Is the media mischaracterizing Obama’s comments about America going soft?

He said “America had gotten a little soft” and then inferred it is for this reason we’ve lost our competitive edge. Once again he is blaming somebody else for the lose of competitiveness. Politicians in Washington aren’t to blame no matter what type of regulations they have put in place. Nope. Fat lazy and soft Americans and their lack of Ivy League education are to blame.

we didn’t have that same competitive edge that we needed over the last couple of decades. We need to get back on track.”….
…..says the man who doesn’t even believe in American exceptionalism !!
…..says the man who blames America for every evil in the world !!
…..says the man who wants NASA to be a clearing house for jihadi innovations !!
…..says the man whose wife has never been proud of her country !!
Sorry TRS, it doesn’t matter what he says or how he says it, we KNOW EXACTLY what he means.
If he really wanted the country to get back on the competitive track, he could have done miracles when he had the opportunity with millions of Annenberg Foundation dollars he had at his disposal in Chicago , and set an example to be followed by rest of the country .
He is a bitter hatefilled islamomarxist. That’ll never ever change whatever the words that come out of his mouth

Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth, Mr. Right Scoop. If the mainstream media wants to crucify Obama, let ‘em.

From this short clip alone, it’s nearly impossible to tell because he’s mixed together so many verb tenses.

Such are the perils of being off teleprompter.

I guess the govt. will make america strong using “investments”

It does seem as if he is talking of our softness competitively…as in losing our manufacturing base for example. However…like most all media…it lacks context. What was the question asked? What was he responding too? Unfortunately BO has a history of associations decidedly anti-American and in the last 2 1/2 years has used his bully pulpit around the world to actually denigrate America and American’s (IMO). He has established his credentials as it relates to his deeper feelings about the country he is trying to lead. So, it is not surprising that headlines would trend negatively. The right can be just as guilty of spin as the left and take what is said out of context…and on it’s face …so it seems with this soundbite. But, I would like to hear the remark in full context. Belittling America would certainly fit his profile…but may be unfair in this case. To be honest, reporting Obama rhetoric and antics fully and openly is much more beneficial than spin. His ideology, polices, and worldview will ensure his defeat…he really doesn’t need help.

Competitive edge?? How can we have one when Obama has slapped over 6000 new regulations on businesses in the last two years alone! That’s over 180 million lines of legalese that businesses have to conform to.

The legal fees and downsizing of companies is strangling job growth. Obama will have to be long gone, and Congress will have to reverse the regulation nightmare before we see any type of job growth… not to mention repealing Obamacare.

This is the lost administration. Everything Obama does must be undone to make us prosperous again.

The only thing gone soft in this country is support for zero, it is so soft, it has completely melted down. The lefto community organizer can’t even get a decent protest going these days!

I’m not taking on what Obama said. I’m taking issue with what the media SAID he said. This is the same media that deified Obama as “sort of a god”.

The phrase “with all due respect” comes to mind. What little respect this president has garnered has little to do with the voting public and a lot to do with the media tongue-bath he got from day one.
That respect has drained away.
Now that lapdog media has turned on its master. Untrustworthy, unprincipled, and divorced from the truth, the state sponsored corporate media struggles to remain relevant. The mainstream media has swallowed journalistic poison. It has become the story.
Its not a good one.
That story spreads though the ‘new’ media, just like what you’re reading now.

Alternative media has nothing to sell you. It has nothing more than an ideological drumbeat. The fact that we can plainly hear the drumbeat is in fact the strength of new media. It does not couch its position in politically correct terms or censor itself at the behest of corporate sponsors. Issues are vetted at the speed of light. The new media is stealing the thunder from the old and the old media will do anything it can to survive including turning on its masters.

I can almost hear James Earl Jones warming up his sonorous pipes to introduce Matthew Drudge as “The most trusted name in news”.
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You’re splitting hairs over the tense. Whether he said “has” or “had” doesn’t matter. The real takeaway for me is how much trouble he had spitting out the word “great” when describing America.

God, I cannot stand listening to this man try to speak. It’s torture.

Once, just once, it’d be nice if our president said something positive about America without some insult thrown in that stokes his ego. Oh, right. America “had” gone soft and then he came along. What an ego this jerk has.