Reince Priebus: Obama ‘Abandoning The Ship’

RNC Chairman: Obama Is ‘Abandoning The Ship’ Like Italian Cruise Ship Captain

by Josh Feldman | 1:25 pm, January 29th, 2012

Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus appeared on Face the Nation today, and dismissed concerns that the fighting in the GOP was overblown by the media and drew parallels to the 2008 Democratic primary race, but in speaking candidly about President Obama, Priebus compared his leadership to the infamous captain of the Italian cruise ship whose actions proved to be somewhat cowardly when faced with disaster.

“In a few months, this is all going to be ancient history, and we’re going to talk about our own little Captain Schettino, which is President Obama, who’s abandoning the ship here in the United States and is more interested in campaigning than doing his job as president.”