I miss the professionalism of past Presidents who sat at a desk, looked me in the eye and told me what was going on with clarity when we went to war.
Posted on 03/28/2011 8:07:34 PM PDT by Yardstick
President Obama just gave a weird speech. Part George W. Bush, part trademark Obama — filled with his characteristic split-the-difference, straw-man (“some say, others say”), false-choice tropes.
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Somehow, I don’t think Qaddafi will be impressed enough to step down; the European allies will be somewhat confused over the degree of future American support; the rebels will wonder whether they should take Tripoli or should settle for a zone of sanctuary; critics won’t know whether Obama will ever consult the Congress; we still don’t know why Qaddafi was worse than an Assad or Ahmadinejad — or who or what the rebels are and what the U.S. role will be to ensure something better than Qaddafi.
Other than that, it was yet another well-delivered, split-the-difference, mellifluous Obama speech that said essentially nothing of substance.
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Malaise?
Obie has now put himself in the position of deciding who is worth of having their human rights preserved and who isn’t.
He’s trying to get more people cozy with the idea of being stripped of their rights and freedoms.
I miss the professionalism of past Presidents who sat at a desk, looked me in the eye and told me what was going on with clarity when we went to war.
Maybe when they promised to be the most transparent administration they meant they would be the most transparently inept.
Well after all he is “The One”.
Yes and Rye bread.
May I have some extra pepperchini’s?
Thanks.
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