Oh, and now he's blaming his own chosen White House counsel Greg Craig for foobarring the Gitmo pledge:
<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/27940.html> - - - But most of all Obamas aides mistook that political consensus from the campaign trail for a deep commitment in Washington to do whatever it takes to close the prison. The administration came in reading there to be wide support for closing Guantanamo at home and abroad, and I think it misread that attitude, said Matthew Waxman, a Columbia law professor who held Defense and State Department positions on detainee policy. In general, they were right .but there was very little willingness to accept the costs and risks of getting it done. The White House declined to make Craig available for an interview, or discuss the Gitmo deliberations in detail, but several allies and even some critics scoffed at suggestions that Craig bears the main responsibility for the missteps. This clearly was a decision that had the full support of the entire national security team, said Ken Gude, who tracks Guantanamo issues for the liberal Center for American Progress think tank. Its typical Washington that someone has their head on the chopping block, but its ridiculous that its Craig." - - - Obama, who has never run anything in his life except his mouth with the aid of a teleprompter, is as ideologically far left as advertised, but in a bittersweet twist of fate, embarrassingly incompetent. It turns out experience does matter. So does character. It took Katrina and Harriet Miers to make a dent in support for Bush among his base. Obama's is already turning on him (see SNL skit Pete posted), because, in addition to having an inflated view of himself, he actually doesn't know the first thing about leading, or about diplomacy. After awhile the constant awkward apologies to rogue dictators and obligatory references to "the last several years" as a kind of excuse for his own naiveté wear thin. Talk about hype meeting up with reality. Is it 2010 yet? - Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Bob Calco > Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 7:20 AM > To: 'ProFox Email List' > Subject: RE: [OT] Obamas Violated First 3 Rules of Selling > > > > > have you ever asked why the world hates america? and i dont mean your > > traditional enemies but your traditional allies? when you can answer > > that > > you might have a clue what Obama is trying to do. > > 1. I don't accept the premise. Some people hate us, some love us, some > are > indifferent. The idea that "the world" hates us was pimped by leftists > during George Bush's presidency. It was a lie repeated so often it > became > true, during a time when France and Germany happened to be governed by > leftist jackasses with financial interests in Iraq. Interestingly, > France > and Germany hated George Bush so much, they threw out the leftist bums > and > elected conservatives while Bush was still in office. So it's no more > true > that "the world" hates George Bush and "loves" Obama than that "the > world" > hates Obama and "loved" George Bush. Where is all that nuance you love > to > talk about on every other subject? > > 2. It's obvious after nine months that other than having a very strong > preference for hiring lunatics with stellar socialist/communist resumes > to > his administration and expanding the power of the executive well beyond > Constitutional limits, Obama himself doesn't have a clue what he's > trying to > do. He's like a dog chasing a car, wouldn't know what to do with it if > he > caught it. Look at the health care bill. Oh, wait, there are three or > four > of them floating around, none of them by Obama. Look at Afghanistan, > the war > we "had to win" -- now he isn't really looking for "victory," is > dithering > on an urgent troop request, and may pull out altogether. Or may not. > What a > leader! > > http://bit.ly/3X9svv > > - Bob > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
