Posted on 08/15/2011 5:58:22 PM PDT by radioone
At his campaign-style town hall meeting in Decorah, Iowa, President Obama compared the criticism he has received from Republicans and other political opponents to the troubles faced by President Abraham Lincoln during the civil war. "Lincoln," the president said, "they used to talk about him almost as bad as they talk about me."
The president's remarks came in response to a question from a woman who said that congressional Republicans are refusing to be a "good partner" to work with the president. "What happens to our democracy?" the woman asked. "We are in a very divided country right now. What can you say to help us with democracy itself?"
Obama told the woman that "democracy is always a messy business in a big country like this." In addition, he said, "We kind of romanticize sometimes what democracy used to be like."
"When you listen to what the Federalists said about the Anti-Federalists, and the names that Jefferson called Hamilton and back and forth -- I mean those guys were tough," Obama said. "Lincoln -- they used to talk about him almost as bad as they talk about me. So democracy has never been for the faint of heart."
The president has had historical analogies on his mind lately. At a high-dollar fundraiser in New York City last Thursday, he discussed the difficulties he has faced recently and included a meditation on Martin Luther King, Jr. "I think that we forget when he was alive there was nobody who was more vilified, nobody who was more controversial, nobody who was more despairing at times," the president said. "There was a decade that followed the great successes of Birmingham and Selma in which he was just struggling, fighting the good fight, and scorned, and many folks angry. But what he understood, what kept him going, was that the arc of moral universe is long but it bends towards justice. But it doesn’t bend on its own. It bends because all of us are putting our hand on the arc and we are bending it in that direction. And it takes time. And it's hard work. And there are frustrations."
The Empty Suit is flailing around, and it obvious he has nothing to say.
Couldn’t happen to a more deserving person.
I see another Pillar scene in our future. Whoopee
Is that spelled with two d’s, for a double dose of his pimpin’?
Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mahatma Ghandi, they were all just trying to emulate Ubama.
“Lincoln,” the president said, “they used to talk about him almost as bad as they talk about me.”
My, my, my. That truly is delusional thinking. There’s crazy and then there is “batshit crazy”. That is worrisome.
Is he preparing to use federal troops to invade the South again?
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| Well said AFreeBird.
The winning rule in 2012: a direct and non-stop political attack on Obama's record. There's so much to hammer on here with this administration.
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I wuz hopin someone would get it
Wish I could take the credit. But I read that Leno made that quip on a recent show.
So h/t to Jay for getting one right.
I thought Jay his ‘mouth’ said it was a bus tour to see how the country is doing and for the president to get among people and out of D.C. and not a ‘campaign speech’ did he bring along the teleprompter? and I hear (via Internet) that they booked 60 hotel rooms..some tour bamy..where is his other half? hiding? getting ready for their million$$$ martha vacation...what a life this dude has achieved???
Obama doesn’t poll well in the South either.
You could have the same meeting with the Republicans in Congress.
LLS
If I were hussein... and after wanting them to buy their own combat health insurance and today announcing that he wants to cut out their retirement and have them invest in a government managed 401k... if I were obama... I would try not to depend on Big Green for any support.
LLS
O has a crazy wife?
Hmmmm... At my company, we engineers work for the project engineers. They still have the excuses, but now they put names against them...
Good for you, on your response!
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