Obama's London News Conference
I hope you have/had a chance to watch Obama's news conference in London just now. He has a pretty bad head cold and was a little slower than we're used to but his quite thoughtful and detailed answers to a variety of questions from world journalists was quite remarkable.
This guy is the real deal. He thinks deeply about virtually everything a President should think about and had to have just knocked out anybody used to the pathetic performance our former President used to deliver.
Whether you like, dislike, or absolutely hate all or any particular part of his economic, political or foreign policy program, we are very lucky to have such a thoughtful and decent human being as our political leader in these troubling times.
This guy is the real deal. He thinks deeply about virtually everything a President should think about and had to have just knocked out anybody used to the pathetic performance our former President used to deliver.
Whether you like, dislike, or absolutely hate all or any particular part of his economic, political or foreign policy program, we are very lucky to have such a thoughtful and decent human being as our political leader in these troubling times.
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Spot on, Candide. I never thought I would get to see another JFK in my lifetime. America has a world class leader. The world has a world class leader.
C-SPAN has the whole thing...Pres. Obama Briefing
April 2, 2009 7:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Before Obama fully hit the national scene, I used to wonder where were this generation's great presidential leaders. It's Washingtons, Jeffersons, Lincolns, Roosevelts (Teddy or Franklin), or Kennedys. Why had we not seen one since JFK was killed in '63? Conservatives will count Reagan as qualifying but I do not, and far from it.
I had begun to suspect that incivility, cynicism, and pervasive corruption, which have become so common to our modern politics, had made it impossible for another great president to exist, much less make it to the White House. With Obama, it's looking like I was wrong, thank goodness. Maybe, that's as frequently as they come along, every 40 to 50 years, or so.
April 2, 2009 9:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
I love the fact that he works hard at not letting himself be distracted from his end game. His ability to focus is extremely impressive.
April 2, 2009 9:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
I wonder if this fawning and love is as strong or stronger as what republicans felt for Reagan.
April 2, 2009 9:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
I don't fawn but I do have a great deal of respect and admiration for the President. If Republicans felt that way about Reagan, that's their cross to bare considering how things turned out for him in the end.
If my respect and admiration turns out to be misplaced (I don't think it will) I'm a big girl. I'll get pissed and get over it.
April 2, 2009 10:32 PM | Reply | Permalink