That just defines a strong leader (IMO). A great leader does that AND gains positive results.A great leader, a great President, is one who by his very force of will and righteousness can inspire a country to follow him where he wants to lead them. Can anyone name one issue where President Obama has displayed such greatness?
I predict ACA will begin to be dismantled within 15-20 years in favor of single-payer.Obama has been a pretty good president but not great. Once the wrinkles get sorted out the ACA will be looked back on as a good idea with weak implementation. His foreign policy has been weak but not as bad as our former leader. His policies helped get us out of the recession but other policies conservative and liberal could of been better. His efforts to reduce climate change has been beneficial and if China holds up on their end of the bargain, the world will be much better.
Pretty standard right-winger, notable only for the extreme racist reaction of the Republicans.
I predict ACA will begin to be dismantled within 15-20 years in favor of single-payer.
How does one go about rightfully criticizing a Black President when deserved without incurring the knee-jerk response of racism from you?
A great leader, a great President, is one who by his very force of will and righteousness can inspire a country to follow him where he wants to lead them. Can anyone name one issue where President Obama has displayed such greatness?
You can't do it.
Anytime you do, those race cards will be flung at you.
Sorry, but that's the way it is.
The Virtuous Bigot - Political IslamThe Virtuous Bigot
Aug 17 2011 | by Bill Warner
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We have a new kind of bigot today, the virtuous bigot. You can find a virtuous bigot by reading the writings of just about any apologist for Islam. It seems that it almost impossible for an apologist to resist proving the point of the beauty of Islam, by saying that those who find fault in Islam are bigots, racists, haters, and Islamophobes.
All of those who use fact-based arguments against Islam or reveal the enormous suffering caused by Islam are attacked by being called members of the KKK and worse. Any criticism of Islam is treated as hate speech.
Actually, the real meaning of “bigot” is someone who opposes the social and racial policies of the establishment. It just means: “we-hate-you”. “Bigot” has lost its moral meaning.
In a normal situation the answer would be no, but since he had to succeed the worst president in World history, its a definite yes. Compared to bush he looks like a great president.
Has Obama been a Great President?
By this odd definition, we've never had a "great President." Doing things by "force of will" is not how the presidency works.
You don't think some of the Presidents, let's take Lyndon Johnson as an example, used their leadership, their "force of will" to push the nation in a direction that they felt the nation needed to go. His Great Society package has had lasting impact on your country. There are other Presidents who did similar things. Ronald Reagan can be considered a great leader, a great President, in my view, because of the way he lifted the American psyche when it needed it most.
Great Presidents aren't always successful in everything they do but they can be, with their personality and determination, the driving force behind important accomplishments.
How does one go about rightfully criticizing a Black President when deserved without incurring the knee-jerk response of racism from you?
"Force of will" can easily be stymied by a noncompliant Congress.
Then it wouldn't be "force of will" if it's "easily stymied"."Force of will" can easily be stymied by a noncompliant Congress.
Then it wouldn't be "force of will" if it's "easily stymied".
No. You missed the point... but to be fair, I could have elaborated better, too. Anyway, there have been some. Not many, but some.Precisely. There are very few past examples -- virtually zero -- of THAT kind of presidential "greatness."
You don't think some of the Presidents, let's take Lyndon Johnson as an example, used their leadership, their "force of will" to push the nation in a direction that they felt the nation needed to go. His Great Society package has had lasting impact on your country. There are other Presidents who did similar things. Ronald Reagan can be considered a great leader, a great President, in my view, because of the way he lifted the American psyche when it needed it most.
Great Presidents aren't always successful in everything they do but they can be, with their personality and determination, the driving force behind important accomplishments.
If pushing through major legislation is your criterion, Obama would seem to qualify in spades.
Clearly, you didn't understand my point. Even Obama's so called signature legislation, the ACA, wasn't his, it was Nancy Pelosi's, and the country is still not with him on it and his fellow Democrats have abandoned him. What's all this "major legislation" that Obama has pushed through? Perhaps you're referring to his signature legislation on immigration reform, his major promise in the 2008 election? Oh, never mind.
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