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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
President Obama explains to the American people why he felt we must help the Libyans. And how we did just that.
Geoffrey Dunn Digs Down Deep Into Sarah Palin’s Pathology of Deceit
Palin will of course never realize that with every insult she tosses into the President’s path, she’s merely revealing her own faults as her inability to be honest with herself causes her to project her secret shame onto others. After all, if there’s an anti-American agent of evil, divisiveness or terrorism, it’s residing within her. As for her language issues, if you think you’re tired of it, imagine having to transcribe it.
While Addressing Libya Obama Kicks Bush’s Cowboy Diplomacy To The Curb
Tonight, President Obama not only addressed the US role in Libya tonight but he redefined US foreign policy, and kicked George Bush’s cowboy diplomacy out the door. Obama said, “In such cases, we should not be afraid to act – but the burden of action should not be America’s alone.”
It’s one of those twists of irony that the U.S.-backed no-fly zone over Libya has more support in the Arab world than in the U.S. Congress. I’m not sure if Obama’s eloquent defense of the American military mission in Libya during his address to the nation Monday night convinced a skeptical Congress of its value, but his speech certainly articulated an American role that many Arabs embrace.
Good news.... There was not one story or picture on HuffPo this a.m. That will probably change soon but I'm enjoying it while it lasts.
While I watched the president last night I was thinking about how thoughtful his message was and how anyone contradicting it would have to appear just being contrary for the sake of it. Afterwards, there were some on the right that were supportive. The rest (including Sarah, of coure) just parroted their predictable reactions, adding nothing new to the conversation. Sarah was looking quite run down on Greta's show last night, sunken cheeks and drained face. You can't cover that stuff with make-up. It comes from the inside.
Obama on Libya vs. Trump, Palin, Bachmann, Romney, Gingrich and Carrot Top
Whether one agrees with President Obama or not on the Libya issue, he was clearly well-informed and in control of the facts and analysis. His fabled intelligence and cool-headedness were on display.
It is a sad commentary that American political discourse is so cheapened and debased by demagoguery promoted by sly billionaires like Rupert Murdoch and the Koch brothers that the responses to Obama from the other side of the aisle were sometimes comical in their ignorance.
Anyone catch Greta's "interview" with Sarah Palin on Obama's speech? Please see the video, at the 5:05 mark, where the teleprompter must have given out on her and the idiot actually starts reading her answers off notes.
Is there really any question anymore that these interviews aren't pre-scripted in advance? It is a travesty that Fox News is allowed to maraud as a news site in this country.
The other day my husband made a insightful comment. The rest of the world really likes and trusts Mr. Obama. Look at the amazing coalition he put together in such a short time! Bush had to threaten and blackmail. Mr. Obama, and Mrs. Clinton apparently did none of that.
I watched part of the speech, and it's a bit scary but her delivery is improving. Not that she's making more sense, just that she's speaking a slightly more refined version of word salad. Makeup is toned down; hair didn't look like a dead animal; neat black suit with pearls. Somebody's getting through to her and she paying some attention, and that's scarey.
'course she still doesn't get it that it's not our policy to just go in and bump off the leader of a country, no matter how despicable he is. Ex-governors, either.
Elizabeth: "The other day my husband made a insightful comment. The rest of the world really likes and trusts Mr. Obama. Look at the amazing coalition he put together in such a short time!"
The White House needs to get that across, over and over, until the media picks it up, too. Don't think for a moment the rightwing doesn't fear this message getting out to the public, which is why they are going with the "Obama is having to ask permission from the Arab Nations and UN" meme. Their singular goal is to pervert every sterling quality our president possesses.
As an example, note how the rightwing desperately tries to smear Obama's remarkable intelligence with the ugly jokes about the teleprompter, the rumors that Bill Ayers wrote one of his books, etc.
This is the classic conservative mindfuck where they insist that reality isn't reality. It has proven to be a quite effective substitute for generating workable ideas of their own.
1. Obama said before he was president that the president doesn't have the constitutional authority to do what Obama now, in 2011, has done. That is being a hypocrite. What do you think about it?
