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| 2010-01-29 |
| Sarah Palin's response to the State of the Union address. While I don't wish to speak too harshly about President Obama's state of the union address, we live in challenging times that call for candor. I call them as I see them, and I hope my frank assessment will be taken as an honest effort to move this conversation forward. Last night, the president spoke of the "credibility gap" between the public's expectations of their leaders and what those leaders actually deliver. "Credibility gap" is a good way to describe the chasm between rhetoric and reality in the president's address. The contradictions seemed endless. |
| Posted by:Thing From Snowy Mountain |
| #10 They are antidotes only if we demand them. If we're willing to accept amusement instead of news, and echo hype instead of thinking for ourselves, foolishness is the mildest affliction awaiting us. |
| Posted by: James 2010-01-29 22:45 |
| #9 It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president. That's the major flaw in government by consent of the governed. Forms of government not based on consent of the governed usually wind up being run by a small minority of fools. Communications, free speech & a free press are the antidotes for foolishness. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-01-29 20:18 |
| #8 Sometimes I think the problem rests with all of us who voted for the WoT to begin with. It gave the stupid people the impression that they could continue in their stupidity, and they could sit in their parents' basement and come up with elaborate theories that it's really a plot by Dick Cheney, or pretend that you have to melt steel to get it to fail... _and nothing would happen to them_. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-01-29 13:56 |
| #7 Excellent post Besoeker...sounds like the conversation I had at lunch w/my peers. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2010-01-29 13:27 |
| #6 Good point Barb. Someone sent me the following just this morning: "The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the presidency. It will be easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails us. Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president." anon |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-01-29 09:44 |
| #5 "Are common sense and rational decision making beyond this fellow?" Well, yeah. Silly B. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-01-29 09:14 |
| #4 “In his address last night, the president once again revealed that there's a fundamental disconnect between what the American people expect from their government, and what he wants to deliver.” In an interview, two days before the SOTU address, President Obama stated the following: “You know, there is a tendency in Washington to believe our job description, of elected officials, is to get re-elected. That's not our job description. Our job description is to solve problems and to help people.” Now, compare that with the congressional oath of office. “I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.” Yeah, there's a fundamental disconnect alright. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2010-01-29 08:52 |
| #3 Are common sense and rational decision making beyond this fellow? As we continue to watch Barry's quite obvious anger and frustration, one must wonder if his elitism, vanity and ego will permit him to continue as president for another three years, or will he soon be checking into the Hotel Zum Türken with Bo? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-01-29 04:52 |
| #2 Sarah Palin's comments are incisive and she hits the bulls-eye time after time. I am impressed. |
| Posted by: Jinens Lumplump6738 2010-01-29 02:39 |
| #1 Go girl! Too bad we have to constitutionally watch Skinny die so slowly over three more long years of crippled agony. Toward the end ( the way he's heading now) he's going to be rotting in his chair. |
| Posted by: Alejandro 2010-01-29 01:18 |