Obama’s Dangerous Inexperience Shows In Iran and Dying Healthcare Reform
By Bonnie Erbe, Thomas Jefferson Street blog
As President Obama escalates the tone of his rhetoric against the Iranian leadership, from pablum to "outrageous," I keep thinking back to my criticisms of him during his presidential campaign.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Friday the United States and Germany share "one voice" in condemning the Iranian effort to crush dissent. He said Iran's leaders cannot hide the "outrageous" behavior of clamping down violently on their people.
Inexperience is the word that comes most frequently to mind. If his supporters are disappointed with how he thumb-twirled while Ahmadinejad and the Mullahs killed protestors against their now-obvious theft of the Iranian elections, they have only themselves to blame.
Mr. Obama was not ready for prime time when he was elected to office and he's sadly little more ready to lead the nation at this time.
He continues to try to be all things to all people and he continues to lose the support of his base as he does so. He is taking on way too many issues at once, and stands to lose control of what he cares about most (health care) in the process. One Republican insider told me this morning she thinks health care reform is dead in Congress. I'm not ready to go that far, but clearly his reform proposal has left too many i's undotted and t's uncrossed. He can't rebuild the economy, Detroit, climate change legislation, immigration control and health care all at once. It's a beginner's mistake to try.
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It didn't seem that important to the media at the time of the election
Well it didn't seem to trouble the voters in 2008 -- so let them live with it. The capacity for this country to err in judgment is infinite.
I love America
I love my country and I'm very concerned the path we have chosen and with these choices there will be consequences.The question is , Are you willing to pay the price and live with it for yourself,your children,grandchilren ? I watched CNN and someone called Barrack Obama God, which confused me a little because most don't want to acknowledge there is a God these days.I watch and listen very carefully to the speeches Obama and his administration give never really answering the hard questions asked ,when and if they are asked. Besides we all know whatever goes wrong " it's the Bush Administrations fault, and people accept that because it has worked throughout Obama's campaigne and contiues to work because people don't want to take the time to listen and search for facts and truth anymore.I've watch the news media change from reporting facts and truth to what serves their purpose and agenda...I hear politicians say " the people have no confidence in spending". Well, I'm sorry to burst their bubble , but most hard working people have no money to spend and if you truely believe the outrageous spending and tremendous debt our Government is doing is the right thing and that he is strong in how he deals with Iran and North Korea , you better be right because our very life depends on it.
So, What's experienced Bonnie Erbe advise?
Has she bothered to give the inexperienced president the answers?
Should he invade Iran like Bush invaded the formerly U.S. backed Iraq?
And then leave the mess to the next president to deal with?
Or maybe re-back the Taliban that the U.S. formerly backed in Afganistan now that they have retreated into Pakistan that Bush was afraid to offend because they have the big bomb?
Maybe inexperience at playing both bully and coward at the same time is not such a bad idea after all?
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