From CPAC, CBS’s Jeff Greenfield Claims It Was ‘Rarely Heard’ in 2010 That Obama Was Soft on Terror
On Saturday's Early Show on CBS, reporter Jeff Greenfield offered a story from CPAC, but warned that conservatives shouldn't be questioning Obama's belief in American exceptionalism or his war on terrorism. That's apparently a risky scheme. Greenfield ran clips from several presidential contenders questioning Obama and his anti-terror policies and concluded, “This was a theme that was rarely heard last year when Republicans won big victories centered on the unhappiness with the economy. And it's an open question whether it will strike a chord with voters who may not share this view of the President.” Can Greenfield honestly claim that no one running for the House or Senate last year talked about Obama's anti-terror policies or questioned how America now looks in the eyes of the world? Or is Greenfield just trying to tell his audience that conservatives only won because of the economy, so don't listen to them when they run down the other Obama policies? CBS anchor Betty Nguyen preceded the CPAC story with a note on the coming budget battle: “House Republicans, they are calling for deep cuts in hundreds of government programs . The GOP estimates the amount to be about 61 billion dollars in savings. Now they're bowing to last-minute demands of Tea Party-backed conservatives, who said not enough was being done to cut costs. But the proposal stands little chance of becoming law, since Democrats control the Senate.” With 3.5 trillion in spending, how can media outlets call this tiny fraction “deep cuts”? Notice how CBS suggests even this miniscule reduction is completely
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