Dan Rather on Rice Withdrawal: ‘Obama Can Be Rolled for His Wallet and His Watch’
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Posted on Monday, December 17, 2012 11:20:42 AM by Sub-Driver
Dan Rather on Rice Withdrawal: ‘Obama Can Be Rolled for His Wallet and His Watch’ By Fred Lucas December 17, 2012
(CNSNews.com) – Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather said President Barack Obama looked weak for allowing United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice to step aside from being nominated for Secretary of State.
“He should have said she’s my nominee, let’s take it to a vote. Because what has happened today plays into the perception, the perception that’s been growing among the Republicans that in street language, President Obama can be rolled for his wallet and his watch,” Rather said during an interview on the Rachel Maddow show on MSNBC. “He’s not a guy who’s going to put up much of a fight, even when he feels strongly about it, even when he has a strong emotional and loyalty quotient, won’t fight for it.”
Obama never formally nominated Rice to replace outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. However, most reports indicated he was likely to do so. Rice appeared on five Sunday news programs and gave misleading information about the terrorist attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya.
Rather continued, “For me, personally, I think it’s a little early to make that judgment. But that perception is out there. And what happened today plays right into that perception. Another way of – you’ve heard it said, President Obama plays soft, he’s too soft.
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