The Understatement Award for the first half of 2015 goes to retiring
Face the Nation host and long-time
CBS newsman Bob Schieffer, interviewed by Howard Kurtz on
Media Buzz for
Fox News Channel, as
reported by
Politico. Of President Obama, Schieffer said:
I think the whole political world was struck by this fella who sort of came out of nowhere with this very unusual name and when he won out in Iowa, I think people sat up and took notice. Maybe we were not skeptical enough.
Only "maybe?" A first term Senator with almost no background, accomplishments or experience and a murky past and associates? What could possibly go wrong?