Obama allowed his kids to be interviewed recently by Access Hollywood. Ordinarily, this would be a minor dust-up because he's said many times that he wants to keep his kids out of the fray and his family life private. That's entirely understandable and even laudable. I think that's probably wise. On the other hand, he is the presumptive Democrat Nominee and he could presumably become our 44th President and a dignified interview of him and his family would be wholly appropriate if it was done by someone from a major news network- - but Access Hollywood?? Access Hollywood is like the National Enquirer on steroids. It's all tabloid, all the time. (Transcript from Michelle Malkin):
LAUER: …some people said wait a minute, the senator is trying to have it both ways. On the one hand, you want to protect your private life. On the other hand, here you are sitting with your two daughters and allowing them to answer questions. Did you make the right call on that?
OBAMA: Uh, you know, I think that we, uh, got carried away in the moment. We were having a birthday party and everybody was laughing, and suddenly this thing cropped up. And, uh, I didn’t catch it quickly enough. And I was surprised by the attention it received as well.
LAUER: Senator, if you had to do it over again?
OBAMA: Yah, I won’t be doing it again and we won’t be doing it again.
As Malkin points out, this interview was about as spontaneous as a planned vacation. Set up, make up, sound checks, etc. are not spur of the moment things.
Essentially, by admitting he made a mistake, he is saying he used bad judgment. That's not exactly something you want to hear from someone who might someday have his finger on the proverbial nuke button. "Ooopsie, I just got carried away in the moment!" It's a little disconcerting.
Had he said something to the effect that he was a aware of his past statements, but felt like it was time to briefly introduce his whole family to the public, probably no one would have said much. If asked "why AH?", he could have said he possibly could have chosen another network, but they were there and it went off well. It would hardly have raise an eyebrow after that. No harm, no foul, no big deal. It would have been quickly forgotten and could have even got some political hay out of it.
The problem is that when he was asked about it, he told us he screwed up. He didn't act fast enough.
That brings it from the minor leagues into the big leagues. If he can't keep track of what's going on in his own family, how in hell is he going to keep track of a country?
Bad judgment. One more reason not to vote for Barack Obama.
VW
Thanks to Michelle Malkin
Scarier and Scarier for sure.
Posted by: Kelly | Wednesday, July 09, 2008 at 16:21
Obama is and apparently shall always be 1. Teflon 2. Forgiven and 3. Unaccountable.
BZ
Posted by: Bloviating Zeppelin | Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 11:58