
I think you missed the bigger point…we ‘expect’ them to lie about stuff like NAFTA and pulling the troops out of Iraq but little shit like smoking…that’s not forgivable.
I sort of get Tapper’s point though…if he can’t fess up to something as insignificant as sneaking a cigarette, how can you expect him to be honest about the important stuff.
I’ll give Tapper a little credit…he has abused everyone and this doesn’t appear to be a personal vendetta against a single candidate.
Except that Tapper never asked Obama. He asked the Obama campaign. Who knows why the campaign answered the way they did - maybe Obama lied to them; maybe they assumed he wasn’t smoking.
When Obama was asked directly, he gave an honest answer.
That isn’t how campaigns work, and Tapper obviously knows that. You don’t say ANYTHING to the press that hasn’t been approved. They go to the candidate and say, “He wants to know…” and then they’re told what to say.
he still could have asked.
but yeah, considering all the other reasons to be for or against somebody, whether they’re sneaking a cigarette when they say they’re not doesn’t seem all that important to me.
I have never smoked a cigarette in my life, but I HAVE reeked of cigarette smoke from being in proximity to others who were smoking. It clings strongly to certain fabrics and to hair. I used to shower immediately upon returning from a visit to my stepfather because the smell of my own hair almost nauseated me.
I understand that this may have absolutely nothing to do with the smell of smoke on Obama, but for an alleged “reporter” to jump to one conclusion without even asking when there is a simple and well know alternate cause is just sloppy, sloppy, sloppy.
The point is that as a member of the media, he’s suffering a sense of betrayal from a politician that’s the result of his own psychological projections. I thought we were buds! Why would he lie to me like that? It’s all about Jake, you see.
They’ll discuss anything EXCEPT the issues.
Yeah, he does sound like a scorned lover (albeit a paranoid one that jumps to that conclusion based on extremely tenuous evidence).
He’s not the first reporter who’s written about this. I think it was Matt Taibbi who caught him smoking.
“caught”?? as in “caught” in a blatant lie (cough - mispeak)??
I think the word “caught” should be used for times a candidate or senior campaign advisor/employee is seen doing something that flies against spoken policy/stance/proposal etc…maybe something like…oh I dunno…maybe Mark Penn, sr hrc campaign mgr, lobbying for Columbian Trade Agreement when HRC policy is firmly against it??? Penn says he was acting as a lobbyiest and not as HRC official…obv conclusion is hrc will bring people into her circle that may have their own agendas???
Do you mean like when Samantha Power said “just kidding” about the Iraqi troop withdrawal?
But seriously, Joe, this is off-topic. Stay on topic or the next time, your post will be deleted.
Obviously it’s been a while since any of you tried to quit smoking.