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Barack Obama

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sheshe2

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Wed Jun 19, 2013, 09:09 PM Jun 2013

President Obama responds to the "Bush light" crowd [View all]

SNIP:

What he's doing here is offering the very same outstretched hand to his critics on the left that they have so vilified him for offering to the right. The question is whether or not they are any more prepared to take it. Is their aim simply to find the proof that he is a liar? Or do they want to have a discussion about these issues? If its the latter, President Obama is saying he welcomes that conversation.

He can do that because he is not being driven by his ego or his own personal agenda - he's not an ideologue. He is a pragmatist looking for solutions. In addition, he knows that when it comes to bad actors in a discussion like this, conciliatory rhetoric can be a ruthless strategy.

One way to deal with that kind of bad-faith opposition is to draw the person in, treat them as if they were operating in good faith, and draw them into a conversation about how they actually would solve the problem. If they have nothing, it shows.
And that's not a tactic of bipartisan Washington idealists -- it's a hard-nosed tactic of community organizers, who are acutely aware of power and conflict.

Its fascinating to watch him take this approach - not just with the right - but now with his critics on the left. It makes one wonder whether or not the latter will respond with any more maturity than the former.


This is the end of the article~ The beginning is at the link below~

http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2013/06/president-obama-responds-to-bush-light.html

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DU rec. ucrdem Jun 2013 #1
Well Yea~ sheshe2 Jun 2013 #15
sheshe you found my all time favorite pic!! ucrdem Jun 2013 #17
I have the pic saved for you ucrdem~ sheshe2 Jun 2013 #19
Sittin' on top of the world, yeah! ucrdem Jun 2013 #20
I need to take a quick dive ucrdem Jun 2013 #21
Rahm already threw the left under the bus. HooptieWagon Jun 2013 #2
Speaking of buses ucrdem Jun 2013 #3
Post removed Post removed Jun 2013 #5
ucr is right.. this is your stop and you can take your Cha Jun 2013 #8
Thank you jurors! And alerter!! And hosts!!! ucrdem Jun 2013 #18
You were warned in the OP that this is the Barack Obama Group.. Cha Jun 2013 #6
I think she safely exited. ucrdem Jun 2013 #7
Brilliant from smartypants, she.. Cha Jun 2013 #4
thanks for watching over things~ sheshe2 Jun 2013 #10
Here's the full transcript, she! Mahalo for Cha Jun 2013 #11
Why you sweet thing! sheshe2 Jun 2013 #12
Next week! Cha Jun 2013 #13
Excellent analysis. Major Hogwash Jun 2013 #9
That's why people can't figure him out and fear him Whisp Jun 2013 #14
Whisp! sheshe2 Jun 2013 #16
This would've gotten more attention in GD. Jamaal510 Jun 2013 #22
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