Obama: "It would be so much easier to be the president of China"

[Soul Crusher]

President of China?
Obama's lament.
William Kristol
March 11, 2011 9:01 AM
http://www.weeklystandard.com/print/blogs/president-china_554012.html?guy=1


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“Mr. Obama has told people that it would be so much easier to be the president of China. As one official put it, ‘No one is scrutinizing Hu Jintao’s words in Tahrir Square.’”

“Obama Seeks a Course of Pragmatism in the Middle East,” The New York Times, March 11, 2011.

Mr. Obama is right.

If you’re president of China, people around the world who are fighting for freedom don’t really expect you to help. If you’re president of China, you don’t have to put up with annoying off-year congressional elections, and then negotiate your budget with a bunch of gun-and-religion-clinging congressmen and senators. If you’re president of China, you can fund your national public radio to your heart’s content. And if you’re president of China, when you host a conference on bullying in schools, people take you seriously.

Unfortunately for him and us, Barack Obama is president of the United States. That job brings with it certain special responsibilities. It’s a tough job—maybe tougher than being president of China. But Barack Obama ran for president of the United States. Maybe he should start behaving as one.

[Fury]

Mr. Obama has told people that it would be so much easier to be the president of China. As one official put it, “No one is scrutinizing Hu Jintao’s words in Tahrir Square.”


Well no shit. Can't have anything to do with China being a totalitarian state that imprisons dissidents, could it? This guy really hates the 1st amendment.

[Soul Crusher]

Who the hell voted for this?   

What a baby.  Maybe you dopes, as well as Obama himself, should have taken his own advice and not run in 2008. 

What an embarrassment. 

 

[Soul Crusher]

Maybe obama considers himself a failure already?   

[kcballer]

What was the context of the discussion?  Also the thread title is misleading. It's not a direct quote but quote from a source - Mr. Obama has told people.

Democracy is never easy, people are fickle.  It may not be perfect but it's the best form of governance we have.

[dario73]

HAHAHAHAH!!!

Obama owned himself. That is an admission that he can't hack it as POTUS. Time to take the garbage out of the oval office in 2012.

[Soul Crusher]

What was the context of the discussion?  Also the thread title is misleading. It's not a direct quote but quote from a source - Mr. Obama has told people.

Democracy is never easy, people are fickle.  It may not be perfect but it's the best form of governance we have.

KC - did you look at the youtube clip i posted?   

[kcballer]

KC - did you look at the youtube clip i posted?   

What relevance does it have to the thread?  I imagine not much at all.  Does he say the words you attribute to him?  I doubt it.  Considering it is not a direct quote that you site, yet you try to pass it off as one, pretty weak if you ask me.

[Soul Crusher]

What relevance does it have to the thread?  I imagine not much at all.  Does he say the words you attribute to him?  I doubt it.  Considering it is not a direct quote that you site, yet you try to pass it off as one, pretty weak if you ask me.

The clip i posted is of obama in his own words when he won the senate seatasking him if he would run in 2008.   Guess what his answer was?   

[kcballer]

The clip i posted is of obama in his own words when he won the senate seatasking him if he would run in 2008.   Guess what his answer was?   

And he ran and won.  So the point you are making is moot.  He felt he was ready when he decided to run and he won.  Simple as that.  You're on here talking about cry babies and yet here you are crying like a baby over something Obama said years ago. 

[Soul Crusher]

And he ran and won.  So the point you are making is moot.  He felt he was ready when he decided to run and he won.  Simple as that.  You're on here talking about cry babies and yet here you are crying like a baby over something Obama said years ago. 

What did he do in 146 days that he went from admitting to be unqualified and unprepared to being prepared? 

[240 is Back]

sad fact of this matter is...

Even if obama only achieves 10% of his goals (and it seems like he's gotten much more) -

It's still 10% more than Mccain's goals.  Obama won.  You can throw a party about "But but but he didn't do everything he said he did".

Then I'd ask you to tell me the name of the last president, congressman, governor or mayor that kept all his campaign promises and did everything he said he'd do.

[Soul Crusher]

sad fact of this matter is...

Even if obama only achieves 10% of his goals (and it seems like he's gotten much more) -

It's still 10% more than Mccain's goals.  Obama won.  You can throw a party about "But but but he didn't do everything he said he did".

Then I'd ask you to tell me the name of the last president, congressman, governor or mayor that kept all his campaign promises and did everything he said he'd do.

[blacken700]

he was joking, big deal, did bill kristol cry when bush said "A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it." (President George W. Bush, July 26, 2001.)
"If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator."  (President-elect George W. Bush, December 18, 2000.)
"You don't get everything you want. A dictatorship would be a lot easier."  (Texas Governor George W. Bush, July 1998.)
this post is a waste of time bill kristol just another right wing hack

[Soul Crusher]

he was joking, big deal, did bill kristol cry when bush said "A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it." (President George W. Bush, July 26, 2001.)
"If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator."  (President-elect George W. Bush, December 18, 2000.)
"You don't get everything you want. A dictatorship would be a lot easier."  (Texas Governor George W. Bush, July 1998.)
this post is a waste of time bill kristol just another right right hack

So we agree- both Bush and Obama are pofs.    Thanks.  I think this is the first thing we agree upon.     

[Fury]

"He was joking." Hahahahahaha! This dork is really living in fantasy land.

[blacken700]

  read it again said it was a joke, like i said waste of time

[Soul Crusher]

"He was joking." Hahahahahaha! This dork is really living in fantasy land.

Bush and Obama are really morphing into almost the same being.  

Must warm the hearts of Team Obama to realize that.  

[240 is Back]

So we agree- both Bush and Obama are pofs.    Thanks.  I think this is the first thing we agree upon.      

who was the last president you were 100% happy with?

[Fury]

Bush and Obama are really morphing into almost the same being.  

Must warm the hearts of Team Obama to realize that.  

Watch out or they'll really own you by once again comparing Obama's actions to Bush's to justify them.  

[Soul Crusher]

who was the last president you were 100% happy with?

I'm never 100% happy with a potus,  But i though Bush was good his first term.  Reagan is still my idea of what a POTUS should be be on many different levels.    Bush the father was ok, but too aloof and not in touch w average people. 

I loathed Bubba and thought he was a con and a fraud. 

 

[blacken700]

or maybe they were just horsing around  

[Soul Crusher]

or maybe they were just horsing around  

Or just speaking how they really feel? 

[Fury]

Or just speaking how they really feel? 

I've never seen so many stories about a president crying. But not a single one is true according to the sheeple. 

[Soul Crusher]

I've never seen so many stories about a president crying. But not a single one is true according to the sheeple. 

"I was bullied"   - wwwaaahhhhh

"It would be easier to be potus of china"   wwwaaahhhh

"businesspeople need to hire more people"    wwwaaahhhh