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>>You have to read further than the tabloid headlines. Obama is actually admitting that the Democrats are losing touch. Here is the quote from the actual interview in Rolling Stones:
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>It's true that Obama criticized HRC for not campaigning aggressively enough.
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>There is no question that Obama excels at campaigning. It's a pity those skills didn't translate into better executive skills and ability to craft sustainable policy. And that's where Obama's criticism of the Ds losing touch is something he needs to own. Frequently he tries to take the high ground where he was responsible for "going low". That's one of my biggest issues with Obama - absolutely zero accountability.
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>(Sadly, I don't see Trump being any better)
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>But Marcia is also generally correct about Obama's complaining about Fox News. You have to look at the history - he and the Ds have frequently engaged in this namby-pamby existentialist whining about conservative media for years. Yes, Fox News gets some items wrong and they have taken *some* steps to try to address the more egregious ones - but their D.C. news bureau and investigative reporters like Catherine Herridge have raised very legitimate issues about the Obama administration.
I take it you didn't read the article either. You'd see that Obama is not talking only about campaigning, but also about policies (sustainable or not, that's debatable, especially considering the situation in 2009) and how they affect people.
To your point of ...accountability. That's most of the time used as a great sound bite, but I'd like to know what you think that accountability in democracy is. From what I see, the dems have lost big during this election, and I'd think that's the most serious reflection on their accountability. As for FoxNews, let's be serious; anyone can make the argument that they're just another facet of the MSM. Actually, the "absolutely zero accountability" is a superlative that I may have heard mentioned on that very station.
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