Posted on 07/24/2009 10:45:28 AM PDT by paustin110
In light of a series of blunders, errors, mistakes and downright lies about history, one has to wonder about Barack Obama's grasp of the historical narrative that should inform many of his decisions as leader of the free world. He doesn't seem to have that information.An early indication is the initial selection of location for a speech in Germany of the Brandenburg Gate which Angela Merkel found odd, her spokesman saying that she has "little sympathy for the Brandenburg Gate being used for electioneering and has expressed her doubts about the idea."............In June, CNN estimated Obama's reading pace to be ten books per year as opposed to the voracious reading schedule of George W. Bush who routinely read over 100 books a year. Of course, as I noted in December, when Bush read books, he wasn't considered to be using his time well, while when Obama reads, he is "erudite" and "literary."
I suggest that Obama take a lead from Bush and Rove and spend more time reading. A look at his reading list is heavy on fiction (NTTAWTT), The Autobiography of Malcom X, Nietzsche, A Kind And Just Parent by Bill Ayers, Parting the Waters about the civil rights movement, and The Post-American World.
Can we chip in and get him a membership to the History Book Club?
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Don’t cast your pearls before swine.
There are plenty of things Hussein can learn from history that he chooses to ignore.
Why waste the money?
Heck, he should join the ‘movie of the month club’ too so he can get his Matrix analogies right...lol
He just said yesterday that he doesn’t read...wouldn’t do any good! Maybe that is the reason he doesn’t understand history.
Perhaps a comic book convention would do him some good.
Its really too bad the “president” attended gradeschool in muslim based indonesia. It shows right through to today. Thats why he can still remember the koranic verses. It would have been nice to have an American for a president and not Americas guilt leaping from the frying pan into the fire.
So did he quit reading AFTER his stellar education, or did he skate through Harvard to a J. D. magna cum laude without reading?
While pondering the 'doesn't read' statement, I ran across a remarkable site that summarizes BO's education.
If it is accurate, it explains much about the enigma in the White House.
He is the American Christian Harvard lawyer, Barrack Obama, who was once the Indonesian Muslim grade school-er, Barry Soetoro.
In light of a series of blunders, errors, mistakes and downright lies about history, one has to wonder about Barack Obama's grasp of the historical narrative that should inform many of his decisions as leader of the free world. He doesn't seem to have that information.Nor does he feel he needs it. He is to the Presidency what O'Reilly, Chrissie, and the rest of the talking (too much) heads are to journalism.
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