2. Biden, in 2007, said that if the president enters into a war without congressional approval, he will personally lead the charge of impeachment. Now that Obama has done just what Biden was talking about, what do you make of Biden not leading the charge of impeachment of Obama? The usual double standard of liberals?
3. Sec. of State Cllinton, Sec. of Defense Gates, and Obama all disagree on the mission in Libya. What do YOU think the mission in Libya is? The UN resolution makes it illegal for us to kill Gaddafi or remove him, yet Hillary Clinton says that killing or removing him IS our mission. However, Obama says our mission is NOT to remove him. What do you make of the utter incoherence in this administration?
4. Obama didn't go to Congress for approval for action for sending our military to Libya; he cared more about what the UN thought than what his country thought, and he is impeachable for this according to the Constitution. What do you think about this?
5. Libs opposed killing Saddam Hussein, even though he killed hundreds of thousand of his own people and used biological WMDs against the Kurds. A humanitarian should support killing Saddam. Yet libs opposed, while claiming that we need to be humanitarians and kill Gaddafi. I supported killing Saddam and I support killing Gaddafi (except killing him isn't our mission). I am consistent with myself. Libs are inconsistent with themselves. Can you explain why libs wished Saddam were still alive, nailing girls to tree stumps as he forced their fathers to watch them get raped, yet want Gaddafi gone?
“The ring of authenticity, a man speaking from the gut, speech full of genuine feeling”
ReplyDeletehttp://blackwaterdog.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/5687/
“I refused to wait for the images of slaughter & mass graves before taking action”
http://theobamadiary.com/2011/03/28/i-refused-to-wait-for-the-images-of-slaughter-and-mass-graves-before-taking-action/
Rachel Maddow Explains How Obama Traded Preemptive War for Pragmatism
ReplyDeletehttp://www.politicususa.com/en/rachel-maddow-obama-libya
O/T but worth the read
ReplyDeleteGeoffrey Dunn Digs Down Deep Into Sarah Palin’s Pathology of Deceit
Palin will of course never realize that with every insult she tosses into the President’s path, she’s merely revealing her own faults as her inability to be honest with herself causes her to project her secret shame onto others. After all, if there’s an anti-American agent of evil, divisiveness or terrorism, it’s residing within her. As for her language issues, if you think you’re tired of it, imagine having to transcribe it.
http://www.politicususa.com/en/geoffrey-dunn-sarah-palin-deceit
While Addressing Libya Obama Kicks Bush’s Cowboy Diplomacy To The Curb
ReplyDeleteTonight, President Obama not only addressed the US role in Libya tonight but he redefined US foreign policy, and kicked George Bush’s cowboy diplomacy out the door. Obama said, “In such cases, we should not be afraid to act – but the burden of action should not be America’s alone.”
http://www.politicususa.com/en/obama-libya-bush
It’s one of those twists of irony that the U.S.-backed no-fly zone over Libya has more support in the Arab world than in the U.S. Congress. I’m not sure if Obama’s eloquent defense of the American military mission in Libya during his address to the nation Monday night convinced a skeptical Congress of its value, but his speech certainly articulated an American role that many Arabs embrace.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-03-29/obama-libya-speech-how-the-presidents-war-has-won-him-arab-respect/
Good news.... There was not one story or picture on HuffPo this a.m. That will probably change soon but I'm enjoying it while it lasts.
ReplyDeleteWhile I watched the president last night I was thinking about how thoughtful his message was and how anyone contradicting it would have to appear just being contrary for the sake of it. Afterwards, there were some on the right that were supportive. The rest (including Sarah, of coure) just parroted their predictable reactions, adding nothing new to the conversation. Sarah was looking quite run down on Greta's show last night, sunken cheeks and drained face. You can't cover that stuff with make-up. It comes from the inside.
when a government decides to massacre it's defenseless people on such a massive scale - we have a duty to step in and protect the citizens.
ReplyDeleteObama on Libya vs. Trump, Palin, Bachmann, Romney, Gingrich and Carrot Top
ReplyDeleteWhether one agrees with President Obama or not on the Libya issue, he was clearly well-informed and in control of the facts and analysis. His fabled intelligence and cool-headedness were on display.
