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Obama’s delayed empathy - The Boston Globe »
Posted By Tasine 2 weeks, 4 days ago in Political OpinionIN TIMES of national tragedy, Americans expect their president to capture the mood and moment with the right blend of emotion, empathy, and urgency. It's a delicate act of timing and tone. And President Obama, despite his eloquence and dignity, has yet to master it, as illustrated by his awkward response to the deadly shootings at the Fort Hood Army Base in Texas.
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Tasine2 weeks, 4 days ago
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President Obama, despite his eloquence and dignity
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I've never noticed any eloquence or dignity. I have noticed narcissism, hubris, monotone speech, robotic movements, but these do not denote eloquence or dignity. They denote programming. -
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Striker1012 weeks, 4 days ago
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Being a robot would mean 0 is programmed and programmable. All he needs is his teleprompter and, of course, someone backstage writing his empathy for him. Some suggested subjects:
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~~ Sorry for lying to the people.
~~ Sorry that he can't remember where he was born;
~~ Sorry for voiding his warranty by no oil Change;
~~ Sorry for his inability grasp the economics of manipulation;
~~ Sorry for seizing... AIG, GM, Chrysler, Fan 'n Fred...
~~ Sorry for ignoring laws he swore to uphold, like immigration;
~~ Sorry for wildly increasing the national debt
~~ Sorry for having no balanced budget in sight
~~ Sorry for destroying the dollar
~~ Sorry for replacing prosperity in the name of redistribution
~~ Sorry for our lost troops and their families (a daily sorry)
~~ Sorry for trashing our Constitution.
~~ Sorry for replacing our Right to Life with collectivist Force.
~~ Sorry that robots can't grasp the morality of Liberty.
~~ and finally, sorry for sticking his mug on TV every damn day. -
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fjgalt2 weeks, 4 days ago
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Echoes to Striker. I have long suspected that Obama is nothing more, in essence, than a news anchor or commentator. The unexpected event delays his response as if he has to check with his masters for what he should say.
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When he has spoken off the cuff (the cop and the professor, not being able to speak Austrian, for example), it's the wrong thing and exposes his bias and ignorance.
I have tended toward switching channels when he appears on TV, as I do with the too-much repeated commercials hawking a product I don't care about.
His effectiveness is waning. -
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Sabretooth2 weeks, 3 days ago
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LMAO, and you guys wonder why everyone is laughing at you and won't listen to you? I swear could you actually do any more damage to your party? You have no ethics, morality or virtue that i can see. Basically you folks are the laughing stocks of the world and you simply do not have the intelligence to even notice. I have noticed that stupid people are very thick skinned, they do not seem to grasp their own stupidity so they are not ashamed by it. I wish i had that kind of intellect going for me, but unfortunately i am one of those blessed with both intellect and conscience...woe is me. Best is i can post all this half loaded and still make more sense and have more virtue then you turds.
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fjgalt2 weeks, 3 days ago
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Sabretooth,
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I am not a member of the Demopublican party, heard no laughter the night the Democrats lost the governorships in New Jersey and Virginia, and have a solid base of virtues and ethics. But, of course, I live in the real world while you, "blessed with both intellect and conscience," are able to transcend that reality and perceive the noumenal world that is beyond the grasp of us simple-minded, reasoning, logical people.
We are in awe of your superiority. We beg you to continue to inspire us by your liberal wisdom. -
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