Good for James. Fareed has become a joke, just last Sunday he blamed Bush for the flotilla incident…..continuing to carry teh One’s water — everything is someone elses fault — but mostly Bush’s. This s why CNN is bleeding viewers.

Damn these libs are violent..I think mediaite should ban them from commenting here. I’m getting kinda scared..how about you..shoot/from/the/hip?

Let’s see, by all accounts, Zakaria is the brightest man on American cable “news”. TfT disagrees with him. Therefore, Zakaria is a joke. I think you’re missing the joke, TfT.

TfT IS the joke here.

Seriously, she’s nuts. At least on CNN, personalities can criticize each other and have an open disagreement with a viewpoint ON THEIR AIR.

Unlike at Fox News, where Roger Ailes tells everyone “No more shooting inside the tent” and says “We prefer people in the tent not dumping on other people in the tent.”

(http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/ailes_to_the_dc_staff_no_more_shooting_inside_the_tent_155444.asp)

Although I’m not surprised that a dull, biased, close-minded woman like TfT would take this opportunity to bash Fareed. He’s a few IQ levels above you, sweetie…sorry.

Let’s see, by all accounts, Zakaria is the brightest man on American cable “news”.

That would be your OPINE King. I know you think that makes it fact, but it doesn’t.

MichelleF, instead of rambling, how about you counter-argue his point and present to us who YOU think is the smartest individual on cable news.

We eagerly await your response.

Hey VIK, How do you even know what TfT’s IQ is? I think you are making assumptions.

wtf is a football bat? MEDIAITE, the opt out ads are friggen annoying, now i will never buy a benz!

Vik, again you are making assumptions. This time, you assume I would use my precious time to talk to the likes of you. Sorry, my frosted flakes are more important!

In other words MichelleF….you’ve got nothing.

(what a shock)

P.S. Somehow, I’m not surprised that food takes priority in your life….

I’ll let Mr. Zakaria’s credentials speak for themselves, Michelle. I will admit that when one is well-educated, well-read, highly analytical, articulate and well-prepared, I admire and respect them. It is a serious fault I have, to be sure.

Enjoy your Frosted Flakes and Glen(n) today.

Zakaria, a Newsweek editor ”

That explains everything. He is an Obama shill.

I really am cautious of ‘journalists’ the likes of Fareed Zakaria and Charles Krauthammer. Both endorsed 2008 Presidential candiates. Zakaria with Pres Obama and Krauthammer with Sen. McCain.

Eached used some of their journalistic capital and told their viewers/readers who they assessed as being the best person to become President. They each spent some of their integrity with endorsing. For me, there’s more journalistic downside to endorse a politician at all. Minimum upside. For me. More selfish, than useful.

In this case with Zakaria, since his endorsement of Candidate Obama, I have always taken his views on Pres. Obama with a grain of salt. Zakaria is more likely to defend his endorsment/opinion and less likely or less promptly to be critical of Pres. Obama. He has some journalistic integrity or skin in the game in condemning many of his policies or performance. It has less meaning for me.

Vik Sidhu says:’

“Unlike at Fox News, where Roger Ailes tells everyone “No more shooting inside the tent” and says “We prefer people in the tent not dumping on other people in the tent.” ”

LOL

Like MSNBC which removed Donny Douche because he mentioned KO’s name?

Vic your village is missing its idiot. YOU!

notsofast – typical righty, slurping up everything he reads as fact without thinking.

Too bad you dipped into your “talking points” purse and pulled out the “He’s an Obama shill” card. Sorry to break it to you, but Zakaria is the editor of Newsweek’s INTERNATIONAL edition, not the U.S. edition.

If you’ve actually READ this international edition, you’d realize that there’s very little American news & political discussion in it.

And as for MSNBC – who said I’m defending them?

If you’ve actually READ this international edition

Lib translation – if you don’t agree, well then you are just stupid! Blah, Blah, Blah. You and King need to find new arguments. That one is getting so tired.

LOL @ MichelleF…speaking of “assumptions”….who said I’m a liberal?

Wow, I didn’t know Frosted Flakes made people so idiotic.

Sorry to break it to you, but Zakaria is the editor of Newsweek’s INTERNATIONAL edition, not the U.S. edition”

hate to break it to you lib, but he also writes an opinion column for Newsweek and Newsweek has fallen so hard that its up for sale.

Another lib failure like The Nation which sent out pleas to its readers for donations fo keep it afloat!

Vik Sidhu says:
June 11, 2010 at 10:18 am

LOL @ MichelleF…speaking of “assumptions”….who said I’m a liberal?”

Vic, don’t be ashamed of what you are. I’m not ashamed of what you are.

It is sooooooooooooo funny that libs are ashamed to be libs.

