tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post6126293680434213910..comments2023-10-09T04:11:47.358-07:00Comments on Not A Potted Plant: Somehow I Don't See This In My Crystal BallBurt Likkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16060980744675990412noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-80260635920408682342010-11-14T09:02:12.948-08:002010-11-14T09:02:12.948-08:00I'm amazed at the sheer gall and dishonesty of...I'm amazed at the sheer gall and dishonesty of people calling for President Obama to lame-duck himself. Especially on the grounds of hatred stirred up by (1) the sh*t-pile left by the GOP, and (2) the GOP lie campaign.Barry DeCiccohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735814736387033844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-40987886529526725522010-11-14T05:06:24.817-08:002010-11-14T05:06:24.817-08:00It's fundamentally contrary to ANY President&#...It's fundamentally contrary to ANY President's personality not to seek re-election. <br /><br />You can't be arguing that LBJ's decision was influenced by a personality that didn't crave power. He made that decision because he knew he had no chance of winning, not because he had some Cincinnatus-like disinterest in authority. Obama still has a very good chance of being re-elected, particularly when one considers the weak field of potential GOP challengers. The two situations are not equivalent, and personality has next to nothing to do with it.<br /><br />Also, what on earth would you have had Obama do with the Nobel prize? He would have received criticism no less strident from the Right had he declined it. I'm confident that he didn't want the prize, at least not at that point in his career, and had to do the best under the circumstances. Indeed, he used the occasion of his acceptance speech to make a pragmatic argument in favor of military intervention, which was (in my humble opinion) actually rather a brave, statesman-like thing to do.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11213051268392108382noreply@blogger.com