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Obama: A New Kind of Leader Marching to a Different Drummer
Michelle Obama's Mirror ^ | 8-12-2013 | MOTUS

Posted on 08/12/2013 8:56:42 AM PDT by NOBO2012

"If you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter." ― Martin Luther King

In Martin Luther King’s day, being a drum major required a good deal more than bellowing a few commands. It required that you also be a teacher, a leader, a conductor and a decision maker. A good drum major facilitated a group’s optimal performance. Which is, of course, precisely what Dr. King did.

That was then, this is now; let’s just say being a drum major isn’t what it used to be. 

majorette barry copyDrum Majorette In Chief Leading from Behind

If you know what I mean.

The problem, as usual, is with you people (can I say that?); you’re still trying to apply 20th century standards to our 21st century, transformational president.

halo

Sure, there was a time when it would have been considered bad form for the CIC to play golf as Americans under his command were dying in conflicts abroad. And when it might have seemed a bit odd for the President to get a good night’s sleep ahead of a fund raiser in Las Vegas while 4 Americans were being slaughtered at one of our own consulates. (SNIP)

 

 

Butt like I said, times change…

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TOPICS: Humor; Politics
KEYWORDS: benghazi; marthas; obama; vineyard

1 posted on 08/12/2013 8:56:42 AM PDT by NOBO2012
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To: NOBO2012
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Why not post it all here instead of pimping for hits?

2 posted on 08/12/2013 8:57:59 AM PDT by humblegunner
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To: NOBO2012

I’m not sure I’d use the word “marching” to describe “dangling on the strings as a Marionette”.


3 posted on 08/12/2013 9:37:14 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: NOBO2012

Impeachment File on Communist, Benghazi Coward “B. Hussein Obama,” formerly known as Barry Soetoro, currently a Legal Citizen of the Sovereign Nation of Indonesia.


4 posted on 08/12/2013 10:36:59 AM PDT by Graewoulf (Traitor John Roberts' Commune-Style Obama'care' violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: humblegunner
So you'll hit a NYT excerpt link and give them the hits, but not an opinion piece by a humorous conservative blogger.

Right. I see. Makes sense. In some other universe.

5 posted on 08/12/2013 10:46:01 AM PDT by ClidePenbroke
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To: NOBO2012
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6 posted on 08/12/2013 10:46:12 AM PDT by Dick Bachert (“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.”- Voltaire)
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To: ClidePenbroke

You see a conservative blogger,
I see a parasite milking FR for hits,


7 posted on 08/12/2013 10:58:11 AM PDT by humblegunner
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