Posted on 11/23/2009 11:15:34 AM PST by neverdem
Obama is just another temporary political figure, he is, in only 10 months time, a failed chief executive - that's all.
Whoops, fixed it.
This Marxist President is already 10 months down the road on his way to a Socialist utopia.
This is totally different from the gas lines and hostage crises. Our Constitution is under attack.
Just sayin.....This Is Obvious. This Must Be Stopped Now!
There they are perfectly on top of their game.
BEAUTIFUL!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
Oh, you mean like the appeal for the Olympics in Chicago?
Not a lot happened there, but ironically, that was what was needed diplomatically. If either side had capitulated, the cold war would have continued indefinitely. Both sides had reached the end of their tethers and it was time for one side or the other to collapse under the strain.
With that realization, both Reagan and Gorbachev agreed to more meetings and more negotiations.
But other than that pivotal situation, 99% of Presidential trips are to put the seal on agreements already done.
The fact that the White House doesn't know this is a testament to the pure amateur nature of those making the calls.
Well, two responses to that. One is that Reagan wasn’t expecting any breakthroughs at that meeting. And there was no buildup that would have led people to expect any.
The other is that Reagan was a pretty good major league poker player.
No kidding. When it was announced he was going to "pitch the Olympics for Chicago", I figured it must have been a done deal and his appearance was just a payoff for the Olympic committee. (IMHO, that is really below the pay level of any POTUS, but that is just my opinion.)
But I was floored when Chicago didn't win. It shows that it really is armature hour in the White House. They allowed their boss to be set up for failure.
That's exactly right. I don't think he thought it was a done deal when he left, I think he thought his august presence would make it a done deal. Hasn't learned a thing since then, either. IMHO, of course.
True, my point was it does happen, but only when the President (and the weight of his office) is needed. Obama wasn’t needed anywhere in Asia this last week. He was needed at the Berlin, but instead piddled around where diplomats should have been working. And set their work back it now appears.
Gelb doesn't get it.
0bama is already above his pay grade.
He doesn't know what he is doing.
The reason why the deals weren't nailed down before he went is that 0bama is such a narcicist that he thinks only HE can make the deals, that the world will pivot upon his appearing.
This is going to end badly.
Gelb doesn't get it.
0bama is already above his pay grade.
He doesn't know what he is doing.
The reason why the deals weren't nailed down before he went is that 0bama is such a narcicist that he thinks only HE can make the deals, that the world will pivot upon his appearing.
This is going to end badly.
Gelb doesn't get it.
0bama is already above his pay grade.
He doesn't know what he is doing.
The reason why the deals weren't nailed down before he went is that 0bama is such a narcicist that he thinks only HE can make the deals, that the world will pivot upon his appearing.
This is going to end badly.
Gelb doesn't get it.
0bama is already above his pay grade.
He doesn't know what he is doing.
The reason why the deals weren't nailed down before he went is that 0bama is such a narcicist that he thinks only HE can make the deals, that the world will pivot upon his appearing.
This is going to end badly.
Sorry 'bout the quad posts.
BTD, that is the scary part. Not only is he in over his head, he seems incapable of learning. The Olympic fiasco should have been a painful experience that no intelligent person would risk repeating.
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