Well Mr. President...

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by August

FDR was a master at this. President Obama would do well to emulate that style.

exactly.

Im not here to bash the guy, but im not here to praise him either.

But from the beginning of his young term we have heard nothing but gloom and doom from the white house.

[SUBMAN1]

Mr. Obama needs to read these words from the man that supposedly inspires him:

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character & courage by taking away people's initiative & independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could & should do for themselves -Abraham Lincoln

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Mr. Obama needs to read these words from the man that supposedly inspires him:

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character & courage by taking away people's initiative & independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could & should do for themselves -Abraham Lincoln

Great words. I like them. Unfortunately they don't seem to have been said by Lincoln, nor by anyone of his era.
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors...oln-quotes.htm

It's also possible that Lincoln never said one of the most famous quotes attributed to him: "You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time."
http://channels.isp.netscape.com/wha...oln&floc=wn-nx

That one really surprised me.

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Great words. I like them. Unfortunately they don't seem to have been said by Lincoln, nor by anyone of his era.
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors...oln-quotes.htm

It's also possible that Lincoln never said one of the most famous quotes attributed to him: "You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time."
http://channels.isp.netscape.com/wha...oln&floc=wn-nx

That one really surprised me.

I stand corrected.

Still doesn't change the truth in those words though!

-S

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

Im not here to bash the guy, but im not here to praise him either.

So referring to him as "Yobama" and posting that he is an empty box is not "bashing him"?

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by Platapus

So referring to him as "Yobama" and posting that he is an empty box is not "bashing him"?

compared to what i want to say

trust me i could bash the guy if i wanted to.

being honest is not bashing.