Posted on 02/22/2015 5:32:47 AM PST by bestintxas
Today is the birthday of one of America’s greatest presidents. He is still number one in many people’s minds, considering the undiminished and unmatched greatness he displayed. There is still no higher standard than America’s first, since he shaped the executive office into what it is today. It is interesting to compare how George Washington conducted himself as president versus Barack Hussein Obama.
Washington had a unique leadership style. He was courageous, conscientious, honest, and hard working. In his recent book, The Return Of George Washington, Ed Larson writes how Washington was instrumental in the drafting and ratification of the Constitution. Larson noted to American Thinker, “I call him the general contractor of the Constitution. He wanted to move the country forward and would listen to people about the best way to get there.”
On the other hand, President Obama is close-minded and appears to be disengaged. For example, in fighting the war on terror, his advisors have repeated time and again that ground forces are needed to fight ISIS. Retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, stated, “When we give our military commanders a mission, we should allow them to execute that mission, and not overly constrain them with approved authorities, but then having to come back to the administration for permission. Either we need to review those authorities and those permissions, or we need to change the commanders because we apparently don’t trust them to do the job that we’ve given them to do.”
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Cooper the author is either naive or simply wimpy. 0bummer is not disengaged...you don’t transform things you love...and...if you wanted to destroy this country what would you do differently?
“Washington had a unique leadership style. He was courageous, conscientious, honest, and hard working.”
All of which the Obama is not. And that’s an easily
proven fact.
Part I: The early years up to the Revolution
Part II: Washington during the Revolution
Part III: Washington as President until his death.
That is the subject of the book referenced in the thread; the point being that in that time the country under the Articles of Confederation was going to the dogs. See the preamble to the Constitution
- Part IIa:
- The interregnum between his resignation as General of the Army and his assumption of the presidency.
to see what desperately needed fixing; basically everything. Washington took counsel of many, then lent his prestige to the constitutional convention. And, narrowly, defeated the Antifederalists to win ratification of the Constitution.
- to form a more perfect Union,
- establish Justice,
- insure domestic Tranquility,
- provide for the common defence,
- promote the general Welfare, and
- secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity
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