Posted on 07/07/2009 10:58:23 AM PDT by Cindy
Note: The following text is a quote:
HE BRIEFING ROOM
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary __________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release July 7, 2009
REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA IN MEETING WITH OPPOSITION LEADERS
Ritz Carlton Moscow, Russia
6:14 P.M. (Local)
PRESIDENT OBAMA: (In progress) -- not simply tolerate dissenting voices but also to respect and recognize dissenting voices. This is one of the elements, along with an independent media and adherence to the rule of law that has helped to solidify our own government during some very difficult times. I said in my remarks recently that the fact that I sit before you as President of the United States is a testimony to the power of dissent in the United States over time in creating a different reality. And it's also an important tool for fighting corruption.
So I think it's very important that I come before you with some humility. I think in the past there's been a tendency for the United States to lecture rather than to listen. And we obviously still have much work to do with our own democracy in the United States, but nevertheless, I think we share some common values and interest in building a strong, democratic culture in Russia as well as the United States.
And I want to say that this is, by the way, something I do in every country I visit. So whether I visit -- travel to Turkey or I travel to England, wherever I go, I think it's always important for me to recognize that the particular head of state that I'm meeting with is the head of the government but that the society itself represents a larger spectrum of views.
So I, again, am grateful to all of you for taking the time. And rather than spend all the time talking, what I'd like to do is listen to you and find our your perspectives, your views, and we can go in any direction that you prefer. We can talk about policy and specific concerns or questions you may have for me. Or we can talk more generally about how democracy is progressing -- (end of tape.)
END 6:19 P.M. (Local)
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“This is one of the elements, along with an independent media and adherence to the rule of law that has helped to solidify our own government during some very difficult times. “
ROFLMAO
Jeez does this guy live in an alternate universe!
As long as they aren't conservative.
Uh, something's amiss with my teleprompter."
When the POTUS apologizes for defects in American Democracy to the leaders of the kleptocracy known as Th Russian Federation a new low has been reached in American diplomacy. Maybe Americans in the several states should practice American Democracy by voting for ordinances of secession.
“... to respect and recognize dissenting voices.”
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Hey, Zero? The ones that you condescendingly described as “waving tea bags around”? THOSE folks?
“Meddling” Ping!
Oh that is so funny. As if Rats like him ever compromised with any other viewpoint. I doubt that I have seen such stellar hypocrisy.
lost me at “independent media”
“... to respect and recognize dissenting voices.”
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Hey, Zero? The ones that you condescendingly described as “waving tea bags around”? THOSE folks?
NO not those folks, they stay on the Terrorist list. He is takinbout (is it really said a one word) folk that don’t kiss up to him or agree with his spin so he doesn’t look like his trip was a FAILURE!!! Ya know, those folks.
When a guy starts citing himself as an authority, you know he’s lost it.
“I said in my remarks recently...”
"I,..I...,I...I...,I...I,...I....I'm"
He truly believes he is king of the world!
I can't add anything to that. He really thinks he has conquered the United States for the communists.
“This is one of the elements, along with an independent media and adherence to the rule of law that has helped to solidify our own government during some very difficult times. “
ROFLMAO
Jeez does this guy live in an alternate universe!
++++++++++++++
It’s called doublespeak.
There he goes again, pissing on America.
What a frackin' a$$hat!
We’re so fortunate to see lunatic, narcissism coupled with marxism running things for us!
Obama is definitely insane.
“Independent media”??? Just like Pravda???
“...we obviously still have much work to do with our own democracy in the United States...”
Only when it comes to having idiots like you being elected.
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