Are they afraid to tell Obama bad news

[petch751]

Originally Posted by Slithytoves

I don't know how anyone would think it plausible that Obama would know that the mechanism to launch his signature initiative was so flawed and do nothing about it. He would never have wanted this embarrassment. Look how it's playing.

I think it's much more likely that he was underinformed because of other imminent problems...oh, I dunno, like maybe the threat of a government shutdown at the very same time the site was due to launch?

As a manager, I frequently encountered situations where problems were minimized to me, for a variety of reasons. I am sure the situation only gets worse when you are the POTUS.

He should have had the common sense to ask specifics on how it was going. Obama should have "tried to sign up for Obamacare" himself.

[Wapasha]

Originally Posted by petch751

Obama claims he didn't know about Fast & Furious, Benghazi, IRS, Obamacare. It is either of these

Obama is lying
His yes men keep bad news away from Obama to protect him
They are afraid to tell Obama

Seems like anyone in the news media who tells the truth, who dares to tell it like it is, is viewed as one of the enemy. I can only assume the folks working in the 0bama administration are at least as politically partisan as they are in the news media.