I love it.

As the late David Halberstam showed in his book, “The Best and the Brightest”, those with impressive academic credentials and degrees sometimes make big mistakes. Tragic and profound ones.

For those not familiar with the story, Halberstam was referring to the “whiz kids” of the JFK Administration (Robert McNamara et al.) who promoted “brilliant policies that defied common sense”, i.e, Vietnam.

Sorry, Steve, but every time I have fallen into this anti-intellectual, anti-education pit the righties so enjoy, I have had difficulty emerging. I think there was no clearer example of this than the W. administration. I’ll stick with the smart guys every time.

Haha!

Well I’ll give you this, notsofast…you are freakin’ hilarious.

Instead of responding with facts or logic, you’re ramming liberalism down my throat and INSIST that I’m a liberal (even though I’m not). And just because Fareed writes ONE column for Newsweek U.S. doesn’t mean much either (writing ONE column /=/ managing an ENTIRE international-based magazine).

Although at this point, you need to cling on anything you can to not come across as a complete moron.

(too late, btw)

Michelle,

“If you’ve actually READ this international edition
Lib translation – if you don’t agree, well then you are just stupid! Blah, Blah, Blah. ”

I find it interesting that you are denigrating someone for using an argument similar to the one you use when people criticize Glenn. “Well, if you actually watched Glenn…”

TRRK ” I’ll stick with the smart guys every time.”

like Jimma Carter? Brilliant man, just couldn’t do a damn thing right though. Kinda like President Kickass now, eh?

I’ll stick with the smart guys every time.

My point is just because they have impressive resumes doesn’t mean they’re not fallible. Besides, there were many smart people in the Bush Adminstration (Wolfowitz’s and Kristol’s credentials are equal if not better than Zakaria’s) who failed to recognize the limits of American power.

Zakaria comments stand and fall on their own. It doesn’t matter what his academic background is.

You make a good point, Steve.

Bill Kristol has never struck me as an intelligent conservative. His father (whose coat-tails he rode), absolutely, but not Bill.

(Wolfowitz’s and Kristol’s credentials are equal if not better than Zakaria’s

Yeah, Kristol didn’t serve in the Administration but you get my point.

Both have Phd’s and were credentialed professors – Kristol at Harvard and Wolf. at Yale – at one time.

I never knew Kristol was in W’s administration.

Wolfowitz’s implosion was interesting, I will grant. He always seemed to live his life as if he were in the midst of some on-going pubescent masturbatory fantasy, didn’t he? I suppose there is a certain appeal to that, but, indeed, it is not very productive.

Bill Kristol has never struck me as an intelligent conservative

Yeah, me either. But if you look at his academic record, it’s very impressive.

Again, nice looking resumes with academic accomplishments on them don’t necessarily translate into wisdom.

He always seemed to live his life as if he were in the midst of some on-going pubescent masturbatory fantasy, didn’t he?

I think that mental picture is entirely in your own head.

And once again you need to drag the discussion down when it’s about your opponents. You just can’t help yourself, can you?

You don’t seem to realizing I was conceding the point to you about Wolfowitz. He was impressive academically, but personally and professionally his life was a wreck.

Try not to be so prickly.

Since you all brought Bush up. I just heard a clip of a reporter asking Pelosi how long they will blame Bush for everything and she said, “until the problems go away!”. HAHA, a moment of truth from the left. I love it when they accidentally tell the truth.

He was impressive academically, but personally and professionally his life was a wreck.

Try not to be so prickly.

Don’t post juvenile material and I’ll be just swell.

Back to the original article, I’d say the “Ragin’ Cajun” is laying the groundwork for the Hillary Express 2012.

Agreed Tim.

This just goes to show you that a Columbia and Harvard education does not teach leadership. I’ve seen 2nd Lieutenants with more leadership that Obama.

Our left wing posters seem to be forgetting that the article is about Carville criticizing Zakaria, not Fox News criticizing Zakaria. Anything to divert from the fact that sometimes, even people on the left can recognize that Obama has been dropping the ball on the Gulf situation.

Vik Sidhu says:
June 11, 2010 at 10:18 am

LOL @ MichelleF…speaking of “assumptions”….who said I’m a liberal?

Vik Sidhu says:
June 11, 2010 at 10:13 am

notsofast – typical righty,

Hey, Vic, who is calling whom names?

Instead of responding with facts or logic”

LOL

Everything I posted IS a fact!

“what worries me is that we have gotten to the point where we expect the president to somehow magically solve every problem in the world, appear to be doing it and to reflect our anger and emotion. This is a kind of bizarre trivializing of the presidency into some kind of national psychiatrist-in-chief.”

