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Who said this about a world leader: He's a "political coward -- an essentially unchallenged leader who nevertheless is unwilling to lead or spend political capital to advance the cause of compromise"? Was it perhaps John Boehner describing Barack Obama? No, though the shoe would certainly fit. It was Barack Obama describing Binyamin Netanyahu.
This insight into Obama's views comes from an interview with the Atlantic Magazine's Jeffrey Goldberg. Let's pause for second to consider the gall. Mr. Obama knows full well that the United States confronts an unavoidable debt crisis if our government does not reform entitlements. Rather than lead, Obama has peddled denial ("We don't have a spending problem"), distortion (suggesting that Republicans who want spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling are "not paying America's bills") and demonization of the rich.
What wouldn't Netanyahu give for such manageable problems?
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What you quoted was written by Jeffrey Goldberg in this article.
Goldberg is stating what he believes Obama's viewpoint to be. Here's what Goldberg wrote:
"On matters related to the Palestinians, the president seems to view the prime minister as a political coward, an essentially unchallenged leader who nevertheless is unwilling to lead or spend political capital to advance the cause of compromise."
Clearly not a quote from Obama.
You should really check you sources more carefully.
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The "QUOTE" she used was never stated by the President. In fact, she's using a paraphrased interpretation of what another pundit apparently thought the President meant which makes it even more disingenuous that she stated it as a direct quote in her Frown Hall column.BTW, here's another quote (see link) on the same subject posted today on the National Review site, this one her's, with an interesting weasel word that suggests this is only HER opinion, however badly informed. Notice the subtle difference in the phrasing: "It seems Obama is calling Netanyahu a coward."
"seems" - Really? That's a BIG difference from her earlier assertion of a direct quote.
My point: She can't even demonstrate consistency from one right-wing misstatement to the next! Typical of a bellicose reactionary's POV.
Your sources are apparently like you, all liars and uninformed ditto (dildo)-heads.
That's just a personal opinion of course, albeit well informed; YMMV.
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Edits: 01/18/13
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The gall indeed.
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We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi
See bjh's post above. Wasn't a quote from Obama after all!
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We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi
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