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Las Vegas Review-Journal publisher: Obama thinks "he must apologize to the world" through "U.S. relief to Haiti"

January 20, 2010 9:00 am ET by Media Matters staff

From an op-ed in the January 20 edition of the Las Vegas Review-Journal by publisher Sherman Frederick:

After a full year, the people have grown weary of a president who talks pretty, promises much and delivers nothing. The misery facts don't lie: Obama Nation has brought us a 10 percent unemployment rate (1.7 million more people unemployed today than a year ago); almost $2 trillion of new outstanding public debt, and 139 bank failures.

Add to that the arrogance of a leader who thinks he's so much more self-aware than the presidents before him that he must apologize to the world for American "selfishness" (U.S. relief to Haiti, hello?), while at the same time failing to enact policies to keep Americans safe from al-Qaida terrorists, and it is no wonder Democrats find themselves in a woozy state this morning.

Previously:

LV Review-Journal publisher falsely claims no domestic terrorism cases since 9-11 under Bush

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    • Author by mmfa.fan (January 20, 2010 9:05 am ET)
         
      Yeah, he should withhold aid like a real patriot.
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    • Author by nerzog (January 20, 2010 9:24 am ET)
         
      So, this Troglodyte thinks the correct thing to do would be to... what.... ignore Haiti? Let them suffer? Hello?

      Notice how, in true Republitoad fashion, he blames the unemployment numbers on Obama. Yeah, yeah... I've heard the rhetoric about not blaming Bush any more... but its f***ing true. Bush handed Obama a broken economy. It's a fact; live with it.
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    • Author by roland (January 20, 2010 9:28 am ET)
         
      Interesting that he doesn't mention how the economy was shedding something to the tune of 800,000 jobs a month when Bush left office and in November we actually had job GAINS.
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    • Author by New Frontier (January 20, 2010 9:37 am ET)
         
      U.S. relief to Haiti, hello? Did you people forget we have slot machines to fill here?? And the Red Cross?? Hello? No way, Jose. Not when we have empty blackjack tables.
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    • Author by rms (January 20, 2010 9:42 am ET)
         
      Frederick: "Add to that the arrogance of a leader who thinks he's so much more self-aware than the presidents before him that he must apologize to the world for American "selfishness" (U.S. relief to Haiti, hello?)."

      I didn't do particularly well on my SAT's, but isn't that what they call a non-sequitur?
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    • Author by bilbo_dies (January 20, 2010 10:07 am ET)
         
      Nothing like a negative story in the paper.

      I guess we don't have to wonder if he is in the Pro or Anti Obama camp.
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    • Author by pros2pros2940 (January 20, 2010 10:20 am ET)
         
      Well......it looks like he learned all of the right wing talking points. Good boy, Sherman.
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    • Author by shaggles (January 20, 2010 11:52 am ET)
         
      Like Bush was apologizing to the world when he sent relief for the 2004 tsunami?
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