So would he say that same thing about the Bush response to Katrina??

what worries me is that we have gotten to the point where we expect the president to somehow magically solve every problem in the world, appear to be doing it and to reflect our anger and emotion. This is a kind of bizarre trivializing of the presidency into some kind of national psychiatrist-in-chief.”

Maybe the left shouldn’t have billed him as the messiah. That was their mistake. Some people (not me) actually believed that.

I have to admit, I kinda like the ol’ “Ragin’ Cajun”. He is nothing if not entertaining. And I can’t really find fault with anything he said here.

Yeah Vid, it takes a “high IQ” like Fareed has to blame Bush for all the wrongs in the world. Yup, that’s the ticket. If you don’t see the joke of the elites in the media, like Fareed, who can’t see beyond his own BDS, then it’s your IQ that is in question, not mine.

A poll was conducted by Abrams, Herzog & Filippi Analytics for United States of Earth and the result was 71% of registered Dems think that the govt should nationalize BP operations to make them pay for cleanup of the gulf. 26% do not approve and 3% are not sure.

Guess most of them agree with Rosey O after all.

To add to the argument that having academic success and many degrees doesn’t make a person so smart—case in point, Michael Savage. He has a PhD. and is a raving psychotic lunatic. Even Limbaugh has no use for him, and I admire him for that.

Zakaria is right, Carville is wrong. Common sense, and even headed/handedness is what this situation needs. You can’t expect Obama to fix this thing on his own. It’s a sucky situation caused by a lack of over sight, corrupt regulators and a political culture that is both complicit and inept. Democrats need to take a page from the Republicans: stop attacking your president in public.

Ali Vonal, I am only holding BHO to his own oh so elegant and grandiose rhetoric.

As George Will wrote:

“Actually, they [journalists] are round-heeled romantics, such pushovers for a new swain that they did not laugh until their ribs squeaked when Barack Obama concluded his triumphal St. Paul, Minn., speech by proclaiming: “I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick …”

It is absolutely certain that generations from now someone will remember that even before that night in St. Paul, care was provided to the sick in America. Obama also asserted that future generations would say that “this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal …” The man and the moment have met.”

http://www.newsweek.com/2008/06/07/as-the-oceans-rise.html

He won the Presidency with his words. Unfortunately for both him and us his new job requires more than just talk.

@Michelle

The only people I’ve heard call Obama the “Messiah” are conservatives.

what are ya nutz?!

OF COURSE HILLARY WOULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB!

the best fema director in history, james lee witt, would have been there on day one and Bill Clinton would have moved to the Gulf for the duration.

and hillary would NEVER have proposed to lift the 30 year old offshore drilling moratorium like obama did. never.

Stephen, conservatives definately do NOT think he is the messiah.

Here’s a sampling, Stephen:

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, another powerful Chicago-based political figure associated with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and other long-time associates of Democratic Party presidential candidate Barack Obama, is leaving no doubt about what he thinks of the leader in the campaign for the White House.

He says when Obama talks “the Messiah is absolutely speaking.”

“In a way Obama is standing above the country, above the world. He’s sort of GOD. He’s going to bring all different sides together.”

- Newsweek editor Evan Thomas

Stephen Hogan says:
June 11, 2010 at 2:42 pm

@Michelle

The only people I’ve heard call Obama the “Messiah” are conservatives.”

LOL

Try Barry himself.

“Wednesday, June 04, 2008

“This was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal.”

Most megalomaniacal line in Barack Obama’s speech last night. We laughed a lot.

Time for you to go, James. You are a personal emotional mess and quite irrational & incapable of objectivity. Acting more like a typical knee-jerk Republiscum. A crazed canary – in search of a cage.

Damn it, another guy I very often disagree with politically speaking his mind well. I guess I’m supposed to hate you James because you’re a Democrat. Won’t do it. Let me buy you a beer.

MichelleF says:
June 11, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Stephen, conservatives definately do NOT think he is the messiah.

—-

Of course not.

Brigham Young is the Messiah.

That shows how much you know about our religion, King.

RazorsEdge says:
June 11, 2010 at 10:05 am

I really am cautious of ‘journalists’ the likes of Fareed Zakaria and Charles Krauthammer.

.

Krauthammer is a “JOURNALIST”? Based on what?

James C. take your medication , we all are upset, so we don’t need you becoming another one of those media
complainers demanding action and solutions. Federal and State policies and restrictions for years have allowed corporations to run wild the good old fox watching the hen house position. Yes, the leak needs fixing right now, yes change of policy and restrictions will be a battle to pass congress when the people lobbing have much too much money to control and keep the status quo. What you are yelling about is understandable but not productive, have a beer, use your talents, skills and intelligence and stop with the dramatics we have enough of those types on the news and it’s not helpful.