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RUSH: I mentioned earlier that Bob Woodward\u2019s book is out and that it\u2019s got a lot of unflattering things about Obama in terms of leadership. There isn\u2019t much. Decision-making. There isn\u2019t much.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Woodward was on Good Morning America today. George Stephanopoulos interviewed him about The Price of Politics<\/a>. That\u2019s Woodward\u2019s book. “Your bottom line is that successful presidents like Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton largely work their will, but you reach the conclusion that in this case, in this struggle, Barack Obama did not” work his will.<\/p>\n

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WOODWARD: Yes, simply because our financial house is not in order. This isn\u2019t a budget issue or a credit rating issue. This is: Is the government going to have money to pay its bills? And, in the end, that\u2019s the president\u2019s job. Yes, it\u2019s Congress\u2019s job, too, but there\u2019s such a thing as presidential leadership. Look, it\u2019s quite obvious that Obama has a distance from these people. He doesn\u2019t spend the time. He hasn\u2019t built the relationships. And those human relationships matter. This book is a warning document. We are right back in the problem, and this can affect everyone in a very serious way.<\/p>\n

RUSH: He\u2019s talking about the debt deal last year. That\u2019s what he\u2019s talking about. There was no Obama leadership. He didn\u2019t even know how to get hold of Boehner after the 2010 midterms! The debt deal comes up… Obama hasn\u2019t cared about these guys. No bipartisanship, no cooperation. He doesn\u2019t care where they are. He doesn\u2019t care how to even get hold of them. The debt deal comes up, simply paying bills. Woodward makes it clear he\u2019s not talking about credit rating issue or the budget issue.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s just simply paying the bills, and Obama was not showing any leadership on this at all. Stephanopoulos here is beside himself that Woodward is doing this 56 days before an election. Stephanopoulos says, “As you know, a lot of your critics have said the President was facing an implacable foe, the Republicans, on a crusade. What should voters take away? We\u2019re only 56 days away” here, Bob! What the hell are you doing? “You studied this for a couple of years. What should voters take away going to the polls?”<\/line><\/p>\n

WOODWARD: People have read it the other way and said, “Look, the Republicans are a brick wall,” which they are, “and it\u2019s really hard to get around them. But, you know, World War II was hard to win, but President Roosevelt made sure that we won it.” And that\u2019s what presidents are there for, and it depends on how you\u2019re going to raise the bar and what your level of expectation is. And I think the public should have the highest expectation of their leaders.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Oh, man, this is not going over well at ABC. (interruption) “Woodward is engaging in racism, here. There\u2019s no question about it.” That\u2019s right. It\u2019s very clear. FDR, white president, won World War II. Obama, black president, can\u2019t pay the bills. Racism! It\u2019s simple. Here\u2019s Woodward apparently unaware that this charge will be forthcoming. He\u2019s just out there. He\u2019s got his book coming out, and really it\u2019s not favorable to Obama at all. And these ABC guys can\u2019t believe that Woodward said this. They think he\u2019s on their team. They can\u2019t understand why Woodward would put this book out now (with 56 days to go) basically saying Obama phones it in half the time. Half the time he doesn\u2019t phone because he doesn\u2019t know how to phone. They\u2019re beside themselves.<\/p>\n

Diane Sawyer, said to Woodward, “[Y]ou\u2019re delivering ammunition to the opposition.” She means: “Do you know what you\u2019re doing here?” Here\u2019s what she said…<\/p>\n

SAWYER: Here, in an election year, there are going to be people who are going to say you\u2019re delivering some ammunition to his opposition.<\/p>\n

WOODWARD: I am not delivering ammunition. I am trying to describe what happened.<\/p>\n

RUSH: So these people at ABC can\u2019t figure this out. (paraphrased exchange) Diane Sawyer says, “Bob, do you know what you\u2019re doing? You\u2019re supplying the Republicans ammunition here against Obama! What the hell are you doing? Reeeecycliiiiiiing!” And Woodward says, “I\u2019m not doing that. I\u2019m just trying to describe what happened out there.” Last night on World News Tonight on ABC, during a report about Woodward\u2019s book, there\u2019s an interview. In this interview, Obama was talking about a speech that he delivered criticizing Ryan\u2019s budget plan.<\/p>\n

<\/a>OBAMA: I was not aware when I gave that speech that Jack Ryan (sic) was going to be sittin\u2019 right there. We made a mistake.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Now, I\u2019ll explain this. The point of contention, the bone of contention is that Obama\u2019s a mean guy, that he was going to rip Ryan\u2019s Medicare reform proposal budget plan to shreds. But he lied and invited Ryan to come over to this big moment where Obama\u2019s making a speech about it. They lured Ryan there, as I understand it, with the idea that he was going to be treated not as an equal, but given some respect by Obama as somebody seriously engaged in trying to reform a problem, a situation and fix it.<\/p>\n

And instead what Obama did, what really happened, was he tore into Ryan and tore into the plan with Ryan sitting in the front row. So they asked Obama about that and he said, “No, no, I didn\u2019t know that Jack Ryan was going to be sitting there. We made a mistake.” Now, Ryan\u2019s first name is not Jack. Jack Ryan is a character in the Tom Clancy books, the Hunt for Red October and all those books. This is Paul Ryan, vice presidential candidate with Mitt Romney. He\u2019s from Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

So Obama has now done the double insult. First he invites him and reams him or embarrasses him in the front row, or calls him out. Then when asked about it, he says, “No, no, I didn\u2019t know Jack Ryan was going to be there,” and this is the nice guy? This is the guy the Romney camp says, “This is the nice guy”? Republican consultants say he\u2019s a nice guy? He\u2019s not a nice guy. He is a cutthroat, vicious politician. He\u2019s not a nice guy. He\u2019s not cool, calm, collected.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s a very cold guy, actually.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Jack Ryan was Obama\u2019s original Senate opponent whose divorce records Obama sneakily uncovered and released and made public, forcing Ryan out of the race. Standard modus operandi for Obama: Clear the playing field. Not level it. Just get rid of your opponent. That\u2019s what they\u2019ve tried to do with Romney. That\u2019s why all the character assassination ads against Romney. Romney is squeaky clean. He\u2019s Mr. Clean and Pure as the wind-driven snow. Romney is a felon. Romney killed a guy\u2019s wife. He\u2019s this, he\u2019s that. Romney is a Mormon. It\u2019s the standard modus operandi. Obama clears the field. He tries to eliminate any opposition, not beat them. And Jack Ryan, in addition to being a Tom Clancy character, was actually the name of his Senate opponent in Illinois whose divorce records he unsealed. That\u2019s why he had Jack Ryan on his mind. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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