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Obama's Inspiration: Washington, FDR, and Lincoln

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By Paul Bedard, Washington Whispers

As he runs a nation at war, in economic turmoil, and struggling for unity, President Obama now reveals that he finds direction from three other presidents who faced those challenges straight on: George Washington, FDR, and Abraham Lincoln. Writing the foreword in the latest edition of the White House Historical Association's book The Presidents of the United States of America, Obama also takes inspiration from classic national initiatives, including the planned repeat of one he snuffed out in his new budget: NASA's moon landing.

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How stupid does your comment look right about now Curious George? Not that your statements alone aren't enough to prove you haven't a clue... of what is reality, of how to spell, or how to look at a situation and truly understand it from an educated point of view. What are you a Fox news anchor? All that being said and you having stuck your own proverbial foot in your mouth numerous times, how do you like them "Obama on Osama apples"?

Really? of WI 3:47AM May 21, 2011

The three most influencial people in Barry's life are:

Stalin

Lenin

Marx

Jeff of WI 7:08AM February 16, 2010

We are now in month 14 of President Obama's "CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN". Well, I believe it now, and DO NOT LIKE IT!!

This has been nothing by 14 months of blaming others for their failures; outsourcing public policy to Pelosi and Reid; FAILURE to listen to those who got him elected, and other citizens for that matter; historical arrogance from the White House on a daily basis; and consistent dithering on major domestic and foreign affairs issues.

I, for one, did not vote for this guy for him to tell us who inspired him. I voted for him to go to work for American!! He is proving that his inexperience cannot be made up through speeches on a teleprompter. HE HAS YET TO PROVE HE IS A LEADER, OR A MANAGER OF HIS OWN PARTY!

Everything he has touched has either broken or lost!!

He needs to clean house in the White House, and get some folks who are not egotistically loquacious on board, or his presidency is TOAST!

CuriousGeorgeIV of CA 11:28AM February 13, 2010

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