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Gee, Glenndale, with talk of the President's "manning up," you sound as rough and tumble as Christine O'Donnell, Sarah Palin, and Sharron Angle. I suppose that makes you da man . . . or da men. Good for you.<br><br>It looks like you're interpreting the Huffington Post article as an introduction to Obama 2.0, Manlier Version (Chest Hair Sold Separately). I guess, then, that I'd be correct in concluding that you think that some sort of cowardice, softness, and limp-wristedness is behind Obama's difficulties over the past two years. Care to confirm, with examples? Because I think a lot of us who have had our disappointments with him haven't really ever given due consideration to any lack of bravery or toughness on his part. I know you know a lot about bravery and toughness, so I'm hoping you can shed some light on this for us. I know you wouldn't hold a guy's intellect, education, or bearing against him -- you've probably met a few manly Classicists in your life -- so I'm really interested in hearing how he hasn't "manned up" while facing down an unremittingly hostile GOP in his first half-term.<br><br>It's true that Barack Obama doesn't taunt our enemies on a destroyer in wartime while wearing a crotch-enhancing flightsuit, but I just guess I always assumed he was "man enough" for the job. Since I know we can agree that people who hide behind pseudonyms or anonymity aren't terribly gutsy, I await your analysis.<br><br><font style="" color="#8064a2"><font style="font-size: 12pt;" size="3"><font style="" face="Verdana">Keely<br>www.keely-prevailingwinds.com<br></font></font></font><br><br><br><br>> Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 17:57:58 -0700<br>> From: vpschwaller@gmail.com<br>> To: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> Subject: [Vision2020] Pres mans-up<br>> <br>> >From the Huffington Post:<br>> <br>> A chastened President Barack Obama signaled a willingness to<br>> compromise with Republicans on tax cuts and energy policy Wednesday,<br>> one day after his party lost control of the House and suffered deep<br>> Senate losses in midterm elections.<br>> <br>> Obama ruefully called the Republican victories "a shellacking" and<br>> acknowledged that his own connection with the public had frayed.<br>> <br>> At a White House news conference, the president said that when<br>> Congress returns, "my goal is to make sure we don't have a huge spike<br>> in taxes for middle class families." He made no mention of his<br>> campaign-long insistence that tax cuts be permitted to expire on<br>> upper-income families, a position he said would avoid swelling the<br>> deficit but put him in conflict with Republicans.<br>> <br>> He also virtually abandoned his legislation – hopelessly stalled in<br>> the Senate – featuring economic incentives to reduce carbon emissions<br>> from power plants, vehicles and other sources.<br>> <br>> "I'm going to be looking for other means of addressing this problem,"<br>> he said. "Cap and trade was just one way of skinning the cat," he<br>> said, strongly implying there will be others.<br>> <br>> In the campaign, Republicans slammed the bill as a "national energy<br>> tax" and jobs killer, and numerous Democrats sought to emphasize their<br>> opposition to the measure during their own re-election races.<br>> <br>> The president opened his post-election news conference by saying<br>> voters who felt frustrated by the sluggish pace of economic recovery<br>> had dictated the Republican takeover in the House.<br>> <br>> Asked to reflect on the returns, he said, "I feel bad," adding that<br>> many Democrats who went down to defeat had done so knowing they risked<br>> their careers to support his agenda of economic stimulus legislation<br>> and a landmark health care bill. He blamed himself, in part.<br>> <br>> "The relationship that I've had with the American people is one that<br>> built slowly, peaked at this incredible high, and then during the<br>> course of the last two years, as we've together gone through some very<br>> difficult times, has gotten rockier and tougher," Obama said.<br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> http://www.fsr.net <br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br> </body>
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