Comments on: Season of Goodwill over for Obama http://www.thecommentfactory.com/season-of-goodwill-over-for-obama-1294/ Join And Start Writing Today! Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:59:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Will Dizard http://www.thecommentfactory.com/season-of-goodwill-over-for-obama-1294/comment-page-1/#comment-612 Will Dizard Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:55:55 +0000 http://www.thecommentfactory.com/?p=1294#comment-612 Look. If you were President-elect, would you want to like, completely fuck your chances of being able to work out a peace deal (by 2016) by opening your mouth for one side or the other BEFORE you are ACTUALLY PRESIDENT. No, you wouldn't. This issue isn't like other issues, like the auto bailout or the stimulus package, which demand immediate attention from the President-elect (in words, at least) before they're implemented and their success has no relationship to when and how Obama talks about them. The peace process in Israel and Palestine, by contrast, demands a lot more tact in this awkward period before January 20th. Obama speaking out now would harm his chances when he does sit down to moderate the peace process. Also, the President-elect hasn't issued statements about any current foreign policy crises. There is evidence, though, that he did actually call Condoleeza Rice to discuss the Gaza situation when it started. Right now, with no real executive authority, it's better Obama wait to say something when he does have some. Moreover, maybe talking about a way of pulling the country out of a potentially severe recession is more pressing and important than what's going on in Gaza, which is nothing new. The collapse of the U.S. economy is, for the President, a more important priority than making peace between Israelis and Palestinians. So all you all can just hold your fucking horses for a second. If history teaches us anything, it's that the history of the war between Israelis and Palestinians won't run out of history any time soon. Obama telling Israeli it's being barbarous and excessive won't save a single Palestinian life right now. Also, let the man have a fucking vacation. He and his minions just saved your charming liberal moral certainties and starry-eyed goals from another four years of marginalization and opposition from the executive branch. Fucking liberals. I can't stand you people. I don't know why I call myself one. Oh, yes, now I remember all the brainwashing by family, friends, school, The New Yorker, The Economist (which is pretty much Rolling Stone circa 1970 compared to real conservative American rags like The Weekly Standard), and good common sense. We are all a bunch of assholes, though, self-righteous and deluded and whiny and stubborn and stupid as our opponents. Republicans understand politics, you've got to give them that. For Democrats, politics is like some sort of ethics class. For Republicans, it's a business. Look. If you were President-elect, would you want to like, completely fuck your chances of being able to work out a peace deal (by 2016) by opening your mouth for one side or the other BEFORE you are ACTUALLY PRESIDENT. No, you wouldn't. This issue isn't like other issues, like the auto bailout or the stimulus package, which demand immediate attention from the President-elect (in words, at least) before they're implemented and their success has no relationship to when and how Obama talks about them.
The peace process in Israel and Palestine, by contrast, demands a lot more tact in this awkward period before January 20th. Obama speaking out now would harm his chances when he does sit down to moderate the peace process. Also, the President-elect hasn't issued statements about any current foreign policy crises. There is evidence, though, that he did actually call Condoleeza Rice to discuss the Gaza situation when it started. Right now, with no real executive authority, it's better Obama wait to say something when he does have some.
Moreover, maybe talking about a way of pulling the country out of a potentially severe recession is more pressing and important than what's going on in Gaza, which is nothing new. The collapse of the U.S. economy is, for the President, a more important priority than making peace between Israelis and Palestinians. So all you all can just hold your fucking horses for a second.
If history teaches us anything, it's that the history of the war between Israelis and Palestinians won't run out of history any time soon. Obama telling Israeli it's being barbarous and excessive won't save a single Palestinian life right now.
Also, let the man have a fucking vacation. He and his minions just saved your charming liberal moral certainties and starry-eyed goals from another four years of marginalization and opposition from the executive branch.
Fucking liberals. I can't stand you people. I don't know why I call myself one. Oh, yes, now I remember all the brainwashing by family, friends, school, The New Yorker, The Economist (which is pretty much Rolling Stone circa 1970 compared to real conservative American rags like The Weekly Standard), and good common sense.
We are all a bunch of assholes, though, self-righteous and deluded and whiny and stubborn and stupid as our opponents. Republicans understand politics, you've got to give them that. For Democrats, politics is like some sort of ethics class. For Republicans, it's a business.

]]> By: Ali Harper http://www.thecommentfactory.com/season-of-goodwill-over-for-obama-1294/comment-page-1/#comment-581 Ali Harper Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:06:31 +0000 http://www.thecommentfactory.com/?p=1294#comment-581 I agree, Obama's silence over whats happening in Gaza is shameful, particularly as he hasnt exercised the same measure of restraint on so many other issues. I liked this: <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00108/cartoon311208_108022a.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/0...</a> I agree, Obama's silence over whats happening in Gaza is shameful, particularly as he hasnt exercised the same measure of restraint on so many other issues. I liked this:

http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/0...

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