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“Every column he’s written in the Washington Post for the last two years has been a job application”

Rumors that Zakaria could receive a high-level post in the Obama administration have persisted since before the 2008 election, when Zakaria himself admitted he was “flattered” to hear his name bandied about as a potential pick for Secretary of State.

Speculation has only increased over the years, as Zakaria and Obama bonded over several face-to-face sit-downs and powwows about critical world events. It has even been reported that the president phones the CNN talking head to get “wisdom and advice about issues around the world.”…

With Zakaria at the helm, things could get “incredibly dangerous” at Foggy Bottom, where the State Department is headquartered, said a senior GOP Senate aide.

“The policy of Barack Obama is to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. Fareed Zakaria is now to the left of Barack Obama on Iran. There’s no way someone like that is qualified to be Secretary of State,” said the source.

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I remember thinking yesterday that they couldn’t have many crappier choices than John F’in Kerry as SecState in a potential second term.

How wrong I was.

teke184 on April 17, 2012 at 2:43 PM

Ugh.

I’d take Hillary to keep as SoS any day of the week over Zakaria.

Logus on April 17, 2012 at 2:44 PM

second Obama administration

What a scary thought.

rbj on April 17, 2012 at 2:45 PM

The America-basing azz can go straight to Hell, with Obama.

Schadenfreude on April 17, 2012 at 2:46 PM

basing = bashing

Schadenfreude on April 17, 2012 at 2:47 PM

Is it just me, or does he look like a sleestak from Land of the Lost?

Christien on April 17, 2012 at 2:49 PM

So, is Zakaria stroking Obama, or vice-verse?

topdog on April 17, 2012 at 2:49 PM

Zakaria was born in Mumbai (then Bombay), Maharashtra, India, to a Konkani Muslim family.

Which way does he lean?

derecho on April 17, 2012 at 2:49 PM

Sickening sycophant.

thebrokenrattle on April 17, 2012 at 2:49 PM

Scumbag.

8thAirForce on April 17, 2012 at 2:52 PM

It has even been reported that the president phones the CNN talking head to get “wisdom and advice about issues around the world.”…

Like the name of the Falkland islands?

MeatHeadinCA on April 17, 2012 at 2:52 PM

I was a longtime subscriber to Newsweek, until they turned into Obamaweek during the 2008 campaign. Fareed Zakaria’s columns there, going back 15 years or more, were consistently and persistently anti-American. In any and every international dispute he sided with Country X rather than the USA. Quite honestly I don’t think even Obama is so delusional as to think of Zakaria as a plausible candidate for Sec of State.

jwolf on April 17, 2012 at 2:53 PM

What is it with Hussein and skinny men with poting lips ?
This guy ,
Zakaria
and Kal Penn ?
All from same part of the world BTW

burrata on April 17, 2012 at 2:55 PM

And Calypso Louie will replace Eric Holder…

d1carter on April 17, 2012 at 2:57 PM

“But Romney is so much worse!”

happyed

Del Dolemonte on April 17, 2012 at 2:58 PM

And I thought the “Harold and Kumar” guy was a bad choice for an administration position.

jnelchef on April 17, 2012 at 2:59 PM

“Every column he’s written for the last two years has been a blow job application”

There – I added the missing word.

Zombie on April 17, 2012 at 3:01 PM

If it isn’t a perfect picture of Obamaism that a guy that has made his reputation as an anti-American is on Obama’s short list for ANYTHING, I haven’t seen it.

Warner Todd Huston on April 17, 2012 at 3:02 PM

In the film “Game Change”, amid the flood of 24-hour news clips from ’08, Mr. Zakaria’s slam on Sarah Palin was most jaw-dropping:

“It’s not that she doesn’t know the answers–it’s that she doesn’t understand the questions.”

Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on April 17, 2012 at 3:08 PM

Zakaria’s remedy: unite the legislature and the executive branch under a single leader who could resolve America’s fiscal issues with unilateral declarations.

So he’s for a dictatorship. Great.

blammm on April 17, 2012 at 3:08 PM

What was that Obama campaign slogan someone here posted last week?

Oh yeah, it was “America, Let’s Finish It Off”.

Ward Cleaver on April 17, 2012 at 3:09 PM

Sasha Baron Cohen, call your office.

Ward Cleaver on April 17, 2012 at 3:10 PM

Allow me to say this again.

Fareed Zakaria is the dumbest person at CNN and that is saying a lot for a network that employs Wolf Blitzer and Nancy Grace.

joekenha on April 17, 2012 at 3:11 PM

Does he tip Indian cabbies more?

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Christien on April 17, 2012 at 3:17 PM

Zakaria’s views on the Constitution and the American democratic system have also raised eyebrows.

“The truth is we have a pretty complicated, antiquated system that has become dysfunctional,” Zakaria told talk show host Charlie Rose last year.

He also has referred to the Electoral College as “highly undemocratic” and called the Senate “even more undemocratic,” advocating instead for “a set of amendments to modernize the Constitution for the 21st century.”

America’s system of check and balances, Zakaria maintained, creates political paralysis, damaging the country’s ability to be a world leader.

Zakaria’s remedy: unite the legislature and the executive branch under a single leader who could resolve America’s fiscal issues with unilateral declarations.

Terrific.

bitsy on April 17, 2012 at 3:19 PM

Scary!

Connie on April 17, 2012 at 3:22 PM

Free Bacon!?…oh dang.

ronsfi on April 17, 2012 at 3:25 PM

Fareed’s Dad was an ‘Islamic scholar’.

Part of Obama’s flexibility.

faraway on April 17, 2012 at 3:29 PM

Zakaria merits immediate disqualification on five counts:

1) he is a Muslim;
2) he worked for Newsweek;
3) he works for CNN;
4) he has a degree from Yale;
5) has has a degree from Harvard

socaguy on April 17, 2012 at 3:34 PM

This is one reason why Mitt should soon after the VP pick name a few on the list for cabinet level like State, Sec Def, and Treasury.

Just how will it look when John “the stash” Bolton goes against Fareed “Sorsos butt buddy and blame capitalism first” Zakaria

tjexcite on April 17, 2012 at 3:37 PM

Rumors that Zakaria could receive a high-level post in the Obama administration have persisted since before the 2008 election, when Zakaria himself admitted he was “flattered” to hear his name bandied about as a potential pick for Secretary of State.

The media industrial complex is almost complete.

portlandon on April 17, 2012 at 3:44 PM

Change this guys’ name to John Smith and he’s a big nobody.

Jeopardy veteran Wolf Blitzer has better qualifications for Sec. State.

BobMbx on April 17, 2012 at 3:51 PM

How about listing the abbreviation for the headline source as “F-B?” When I see “WFB,” I think Bill Buckley is posting from the beyond.

fiatboomer on April 17, 2012 at 4:02 PM

He’s outrageously pompous and anti-American. Sounds like the perfect pick for this Regime.

CorporatePiggy on April 17, 2012 at 4:41 PM

So being a giant invertabrate a**kisser is the sole qualification for one of the highest cabinet posts in government? Wow.

austinnelly on April 17, 2012 at 4:46 PM

“Every column he’s written in the Washington Post for the last two years has been a job application”

HotAir poll time.

When you saw that headline, who did you think it was about?

My guess was Ezra Klein.

Beauty of this is that you could have guessed any of several people. EJ Dionne. Zakaria. And plenty of others. . .

Chuckles3 on April 17, 2012 at 7:51 PM