Posted on 07/30/2009 2:52:54 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Isn't it great to have a president who says something foolish or impolitic from time to time?
Obama's rhetorical goofs usually are different from Joe Biden's momentum-mouth, just as they are different from the empty-headed nonsense of George W. Bush and the bizarre country-club-bar chatter of Bush's father. They are also different from the standard political "gaffe," which, as we know, is when a politician accidentally tells the truth. Obama's goofs are generally not a result of speaking the truth. They come from thinking things through incompletely. It turns out that the police officer who arrested Skip Gates was not necessarily acting "stupidly" and that Gates might have been doing just that. The president ultimately came up with a typically elegant formulation, describing the episode as a misunderstanding between "two good men." Wouldn't it have been better if he had just kept quiet until all the facts were in and all his thoughts were in order?
No, it would not have been better. The media, in their ill-fitting role as guardians of civility, now lecture the president on the special responsibilities of his office. His own aides no doubt shake their heads and tell one another that this is what happens when the man goes "off the reservation" -- that is, when he fails to follow the script they have written for him. And of course the Limbaughs and Gingriches of the world are so upset that they can barely contain their delight at having this stick to beat Obama with.
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blowing smoke is bad for you...
Is Kinsley still married to his “beard,” or has he finally come out of the closet...?
Michael Kinsley acts stupidly. Like a bad jingle, it will probably take me a month to get the sheer idiocy of this column out of my mind.
Good God! After a hard days’ work of writing ass kissing drivel like this, how does this ‘journalist’ sleep at night?
Sure, Kinsley. Bush goofs bad, 0bama goofs good. Why make it any more complicated than it is?
Michael...that may be the single most disturbing session of media analingus of a Democrat president I’ve ever had the misfortune to see.
They are also different from the standard political “gaffe,” which, as we know, is when a politician accidentally tells the truth.
Correct. Even by accident Obama will never speak the truth. Its doubtfulhe wouldknow what the truth about anything is.
The gaffes that this pretender to the throne makes are ones that just show his ignorance....
Is Michael Ramirez one of the best political cartoonists ever or what?!
This guy doesn’t just have a hammer and a nail,...he’s got a whole nail gun of great stuff.
More mush from the wimp.
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It's not the special responsibilities the President has that are the point. It's the ones he doesn't have, but which he seems to want to shoulder anyway—such as local law enforcement in a small city in one of America's 50 (or 57) states. Next week, should we expect to see ol' Jug Ears in a visor cap writing parking tickets in Elmira, N.Y.? Maybe he'd be better at it than his current posting.
Alas, none of this is the President's job. The Constitution leaves such things to the states and the people.
OMG. I can’t believe this little metro-putz Kinsley is still around.
Call we start calling him Mikey “Tossed Salad” Kinsley?
When D’s gaffe, it’s cute. When R’s do it, its a sign that demons have invested the person adding a syllable that wasn’t supposed to be there.
Let's not go there. BARF.
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