What’s this guy been smoking lately?
“I’m not going to let him win … so that he can take credit when the economy turns around,” Obama said, according to an aide.
Many on his team now regret not dispatching an aide of Plouffe’s stature to the cause in 2011, someone better equipped to go toe-to-toe with the likes of Karl Rove. People around Obama originally floated the idea of tapping Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker to run the effort, but Obama personally waved off aides who pestered him about it.
via Obama campaign roiled by conflict.
August 20, 2012 at 4:54 pm
Once agan, obama proves what a moron he is–in this instance, for the country’s good.
August 20, 2012 at 4:56 pm
Alternative eplanation: hr’s such an arrogant, vain ass he thinks he’s the nation’s irreplaceable heart throb.
August 20, 2012 at 5:03 pm
Andthen there’s this: ““I’m not going to let him win … so that he can take credit when the economy turns around,” THESE ARE NOT THE WORDS OF A SANE MAN.
August 20, 2012 at 5:24 pm
No, they aren’t.
August 20, 2012 at 5:24 pm
Unbelievable arrogance.