AP's Sidoti calls Obama "novice" commander in chief

babylonsister

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Wed Nov-11-09 08:05 AM
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AP's Sidoti calls Obama "novice" commander in chief

No agenda here, is there. Love the straight, unbiased news from the AP. :eyes:

http://mediamatters.org/blog/200911110001

AP's Sidoti calls Obama "novice" commander in chief

November 11, 2009 2:40 am ET by Oliver Willis

AP:

They were more pessimistic about the direction of the country. They disapproved of Obama's handling of the economy a bit more than before. And, perhaps most striking for this novice commander in chief, more people have lost confidence in Obama on Iraq and Afghanistan over the last month. (emphasis added)

Perhaps the AP's Liz Sidoti can tell us about all those other Presidents who, in their first year in the presidency, were veterans at being commander in chief? As most people know, in the first year it's impossible to be a veteran commander in chief, because in order to be commander in chief you have to be elected to the presidency. They're all rookies in their first year.

Last April it was noted that Sidoti presented Republican presidential candidate John McCain a "treat" of donuts... with sprinkles.

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Warren Stupidity

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Wed Nov-11-09 08:34 AM
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1. Eisenhower Grant and Washington probably weren't novices

Edited on Wed Nov-11-09 08:35 AM by Warren Stupidity

however drawing presidents exclusively from the general staff would be a short road to the end of the republic.

edit: oops washington

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Jennicut

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Wed Nov-11-09 08:52 AM
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2. Sidoti is always crappily biased. But it is the AP so what do we expect.

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zulchzulu

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Wed Nov-11-09 09:05 AM
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3. Armchair chickenhawks like Sidoti can write why we should die for a narco-kleptocracy

The Endless War Crowd seem hellbent on sending troops into hell for their amusement.

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Romulox

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Wed Nov-11-09 09:05 AM
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4. The dictionary is your friend. Unrec. nt

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SKKY

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Wed Nov-11-09 11:31 AM
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5. Well duh! EVERY President with less than 1 year in office is a novice...

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ClarkUSA

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Wed Nov-11-09 11:39 AM
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6. Sidoti's boss is buddy of Karl Rove --> Media Matters: "The AP has a Ron Fournier problem"

But Fournier, now the wire service's D.C. bureau chief, shrugged off the embarrassing revelation, conceding only: "I regret the breezy nature of the correspondence."

Of course, Fournier wasn't simply being breezy. "Have a great weekend" -- that's "breezy."

Instead, Fournier was declaring sides. That was the implication of Fournier's note: "Karl, you might think the media are liberal, but you can trust me. And give me access and return my emails. Because I'm on your side."

http://mediamatters.org/columns/200807220006

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DrToast

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Wed Nov-11-09 11:50 AM
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7. I never noticed that Sidoti is an anagram for "Idiots." Coincidence? I think not!

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ClarkUSA

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Wed Nov-11-09 11:54 AM
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8. ROFL

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babylonsister

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Wed Nov-11-09 12:20 PM
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9. Whoa, PERFECT! Nice catch! nt

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Blue_Tires

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Wed Nov-11-09 01:03 PM
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11. +1

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tridim

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Wed Nov-11-09 01:12 PM
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13. So perfect! I'm glad there are people out there that recognize obvious anagrams.

I sure don't. My brain just doesn't work that way.

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Arugula Latte

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Wed Nov-11-09 12:56 PM
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10. AP is just absolutely disgusting.

Every morning my husband and I read each other the most biased, rightwing sentence from an AP story we can find. It's always easy to find one with very little effort.

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Cha

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Wed Nov-11-09 01:07 PM
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12. A freakin' hit piece from the mediawhore AP..

tough shite for sidoti that his hero, the donut eating mcpalin, couldn't pull off the theft.

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