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Michelle Obama On Barack And Being Right
Michelle Obama goes off on a bit of a rant, posted on Drudge:
"Well that, you know, she doesn't know me. She doesn't know Barack. I can't even give that any attention. She doesn't know what she's talking about when it comes to what's going on in our household. Look, Barack Obama is someone who can laugh at himself and he's also somebody who can hear criticism, not just from me, but the other people around him. He's the kind of leader who will actually listen to what people say. He doesn't hold onto points because he has to be right. I mean, we're in a war because of that kind of leadership. What I'm trying to say to you is Barack is human."
To the best of knowledge, President Bush, despite what Michelle Obama implies, has listened to what the people say. When it comes to the war in Iraq, everyone in the international community agreed that Hussein was after nukes and had maintained an arsenal of chemical weapons. Whether or not the assessment on nukes is right, we did recover over 500 chemical weapons and other weapons that were banned as part of the Gulf War Cease Fire agreement. What she is saying is that the only people that should be listened to are the pro-terrorist activists, like MoveOn.org, when it comes to the war in Iraq.
A President has the responsibility to listen to all opinions and evaluate the facts that are known then come up with the best possible decision. That decision not only has to be the best possible decision, it has to be the right decision every time, other wise we could be seeing mushroom clouds over New York and Los Angeles.
Bush has done exactly that in deciding to end the Cease Fire agreement and removing Hussein from power. And it was the right decision for many of the facts behind it were also right, especially where chemical weapons and other contraband were concerned.
Neville Chamberlain came back to England after meeting with Hitler and proclaimed "Peace in our time." Then the next thing anybody knew, World War 2 was in full swing. Chamberlain was wrong when he needed to be right. The stakes were astronomically high, and the millions of Jews paid the price of his being wrong.
The same is true with the Vietnam War. Whether or not we should have been involved there to begin with, or helping the government of South Vietnam, can be debated. What cannot be debated is the end result of the Democrat controlled Congress forcing the abandonment of South Vietnam: millions in Southeast Asia, especially in Cambodia, died, because the Nixon administration was mired in Watergate and facing impeachment while the Democrats chose to cut off funding to South Vietnam. Bad decisions that were wrong and the consequences were paid for in blood.
Nixon was wrong in his actions that precipitated the fall of his administration which forced him to resign in disgrace. Had he made the right decision, had he been right as he should have been, then Watergate would not have happened and we may not have seen the fall of South Vietnam and the Killing Fields of Cambodia would not exist. had the Democrats listened to reason rather than the shrill voices of the anti-war crowd in 1973, maybe they would have come to the right decision and continued to foster South Vietnam and prevented the massacre of millions in Southeast Asia.
A president has to be right on every issue, especially the big issues. Getting the little ones wrong, like taxation, health care, or same-sex marriage probably won't get people killed, but getting the big ones wrong, like the War on Terror, Iraq, border security and, yes, abortion, will result in a lot of dead people.
Clinton got it wrong in the '90s with his handling of Osama bin Ladin, failing to accept extradition offers from Sudan or dropping missiles when we know exactly when and where he was. By getting that wrong when Clinton could easily have gotten it right, resulted in thousands of dead Americans on 9/11.
And it is the last line of Michelle Obama that shows she is not the brightest bulb in the box: "What I'm trying to say to you is Barack is human." Is she saying President Bush is not human?
Michelle Obama may think its okay to not be right all of the time, but Barack Obama so far has proved that he would get the big issues wrong 100% of the time. And as the president is the one with the finger on the proverbial button, that is a track record America cannot afford.
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