President Obama has a special request. If you must talk publicly about the possibility of a military strike on Iran’s nuclear program, please do it in a whisper so as to not agitate the oil traders.
“The biggest driver of these high gas prices is speculation about possible war in the Middle East, which is why we’ve been trying to reduce some of the loose talk about war there,” Obama told WFTV, an ABC affiliate in Orlando, Florida.
In a speech last week, Obama criticized what he called “loose talk of war” by some pundits and politicians concerning Iran, which the United States and other Western nations accuse of pursuing nuclear weapons.
Obama doesn’t specify who this “loose talk about war” is coming from, but it sounds like he’s pointing the finger at Israel. He explicitly says his administration has “been trying to reduce some of the loose talk” of war. And as we know, the White House has been working to persuade Israel to hold off on a possible strike. So who else could Obama be referring to in that context but the Israeli government?
Alternatively, Obama could also be trying to shift the blame for high gas prices to the Republican candidates. This is also the second time in a week Obama has lashed out at “loose talk” on Iran, and the first time he specifically singled out the GOP candidates. Mitt Romney seems to have interpreted Obama’s latest comments as a direct swipe and blasted the president on the campaign trail yesterday (via Politico):
“But instead [Obama] came up with this [excuse for high gas prices]: He said it’s because Republican presidential candidates are talking in a very muscular way about Iran and their nuclear program. Now that’s a pretty tough one to follow, and frankly, it’s disappointing to have the president of the United States take a serious foreign policy issue, which is Iran, the state sponsor of terror in the world becoming nuclear, and trying to turn that into, saying we’re somehow responsible for high gasoline prices in this country. It is a, it’s a real stretch, even for a guy who’s gotten pretty good at making excuses.”
There’s no denying the rising tensions with Iran are contributing to the spike in gas prices. But to blame the people who are talking about solutions to the Iranian nuclear threat for this is simply disgraceful. If Obama wants to blame anyone, he should be faulting the Iranian regime for continuing to pursue a nuclear weapons program in the face of international warning.
Its disgraceful, but it is brilliant. The guys is miles ahead of any Republican politically. With policies as monstrous, devious and destructive as Obama's, it is only because of his political skill that he still has a pretty high approval rating. He plays the media and even the Republicans beutifully. He is 100% thinking politically, never about the good of the country. Conversely, his opponents are a mix, some political thinking, some for the good of the country. Guess which side will win? Please don't cite the poor poll results against my thesis. I know about them. The point is: his approval rating should be 0%. It is in the 40% because of his political genius.
There aren't any poor poll results! At yahoo and over at newsmax, there are articles about Obama back on top of the polls over all Republicans. How? I'm completely befuddled. And the Dems in Florida have removed the stars from the flag and replaced them with a picture of Obama in the blue?????
Come on BDZ. He is not a politically brilliant thinker. This is stupidity on stilts (his comment, I mean, not yours), and nobody will buy it. Americans don't want a Chief Executive who always blames others. This is just another sorry example of Obama passing the buck, and will be seen as such.
I agree, but the voters in this country proved they believe the nonsense and the lies this sabateur spouted in 2008 and since. We are a different country, a different people. The fact that we have not vomitted Obama out already proves it.
You're right – the fact the Obama became President is dispiriting. You say we are a different country, a different people. Do you mean now as opposed to 2008? Because I think that is true – people voted their "heart" in 2008, and I suspect that many people – a huge number – have regretted that for quite some time. Ergo, his little games get old. The guy is a one trick pony, after all. nAs for his poll performance – that, too, is dispiriting. I can only suggest that I think as we move closer to a Republican nominee and the election, his numbers will decline.
I would agree with you BDZ. There are way too many immature, whiny, gov't.-dependent, silly, stupid, lazy, materialistic type people in this country now. America is not the same as it used to be. I believe the French writer Alexis deTocqueville wrote about the problems inherent in democracy many years ago. Hopefully though, there are still enough good people around that we can still somehow survive and even prosper. Many times pessimism is only an illusion and we must remember all the good that we see around us everyday.
Puuulease, this is vintage Obama, every time there is a problem requiring Presidential leadership, Obama blames someone else, or something else, or says it's out of his control. nSure Obama has a special loathing for Israel, but then again, Obama seems to loathe anyone who fails to practically worship the ground he walks on. nMaybe Obama was blaming Israel for asking that he, Obama, actually do something concrete about Iran beyond just spouting boilerplate phrases about supporting Israel's security. Or perhaps Obama was berating the GOP candidates for calling Obama's bluff about supporting Israel. But at the end of the day, Obama was doing just what Obama does best, blaming someone or something else for his failure to lead.
Can you imagine Winston Churchill spewing such nonsense in the late 30's? No? That's because Churchill was a true leader. Obama sounds like a Marxist theorist in some third-rate banana republic. He doesn't sound presidential at all.
To paraphrase Menachem Begin, the goyim raise gas prices on the goyim, and they blame the Jews.
So basically the one thing the GOP could use to bludgeon him with is the Jews' fault.
he might be blaming Israel, since he usually does, but I think he's also blaming us. as in "we the people," daring to talk about war with Iran. n nonce again, we Americans have disappointed our president. once again, MIchelle cannot be proud of us. I think pretty soon we're going to have to admit that the Obamas are just not that into us. n n