Reply #138: Why don't you post them, with your interpretation [View All]

[sabrina 1]

of what he meant? Obama has shown before that he considers 'the '60s' era something that we do not want to repeat. This was the Civil Rights era! The only people I know who have a visceral hatred for that period of history, are Republicans, specifically Reagan Republicans and DLCers.

He has tried to distance himself publicly from anything that appears to be Liberal. He seems almost ashamed of Liberals. Or maybe it's fear, as it was with Reagan. His admiration for Reagan, (and yes, I know, we all 'misunderstood what he meant'), was disturbing to me and to many people. Surely there was a Democratic President he could have named as someone he admired? That revealed a lot about him, imo.

He was asked a simple question here. He could have answered it directly 'Yes, I am concerned about Conservative judges' over-reaching' without going into 'and liberals did it too'.

He does that a lot. 'On the one hand, and then on the other'. He needs to remember he is a Democrat. He is constantly struggling to show how 'fair and balanced' he is. And in the end, while he's a great speaker, he actually leaves people wondering exactly what he meant.

And, I think he's proud of that. He said that he was always 'good at getting along with all sides' in one of his interviews. I don't think that's a great thing when you are a leader. Leaders have to take a stand sometimes. And sometimes I wonder just who this man is. Maybe he does too.