Obama on Harry Truman
Obama held a roundtable discussion in Exeter, New Hampshire, with a panel of Independent, but very Obama-friendly, voters. The topic: Restoring Trust in Government.
During the hour-long discussion, Obama proved he listens to the people. One day after a Manchester voter advised Obama to “mention Truman” when talking about great Democratic presidents, the senator obliged. Obama brought up the 33rd President of the United States, and told the Indie voters and a roomful of press why he thinks Truman was a great president. His reasoning is remarkably similar to President Bush’s rationale for admiring the former president.
Obama said the issue of having a “stick-to-it-ness” when it comes to an agenda is important in Washington. “There’s no president, including FDR and the great ones, who didn’t have to try to strike while the iron’s hot and while you have a mandate for change before events start catching up with you. But some of the progress that has to be made has to be steady and sustained, and you have to not be looking at the polls all the time in order to make it happen. One of the presidents I admire is Harry Truman, who, that guy had some bad poll numbers, but had a clear vision of what needed to be done, particularly on the international stage and was willing to use that political capitol to get it done, and ultimately, won over the American people.”
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I’m supporting Obama. I see Hillary trying to get back to the White House and think about all the lying, police-state tactics, use of private investigators to gather dirt and wipe out her political opponents, abuse of power, Whitewater, Travelgate, and other scandals of the Clinton White House too numerous to mention. The thought of her at the helm is scary–very scary.
Before you cast your vote, please consider the following about the first Clinton co-presidency:
• The Clintons were more concerned about what they could get from the presidency instead of honoring their responsibilities to this country. At the end of their term they were multi-millionaires. Ever wonder how they got so wealthy?
• Think about how they sold our military secrets, how they exchanged pardons for Puerto Rican votes in New York, freeing some of the worst criminals just so Hillary could have what she thinks she is entitled to. Will our democracy survive another four years of them?
• Hillary loves to play the victim–of Bill, of the Republican vast right-wing conspiracy, of all the Bimbos who sleep with Bill, etc. Can a victim be an effective president?
• Hillary’s long-suffering marriage to Bill, enabling him to have numerous sexual trysts — not just a one-time dalliance with Monica — results in her sense of entitlement. Do we want a president who feels the job is rightfully hers just because she’s suffered through 35 years of marriage to Bill?
• Hillary claims to be tough enough to play with the boys when, in fact, she is unable to leave a cheating husband. How will she stand up to other men who walk all over her?
• Hillary attacks her opponents with lies and innuendo far more than she talks about how she would attempt to cure America’s ills. What is her plan…does she even have one?
• Hillary has no experience. Being married to a president does not make one qualified to be president. As a married woman, I cannot relate to a woman who stays in a sick marriage so she can capitalize on her husband’s success, then pretend she did it on her own. She gives no specifics about her experience. More dodging accountability.
• Fact: She’s held elected office for one Senate term and has introduced no major legislation during that time. Is this the kind of experience we want in the Oval Office?
Hillary is not what she pretends to be. She is spinning her image — the same tactics Bill used on an unsuspecting American people the first time around. We should be smarter than that now. Do we really want them in the White House again?
Cast your vote wisely in 2008.
Denise, I ask again:
Are you going to cut and paste the exact same comment on every blog?
I support Clinton.
You ask questions that are GOP Slime Machine Talking Points. Maybe you have no idea that Clinton Haters are a vast MINARITY of America.
Let’s have a free and fair election, and then let’s all support the people’s choice.