Well Mr. President...

[Kapitan_Phillips]

Originally Posted by August

That's not what he said. Some head coach you are if you don't understand the concept of making a team believe in itself.

Making a team believe in itself, and seperating them from reality are two different things, pal.

[UnderseaLcpl]

Originally Posted by Kapitan_Phillips

Making a team believe in itself, and seperating them from reality are two different things, pal.

said the Vulcan

[August]

Originally Posted by Kapitan_Phillips

Making a team believe in itself, and seperating them from reality are two different things, pal.

But nothing in what GoldenRivet said separates people from reality.

Put it this way, if you're right and he's not, then we are already lost. "America is no longer great, we won't see this through, we will not persevere"; is that what you believe?

[Kapitan_Phillips]

No, but those words appear to me to be elements of the "AMERICA **** YEAH" syndrome. In my personal opinion, I'd much rather have a president who tells me just how bad things are without sugarcoating it. But as I said, just my opinion, I dont intend personal offense

[August]

Originally Posted by Kapitan_Phillips

No, but those words appear to me to be elements of the "AMERICA **** YEAH" syndrome. In my personal opinion, I'd much rather have a president who tells me just how bad things are without sugarcoating it. But as I said, just my opinion, I dont intend personal offense

That was the genius of FDR, he could do that. And what you call a "syndrome" I call a winning attitude, one that served my country pretty well for the past 200 odd years.

In any case it's the concept behind the slogans that counts, not the ones someone used on an internet forum to describe them. The job of the President is to provide direction to the country not sit by impotently bemoaning fate.

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by Kapitan_Phillips

No, but those words appear to me to be elements of the "AMERICA **** YEAH" syndrome. In my personal opinion, I'd much rather have a president who tells me just how bad things are without sugarcoating it. But as I said, just my opinion, I dont intend personal offense

We don't need the President to tell us how bad things are. There are plenty of other government agencies and news sources whose job it is to do so.

We need a president responsible enough to understand that his words mean something, and can therefore use them to help instill confidence in our financial system rather than acting further to scuttle it.