Mr. President - You Won, now be Presidential

Good piece...

Richard Cohen - Time for Obama to Act Like a President

Sooner or later it is going to occur to Barack Obama that he is the president of the United States. As of yet, though, he does not act that way, appearing promiscuously on television and granting interviews like the presidential candidate he no longer is.

and More on the Afganistan Issue

We will see...What do you think?
Advisers to Obama Are Split on Afghan Troop Request - NYTimes.com

WASHINGTON — As President Obama weighs sending more troops to Afghanistan, one of the most consequential decisions of his presidency, he has discovered that the military is not monolithic in support of the plan and that some of the civilian advisers he respects most have deep reservations.

...and On National Security

What to you think "dear" leader will do? Stand up to the fringe left and send troops or give in and allow it to be "all for not"?

AFP: General backs request for more troops in Afghanistan

LONDON — Britain's top general in Afghanistan has backed his US commander's call for more foreign troops to fight an increasingly bloody Taliban insurgency, a newspaper said Monday.

Lieutenant-General Jim Dutton, the deputy commander of NATO?s International Security Assistance Force, told The Times newspaper that victory was a matter of "straightforward force ratios".

"If you want to achieve long-term stability, and therefore a lack of terrorism potential in an area, you need to be doing more than simply patrolling the skies," Dutton said.

He said he supported US General Stanley McChrystal's request for a troop buildup in the country to counter the Taliban insurgency -- as competing advice over the future war strategy and waning Western public support grows.

Rich Lowery on The Afghanistan Flip-Flop

Rich Lowery does a good job reminding us of the campaign slogan "should be in Afghanistan"...AND now the oops "never mind", democrat thought process.

On Afghanistan, Never Mind? by Rich Lowry on National Review Online

Now that it is crunch time in Afghanistan, they’ve gone from resolute to flaccid.
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And John Kerry, who used to be as gung-ho as John Wayne in The Green Berets, now sounds ready to revert to his usual martial role of leading the political charge toward defeat.

I "Double Dog Dare" Him

There is a REASON Mr Milloy that no one is "called out"...

Courtland Milloy: Obama Needs to Follow Through With Threats to Call Out Foes

"If you misrepresent what's in this [health care] plan, we will call you out," Obama told a joint session of Congress last week

...because doing so would shine a light on who is lying and who is misrepresenting what - Do you really want that? I DO!

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Carter Wrong Again

Well former President Jimmy Carter is wrong, but considering the source one would expect that. Let see how do I say this respectfully...it isn't race stupdid, well I couldn't think of a better way to put it.

AFP: Racism behind anger toward Obama: Carter

"I think that an overwhelming proportion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, he's African-American," Carter, 84, told NBC television.

Forgetting Defense ...

Forgetting defense or like other democrats kicking it to the side claiming the fight the "war on poverty" one that hasn't been made any advancements in 50 years - Guess now it is the "healthcare war".

...one question, if the "healthcare plan" will pay for it's self, as our president claimed, why the need to cut the military budget????

How to Dismantle a Military Superpower

Ultimately, severe modernization cuts could increase the likelihood that U.S. military capabilities will fall short of the nation's wide-ranging security commitments. Current budget plans indicate the United States may relinquish its military superpower status - not to another nation per se, but by reverting to a position where it lacks the capacity to engage and maintain a forward presence globally.

Technorati Tags: healthcare, military

Desires to "Get Along"

Well an "example of sanity", the role model of genius has again proclaimed all who disagree with he as crazy...of course previously we were just stupid.

Let's all learn, and hope the conservative elected officials learn, from these examples of just how the left wants to "get along". After all, they are so much smarter than I and so much more civil...just ask 'em!

Bill Maher Challenges Obama: "Stand Up For The 70 Percent Of Americans Who Aren't Crazy" (VIDEO)

Oh Good - Another Prime Time Event :-(

...and we have another possible prime-time event...this president wants more face time than Paris Hilton and may pass the last two administrations total "time on television" by the end of the year...

Oh and if you notice - The problem stems from "two republicans"; of course, if it is such a great deal they don't need any republicans, and they can have all the credit for themselves.

Obama Weighing Health Care Strategy Shift - Political News - FOXNews.com

President Barack Obama, faced with falling approval ratings and increasingly impatient with Senate negotiations over health care, is weighing a shift in strategy that would offer more details of his goals for overhauling the nation's health care system.

The president is considering a speech in the next week or so in which he would be "more prescriptive" about what he feels Congress must include in a bill, top adviser David Axelrod said Tuesday in an interview. The speech might occur before the Sept. 15 deadline the White House gave to Senate negotiators to seek a bipartisan bill, Axelrod said. He suggested that two key Republicans have not bargained in good faith.