tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post5213866051646466179..comments2024-03-22T10:49:51.766-05:00Comments on Horizons: President Obama on Leadership and StrengthNancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-7255926617040314092015-10-12T13:46:15.170-05:002015-10-12T13:46:15.170-05:00Yeah, but that's why they pay you the big buck...Yeah, but that's why they pay you the big bucks.Alan Mandelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-91088397044409547892015-10-12T13:20:19.535-05:002015-10-12T13:20:19.535-05:00Jeez - I could have saved all those words and simp...Jeez - I could have saved all those words and simply written that :-)Nancy LeTourneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-50388434201202366552015-10-12T13:09:49.073-05:002015-10-12T13:09:49.073-05:00Basically, it was a macho putz interviewing a secu...Basically, it was a macho putz interviewing a secure evolved man.Alan Mandelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-76172568198389574502015-10-12T12:11:34.635-05:002015-10-12T12:11:34.635-05:00He's not even playing chess; he's playing ...He's not even playing chess; he's playing some board game whose structure is cooperative rather than competitive and everyone gradually builds something together. So, maybe Mousetrap.King Beauregardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04043228078537079759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-54340731501989143672015-10-12T11:08:26.676-05:002015-10-12T11:08:26.676-05:00Obama isn't playing 11 dimensional chess. He&#...Obama isn't playing 11 dimensional chess. He's playing chess when everyone else is playing checkers.Chris Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18139817527808942227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-56601718245289816312015-10-12T10:47:21.460-05:002015-10-12T10:47:21.460-05:00I wonder how long it's going to take for peopl...I wonder how long it's going to take for people to get what Obama is doing, redefining world power so that it is less about force and more about common benefit. Will that period best be measured in years or decades?<br /><br />I've never bought the notion that Obama is a multidimensional chess player; he's just plying his community organizer skills on a larger scale. I guess the big surprise is how many extraordinary things he might accomplish doing so.King Beauregardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04043228078537079759noreply@blogger.com