Nor the common sense vote. And the era of "bellicosity", mind you almost entirely perpetrated by the left, has morphed into the era of continual crisis, thuggery, and strong-arming. Bush was nowhere near the committed ideologue Obama is and rarely tried to ram stuff down people's throats the way Obama does. It's not a question of whether you agree with him or his policies or not. Either way, he is much, much more the authoritarian than Bush ever was on principle.

>We'll see, LOL. He was elected comfortably and still has high approval ratings. He didn't get the redneck vote, conceded.
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>>I agree with the first part - he will go down.
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>>>He will go down as one of our greatest Presidents. The era of bellicosity has passed, thank goodness.
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>>>>Mike, there is a difference between leadership and arrogance. Our esteem, as you put it, has only fallen against those who envy our leadership position. To reclaim our "esteem" would be to give up that position.
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>>>>Obama already had the opportunity to promote American exceptionalism and he shot it dead. I don't recall the exact meeting but I think it was the one where Chavez handed him a book.
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>>>>Obama is our President and not the world's savior. His role is to promote this country, this people, not equivocate or try to make us more popular.
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>>>>>>It's a rough world and the historical long view is that it doesn't suffer fools.
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>>>>>No, it doesn't. And arrogance is the epitome of foolishness. Do you not realize how far our esteem has fallen? Do you not realize there are consequences of that?
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>>>>>Sorry, that sounds arrogant. We have talked many times and I know you are one of the good guys. I just disagree with you profoundly here.
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>>>>>I believe you are mistaken if you think Obama is a pushover. He has a courtly manner, which is not the same thing at all. Give him a chance.