He has got to cover those rhinoplasty scars, you know.
Posted on 09/10/2013 3:13:47 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
In the oft-admired model of a decisive lone warrior, President Obama could have ordered strikes on Syria without asking Congress. Instead, the commander in chief chose to ask lawmakers. At the least, all Americans should now reciprocate. They could suspend judgment and listen to what Mr. Obama has to say in his Tuesday evening address to the nation.
In decisions of war, bravery is needed in knowing when to be humble – in listening for one’s biases and evaluating new evidence. “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen,” said Winston Churchill.
Obama is hardly a warmonger, thus he deserves attention to his arguments for a “limited” attack on Syria’s military. He has not told other nations “if you are not with us, you are against us.” He is being a listener in chief even as he asks Americans to join him in pursuing the goal of curbing Syria’s use of chemical weapons and reestablishing a global norm.
“I’m not itching for military action ... and if there are good ideas that are worth pursuing, then I’m going to be open to them,” he told one reporter, in a statement that suggests he is the type of leader who is comfortable with his doubts.
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Tuesday’s speech should be an opportunity for Americans to ultimately listen to Obama’s case for a military strike. The strike itself would be done by old-style command-and-control management. But the decision to do it must be done by a new style of leadership, one in which leaders and followers have a conversation in which listening is as important as talking.
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I feel the same way. If I ever happen to hear him I start singing loudly to drwon out his lying voice.
When is this speech supposed to be? I thought at 6PM EST? It’s 6:30 EST isn’t it?
*DRINK*
Who’s got the Bingo Card for this one?
He has got to cover those rhinoplasty scars, you know.
I'd rather give a wolverine a bikini wax than listen to him.
I long ago stopped respecting pleas to give Obama the benefit of the doubt. His asshattery is so firmly established that no thinking person can ever trust or respect him.
its gotta be 6pm PST.
“””I’ve suggested on other threads: watch IDIOCRACY on DVD instead. With each passing day, this satire looks more and more like a documentary.”””
Most definitely.
What a bunch of blather. Yes, we should all adopt new ways of listening, because this is a new era, because Obama is President, Blah, blah,blah.
My eyes will be on something else tonight.I can’t stand viewing a repeat performance of what the clown has to say.Everything he’s said in the past will be repeated tonight.
Why waste time?
Mexico, Libya, Egypt, now he's pushin WWIII.
Warmonger is an UNDERSTATEMENT!
There’s a much better ball game on tonight and I’m not going to miss that just to listen to odumbo “the liar in chief”. I’ll read about it tomorrow instead.
Why listen to lie after lie after lie?
He is already backing away from military strike.
Congress is backing away from voting on any action regarding Syria.
So, what does he have left to talk about?
I would not be surprised to see a bait-and-switch and him reselling Obamacare.
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It may be the biggest non-event speech of his presidency.
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My cable box is scheduled for Rizzoli & Isles and I forgot how to unschedule, so I will have to miss the most glorious and greatest speech every given by those who give glorious and greatest speeches.
No matter what he says, the media will be fawning all over it for days.
I’ve spent 5 years avoiding listening to the Purple-Lipped Poseur
I wouldn’t walk out the door to p!ss on his leg, even if his nicely-creased pants were on fire.
Because some find self-flagellation gratifying?
It didn’t copy my search string: obama speech bingo
I’ve got night school stuff to study. Besides, I make it a point never to listen to any Marxist politician on TV or radio whenever possible.
I, uh, hmm, I, I have, uh, already scheduled, uh, I have already scheduled that, hmm, time to, uh, wash, uh, my hair.
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