tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post2169483343272250540..comments2024-03-22T10:49:51.766-05:00Comments on Horizons: Has President Obama been naive?Nancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-54641968973814227302014-10-27T09:31:54.107-05:002014-10-27T09:31:54.107-05:00Welcome back, Nancy. You have been in my thoughts ...Welcome back, Nancy. You have been in my thoughts and prayers.Kathleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-4559197674085130502014-10-27T09:26:30.489-05:002014-10-27T09:26:30.489-05:00smartypants, sorry to hear about your father. You ...smartypants, sorry to hear about your father. You were in my prayers. rikyrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982657053583534299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-34191788037794137272014-10-27T09:24:31.750-05:002014-10-27T09:24:31.750-05:00now everything else with regards to the President,...now everything else with regards to the President, there is no naivete. there is straight calculation about how to get things done as President and a Black Man who is President. ...rikyrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982657053583534299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-58985194795916950232014-10-27T09:23:21.032-05:002014-10-27T09:23:21.032-05:00I don't think the word is naive. I don't l...I don't think the word is naive. I don't like naive. I do think that the only thing President Obama miscalculated was that, in the midst of the greatest economic downturn this country has seen since the Great Depression, that one political party would CHOOSE to commit ECONOMIC TREASON against this country. I don't know if that's naive, all I know, if you had told me back in 2009 that the GOP wouldn't find a way to try and HELP this country, I would not have believed you, because hey, I'm patriotic that way...and I know the President is a true patriot. rikyrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982657053583534299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-67545222287066989202014-10-26T13:37:44.899-05:002014-10-26T13:37:44.899-05:00Welcome back, Nancy.
You're smart analysis ...Welcome back, Nancy. <br /><br />You're smart analysis of Obama's conciliatory rhetoric as ruthless strategy is not something the vast majority of Americans can see. The media can't report it because they don't see it. To be candid, I never saw it until you wrote about it and I follow politics diligently and appreciate the President greatly. Historians will judge Obama kindly down the road, but as for today, he's not getting enough credit for his achievements. His strategy to show the emptiness of the Republicans policies isn't working at this moment. Witness that the Senate is close to being overtaken by the G.O.P. The candidates they've put forth have the same mentality level as the John Birch Society. I believe the President was and still is naive about his faith in the American people. That voters have forgotten which party put the country in the drink economically only six years ago and have forgotten the mess the G.O.P.-led government created in the Middle East says everything about the ADHD world we live in and our dumbed down culture. I will, however, remain hopeful and gravitate away from the dark toward the light knowing that Obama has been a great president.<br /><br />(As a postscript, I also believe that Hillary Clinton reentering the political arena last Spring, to "promote" her book, has also contributed to the current narrative about Obama, part of which has been fueled by the Clintonites.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-4509699143603675842014-10-26T11:15:55.127-05:002014-10-26T11:15:55.127-05:00I like the way you think through things, Nancy. Go...I like the way you think through things, Nancy. Good question about him being naive about the media. Here's the one thing I think that counters that...the ten letters he reads every night from average Americans. I think that gives him a better idea of what people think about issues than the media could ever know. Tien Lenoreply@blogger.com