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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: bijou on August 16, 2009, 05:47:30 AM
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Arriving in Montana to join battle with his critics on Friday, President Barack Obama stepped from Air Force One, stripped off his jacket and rolled up his sleeves. Little more than six months after he swept into office with some of the highest approval ratings recorded, he is fighting to save his historic presidency from turning into a one-term wonder.
Obama was ready for a vigorous defence of the healthcare reforms that have spawned verbal fisticuffs at public meetings across the country. In the event, the Montana meeting unfolded with a subdued politeness that left some White House aides wishing it had been a little more feisty, so their champion could have shown off his sparring skills.
Yet for all the heat that has recently been generated by the healthcare debate, amid wild accusations about euthanising granny and manipulating mobs, it became clear last week that medicine is far from the president’s only problem, and there may be no early cure for the economic ills that are crippling his promises of change and hope. ... Even some of the president’s staunchest admirers have been bewildered by his messy handling of the issue. Camille Paglia, a prominent feminist academic, said she continued to support Obama because he represented the US “with dignity and authority abroad . . . having said that, I must confess my dismay bordering on horror at the amateurism of the White House apparatus for domestic policyâ€.
Denouncing the “grotesque mishandling†of healthcare reform, Paglia added: “Who would have thought that the sober, deliberative Barack Obama would have nothing to propose but vague and slippery promises?â€
The wispy slickness of Obama’s ideas was on ample display in Montana on Friday, when he insisted to one questioner that “I don’t want government bureaucrats meddling in your healthcare†– which is exactly what his reforms imply. ...
link (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6797780.ece)
Heh. Wispy slickness. :lmao:
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“Who would have thought that the sober, deliberative Barack Obama would have nothing to propose but vague and slippery promises?â€
Practically everyone with any sense at all, which unfortunately turned out to be less than 50% of those voting in the election.
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Practically everyone with any sense at all, which unfortunately turned out to be less than 50% of those voting in the election.
Sane folks know a snow job when they see it coming.
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What does it say about our education system if people like Camille Paglia - 'a prominet feminist academic', has the total inability of thought to believe, much less the gaul to try an convince others in print no less, that she "continued to support Obama, because he represented the US with dignity and authority aboard". I guess she didn't see his 'charm' in front of the Queen of England, or the snubs he received when foreign leaders wouldn't shake his hand, or his many speeches where he sold the United States down the tube with his ridicule and apology's
IMO this women either has no TV, radio or newspaper [probably can't read] or the best bet - she not only doesn't have all her oars in the water, and definitely is not playing with a full deck. But lets all cheer up and sleep well - she and many others can and do vote :thatsright: - they put that worthless empty suit in the White House. :banghead: :bawl: :overreaction:
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...so their champion could have shown off his sparring skills.
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