Posted on 11/20/2010 4:52:46 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
You know you’re in trouble when you need Henry Kissinger to vouch for you.
But there was the one formerly known as “The One” sitting at a table with a bunch of old, white, Republican dudes, choosing the most abstruse issue on the agenda for his moment to Man Up.
With Republicans treating the president like a dirt sandwich and Democrats begging the president to throw a knuckle sandwich, Obama drew his line in the sand on telemetry.
The Start arms treaty used to be a chance for American presidents to stare down the Russians. Now it’s a chance for a Democratic president, albeit belatedly, to stare down the Republicans.
The administration dilly-dallied for months on New Start, which should have been a no-brainer, even after it was clear that Senator Jon Kyl was a problem and needed to be cultivated, and even after it was clear that Republicans were on track to grab some power back.
But faced with the treaty’s unraveling, with possible deleterious consequences for sanctions on Iran and supply lines for our troops in Afghanistan, Obama had no choice. Even if the treaty doesn’t much affect our strategic security, it affects the relationship with Russia and our standing in the world. And resetting the relationship with Russia, with his buddy Dmitri, is the president’s only significant foreign policy accomplishment.
Besides, a man who won the Nobel Peace Prize on layaway doesn’t want to be responsible for any loose Russian nukes ending up in the crazy ’Stans.
As Richard Wolffe notes in his new book, “Revival: The Struggle for Survival Inside the Obama White House,” the president drove Rahm Emanuel crazy by spending his first months in office toiling on the details of Start....
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
I swim laps most mornings ... our female life guard (slightly older version) looks much like this ... it keeps me motivated.
A chance for Republican Presidents to stare down the Russians...why would a leftward dangling democrat do that?
Take note you tarded-trollip, the Communists are the enemy...NOT THE REPUBLICANS!
NOT!!
A dirt sandwich???? WTF is a dirt sandwich? This is the best this hag can do based on millions of words in the english language????? Did Michael Douglas make her eat a dirt sandwich?? Rush keeps alluding to absolutely devastating inside information on what happened to the harpy that Douglas spilled to him!
Gosh, I love these Dowdy threads. I never read them, I just look at them, and hope my wife doesn’t walk in the room.
Struggling so hard to be clever and witty. Mark Steyn she is not.
Gosh, Mo Do, I guess you just didn’t toughen up the Chosen One enough.
That’s what I was thinking too. Everyone knows it’s s**t sandwich. PC took over and she didn’t have the guts to say what she thought.
Lugar is a Republican? Since when?
Compare and contrast.
I love it when clueless people can use the words NUKING THE WHITE HOUSE in a public medium, and somehow not have the SS appear at their door.
Maureen simply can't help herself. Palin gets to live in her head rent free
Much, much better. Thanks to all!
Lol! Indeed.
The Dowdies are still drinking the Kool-Aid.
Yeah, I admit it -- Maureen Dowd bores me to tears. I'm only here for the CZJ pics.
But that is plenty of reason!
“With Republicans treating the president like a dirt sandwich”
Then that’s being way too kind
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