Posted on 09/03/2013 8:49:11 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
September 3, 2013 12:00 AM President ‘Present’ Obama’s pattern of indecisiveness continues — and it has Democrats worried. By John Fund
Washington is abuzz with talk about how much President Obama has damaged America’s credibility with his indecisiveness on Syria. It’s become accepted fact that Obama’s decision-making style resembles that of an academic convening an unruly seminar whose participants he largely disdains. What he is not is a decisive leader with the ability to bring disparate players together behind a common purpose.
This shouldn’t be a surprise. We had inklings of it a long time ago. Back when Barack Obama was running for president in 2008, Hillary Clinton accused him of “taking a pass” on tough issues when he was in the Illinois state senate, a theme later picked up by Republicans. Its basis is the 129 times he voted “present.” On 36 of those occasions, he was the only one to vote present of the 60 senators. One of those occasions was in 1999, when he twice chose not to vote on a bill protecting sexual-assault victims from having the explicit details of their cases made public without “good cause.” Bonnie Grabenhofer, the president of the Illinois National Organization of Women at the time, said she endorsed Hillary Clinton in 2007 in part because “when we needed someone to take a stand, Senator Obama took a pass.”
Today President Obama’s chaotic indecisiveness is a big part of his challenge in getting both houses of Congress to approve military action in Syria. Republicans are strongly leaning against intervention at this point, but Obama’s real problem may be with Democrats. ABC News reports that several congressional Democrats pushed back against military action against Syria in a conference call with administration officials Monday.
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MeCain, Graham & now Boehner. ...geez!
0bama is doing this on purpose. Wearing us down.. Indecisiveness and weakness. Transparent about things he shouldn’t be, and secretive about things he should be transparent about. This is all a game for him. Killing America’s spirit bit by bit.
Call your Congressman and Senators!!
Call the RNC and tell them how ANGRY you are!!
Nothing like that line-up of notables in this Administration to inspire confidence:
Barack Obama
Joe Biden
John Kerry
James Clapper
Susan Rice
Samantha Powers
What other clowns have I left off? I guess we could thank Hillary for her leadership prior to Kerry’s arrival.
MeCain, and his Mini-MeGraham & now Boehner. ...geez!
So naturally, Bonnie Grabenhofer and NOW had no choice but to back the "Bimbo Eruption Enforcer" and enabler/after-the-fact accomplice of Bill Clinton's blatant sexual harassment and assault activities against multiple female victims.
NOW can go suck it.
You give the man too much credit. My personal opinion is the man has always been an idiot who can read.
I think his puppet masters are concerned because he thinks, after 4+ years that he can do it by himself.
He’s inept, incompetent and plain ignorant.
Based on his meeting today with some congressional leaders, it seems he will be going along with his original approach to strike Syria, regardless of a congressional decision.
He is surely intending to do it either way. This is a brazen attempt to pass off some of the blame on Congress. Particularly if things go badly.
I think you are correct. The goal is to destroy this country. Our opponents are not nearly as stupid as some would like to think.
BTTT!
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