Late Friday afternoon, President Barack Obamawent to the White House press room after HouseSpeaker John Boehner reportedly walked away from the debt-ceiling negotiation.
He had some very stern words about Boehner and the Republicans in the House. But Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer wasn’t impressed with Obama’s anger.
During Friday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, Krauthammer said this was Obama at his worst.
“This is Obama at his most sanctimonious, demagogic, self-righteous and arrogant,” Krauthammer said. “And given the baseline, it wasn’t a pretty sight. Look, he started out by summoning the leaders of Congress – summoning on them at 11:00, who does he think he is? In the American system, the executive and Congress are coequal … The way he demanded their appearance in the OvalOffice I thought was disgraceful,” Krauthammer said.
He said the president’s consternation was curious because Obama has yet to publicly offer his own plan.
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