It is a sad commentary that American political discourse is so cheapened and debased by demagoguery promoted by sly billionaires like Rupert Murdoch and the Koch brothers that the responses to Obama from the other side of the aisle were sometimes comical in their ignorance.
http://www.juancole.com/2011/03/obama-on-libya-vs-trump-bachmann-romney-gingrich-and-carrot-top.html
The half term governor had possibly her worst interview of all time in response to President Obama's speech on Libya.
ReplyDeleteBill
Anyone catch Greta's "interview" with Sarah Palin on Obama's speech? Please see the video, at the 5:05 mark, where the teleprompter must have given out on her and the idiot actually starts reading her answers off notes.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/29/sarah-palin-obama-libya-speech_n_841888.html
Is there really any question anymore that these interviews aren't pre-scripted in advance? It is a travesty that Fox News is allowed to maraud as a news site in this country.
"There was not one story or picture on HuffPo this a.m. "
ReplyDeleteHa... I meant to say not one story about SP. These minikeyboards make for minicomments. Whoops!
The other day my husband made a insightful comment. The rest of the world really likes and trusts Mr. Obama. Look at the amazing coalition he put together in such a short time! Bush had to threaten and blackmail. Mr. Obama, and Mrs. Clinton apparently did none of that.
ReplyDeleteI watched part of the speech, and it's a bit scary but her delivery is improving. Not that she's making more sense, just that she's speaking a slightly more refined version of word salad. Makeup is toned down; hair didn't look like a dead animal; neat black suit with pearls. Somebody's getting through to her and she paying some attention, and that's scarey.
ReplyDelete'course she still doesn't get it that it's not our policy to just go in and bump off the leader of a country, no matter how despicable he is. Ex-governors, either.
Elizabeth: "The other day my husband made a insightful comment. The rest of the world really likes and trusts Mr. Obama. Look at the amazing coalition he put together in such a short time!"
ReplyDeleteThe White House needs to get that across, over and over, until the media picks it up, too. Don't think for a moment the rightwing doesn't fear this message getting out to the public, which is why they are going with the "Obama is having to ask permission from the Arab Nations and UN" meme. Their singular goal is to pervert every sterling quality our president possesses.
As an example, note how the rightwing desperately tries to smear Obama's remarkable intelligence with the ugly jokes about the teleprompter, the rumors that Bill Ayers wrote one of his books, etc.
This is the classic conservative mindfuck where they insist that reality isn't reality. It has proven to be a quite effective substitute for generating workable ideas of their own.
1. Obama said before he was president that the president doesn't have the constitutional authority to do what Obama now, in 2011, has done. That is being a hypocrite. What do you think about it?
ReplyDelete2. Biden, in 2007, said that if the president enters into a war without congressional approval, he will personally lead the charge of impeachment. Now that Obama has done just what Biden was talking about, what do you make of Biden not leading the charge of impeachment of Obama? The usual double standard of liberals?
3. Sec. of State Cllinton, Sec. of Defense Gates, and Obama all disagree on the mission in Libya. What do YOU think the mission in Libya is? The UN resolution makes it illegal for us to kill Gaddafi or remove him, yet Hillary Clinton says that killing or removing him IS our mission. However, Obama says our mission is NOT to remove him. What do you make of the utter incoherence in this administration?
4. Obama didn't go to Congress for approval for action for sending our military to Libya; he cared more about what the UN thought than what his country thought, and he is impeachable for this according to the Constitution. What do you think about this?
5. Libs opposed killing Saddam Hussein, even though he killed hundreds of thousand of his own people and used biological WMDs against the Kurds. A humanitarian should support killing Saddam. Yet libs opposed, while claiming that we need to be humanitarians and kill Gaddafi. I supported killing Saddam and I support killing Gaddafi (except killing him isn't our mission). I am consistent with myself. Libs are inconsistent with themselves. Can you explain why libs wished Saddam were still alive, nailing girls to tree stumps as he forced their fathers to watch them get raped, yet want Gaddafi gone?