Stephens: Anatomy of a Feckless Presidency

The Wall Street Journal ^ | March 3, 2014 | Brett Stephens

[kingattax]

good work

[hosepipe]

The word for the day seems to be “feckless”. I haven’t seen a word used in so many places at once since “gravitas” came into vogue. Well, except for “unexpected”.
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True..... even if you do not know what "feckless' means.. IT JUST SOUNDS NASTY..

I encourage using the word "FECKLESS" at every opportunity..

".... FECKLESS ......"

[MortMan]

We could use the new word “fecklitas” to describe the Won...

[Max in Utah]

its a pretty safe bet that most people probably have no clue what ‘feckless’ means.

I'm pretty sure it means "not worth a feck".

[Billthedrill]

That, or “who gives a feck?”

[Forgotten Amendments]

The word for the day seems to be “feckless”. I haven’t seen a word used in so many places at once since “gravitas” came into vogue.

Took the words out of my mouth!!!

If we listen to these neocons and get tough with Putin, we'll all be totally "fecked".

[Charles H. (The_r0nin)]

If we listen to these neocons and get tough with Putin, we'll all be totally "fecked".

So we should roll over for him? We should accept American irrelevance gracefully? You're on the wrong board, pal, if you expect anyone other than the normal "useful idiots" and posters with Russian mail-order spouses to agree with your paean to Obama's new weakened America!

[mcshot]

Now there’s a picture and word match if I ever saw one. He’s a good representative of this “feckless” admin.

[wizr]

If you were married to that, you would’nt, ahem, do it, either.

[fredmann]

Exactly. Plus a whole lot more stuff than just Benghazi.

[Forgotten Amendments]

So we should roll over for him? We should accept American irrelevance gracefully? You're on the wrong board, pal, if you expect anyone other than the normal "useful idiots" and posters with Russian mail-order spouses to agree with your paean to Obama's new weakened America!

The neocons are desperate. They're rolling out the same phrases they sputtered when their designs for war in Syria were dashed. (You forgot to cry "Munich!")

I got news for you, FRiend - America SHOULD be irrelevant in this spat between Russia and "Ukraine"!!! You don't know who those mobs were who overthrew the elected government of Ukraine. They're probably no more legit than the terrorists McCain wanted us to support in Syria.

Now, why don't you listen to the people of Crimea rather than the lunatics from the Claremont Institute, the Washington Post, and the Georgian gangsters who bought John McCain?

[RipSawyer]

I don’t know about feck but this presidency is CERTAINLY NOT drekless. It has more than enough drek.