The thing is, Ron, that President Obama does know a lot more than the students in the room. If that comes off as arrogant to some, it's seen as confidence by others. I'm more than willing to trade off a bit of arrogance (if you want to go that far) for the idiocy of George W. Bush. I want my professors--and my President--to know much more than me about foreign policy, terrorism and security, economics and yes--constitutional law. I want my President to be smarter than my dog, which is a standard one could never be certain of with Bush. Are we better off than we were 4 years ago? You betcha!
It would be interesting to go back and compare the interactions of the Kerry- Bush debates and the Dole- Clinton debates to the current debates. I found Romney's lack of respect for a sitting president to be inappropriate.
Which is about 5 minutes longer than Obama's "I'm the professor so I'm always right even when I'm Wrong" Persona to appear.
ReplyDeleteThe thing is, Ron, that President Obama does know a lot more than the students in the room. If that comes off as arrogant to some, it's seen as confidence by others. I'm more than willing to trade off a bit of arrogance (if you want to go that far) for the idiocy of George W. Bush. I want my professors--and my President--to know much more than me about foreign policy, terrorism and security, economics and yes--constitutional law. I want my President to be smarter than my dog, which is a standard one could never be certain of with Bush.
ReplyDeleteAre we better off than we were 4 years ago? You betcha!
It would be interesting to go back and compare the interactions of the Kerry- Bush debates and the Dole- Clinton debates to the current debates. I found Romney's lack of respect for a sitting president to be inappropriate.
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