Monica Crowley Laughs at Eleanor Clift’s Foolish Comment About Obama, Reagan and Libya
Eleanor Clift on this weekend's “McLaughlin Group” made a truly absurd comment about the disparate ways Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan handled Libya during their respective presidencies that left Monica Crowley in stitches. After Clift mocked Reagan by saying, “You don’t need leadership that goes into a Muslim country all alone,” Monica laughed loudly before replying, “American presidential leadership, Eleanor, never goes out of style” (video follows with transcript and commentary): MONICA CROWLEY, WASHINGTON TIMES: By the way, we've done these no-fly zones over the former Yugoslavia, over Iraq. It doesn't necessarily prevent the kind of humanitarian slaughter that we're trying to prevent here. Look, two differences between Reagan and Obama. Number one, American leadership. Reagan didn't wait for any kind of international stamp of approval to move. And number two, with Reagan, there was a clear mission, a clear strategy, and clear American presidential leadership. ELEANOR CLIFT, NEWSWEEK: That was before 9/11. CROWLEY: We've had none of that in this case. CLIFT: That was before 9/11, before George W. Bush… CROWLEY: It doesn't matter! You know what, you can argue, Eleanor, that post-9/11 you need it even more.
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on March 27, 2011. Filed under