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Coming Down from the Dream, Facing Up to Realities
The Washington Note —
... Rhetorically at least, President Obama signalled a new direction for US foreign policy in his inaugural address, trading the usually national security testosterone and chest-thumping on counterterrorism that both parties embrace at election time for some elegant and carefully chosen words the spell out a different sort of counter-terrorism, democracy, and internationalist posture. Defeating terrorism by outlasting it rather than simply outgunning it, promoting democracy with a supportive model rather than a forward strategy, and conducting diplomacy through cooperation rather ...
Campaign by the internet, govern by the internet
BuzzMachine —
... do (it’s all the rage)–but, sadly, they took that down when they took office and linked instead to the new blog, where we can watch and read his inaugural address. ...
Amity Shlaes Schooled on Roosevelt by 92 Year Old
Open Left - Front Page —
... These lasting symbols of the accomplishments of the New Deal are a living reminder of the value of an economy that involves actually doing meaningful work, something Obama alluded to in his inaugural address: ...
Will Obama Still Finance Health Reform By Rolling Back Bush Tax Cuts?
Wonk Room —
... to tackling health care in a big way and the president’s inaugural address was no exception. Twice Obama referred to the high costs of health care, promising to “restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology’s wonders to raise health care’s quality and lower its cost.” ...
Sen. Russ Feingold: A Great Start to Restoring the Rule of Law
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... President Obama has rejected the policies of the last administration, both in his words and in his actions. In short order, he has signed orders to close Guantanamo, suspend the military commission system, subject all interrogations to the guidelines in the Army Field Manual, end long-term CIA detentions, require humane treatment of detainees consistent with the Geneva Conventions, and guarantee the International Committee of the Red Cross access to all prisoners held by the U.S. government, and announced a return to the presumption of FOIA disclosure under the Clinton ...
Hal Donahue: If You Don't Think it Was a Revolution -- You Were Not There
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... been the quiet force of progress throughout our history. What is demanded then is a return to these truths. What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility -- a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task..."
President Obama's Inaugural Address ...
While He’s Washing, Watch Him
Firedoglake —
... I think the Obama administration is not likely to cede that authority back to the Congress.
-- Dick Cheney, Dec. 15, 2008
What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them.
-- Barack Obama, Jan. 20, 2009 ...
Obama’s First 100 Hours: A Clean Break From Bush
Think Progress —
... As President Obama indicated in his inauguration speech, he is seeking to chart a new way forward in domestic and foreign policy. Obama has made a clean break from the Bush legacy in his early going, undertaking a number of actions that the former President would never have considered. ThinkProgress has compiled a report documenting Obama’s record so far: ...
Obama?s First 100 Hours: A Clean Break From Bush
The Hollywood Liberal —
... for the new White House, as the Obama administration has worked quickly to repair the damage done under the last eight years of President Bush. As President Obama indicated in his inauguration speech , he is seeking to chart a new way forward in domestic and foreign policy. Obama has made a clean break from the Bush legacy in his early going, undertaking a number of actions that the former President would never have considered. ThinkProgress has compiled a report documenting Obama’s record so far: REGULATIONS The Bush Record: In his final months, the Bush administration ...
No More Mister Nice Blog — ... Yeah, right -- that was just a dispassionate bit of constitutional exegesis. It couldn't have possibly been a specific allusion to a present-day real-world situation: ...
Obama Charts A New Direction With Muslim World: ‘We Are Offering A Hand Of Friendship’
Think Progress —
... – Called out to Muslims in his inauguration speech: “To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect,” Obama said. ...
Hard Times for Our Founding Documents
The American Spectator —
... the Inaugural Address as "unabashedly pro-American and implicitly conservative." There is more to conservatism, and more to patriotism, than willingness to acknowledge our founding fathers. The sleight of hand in the Inaugural Address ("all are equal, all are free, all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness") came at the expense of the Declaration of Independence, but President Obama is equally cavalier with the Constitution. In 2001, he ...
Rep. Rush Holt: Restoring Science To Its Rightful Place
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... The 18-minute address is full of powerful phrases, but let me suggest one that particularly stood out: "We'll restore science to its rightful place." ...
Why the Size of Government Matters:
The Volokh Conspiracy —
In his inaugural address , President Obama said that "The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works." This is a commonly heard argument in response to concerns about the growth of government. Who could possibly be against government when it "works"? Why not instead consider each proposed expansion of the state on a case by case basis, supporting those that "work" and opposing any that don't? Taken seriously, this argument leads to the rejection of any systematic constraints on government power. Why should we have a general ...
Liberals And Free Speech
Discriminations —
... today, Ilya Somin criticizes President Obama’s assertion, in his inaugural address, that “The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works.” Here’s Somin: ...
Obama, the Middle East and Islam - An Initial Assessment
Daniel Pipes :: Writings —
... ; but since being elected he has made predominantly center-left appointments and his statements resemble those of his Oval Office predecessors. (2) The outsized role of the Middle East and Islam: His first fortnight in office witnessed an inaugural address that mentioned them prominently, a first diplomatic telephone call to ...
The Media Consortium: Weekly Immigration Wire: Policy Must Inspire Allegiance, Not Anger Immigration NewsLadder
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... George W. Bush told the world that the US was targeted for 9/11 because "we're the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world." And as President Obama said in his inaugural address: ...
Hillary on Cheney: Not 'a particularly reliable source'
Top of the Ticket —
... respect your passionate views" but "we obviously have a profound disagreement." And, she added, "We are now an administration that will protect the rights of women, including reproductive health care." Through it all, Clinton was a loyal team player. Though the two clashed on the presidential campaign trail last year -- Clinton accused Obama of being naive for suggesting an outreach to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- today she quoted Obama's inaugural address about offering an open hand to Iran as soon as it ...
Are atheists becoming the hot new political force?
Top of the Ticket —
... reached out to them with a first-ever mention during his inaugural address ("We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus — and nonbelievers," Obama said), atheists think the time is right for a return to humanistic principles over religious influences in public policy. ...
Obama ends Bush-era National Prayer Day service at White House
Top of the Ticket —
... But Obama has shown an unusual sensitivity toward atheists, the first president to mention non-believers in an inaugural address when he said, "For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus and non-believers." ...
Penguin Press elevates Obama to an oratorical pedestal he is ill-suited to occupy
Right Wing News —
... I want them just to get out of the way so we can clean up the mess. "I don't mind cleaning up after them, but don't do a lot of talking," Obama said. Of course, the above statement was just an off-the-teleprompter moment before a friendly crowd. Obama can be forgiven for failing to soar to rhetorical heights or even ordinary human decency. Let's be fair to him and get back to the whole point of this article, which is Penguin's easy assurance that Obama's first (and, we hope, only) Inaugural Speech deserves to be bundled with Lincoln's tight-composed, visionary rhetoric. I'm ...
Another Mike Was Right Moment: Obama is the New Nixon
Flopping Aces —
... the New Nixon? How long before full White House involvement in enemies list and attack politics is revealed?”
At the time, their primary target was Rush Limbaugh. Since then, they have expanded their field of fire considerably. Anyone who has a policy disagreement with Obama, even a fellow Democrat, can be targeted for destruction by this White House.
Is the Real Obama a Uniter or a Divider?
Readers may recall these words from Obama’s inaugural address:
“We gather because we have chosen hope over fear, ...
